Season 3 Episode 45: The Town on Fire

The Town on Fire

1962

Small towns have their fair share of problems and the solution to most of these issues falls on the elected town council. Usually, these issues end with a positive outcome but sometimes mistakes are made.

In 1962, Centralia PA had a garbage problem. A local landfill was getting full and the town needed to dispose of the trash. The answer? Burn it! Unfortunately for Centralia…

The Fire Still Blazes Six Decades Later

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Season 3 Episode 44: Ghost Hunter Hans Holzer

Hans Holzer

20th Century

Ghost hunting has become a fairly well known activity in the modern age. From TV shows to books to films, the hunting of the paranormal is something that has tantalized our sense of adventure for decades. But where did it all start…?

Enter: Hans Holzer.

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Season 3 Episode 43: Vampire Remains

Vampire Remains

17th Century

Every community has its own version of undead - some have Zombies, others Revenants, but for the majority of Eastern Europe, there were Vampires.

Unfortunately, the Vampire title was one that was easily attributed to the outcasts of the time. Women who could not conceive, for example, were often believed to have made a pact with demonic forces and were tried as Vampires.

In this episode, we discuss one of these cases and the very eery way the woman had been buried…

With a scythe around her neck

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Season 3 Episode 42: The Conjuring 3

The Conjuring 3

1981,

The story sounds like something you’ve heard many times before: A drunk man loses his temper and ends up wanted for murder.

However, the story of Arne Cheyenne Johnson is anything but typical - mostly due to the fact that…

he was possessed by a demon

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Season 3 Episode 41: The Beast of Bladenboro

The Beast of Bladenboro

1954,

The town of Bladenboro, North Carolina, was your usual small town: quiet, friendly, and devoid of any real troubles. This all changed when reports of local wildlife being drained of blood began sprouting up in the local news.

Animals ranging from dogs, to kittens, to lambs had been slaughtered prompting a local frenzy. Over 100 hunters entered the town looking for the vampiric beast…

That shrieked like a woman in peril

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Season 3 Episode 39: The Erdington Murders

The Erdington Murders

May 27, 1817


In the 1800’s, a woman by the name of Mary Ashford went out to a party with a close friend. The friends danced and enjoyed themselves and by midnight were walking home with two men they met at the raucous affair.
As the night went on Mary found herself alone with her would-be suitor Abraham Thornton. The two said their goodbyes and parted ways - at least, that is what Abraham said. Unfortunately, Mary would not return home that night and her body would be found in a ditch on Chester Road.

Fast-forward 157 years. On May 27, 1974, another woman by the name of Barbara Forrest was murdered on the very same road as Mary Ashford. At the same age…

By a man with the same last name

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Season 3 Episode 38: The Menendez Brothers

The Menendez Brothers

August 20th, 1989


On the night of august 20th, 1989, the Police were called to a wealthy Beverly Hills mansion after a frantic called was placed. A son was screaming saying his parents had been murdered. When the Police arrived they found one two brothers screaming and the bodies of their parents lying in the home.

The parents had been killed by random assailants with guns, or so the Police thought, until a few months later when…

The brothers confessed

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