Nightmare on Main Street: The Markle Family Murders
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Nightmare on Main Street: The Markle Family Murders

A stormy night, a black out and a mysterious phone call lead the police to an eerie house on a hill containing the bodies of an entire family. All of this, plus a connection to The Exorcist, feels like the setup to a particularly scary movie. Instead, it was a real life tragedy that took place in November 1987.

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