On Christmas Eve in 1881, the bodies of three teenagers were found in a burning house. The brutal way in which they were killed would shock the country. Listen to the conclusion of the story on this episode.

Music By Riley Hildreth
Sources:
findagrave.com
newspapers.com
The Ashland Tragedy: Murder, a Mob and a Militia in Kentucky by H E Joe Castle and J. M. Huff
Fresh Hell Podcast

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~kycarter/journals/neal_craft_murder.htm

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On Christmas Eve in 1881, the bodies of three teenagers were found in a burning house in Ashland, Kentucky. The brutal way that they died would shock not only the community, but the entire nation.

Music by Isaiah and Riley Hildreth

Sources:
findagrave.com
wikipedia.com
The Ashland Tragedy: MURDER, A MOB & A MILITIA IN KENTUCKY by Joe Castle and JM Huff
Fresh Hell Podcast
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~kycarter/journals/neal_craft_murder.htm

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The residents of Cumming, Georgia were in an uproar in 1972 after two sheriff deputies were murdered. Just months later, in the same vicinity, a middle-aged couple was murdered in their bed and the community was on edge. Were the killings connected? Could it be retaliation or was it something else altogether? Was anyone else in danger?

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62SuK3_9mR4
https://www.newspapers.com/image/398617568/?match=1&terms=hollis%20morgan
https://www.newspapers.com/image/398240286/?match=1&terms=michael%20morgan
https://www.newspapers.com/image/971797866/?match=1&terms=michael%20morgan (picture of Michael Morgan)
https://services.gdc.ga.gov/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryRedirector.jsp

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On Thanksgiving Eve in 1930 , a dairy farming family of four were brutally murdered. Their deaths shocked the nation. Ninety-five years later, the murders are still unsolved. Listen to the episode to see if you think you know who the killer is.

Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
findagrave.com
newspapers.com
modernfarmer.com
The Germond Family Murders: A Scientific Conclusion to a Cold Case by Vincent Cookingham PHD
Old Timey Crimey Podcast
Between the Cracks Podcast

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On Thanksgiving Night, in 2009, Paul Merhige joined his family for their annual get-together. He had not been invited but decided to attend anyway. He called his father to get directions to his cousin's home and his father complied. What happened after he arrived that evening was a nightmare that tore the family apart.

Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/781522952/?match=1&terms=Merhige%20paul
https://www.newspapers.com/image/658361509/?match=1&terms=Merhige%20paul
https://www.newspapers.com/image/286357403/?match=1&terms=Merhige%20paul
https://www.newspapers.com/image/206749563/?match=1&terms=Merhige%20paul
https://www.macabredaily.com/articles/template-6fy98
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1657743.html

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In 1991, seventeen year old Crystal Faye Todd didn't come after a night out with friends. Her mother instinctively knew something was wrong. Listen to the story of the disappearance, rape and brutal murder of an all-American girl from Conway, South Carolina.

Music by Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
newspapers.com
findagrave.com
Forensic Files
Southern Fried True Crime
Carolina Crimes

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With the discovery of radium by the Curies in 1898, great strides were made in the scientific field. Along with the possibilities were risks not yet known. One of the inventions - luminous paint- made painting watch dials big business in the early 1900s. But within two decades the dangers were coming to light.

Sources:
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sound Effect Music: Radium Dance - Composer: Schwartz, Jean , Victor Dance Orchestra. Public Domain: Recorded Sound Section, Library of Congress

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12732/9-ways-people-used-radium-we-understood-risks
https://allthatsinteresting.com/radium-girls
https://environmentalhistory.org/people/radiumgirls/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-dr-s-von-sochocky-death/3474048/
https://womenslibrary.org.uk/2017/11/28/radium-girls-the-dark-story-of-americas-shining-women-by-kate-moore/
https://cdn.sourcebooks.com/assets/marketingmaterials/RadiumGirls_EXCERPT.PDF
https://www.newspapers.com/image/144179268/?match=1&terms=grace%20fryer
https://www.newspapers.com/image/917879198/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/447229085/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-dr-s-von-sochocky-death/3474048/

Photos: Public Domain
Mollie Maggia: author Mlumbrox This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Grace Fryer photo: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Girls painting watch dials photo: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. https://www.xlsemanal.com/conocer/historia/20190131/envenenamiento-radiactivo-radio-mujeres-guerra-mundial.html Author: Mateo, Esther and Moore, Kate

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In 1973 a movie opened in theaters that scared the nation - The Exorcist. But you may not be aware that it was based on true events that took place in 1949. Billy Graham urged audiences not to see it due to its depiction of evil, but audiences continued to flock to see it for its scare factor. These are the details of what happened and the truth is scarier than fiction.

Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Sources:
O'Reilly, B., & Dugard, M. (2023). Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/868176622/?match=1&terms=exorcism
https://www.newspapers.com/image/868178624/?match=1&terms=exorcism
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1040054397/?match=1&terms=exorcism
https://www.newspapers.com/image/4398609/

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