Autumn's Oddities

The 1830 murder of one of Salem's wealthiest octogenarians both stunned and captivated the public. At the trials of the accused, which featured the legendary orator Daniel Webster, a convoluted murder-for-hire plot unfolded. The details of the trial inspired such works of fiction as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Scarlett Letter", with the ghost of Captain White still making himself known to visitors.

SOURCES
https://salempl.org/captain-joseph-white/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-murder-in-salem-64885035/
The Murder of Captain Joseph White: Salem, Massachusetts, 1830Walker Lewis; American Bar Association Journal; Vol. 54, No. 5 (MAY 1968), pp. 460-466 (7 pages); Published By: American Bar Association

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During a massive storm on November 29, 1980, Granger Taylor left a note for his parents to find. It said that he had gone to board an alien spaceship after recurring dreams had told him he was going to embark on a 42-month interstellar journey. That night, Granger Taylor vanished. Both his family and the police spent months searching for him, but no one could uncover any leads on where he could be.

SOURCES
Spaceman; CBC Documentary
https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/spaceman
https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/bcs-granger-taylor-left-a-note-saying-he-was-boarding-an-alien-spaceship
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Granger_Taylor
https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvwjkv/the-man-who-went-to-space-and-disappeared-the-story-of-granger-taylor


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The Fresno Nightcrawler is a cryptid that resembles a pair of legs draped in white fabric and not much else. While the sightings might immediately scream “hoax”, there are at least two instances of it being captured on video. Is there really a haunted pair of pants out there or is the Fresno Nightcrawler just another clickbait story?


SOURCES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzlf8rNyuxk

George, Carmen (October 19, 2018). "Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and … Fresno Nightcrawler? Walking pants bring Fresno freaky fame".

The Fresno Bee. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
 Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files - Unwanted Visitors / Strange Sightings

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When typically reliable Al Kite failed to show up for work on May 24, 2004, his co-workers called his emergency contact who, in turn, called the Aurora, CO police. What they believed to be a welfare check turned into a gruesome murder investigation that became more confusing with each detail they uncovered.

SOURCES
https://www.denver7.com/news/crime/murder-of-aurora-man-remains-unsolved-15-years-later-but-police-still-believe-renter-killed-himhttps://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=193https://www.oxygen.com/the-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/crime-news/paul-holes-investigates-colorado-murder-of-oakey-alhttps://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Cooperhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25163639/oakey-albert-kitehttps://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/victim-oakey-al-kite-jrhttps://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/05/al-kite-jr-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/

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In the early morning hours of March 24, 2012, Molly Young drove to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment after receiving numerous calls and texts asking for help. The next morning, she was found in his room, on the floor next to his bed, with a gunshot wound to her head. Her death has initially ruled a suicide, but was amended to “undetermined”. The evidence is murky and circumstantial, but seems to heavily lean toward Molly having taken her own life, but is that the case? 

SOURCES
Justice For Molly, Facebook Page
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thesouthern/name/molly-young-obituary?id=25592779https://casetext.com/case/young-v-minton-1https://www.isba.org/ibj/2016/09/lawpulse/mollyslawgivessomewrongfuldeathclai
https://media.crimewatchdaily.com/2017/11/07/mollyyoung-death-investigation-illinois-states-attorney-appellate-prosecutor.pdf

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John Bodkin Adams was a British general practitioner, more than 160 of whose patients died under suspicious circumstances. Many of them just so happened to be very wealthy women and some 132 patients left him money or gifts when they died. Rumors started that Adams was killing them with drugs, but many of their bodies had been cremated before a post-mortem was conducted. Was Dr. Adams a serial killer or was he just a terrible doctor?

SOURCES
A Stranger in Blood: The Story of Dr Bodkin Adams; by Pamela Cullen

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On March 26, 1997, a tip from a former member led police to a grizzly discovery: 39 decomposing bodies in a San Diego mansion. The Heaven’s Gate massacre was the largest mass suicide that had ever taken place on US soil.

SOURCES
Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion; By Benjamin Zeller 

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On August 23, 1912, Percy and Lessie Dunbar loaded their two young sons and left their Opelousas home for a camping trip at nearby Swayze Lake. Four-year-old Bobby Dunbar wandered away from the family’s tent and disappeared that night. During a search, a boy matching Bobby’s age and description was found. Assuming this was the missing boy, “Bobby” was returned to the Dunbar family despite protests from a woman claiming to be the boy’s mother.

SOURCES
A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation Hardcover – August 14, 2012; by Tal McThenia (Author), Margaret Dunbar Cutright (Author)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/this-american-book-a-case_b_1756592?utm_hp_ref=bookshttps://www.dail

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The idea of life after death has confounded humans since the beginning of time. While it is truly impossible to know, endless theories have been proposed to lessen the blow of what is, quite possibly, nothingness after death. Reincarnation is one such possibility. The strange case of the Pollock twins is still cited as a credible instance of reincarnation.

SOURCES
Books cited within the episode
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2016/12/STE17.pdf

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In October 2009, the Jamison family disappeared after touring a plot of land in Oklahoma. Days later, their abandoned pickup truck was found in a remote area of the Ouachita National Forest. Inside they found an odd assortment of items, along with their dog. There was no sign of the family.

SOURCES
https://www.enidnews.com/archives/found-remains-could-belong-to-missing-okla-family/article_082dab1f-6fa7-5586-90b6-bdfd60095352.htmlhttps://www.newson6.com/story/5e3669372f69d76f62079d9b/eufaula-familys-disappearance-still-a-mystery-one-year-later
https://okcfox.com/archive/missing-family-mystery-expands-thanks-to-video-and-anonymous-tipster
https://guardianlv.com/2013/11/missing-oklahoma-family-demons-and-drugs/
https://www.koco.com/article/latimer-county-skeletal-remains-identified-as-missing-eufaula-family/4299050

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