On July 24th of 1974, a young girl walking on the beach in Provincetown stumbled across a horrifying sight: the decomposing body of a woman.
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Ghost Ship: The Unsolved Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Superstition at sea is strong, and the bizarre mystery of what happened to the Mary Celeste and her crew was ripe with theories. In 1872, the Mary Celeste was found fully stocked with everything except her crew, in the middle of the ocean, with little evidence pointing to what happened.
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The Tragedies at Point Defiance Park
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma Washington has been sight to more than one tragedy, including the murder of Jennifer Bastian.
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The Dancing Plague of 1518
A mysterious affliction infected the residents of the town of Strasbourg, Alsace, causing residents to take to the streets dancing, sometimes until they dropped dead.
What was the cause of this strange phenomenon? And where else has it happened in history and does it still happen today?
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The Circleville Letters
Circleville, Ohio. 1976. It started with strange gossip letters, targeting Mary Gillespie, accusing her of an affair. The letters continued, targeting others in this small, rural town, threatening lives and reputations. But when someone ended up dead, who was to blame?
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Elizabeth Short: The Black Dahlia Murder Part Two
In part one we look at the murder, but what about the suspects? And is Elizabeth Short still around?
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Elizabeth Short: The Black Dahlia Murder Part One
It’s one of the most notorious unsolved murders in United States History: the brutal killing of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, whose body was dumped in a lot, dismembered into two pieces.
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The Disappearance of Paula Welden & The Bennington Triangle
On December 1st of 1946, 18-year-old Paula Welden went on a walk, and vanished. Despite and extensive search, no sign of her was found.
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The Blood Countess: Elizabeth Bathory
In 16th century Hungary the “Infamous Lady” Elizabeth Bathory allegedly tortured and killed hundreds of her adolescent servant girls, bathing in and drinking their blood to renew her youth and beauty. Or did she?
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The Curse of Dead Man’s Chair
This supposed cursed chair has many names. Dead Man’s Chair. The Chair of Death. Busby’s Stoop Chair. But all names tell the tale of a murderer who cursed his favorite chair: anyone who dared sit upon it would be fated with untimely deaths.
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