Spooky Szn: History Haunts
Send us a text During the last Spooky Szn episode of October 2023, Christine talks about a haunted tunnel in Massachusetts and the story of Eunice Cole, a woman in New Hampshire who was accused of (and tried for) being a witch 3 TIMES throughout her life. Sources: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosac_Tunnel 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida,_Massachusetts 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtha 4) https://hoosactunnel.net/hauntings/ 5) https://newen...
27 Loka 202333min
The Men Who Killed Halloween
Send us a text In the first case, Rachael talks about a man who killed the woman he was seeing...over halloween candy. In the second case, we cover the murder of Timothy O’Bryan, a young boy who was killed by his father on Halloween night. Sources: 1) https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/0c5a6fb2-702d-4961-ad07-c4763daa4ea7/1161735_R23.pdf 2) https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/woman-stabbed-over-halloween-candy-dies-ledell-peoples-maria-adams/1914915/ 3) https://idoc.illinois.go...
24 Loka 202344min
Spooky Szn: A Haunting in Connecticut, and Another in Rhode Island
Send us a text On this spooky season episode, Kate talks about the real-life stories that The Conjuring series are based on! Sources: 1) https://allthatsinteresting.com/true-story-of-the-conjuring-perron-family-enfield-haunting 2) https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/07/22/conjuring-true-story-perron/2457209/ 3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren#cite_note-ProvidenceJournal-15 4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Arne_Cheyenne_Johnson 5) https://www.in...
20 Loka 202332min
The Abduction of Morgan Nick
Send us a text This week, Christine takes on the heartbreaking (and still unsolved) abduction of Morgan Nick. In 1995, Morgan was a vibrant 6-year-old girl who was enjoying an evening catching fireflies with her friends at a little league baseball game. After going toward her mom's car to empty sand from her shoes, Morgan is never seen of or heard from again. There are a couple of people of interest that police have investigated throughout the years within the case, and we go over...
17 Loka 202343min
Spooky NH, VT & ME
Send us a text Spooky Szn Episode 2 is OUT! Learn about the spookiest stories from New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine in this episode. We talk about a college, a couple of cemeteries, and even an Inn. At the end, we discuss a book club we will be starting up in January. Let us know @smalltownmysteriespod (on Instagram) if you have any suggestions (true crime or mystery/thriller genre) that you want us to read and discuss in an episode at the end of the month! Sources: ...
14 Loka 202344min
Homicides in Hinterkaifeck
Send us a text 1922 - When a family and their maid are all found dead on their farm in Germany, there are far more questions than answers. Unsolved to this day, learn about the Hinterkaifeck murders and the different theories surrounding the case. Sources: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders 2) https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-hinterkaifeck-murders-germanys-oldest-unsolved-massacre-17dea740e031 3) https://curiouscaseof.com/the-hinterkaifeck-murders/ 4) https://www.me...
10 Loka 202335min
Spooky Szn: The Lady in Black & Vampires of New England
Send us a text ALERT, ALERT!!! FIRST EPISODE OF SPOOKY SZN!! This Spooky Szn, we are covering cases in New England. Today, Christine talks about The Lady in Black (a famous New England Ghost story) and all about VAMPIRES. No, not the ones who sparkle in the sun. No, sadly not the ones who are brothers pining over a doppleganger of their ex-gf (hello, fans of Vampire Diaries?). No, no, no. We're talking about the OG vampires here. The ones who existed in a time where Tuberculosis w...
6 Loka 202330min
Reet Jurvetson: Finally Identified 46 Years Later
Send us a text In 1969, a body is discovered in the brush off of Mulholland Drive in LA California. The murder was extremely gruesome -- the woman was stabbed over 150 times. This unidentified woman became known as “Sherry Doe” or “Jane Doe 59.” It took 46 years for this woman to get her name back. Jane Doe #59 is actually a woman named Reet Jurvetson, who was murdered at the young age of 19 years old. Though there are some persons of interest, the amount of time that has passed between...
3 Loka 202332min
