Season 2 Episode 13 Maplecroft If Lizzie Borden thought everything would return to normal once the trial ended, she was dead wrong. The crowds cheered when the judge announced she was not guilty, but, at the end of the day all of her friends abandoned her. People refused to sit near her at church. And children, probably daring each other to tempt her, would ring her doorbell in the middle of the night and pelt her house with gravel and eggs. Headstones of the family
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Lizzie Borden Part 2 The Trial
Season 2 Episode 12 The trial lasted 15 days, long for a regular murder trial but, definitely short by our standards today…i.e, OJ Simpson, Casey Anthony, but sensationalized for the time. 30-40 newspaper men were in the courtroom each day along with as many town citizens that would fit.
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Lizzie Borden Part 1, The Murder & Investigation
Season 2 Episode 11 Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. Lizzie Borden Part 1 The Murder & Investigation Actually,the Bordens received only 29 whacks, not the 81 suggested by the famous ditty, but the popularity of the above poem is a testament to the public’s fascination with the 1893 murder trial of Lizzie Borden. The source of that fascination might lie in the almost unimaginably brutal nature of the crime–given the gender, background, and age of the defendant- Layout of the Borden house
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Haunted Disneyland
Season 2 Episode 10 Since the year it opened in 1955 over 750 million people have walked through Disneyland’s gates into the Magic Kingdom and the “Happiest Place on Earth”. But apparently not as many have left thru those same magical gates. Guests and cast members alike have told bizarre stories of the supernatural inside the walls of Disneyland and anyone who’s somewhat familiar with the park’s history knows its filled with dark secrets and paranormal mysteries. Want more creepy Disney? Check out these books
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Lost Boy Larry
Season 2 Episode 9 In August of 1973, a CB radio operator in California was shocked to receive a mysterious transmission from what seemed to be a young boy pleading for help over the airwaves. The transmissions were at times difficult to understand because the boy was often crying or sobbing uncontrollably, and this, combined with the generally poor signal and ample static, often made the messages nearly incoherent. What could be understood was that the boy called himself Larry, and claimed that he had been out with his father rabbit hunting when they had been in an accident. Larry stated that the red and white pickup truck they were…
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The Bell Witch Part 2
Season 2 Episode 7 The Bell Witch left the Bell household in 1821, saying that she would return in seven years time. She made good on her promise and “appeared” at the home of John Bell, Jr. where it is said, she left him with prophecies of future events, including the Civil War, and World Wars I and II. The ghost said it would reappear 107 years later – in 1935 – but if she did, no one in Adams came forward as a witness to it. Was the whole story of the Bell Witch made up, some believe so, others aren’t so sure, you listen and decide Some pics…
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The Bennington Triangle
Bennington Triangle” is a nickname for an area of southwestern Vermont in which at least five or as many as ten people have disappeared between 1945 and 1950. Although many say it began way earlier, some say as early as 1920. This “mystery triangle” centered around Glastenbury Mountain and includes some or most of the area of the towns immediately surrounding it. Is it just circumstance that lead to the missing people, or was it something paranormal? UFO’s? Bigfoot? The Bennington Monster? What do you think? Links https://www.bfro.net/ https://www.mufon.com/
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Villisca Ax Murders
Sometime after midnight on June 10th 1912, 106 years ago, an unknown person or persons entered the home of the Moore family home located at 508 e. 2nd Street in Villisca, Iowa and violently ended the lives of 8 people, Josieh Moore 43, his wife Sarah Moore 39, and their children Herman 11, Katherine 10, Boyd 7, Paul 5 and two neighbor children Lena Stillinger 12 and her sister Ina only 8. The murders soon became known as the Villisca Ax Murders and started what would become the most notorious murders in Iowa history and remains unsolved to this day. “Villisca Ax Murder House” Moore Family and the two Stillinger girls…
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The Black Dahlia-Part 1-Elizabeth Short
On the morning of January 15, 1947, a mother taking her child for a walk in a Los Angeles neighborhood stumbled upon a gruesome sight: the body of a young naked woman sliced in half at the waist. For over 70 years the mystery of who killed The Black Dahlia has perplexed the police, the FBI and arm chair detectives and website warriors alike. Armed with the LAPD and FBI files we begin part one of our 3 part series, where we focus on the victim. A girl just 22 years old who lost her life in the most vile and violent way. We want to give her name back, remind…