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On December 12, 1911, a missed milk delivery led to the discovery of four dead bodies on a farm near Albany, New York.  The possible murderer can't be found. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Forgotten Darkness Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1NsgqAha9Z3bMhBxg8FuM2tRLqwjH5-_F&usp=sharing Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “$1000 Reward For Murderer.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 16, 1911. “1911 Shocking Defreestville Murders Still Unsolved.” Albany Times-Union, April 10, 1966. “Another Morner Tragedy Reported.” Buffalo Enquirer, February 2, 1912. “Arrest Man at Williamstown.” Boston Globe, December 18, 1911. “Bloodhounds on Murderer's Trail.” Warren Times-Mirror, December 15, 1911. “Bloodhounds Trail Slayer of Family.” New York Times, December 15, 1911. “Caught As Slayer of Whole Family on Morner Farm.” New York Evening World, March 1, 1912. “Detectives Assert Murder Suspect is Guilty of Lesser Crime.” Meriden Record-Journal, August 29, 1912. “Dogs Lose Trail of Suspected Man.” Buffalo News, December 15, 1911. “Donato Has Not Been Caught.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 20, 1911. “Edward Donato a Man of Mystery.” Albany Evening Journal, December 22, 1911. “Funeral Resembles a Picnic.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 18, 1911. “Governor May Offer Reward For Murderer.” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, December 17, 1911. “Family of Four Brutally Slain.” Buffalo Commercial, December 14, 1911. “Foully Slays Whole Family; Find Bodies in Manure Pit.” Elmira Star-Gazette, December 14, 1911. “Held For Morner Murders.” New York Times, December 16, 1911. “Jesse Morner Has Narrow Escape.” Glens Falls Post Star, August 21, 1912. “Link Morner Case With Dorp Suicide.” Glens Falls Post-Star, November 11, 1912. “Massena Italian May Be Donato.” Ogdensburg Journal, May 17, 1912. “Morgan Williams Back Home.” Scranton Times, December 22, 1911. “Morner Estates.” Berkshire Eagle, October 24, 1914. “Morner Murder Suspect Freed.” Albany Argus, May 19, 1912. “Morner Suspect is Released.” Buffalo News, December 20, 1911. “Mrs. Williams Says Her Son is Innocent.” Scranton Tribune-Republican, December 20, 1911. “Murder Suspect Held, Albany Police Notified.” Buffalo News, December 15, 1911. “Police File Still Remains Open in Morner Murders, 35-Year-Old Mystery.” Albany Times-Union, December 29, 1946. “Police Think They Have Slayer of Morner Family.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 1, 1912. “Sheriff Says Donato is Man.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 19, 1911. “Sleuthing Isn't Profitable.” Rutland Daily Herald, February 10, 1912. “Spurned Love Caused Hatchet-Fiend to Murder Entire Morner Family.” Pittsburgh Press, December 16, 1911. “State May Offer Reward For Slayer.” New York Times, December 17, 1911. “State Offers $2000 Reward.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 19, 1911. “Still in Doubt as to Suspect.” Ogdensburg Journal, May 18, 1912. “Suspect Denies Bomb Threat in Extortion Case.” New York Daily News, July 2, 1933. “Suspect Released on Word of a Girl.” Buffalo Commercial, December 16, 1911. “Tatasciore Released By Authorities.” Meriden Record-Journal, September 7, 1912. “Think Morner Family Slayer is in Custody.” Elmira Star-Gazette, May 17, 1912. “Three Women and Man Murdered; Hunt Farmhand as Insane Slayer.” Syracuse Herald, December 14, 1911. “Tony Tash Agrees to Settle With Henry Wyman.” Bennington Banner, December 5, 1913. “Verdict For $900 Was Given To Tony Tash.” Bennington Evening Banner, June 14, 1913. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 - Ancestry.com Horatio D Mould - Facts (ancestry.com)

In the summer of 1692 Gloucester, Massachusetts was under siege by a mysterious group of men even as the infamous witch trials occurred only a few miles away in Salem. The besiegers of Gloucester were never captured or even located, if they really existed at all... Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Forgotten Darkness Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1NsgqAha9Z3bMhBxg8FuM2tRLqwjH5-_F&usp=sharing Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES Mather, Cotton. Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620, unto the Year of our LORD, 1698. London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1698. Ebenezer Babson (1667-1696) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree Case files referencing Ebenezer Babson - New Salem - Pelican (virginia.edu)

For three years in the 1920s, the women of northwest Philadelphia were terrorized by a madman who entered homes and attacked or even killed whoever was within.  Were these killings work of serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson?   Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Forgotten Darkness Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1NsgqAha9Z3bMhBxg8FuM2tRLqwjH5-_F&usp=sharing Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “2 More Women Are Attacked By Stranglers.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 1925. “Boxer Suspect in Stranglings Held By Police.” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 19, 1926. “Dragnet Out For Strangler of Philadelphia Woman.” Scranton Times-Tribune, April 28, 1927. “Fiend Suspect Tries to Enter W. Phila. Home.” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 29, 1927. “Girl's Bravery As Strangler Decoy Brings Capture.” Camden Morning Post, November 24, 1925. “Man in Camden Seized At Bank as Strangler.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 15, 1925. “New Attack Fans Strangler Terror.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 13, 1925. “Policeman Killed in Family Quarrel.” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 19, 1957. “Pugilist Goes Insane After Hard Grilling.” Camden Morning Post, December 20, 1926. “Pugilist is Held By Phila. Police As Strangler.” Camden Morning Post, December 18, 1926. “Rooming House Woman Strangled, Lodger Held.” Pittston Gazette, November 7, 1925. “Strangler Clues Lead Searchers to Digger of Subway.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 25, 1925. “Strangler Suspect Believed a Maniac Frightens 2 Women.” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 1926. “Strangler Suspect Is Held for Probe.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 1926. “Strangler Suspect Raving Maniac as Alibi is Confirmed.” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 19, 1926. “Strangler Thought Captured At Last in W. Philadelphia Home.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 14, 1925. “Strangler Tries to Attack Widow.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 21, 1925. “Strangler's Attack Baffled By Woman.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 3, 1926. “Suspect Identified.” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 1927. “Third Philadelphia Woman Falls Victim of Strangler.” Hanover Evening Sun, November 11, 1925. “Woman Slain By Strangler in Her Home.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 11, 1925. “Woman Strangled As Her Baby Sleeps.” Harrisburg Telegraph, October 16, 1925. “Woman Thwarts Attempted Attack.” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 20, 1927. “Women in Fear As Strangler Eludes Police.” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 12, 1925. “Young Girl Seized By Phila. Strangler.” Camden Courier-Post, April 29, 1927. “'Young Joe Wolcott' Dies of Rheumatism.” Salt Lake Tribune, December 27, 1933. “Young Woman Found Strangled.” Indiana Gazette, Nov. 7, 1925.

In 1889, tensions between the Polish and Lithuanian congregants of St. Mary's in Plymouth, PA were fanned to a fever pitch by a violent troublemaker, a Polish man named Martin Wilkes. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Forgotten Darkness Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1NsgqAha9Z3bMhBxg8FuM2tRLqwjH5-_F&usp=sharing Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma.   SOURCES Plymouth Weekly Star, March 22, 1888. Plymouth Weekly Star, April 26, 1888. Plymouth Weekly Star, May 3, 1888. Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, April 5, 1886. Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, November 22, 1889. Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, March 5, 1890. Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, May 8, 1890. Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, March 25, 1892. “A Plymouth Riot.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, October 27, 1889. “And Yet There is No Peace.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 14, 1890. “Another Riot.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 21, 1890. “Burial Refused.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 28, 1890. “Court Proceedings.” Wilkes-Barre Record, June 19, 1891. “District Attorney Lenahan Makes a Point.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 27, 1886. “Graves Invaded.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 23, 1890. “Guns in the Parsonage.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, October 27, 1889. “Holding the Fort.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, October 27, 1889. “How Wilkes Gets Even.” Wilkes Barre Dollar Weekly News, March 1, 1890. “In Common Pleas Court.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, “Law Defying Poles.” Wilkes-Barre Record, January 21, 1890. “License Decisions.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 24, 1890. “Martin Wilkes Acquitted.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, June 22, 1891, “Martin Wilkes Convicted.” Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, March 5, 1888. “Martin Wilkes Leaves.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, March 27, 1892. “Martin Wilkes on Trial.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, June 19, 1891. “Martin Wilkes Wins One Case.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, April 30, 1890. “More Trouble Imminent.” Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, November 1, 1889. “Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre Record, August 31, 1889. “Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, January 20, 1890. “Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, June 24, 1891. “Plymouth – Martin Wilkes Sat Upon.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 11, 1890. “Plymouth – Martin Wilkes' Latest Movement.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 12, 1890. “Plymouth Polanders.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, April 6, 1890. “Plymouth Tidings.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, February 23, 1890. “Polish Church Troubles.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, February 8, 1891. “Rioting Poles.” Hazelton Plain Speaker, January 22, 1890. “Sad Saloonmen.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, March 1, 1892. “Sentenced Monday Morning.” Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, March 16, 1888. “Sentences Imposed.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, March 13, 1888. “Some Resolutions.” Wilkes Barre Sunday News, January 5, 1890. “Sterner Measures Needed.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 24, 1890. “Still Hold the Fort.” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 24, 1889. “The Martin Wilkes Faction Making Trouble in the Church Again.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, January 27, 1891. “The Plymouth Injunction Case.” Wilkes-Barre Record, January 28, 1890. “The Poles Defiant.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, October 29, 1889. “The Poles Surrender.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, October 23, 1889. “The Priest Got a Gun.” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 21, 1890. “The Priests Arrested.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, November 2, 1889. “The Wilkes Faction Again.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, June 19, 1891. “They Still Hold the Fort.” Wilkes-Barre Union Leader, October 25, 1889. “Two Plymouth Assault Cases.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, October 23, 1885. “Wilkes Convicted.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, April 27, 1890. “Wilkes in Jail.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 22, 1890. “Wilkes in the Toils.” Wilkes-Barre News Leader, January 24, 1890. “Wilkes on Trial.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, April 26, 1890. “Wilkes Sentenced.” Wilkes-Barre News-Dealer, May 14, 1890. “Wilkes Still Holds the Keys.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News, April 6, 1890. “Would Not Allow Burial.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, January 19, 1890. “Work of Polish Hyenas.” Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, January 23, 1890. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 - Ancestry.com Plymouth, Pennsylvania - History of Plymouth (1753-1972) - Years of Industrial Growth (1861-1900) - Martin Wilkes and The Polish-Lithuanian Church War | Martin Wilkes Polish-Lithuanian Church War (liquisearch.com) History - All Saints Parish - Plymouth, PA (allsaintsplymouth.com)

The annals of late Victorian era crime are usually dominated by one name, but another series of murders, ones lesser-known but more grisly, took place from 1886-1889 with some outlying cases that may or may not have been connected. Were these murders all the work of the same offender? In some cases, were they even murders at all? Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Forgotten Darkness Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1NsgqAha9Z3bMhBxg8FuM2tRLqwjH5-_F&usp=sharing Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma.   SOURCES Hull Daily Mail, June 12, 1902. “A London Mystery.” Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, November 2, 1884. “A Thames Mystery.” The Daily Telegraph, May 13, 1887. ―. East Kent Gazette, September 15, 1888. “Another Murder and Mutilation in Whitechapel.” The Times, September 11, 1889. “Another Thames Mystery.” Staffordshire Daily Sentinel, September 11, 1874. “Atrocious Crime in London.” Birmingham Daily Mail, June 9, 1902. “Discovery of Human Remains.” Pall Mall Gazette, October 24, 1884. “Dreadful Discovery.” Christchurch Star (NZ), August 1, 1902. “Further Discovery of Human Remains in London.” Pall Mall Gazette, October 30, 1884. “Horrible Discovery at Rainham.” Essex Weekly Herald, May 23, 1887. “Lambeth Mystery.” The Weekly Dispatch, June 15, 1902. “Le Crime de Montrouge.” Le Radical (Paris), December 3, 1886. “Le Mystère de Montrouge.” Le Figaro (Paris), August 5, 1886. ―. Le Figaro (Paris), August 7, 1886. ―. La Lanterne (Paris), August 7, 1886. ―. Le Figaro (Paris), August 20, 1886. ―. Le Figaro (Paris), August 22, 1886. ―. Le Figaro (Paris), August 29, 1886. ―. La Lanterne (Paris), September 16, 1886. ―. La Lanterne (Paris), November 26, 1886. “Murder & Mutilation,” Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, October 11, 1887. “Murdered and Hacked to Pieces.” Atherstone Herald, August 13, 1886. “Suspicious Discovery in the Thames.” Acton Gazette, June 13, 1874. “The Chelsea Victim.” The Western Daily Press, July 26, 1889. “The Discovery of Human Remains.” The Times, October 31, 1884. ―. Central Somerset Gazette, June 11, 1887. “The Discovery of Human Remains in Lambeth.” The Evening Standard, June 18, 1902. “The Latest London Horror.” The People, June 30, 1889. “The London Mystery.” Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, November 16, 1884. “The Murder in Whitechapel.” The Times, September 12, 1889. ―. The Times, September 25, 1889. “The Mysterious Murder and Mutilation.” London Daily News, September 16, 1873. “The Pimlico Discovery.” The Echo, September 12, 1888. “The Pimlico Mystery. - Another Discovery.” The Pall Mall Gazette, September 28, 1888. “The Rainham Mystery.” The People, June 12, 1887. “The Shocking Discovery at Dalston.” The Evening Standard, January 25, 1898. “The Supposed Murder and Mutilation.” London Daily News, November 4, 1884. “The Supposed Murder and Mutilation in London.” The People, November 16, 1884. “The Supposed Murder of a Woman.” The Morning Post, September 9, 1873. “The Thames Mystery.” The Morning Post, May 16, 1887. ―. Birmingham Weekly Mercury, June 15, 1889. “The Whitechapel Mystery.” The Times, September 13, 1889. ―. The Times, September 14, 1889. “The Whitehall Discovery.” Birmingham Daily Post, October 6, 1888. Gordon, R. Michael. The Thames Torso Murders of Victorian London. London: McFarland & Company, 2002. Trow, M.J. The Thames Torso Murders. Barnsley: Wharncliffe Books, 2011. Shelley House Stables - Casebook: Jack the Ripper Forums

Hypothetical planets are those theorized to exist, whether by observation or prediction by means of examining gravitational fields. Several hypotheticals are discussed, with the story of the planet Vulcan, at one time thought to exist between Mercury and the Sun, discussed in-depth. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma.

In 1910, Dr. B.C. Hyde was put on trial for the murder of Colonel Thomas Swope, a wealthy Kansas City landowner the year before. Also included in the charges were manslaughter and several counts of attempted murder. This is a case I've gone back and forth on several times. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Col. T.H. Swope Goes to Rest.” Louisville Courier-Journal, October 4, 1909. “Col. Thomas Swope Dead.” Cherryvale Republican (Kansas), October 4, 1909. “Coroner's Jury Finds Dr. Hyde's Medicine Killed Swope.” St. Louis Star and Times, February 9, 1910. “Dr. Twyman Very Ill.” Kansas City Star, April 18, 1910. “For Third Time Dr. Hyde Will Face Trial Next Week.” Parsons Daily Sun (Kansas), May 24, 1912. “Hyde and Wife to Take Stand.” St. Louis Star and Times, April 19, 1910. “Hyde Trial Begins Again in Porterfield's Court.” Salina National Field (Kansas), October 23, 1911. “Juror's Escape May Halt Hyde Trial.” St. Joseph News-Press, December 11, 1911. “Kansas City Pioneer Gone.” West Plains Journal (Missouri), October 7, 1909. “Letter in Swope Case is a Serial Story of Horrors.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 4, 1910. “Mrs. Hyde Prompts Walsh.” Kansas City Star, April 23, 1910. “Nurse Who Attended Swope Swears He Took Patent Medicine Containing Strychnine.” Cincinnati Enquirer, February 8, 1910. “One of the Hyde Jury Ill.” Kansas City Star, November 30, 1911. “Story of Death of Crisman (sic) Swope.” Deseret News, April 22, 1910. “Stranger at Home of Missing Hyde Juror.” St. Louis Star and Times, December 13, 1911. “Swope Murder Case is Opened.” Hope Pioneer (North Dakota), April 14, 1910. “The Juror Returned.” Hutchinson News (Kansas), December 14, 1911. “The Nurse Confused.” Fort Scott Tribune-Monitor (Kansas), April 23, 1910. “The Rialto in Ruins.” Kansas City Star, December 23, 1909. “Typhoid Story Out?” Kansas City Times, April 20, 1910. “Witness Tells How Hyde Bought Disease Cultures.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 27, 1910. Duke, Thomas Samuel. Celebrated Criminal Cases of America. San Francisco: The James H. Berry Company, 1910. Dr. Hyde & Mr. Swope – The Swope Murder Trial - HistoricalCrimeDetective.com Dr Bennett Clark Hyde Sr - Facts (ancestry.com)

An unidentified, mostly noncommunicative man in a Minnesota mental hospital, known as J.C.R., was the plaintiff in a case to prove his identity as a North Dakota rancher's son.  Who was J.C.R.?  Will we ever know? Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Accused of Writing Bogus Checks.” Washington Post, January 7, 1905. “Aphasia Victim May Be Naval Officer.” New York Tribune, May 26, 1913. “Are Positive of Identity.” Long Beach Telegram (California), May 23, 1913. “Bullets Write New Chapter in 'J.C.R.' Mystery.” Leavenworth Times (Kansas), May 4, 1917. “Caldwell Will Case Postponed.” Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota), August 27, 1917. “Dorothy Harris Claims to be Daughter of 'J.C.R.' and Heir to a Large Fortune.” Minneapolis Star-Tribune, November 16, 1919. “Famous Identity Case Concluded Late Last Week.” Dickinson Press (North Dakota), January 20, 1917. “Found Paralyzed.” La Crosse Tribune (Wisconsin), July 13, 1907. “Four Others Identify 'Aye-Hee' as Ramsey.” Oregon Daily Journal, May 23, 1913. “Girl, 18, Claims 'J.C.R.' Mystery man as Father.” Maurice Times (Iowa), December 11, 1919. “Hopes of Fortune Depend on Flute.” Spokane Daily Chronicle, November 17, 1919. “Insane Prisoner Attacks Sheriff.” Billings Gazette (Montana), August 10, 1917. “Is He? Or Is He Not? Week of Court Serves to Deepen Mystery of 'J.C.R.'.” Dickinson Press (North Dakota), January 6, 1917. “'J.C.R. Again in Our City.” Dickinson Press (North Dakota), July 31, 1915. “'J.C.R.' Face to Face With Lost Identity.” Chicago Inter Ocean, January 17, 1914. “J.C.R. Identified as James Harris Now Making Home with Former Wife.” Ward County Independent (Minnesota), August 26, 1920. “'J.C.R.' in Visit to Dickinson.” Bismarck Tribune, November 14, 1921. “'J.C.R.' on Co. Wants to Let Go.” Dickinson Press (North Dakota), April 10, 1915. “'J.C.R.,' the Man of Mystery, Declared Seen in Spokane.” Spokane Chronicle (Washington), January 24, 1920. “'J.C.R.' Walks to Dickinson.” Williston Graphic (North Dakota), August 5, 1915. “Man of Mystery Found.” Seattle Star, January 27, 1920. “Mrs. Pitkin Has an Unenviable Record.” Fargo Forum and Daily Republican (North Dakota), December 14, 1914. “Mysterious 'J.C.R.' Identified as Man Missing since 1906.” St. Louis Star and Times (Missouri), November 19, 1914. “Mystery Man for 13 Years is Brought Home.” Minneapolis Morning Tribune, August 18, 1920. “Mystery Man of Stark is Paralyzed.” Bismarck Tribune, January 31, 1921. “Noted Murder Case in North Dakota.” Rapid City Journal (North Carolina), June 19, 1917. “Says She is Wrong.” Long Beach Telegram (California), May 22, 1913. “'Silent Man' an Oklahoman?” Oklahoma Weekly Leader, May 29, 1913. “Slayer of Two Caldwells Held Insane by Jury.” August 14, 1917. “State News and Comment.” Bismarck Daily Tribune (North Dakota), April 10, 1915. “Strange Case of 'J.C.R.' the Man of Mystery Who Has Apparently Lost All Track of Himself.” Asheville Citizen-Times (North Carolina), November 9, 1913. “Trial of Mike Chumack Likely to be Postponed.” Hope Pioneer (North Dakota), June 14, 1917. “Wife Looks for Jas. P. Harris.” Tampa Times, January 13, 1920. Burnett, W. Fulton. “The Case of the Mysterious J.C.R.” North Dakota Law Review, volume 25, number 4 (1949). Callahan, Edward W. List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, from 1775 to 1900. New York: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1901. James H. Caldwell - Facts (ancestry.com) Waseca County Minnesota Railroad Stations (west2k.com) Strange Company: Who Was J.C.R.?

The “woman in black” stalked the streets of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and other towns and villages in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties in the winter of 1886-1887 and into the 1930s. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES Philadelphia Inquirer, November 8, 1886. Scranton Republican, December 15, 1886. Wilkes-Barre Record, January 5, 1887. “Attacked For the Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Evening News, December 27, 1886. “Caught At His Tricks.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, February 6, 1887. “Caught the Woman in Black.” Scranton Republican, November 6, 1886. “He Wasn't Afraid.” Carbondale Daily News, December 9, 1886. “Lackawanna's Mystery.” Wilkes-Barre Evening News, November 30, 1886. “Local Brevities.” Carbondale Daily News, December 4, 1886. “Local Gleanings.” Pittston Evening Gazette, December 18, 1886. “Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre Record, December 25, 1886. “Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre Record, December 27, 1886. “Plymouth.” Wilkes-Barre Record, December 28, 1886. “Scared by a Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Record, December 30, 1886. “Slammer Coleman as the Woman in Black.” Scranton Republican, December 9, 1886. “The Bunko Men.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News-Dealer, October 31, 1886. “The Woman in Black.” New York Times, November 10, 1886. “The Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Evening News, November 23, 1886. “The Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Dollar Weekly News, December 25, 1886. “The Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre News, December 30, 1886. “The Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre News, December 31, 1886. “The Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, January 2, 1887. “The Woman in Black.” New York Times, January 7, 1887. “The Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Weekly Dollar News, January 22, 1887. “The Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre News, February 5, 1893. “Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre News, December 27, 1886. “Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Sunday News-Dealer, January 2, 1887. “Woman in Black.” Wilkes-Barre Dollar Weekly News, January 15, 1887. Peter VON WEISENFLUE - Facts (ancestry.com) Wright J. Horton - Facts (ancestry.com) Ancestry.com - U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 – Scranton 1886 Ancestry.com - U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 – Wilkes-Barre 1882 Luzerne County 1873 Pennsylvania Historical Atlas (historicmapworks.com) Coal mining in Plymouth, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia In the passage describing the attack on Wright Horton, the name of the sheriff's son is incorrectly given as Jules. His name was actually Julius, and I've corrected it to such.

  In the winter of 1891-1892, a series of slashing attacks - and one murder - took place in the rough streets of the Bowery in Lower Manhattan, barely a stone's throw from the seedy hotel where “Old Shakespeare” was slain only a few months before. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Arraignment of the Slasher.” New York Sun, January 20, 1892. “Carson's Slayer.” New York Evening World, January 18, 1892. “Caught Cutting a Throat.” New York Tribune, January 18, 1892. “Dowd Was Mad, the Jury Say.” New York Sun, January 30, 1892. “Jack the Slasher Again.” Passaic (NJ) Daily News, January 16, 1892. “Jack the Slasher in Court.” New York Evening World, January 28, 1892. “Masterson a Roundsman Now.” New York Sun, January 20, 1892. “Men Whom Dowd Slashed.” New York Evening World, January 29, 1892. “Murder or Suicide?” New York Evening World, January 15, 1892. “Red Revenge Day By Day.” Pittsburgh (PA) Dispatch, January 18, 1892. “Saloon Keeper Flynn's Frenzy.” New York Sun, July 6, 1887. “Slasher Dowd's Defense.” New York Evening World, January 21, 1892. “Slasher Dowd's Trial Put Off.” New York Evening World, January 25, 1892. “The Slasher's Brother Sane.” New York Evening World, January 28, 1892. “The Weather.” Brooklyn Times-Union, January 18, 1892. “Who Killed Lawyer Carson?” New York Evening World, January 16, 1892. Dekle, George. The East River Ripper. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2021. New York, U.S., Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers, 1865-1939 - Ancestry.com Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1894 House of Relief -- Nos. 67-69 Hudson St. (daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com)

In the early 1700s, the Lincolnshire rectory of Reverend Samuel Wesley, whose son John went on to found the Methodist Church, was haunted by a poltergeist, one which the Wesley children named Old Jeffrey. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES Bruce, H. Addington. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1908. Yates, Kelly Diehl. “Jeffrey the Jacobite Poltergeist: the Politics of the Ghost That Haunted the Epworth Rectory in 1716-7.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 50:2 (Fall 2015). The Epworth Poltergeist: 1 - The Wesley Home - Ghosts, Ghouls and God (ghostsghoulsandgod.co.uk) The History of Epworth Old Rectory - Epworth Old Rectory At the Roots of Methodism: Escape from fire shaped Wesley's life (gcah.org)

In 1920s Los Angeles, the mother-daughter duo of May Otis Blackburn and Ruth Wieland ran a female-dominated religious cult. The Blackburn Cult, as it was called in the newspapers of the time, came to the attention of the LAPD after a fraud investigation. But following the clues soon led to revelations of far worse offenses than simple fraud. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Amazing Attempt of the Great Eleven Cult to Raise the Dead.” Shreveport (Louisiana) Times, April 6, 1930. “Angel Gabriel Girls Quizzed.” Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1925. “Apostles of Doom to Wait Whole Week.” Pomona Bulletin, February 7, 1925. “Believe Body May Be That of H. Balcom.” Santa Ana Register, October 8, 1929. “Cult Leaders Face Charges.” Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1929. “Cult Queen Tells of Being Chained Two Months to Bed Post.” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1929. “Cult's Poison Rites Investigated as Rainbow Tells of Leader's Quest for Potion.” Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1929. “Death Theory is Switched.” Long Beach Sun, October 10, 1929. “Four Women Feared Slain in Cult Rites.” Oakland Tribune, October 9, 1929. “Heart Murder Victim Seen as Rancher.” Long Beach Sun, October 18, 1929. “Human Heart in Mail May Solve Crime.” Long Beach Sun, October 30, 1929. “Kidnapping of Woman Feared.” San Francisco Examiner, March 21, 1927. “Murder Victim Found on Ranch Near Westminster.” Santa Ana Register, October 7, 1929. “Mystery of Simi Woman Revived.” Ventura County Star, December 17, 1937. “New Chapter Written in Louise Volz Disappearance.” Ventura County Star, March 28, 1938. “Pair Describe Death in Oven.” Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1929. “Police on Search at Venice Cottage for Secret Grave of Young Cult Priestess.” Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1929. “Probe L.A. Doom Cult.” Los Angeles Record, February 6, 1925. “Sheriff Has New Theory.” Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1929. “Vogel Adjudged Mentally Sick; to be Confined.” Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1925. Fort, Samuel. Cult of the Great Eleven. Omaha: Nisirtu Publishing, 2019. ESDA | Rowen, Margaret Matilda Wright (1871–1939) (adventist.org) Secrets of Los Angeles, 1932-33: The Anton Wagner files | Esotouric As Above So Below: The Meaning of The Esoteric Phrase | Mysterium Academy Pioneer Era – Strathearn Historical Park and Museum (simihistory.com) People v. Blackburn, 214 Cal. 402 | Casetext Search + Citator Mary Harlene Satoris - Facts (ancestry.com)

In 1920s Los Angeles, the mother-daughter duo of May Otis Blackburn and Ruth Wieland ran a female-dominated religious cult. The Blackburn Cult, as it was called in the newspapers of the time, came to the attention of the LAPD after a fraud investigation. But following the clues soon led to revelations of far worse offenses than simple fraud. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES Oregon Daily Journal, August 5, 1917. “Body of Cult Priestess Discovered Under House.” Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1929. “Police Probing Weird Burial by Cult.” Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, October 7, 1929. “Priestess Snubs Ex-Swain.” Los Angeles Times, October 8, 1929. “Rhoads is Known at Klamath Falls.” Salem Statesman Journal, October 10, 1929. “Vancouver Marriage Licenses.” Oregon Daily Journal, May 28, 1915. Fort, Samuel. Cult of the Great Eleven. Omaha: Nisirtu Publishing, 2019. Fremont Everett - Facts (ancestry.com) Ruth Angeline Wieland - Facts (ancestry.com)

The White Star Line lost many ships over the years, most famously the Titanic in 1912.  But over its century of existence, it had only one ship vanish without a trace.  Did it sink in a storm?  Explode due to its volatile cargo?  This is the story of the Naronic. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Another Naronic Hoax.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 3, 1893. “Fears for Ocean Steamers.” Delaware Gazette and State Journal, March 9, 1893. “Is She Still Afloat?” Wilkes-Barre Record,March 8, 1893. “Nine Sailors Saved.” Wilmington Morning News, March 8, 1893. “No News of the Naronic.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 8, 1893. “No Tidings of the Naronic.” Wilmington Morning News, March 8, 1893. “Put Into Halifax.” Boston Globe, February 26, 1893. “Regarded as a Hoax.” Norfolk Virginian, March 31, 1893. “Rosseau Admits He Sent Dynamite to Liner.” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 16, 1905. “Rosseau, Dynamiter, Guilty, the Jury Says.” New York Times, March 28, 1905. “She is Lost.” Boston Globe, March 20, 1893. “The Naronic.” Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate (Aus.), August 30, 1893. “The Naronic's Boat Picked Up.” Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate (Aus.), January 18, 1894. ”The Naronic Mystery.” The Australian Star, March 27, 1893. “Thinks They Blew Up Maine.” New York Times, March 29, 1905. “To Dynamite British Ships.” Kendrick (ID) Gazette, January 20, 1905. “Toilers of the Sea.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 25, 1893. “What To Do With Cranks.” New York Times, January 17, 1905. “With an Infernal Machine Man Called at Kelly Home.” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 1905. What Happened to the Naronic? (titanic-whitestarships.com) NARONIC MYSTERY UPDATED. | Waratah Revisited Ever wonder what Frederick the Great is doing in Carlisle? - pennlive.com

In 1894, an injured young girl arrives on the doorstep of a Missouri farmhouse. She was Nellie Meeks, and she was the sole survivor of the murder of her entire family. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Burnt Clothing of Gus Meeks.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 27, 1895. “Crime of Fiends.” St. Joseph Herald, May 12, 1894. “Final Pleas Being Made.” Kansas City Star, August 1, 1895. “Jerry South Gets His Reward.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 1, 1896. “Jury Receives Instructions.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, August 2, 1895. “Looks Black for the Taylors.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 26, 1895. “Story of the Taylors.” Larned (KS) Eagle-Optic, September 13, 1895. “Taylor Is Hanged.” St. Joseph Herald, May 1, 1896. “Taylor Makes a Statement.” Mexico Weekly Intelligencer, April 30, 1896. “Taylor Taken to Carrollton.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 28, 1896. “The End of the Famous Meeks-Taylor Case.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 8, 1926. “The Taylors' Defense.” St. Joseph Weekly Gazette, April 2, 1895. “William Taylor Executed.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 1, 1896. “William Taylor in Kansas City.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 11, 1896. Nellie L. Meeks - Facts (ancestry.com) John Blackwell Hale - Wikipedia Thomas Miles Bresnehen (1860-1926) - Find A Grave Memorial History in Hannibal: Folktale relates town's horror over Meeks' family murders | Article | hannibal.net

Several mysterious deaths are described here – two with hints of conspiracy and cover-up, those of Allyn King Foster and Rudolph Bogovich, and another case of apparently not-so-spontaneous combustion. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma.   SOURCES Allyn King Foster – January 17, 1942 “Authorities Probe Doctor's Death at Bellevue Hospital.” Hartford Courant, January 20, 1942. “Autopsy Clears Bellevue in Death.” New York Daily News, May 12, 1938. “Doctor's Death Being Probed.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 19, 1942. “Experiments With Death Ray Seen Clue to Doctor's Insanity and Death.” Camden Morning Post, February 3, 1942. “Fears Death Ray Work Drove Surgeon Insane.” Brooklyn Eagle, February 2, 1942. “Probe Demanded in Bellevue Death.” New York Daily News, May 5, 1938. “Mystery Veils Violent End of Death Ray Inventor.” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 8, 1942 “Refugee Inventor of 'Death Ray' Dies.” St. Louis Star and Times, September 1, 1942. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txXhy5EqjHw   Rudolph Bogovich – January 6, 1945 “Eerie Red Death Plot Here Alleged.” Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, March 4, 1954. “F.B.I. Probes War Worker's Bomb Death.” Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, January 7, 1945. “Human Bomb Death Unsolved.” Pittsburgh Press, January 14, 1945. “Probe Human Bomb Death of Westinghouse Worker.” Sunbury Daily Item, January 9, 1945. “Queer War Plant Death Stumps FBI.” Unionville (MI) Crescent, January 13, 1945. “Westinghouse Fires Five Accused Reds.” Pittsburgh Press, January 4, 1955. explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-3A0#:~:text=During World War II the Westinghouse Electric and,in plastics%2C radar%2C x-rays%2C bombsights%2C and atomic energy.   Harold Hall – April 28, 1956 “Benicia Death Laid to Cleaning Fluid.” Contra Costa Gazette, May 2, 1956. “Harold Hall of Benicia Fire Victim.” Contra Costa Gazette, April 30, 1956. “Mystery Burns Fatal to Benicia Man in Apartment.” Oakland Tribune, April 30, 1956. 1956, April 28: Harold Hall’s Fiery Death | Anomalies: the Strange & Unexplained (anomalyinfo.com)

Several mysterious deaths are described here – a quartet of cases described by Charles Fort, those of Captain George M. Colvocoresses, the English case of Lavinia Farrar, Lillian Green and her death at the Lake Denmark Hotel in New Jersey, and the “locked door” death of New York launderer Isidore Fink. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma.   SOURCES Captain George M. Colvocoresses “A Tragical Enigma.” New York Times, July 1, 1872. “Colvocoresses – Murder or Suicide?” Hartford Courant, August 5, 1872. Lavinia Farrar “Inquest.” The Times, March 16, 1901. Lillian Green “Erskine Hotel Burned.” Passaic Daily News, December 26, 1916. “Miss Green Died Accidental Death.” Paterson Morning Call, December 28, 1916. “Mystery in the Death of Dover Woman.” Paterson News, December 27, 1916. “Mystery Shrouds Burned Woman.” Paterson Morning Call, December 27, 1916. Isidore Fink “Laundryman Killer Flees Locked Room.” Brooklyn Times-Union, March 11, 1929. “Man Killed; All Openings Locked; Police Baffled.” Arizona Republic, March 12, 1929.

The election of 1934 saw Democrats gain headway nationally in the wake of the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  But Republicans in Kelayres, Pennsylvania, dominated by the Bruno family, weren't going to go down without a fight. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “2 Commissioners Arrested for Plot in Bruno's Escape.” Reading Times, December 24, 1936. “14 Year Old Girl of Kelayres Has Flag Recognized.” Hazelton Standard-Speaker, January 15, 1935. “50 Republican Votes Gained in Kline Twp.” Pottsville Republican-Herald, November 13, 1933. “A Proclamation.” Hazleton Standard-Speaker, November 8, 1934. “Bruno Trial to Reach Jury By Next Friday.” Pottsville Republican and Herald, September 17, 1935. “Contest Kline Twp. Election.” Pottsville Republican, December 6, 1933. “Dramatic Scene as Woman Shouts Answer to Bruno.” Hazelton Standard-Speaker, January 29, 1935. “Eye-Witnesses in Kelayres Case Ready to Testify.” Hazelton Standard-Speaker, January 14, 1935. “Four Bruno Men Hear Murder Writ in County Prison.” Hazleton Standard-Speaker, November 8, 1934. “Joseph Bruno Found Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter; Carries Six to Twelve Years.” Shenandoah Evening Herald, February 7, 1935. “Kline Township Recount Stands.” Hazleton Plain Speaker, November 14, 1933. “News of the South Side.” Hazleton Plain Speaker, December 30, 1933. “Mandamus Action in Kline Township.” Hazleton Plain Speaker, August 31, 1933. “Three Are Dead in Voting Feud.” New Castle News, November 6, 1934. “Unspeakable Outrage, Declares Gov. Pinchot of Hazleton Slayings.” New Castle News, November 6, 1934. “Voice in Broken English Vividly Outlined Rat-Tat-Tat of Gunfire.” Hazelton Standard-Speaker, January 18, 1935. “Witnesses Back in Kelayres Homes.” Hazleton Standard-Speaker, November 8, 1934. Cerullo, John and Gennaro Delena. “The Kelayres Massacre.” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 107:3 (July 1983). Hoover, Stephanie. The Kelayres Massacre: Politics & Murder in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Coal Country. Xxx Newsreel Report about the Massacre - (1) 1934 Kelayres Massacre - YouTube The woman interviewed towards the end is, I think, either Irene Condor or Sarah Fiorilla. The scruffy man shown lying in a hospital bed is most likely Edward Vespucci.

The Tuileries Palace in Paris was supposedly haunted by a red, dwarfish figure that warned inhabitants of imminent catastrophy.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma.   SOURCES Red Man: The Tuileries Palace Ghost - Geri Walton The Little Red Man | dix-neuviémiste (wordpress.com) Cosimo Ruggeri - Wikipedia The Palais des Tuileries, in search of a missing Palace - French Moments Assassin's Creed Unity Murder Mystery Guide: Page 15 | GamesRadar+ The crimson fairy and the red | British Fairies (wordpress.com)

In 1909, in the book Pennsylvania Mountain Stories, Henry W. Shoemaker recounted the tale of “The Black Wolf of Oak Valley.” The names in this story were changed, and after digging around, I found the original tale that this story was based on: the 1896 saga of outlaw William Etlinger. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES Altoona Tribune, May 2, 1896. Lewisburg Journal, July 8, 1885. Perry County Democrat, May 27, 1885. “A Desperate Outlaw.” Murfreesboro (NC) Index, March 13, 1896. “A Dramatic Tragedy.” Lancaster Intelligencer, March 11, 1896. “A Monument to Barner.” Lewisburg Journal, March 20, 1896. “As A Museum Curio.” Indiana Progress, March 11, 1896. “Death Rather Than Capture.” Perry County Democrat, March 11, 1896. “Defiant to the Last.” Lock Haven Evening Express, March 7, 1896. ―. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 7, 1896. “Defies Half a Hundred.” Lancaster Intelligencer, March 7, 1896. “Etlinger's Body Not Removed.” Philadelphia Times, March 11, 1896. “His Body is Undisturbed.” Washington (DC) Times, March 11, 1896. “Man Who Reports Deaths in Chair Never Saw One.” Pittsburgh Press, January 16, 1938. “No Tears For Him.” Wilkes-Barre News, March 9, 1896. “Robbed of About $4,000.” Lewisburg Chronicle, February 25, 1905. “School Funds Missing.” Millheim Journal, April 23, 1885. “Sequel to a Tragedy.” Aspen (CO) Daily Times, March 18, 1896. “The Sheriff Must Pay Damages.” Mount Union Times, September 22, 1899. “Tragedy at Woodward.” Lewisburg Journal, March 13, 1896. Atlas of Centre County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: A. Pomeroy & Co., 1874. Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania. Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1898. Pennsylvania Superior Court Records, Vol. 12. New York: Banks Law Publishing Co., 1911. The Woodward Shoot-Out – The Pennsylvania Rambler William Ettlinger, the Desperado of Woodward (paoddities.blogspot.com) Howard Orndorf - Facts (ancestry.com)