LOVE MURDER29 Okt 2025

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.

Sources:

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2. “Murders on Main: 30 Years since Little Rock Businessman Killed His Family, Himself.” Arkansas Online, https://www.arkansasonline.com/murdersonmain/. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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5. The Friday the 13th Murders. 2025.

6. Batesville Guard, 7 Dec. 1987.

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9. The Log Cabin Democrat, 5 Oct. 1993.

10. The Sun, 19 Nov. 1987.

11. Batesville Guard, 20 Nov. 1987.

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