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…
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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…
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Lost Boy Larry
Season 2 Episode 9 LOST BOY LARRY 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…
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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…
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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…
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Logo T-shirt Giveaway
Want a Haunting History Podcast Tee? There is 3 ways to win. 1. Tag 3 friends on any of our instagram posts (episodes) and get your name entered once in the drawing. Or 2. Write a review and rate us on itunes and send us a screen shot of your review to our email at Haunting History Podcast@ gmail.com and…
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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…
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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…
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The Sodder Family
Christmas Eve 1945 started out like any other Christmas for the Sodder Family. Then a moment changed all of their lives.