In this episode Quinn tells Leonna about the mysterious case of the Washington Tube Sock Murders. We discuss suspects in the case, as well as possible theories as to what might have happened. Join us for our Date Fright!

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Song Credits: The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley (we have permission for commercial use)

Sources:

https://crimeimmemorial.com/2023/12/18/the-mineral-washington-murders/

https://medium.com/@timgruver/mommy-was-in-the-trees-the-tube-sock-killings-104042c360d9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral,_Washington_murders

In this episode of Date Fright, Leonna tells Quinn about the elusive cryptid known as the "black eyed children", where the legend originated, first hand accounts, and even speculations about modern day changeling stories! Get cozy, tune in for your morning commute, or maybe even your next deep cleaning sesh, and join us for our Date Fright!

Song Credit: The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley (we have permission for commercial use spotify please be nice)

Send us your stories to share on the podcast @ ([email protected]) any stories about encounters with a cryptid, a ghost hunting story, maybe your family or you yourself has encountered a known murderer? We'll take anything! Let us know if we can use your name, and what you're comfortable sharing or what's just for us!

Sources:

I've encountered the black eyed children: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ztc0u4/ive_encountered_the_black_eyed_children/?captcha=1

The black Eyed Children Urban Legend by Clara Bush: https://www.clarabush.com/the-black-eyed-children-urban-legend/

Legend of the Black-eyed Children by Maria Mohsin: https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-black-eyed-children-55705

Death as a child: The modern legend of the black eyed children: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/black-eyed-children-urban-legend

Exploring Irish Mythology: Changelings. By The irish post:

https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/exploring-the-irish-mythology-changelings-170347

Changelings and the folk history of autism https://awnnetwork.org/changelings-and-the-folk-history-of-autism/

In this episode Quinn tells Leonna the horrifying tale of Peter Kurten, The Vampire of Dusseldorf

Peter Kurten Wikipedia

Peter Kürten Biography Biography.com Editors 

 https://www.biography.com/crime/peter-kurten

In todays episode Quinn tells Leonna the story of Peter Kurten, AKA the Vampire of Dusseldorf.

Song credits: The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley

Sources: Peter Kürten Biography Author by Biography.com Editors

In this episode Leonna tells Quinn the hallowing story of the discovery of radium, the women behind the moniker; The Radium Girls, and their fight for justice.

Follow for the next episode of Date Fright.

Sources:

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore https://www.theradiumgirls.com/the-girls

This Month in Physics History December 1898: The Curies Discover Radium : https://www.aps.org/archives/publications/apsnews/200412/history.cfm

Radium Girls Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

Radium Jaw Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_jaw

The Radium Dial Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Dial_Company

“Get Me A Radium Highball!”: New York and the Radium Craze by Kate Burch: https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/get-me-a-radium-highball-new-york-and-the-radium-craze

Marie and Pierre Curie and the discovery of polonium and radium by Nanny Fröman: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/marie-and-pierre-curie-and-the-discovery-of-polonium-and-radium/

Radium Girls: The Women Who Fought for Their Lives in a Killer Workplace by Don Vaughan: https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace
Facts and ideas from anywhere by William Clifford Roberts: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5595405/#:~:text=In%201913%2C%20Sabin%20von%20Sochocky,them%20visible%20in%20the%20dark.

The Story Of The Radium Girls And Their Decades-Long Fight For Justice By ⁠Richard Stockton⁠ | Edited By ⁠John Kuroski⁠:

⁠https://allthatsinteresting.com/radium-girls⁠

The Forgotten Story Of The Radium Girls: https://www.afacwa.org/the_forgotten_story_of_the_radium_girls_whose_deaths_saved_thousands_of_workers_lives

Radium Girls: Living Dead Women by: Arlene Balkansky: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/03/radium-girls-living-dead-women/

Grace Fryer: Women of History How a glow-in-the-dark woman saved lives by Shea Keating: https://medium.com/@sheakeatingwriting/grace-fryer-women-of-history-fdf245f52a42

For the Love of Pretty Things Robert R. Johnson: https://www.thebeliever.net/for-the-love-of-pretty-things/