Drinking The Cool Aid

The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning beginning in 1917, while they were painting watches with self-luminous paint.  This occurred at three factories in the United States: Orange, New Jersey, Ottawa, Illinois, and Waterbury Connecticut.  The women were assured that the paint was harmless, but that wasn't true, and they ingested deadly amounts of radium.

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• Radium Girls: The Women Who Fought for Their Lives in a Killer Workplace | Britannica 
• Smithsonian displays ore containing radium, United States Radium Corporation (1921) - Newspapers.com™ 
• https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/centennial-radium-forged-report/ 
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5559067/women-radium-victims-offer-selves-for/ 
• Radium Girls: Living Dead Women | Headlines & Heroes (loc.gov) 
• In Her Footsteps: Radium Girls of Ottawa, IL - YouTube 
• The Radium Girls:The Dark Story of America’s... by Moore, Kate (amazon.com) 

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The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning beginning in 1917, while they were painting watches with self-luminous paint.  This occurred at three factories in the United States: Orange, New Jersey, Ottawa, Illinois, and Waterbury Connecticut.  The women were assured that the paint was harmless, but that wasn't true, and they ingested deadly amounts of radium.

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Resources:

• Radium Girls: The Women Who Fought for Their Lives in a Killer Workplace | Britannica 
• Smithsonian displays ore containing radium, United States Radium Corporation (1921) - Newspapers.com™ 
• https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/centennial-radium-forged-report/ 
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5559067/women-radium-victims-offer-selves-for/ 
• Radium Girls: Living Dead Women | Headlines & Heroes (loc.gov) 
• In Her Footsteps: Radium Girls of Ottawa, IL - YouTube 
• The Radium Girls:The Dark Story of America’s... by Moore, Kate (amazon.com) 

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On September 29th, 1978, Mary Vincent was hitchhiking and accepted a ride from Larry Singleton.  She survived a violent attack where he cut her arms off and Larry served eight years of his fourteen-year sentence.  He later murdered Roxanne Hayes on February 19th, 1997 and was sentenced to death, but he died in prison in 2001.
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• The Heart of a Survivor: Blood, Courage, Triumph | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• The Heart of a Survivor: From Sorrow Comes Splendor | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• The Heart of a Survivor: Playing Bad Cards With Strong Hands | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• PEOPLE v. SINGLETON (1980) | FindLaw 
• Where is Mary Vincent today? Her healing journey detailed - TheNetline 
• The Harrowing Survival Story Of Mary Vincent (ranker.com) 
• The Horrific 1978 Attack Of Mary Vincent (grunge.com) 
• The Case of Lawrence Singleton — Criminally IntriguedMary Vincent Speaks Out: 'He Destroyed Everything About Me.' - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 
• The Mad Chopper: How the Justice System Let a Mutilator Free, This Time to Kill: Rosen, Fred: 9781504023108: Amazon.com: Books 
• I Survived S03E01 480P Mary Brooke Sharene - YouTube 
• Mary Vincent (artist) - Wikipedia 
• "She had a name' (tampabay.com) 

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On September 29th, 1978, Mary Vincent was hitchhiking and accepted a ride from Larry Singleton.  She survived a violent attack where he cut her arms off and Larry served eight years of his fourteen-year sentence.  He later murdered Roxanne Hayes on February 19th, 1997 and was sentenced to death, but he died in prison in 2001.
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• The Heart of a Survivor: Blood, Courage, Triumph | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• The Heart of a Survivor: From Sorrow Comes Splendor | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• The Heart of a Survivor: Playing Bad Cards With Strong Hands | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• PEOPLE v. SINGLETON (1980) | FindLaw 
• Where is Mary Vincent today? Her healing journey detailed - TheNetline 
• The Harrowing Survival Story Of Mary Vincent (ranker.com) 
• The Horrific 1978 Attack Of Mary Vincent (grunge.com) 
• The Case of Lawrence Singleton — Criminally IntriguedMary Vincent Speaks Out: 'He Destroyed Everything About Me.' - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 
• The Mad Chopper: How the Justice System Let a Mutilator Free, This Time to Kill: Rosen, Fred: 9781504023108: Amazon.com: Books 
• I Survived S03E01 480P Mary Brooke Sharene - YouTube 
• Mary Vincent (artist) - Wikipedia 
• "She had a name' (tampabay.com) 

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On September 29th, 1978, Mary Vincent was hitchhiking and accepted a ride from Larry Singleton.  She survived a violent attack where he cut her arms off and Larry served eight years of his fourteen-year sentence.  He later murdered Roxanne Hayes on February 19th, 1997 and was sentenced to death, but he died in prison in 2001.
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• The Heart of a Survivor: Blood, Courage, Triumph | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• The Heart of a Survivor: From Sorrow Comes Splendor | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• The Heart of a Survivor: Playing Bad Cards With Strong Hands | Key Peninsula News (keypennews.org) 
• PEOPLE v. SINGLETON (1980) | FindLaw 
• Where is Mary Vincent today? Her healing journey detailed - TheNetline 
• The Harrowing Survival Story Of Mary Vincent (ranker.com) 
• The Horrific 1978 Attack Of Mary Vincent (grunge.com) 
• The Case of Lawrence Singleton — Criminally IntriguedMary Vincent Speaks Out: 'He Destroyed Everything About Me.' - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 
• The Mad Chopper: How the Justice System Let a Mutilator Free, This Time to Kill: Rosen, Fred: 9781504023108: Amazon.com: Books 
• I Survived S03E01 480P Mary Brooke Sharene - YouTube 
• Mary Vincent (artist) - Wikipedia 
• "She had a name' (tampabay.com) 

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On December 11th, 2017, Margarita Gracheva's husband, Dmitry, took her into an isolated forest and cut off her hands with an ax.  Doctors were able to recover one of her hands during a highly complex surgery.  Russia decriminalized domestic violence, so Dmitry's sentence was only 14 years.  Margarita is now an advocate and has a TV show where she helps other victims of violence.
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Resources:

• Domestic violence in Russia - Wikipedia 
• Incredible moment Russian wife moves her fingers just NINE DAYS after jealous husband chopped her hands off | The Sun 
• Inside the fight over Russia’s domestic violence law | openDemocracy 
• Domestic abuse isn't a crime in Russia. One survivor says "the police don't help." - CBS News 
• Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off - BBC News 
• Margarita Gracheva's ex-husband cut off her hands. Now, her own TV show is helping other victims of violence (yahoo.com) 
• Her husband chopped off her hands. Now, she’s on Russian TV and speaking out about domestic violence. - The Washington Post 
• Jealous husband who cut off wife’s hands sentenced to 14 years behind bars - Society & Culture - TASS 
• Her husband cut off her hands, now she wants tougher laws in Russia - YouTube 
• Margarita Gracheva: "My husband cut my hands off with an ax" | Russia | Dmitry Grachev | Narration | EC Stories | | WORLD - Archyde 
• Dmitry Grachyov chops off wife's hands (with axe) after suspecting affair (scallywagandvagabond.com) 
• Do Russian wives add an A to their last name? - Resto NYC 
• Russian domestic violence: Women fight back - BBC News 
• Putin’s Other War: Domestic Violence, Traditional Values, and Masculinity in Modern Russia (harvard.edu) 

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The Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed from 1936 to 1967.  During World War II, the ship was gutted, painted grey, and used by soldiers for travel.  Once the war was over, Queen Mary was transformed back to her original state until she retired in 1967.  You can tour the great ship, but it's considered to be one of the most haunted ships in the world and one of the top 10 most haunted places in America according to Time Magazine.

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Resources:

• Carbon tetrachloride - Wikipedia 
• Amazon.com: Spirited Queen Mary: Her Haunted Legend eBook : Strickland, Nicole: Kindle Store 
• RMS Queen Mary - Wikipedia 
• 11 Facts about the R.M.S. Queen Mary | Mental Floss 
• Why the Queen Mary is called the "World's Most Haunted Ship" - Live and Learn Journey 
• Notes For Unsolved: The Queen Mary (buzzfeed.com) 

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La Llorona "The Weeping Woman" is a ghost or spirit who wails near bodies of water mourning for her children who she drowned in a jealous rage after finding out that her husband cheated on her.  There are many variations of this tale as it's been passed down for many generations, but the earliest documentation of La Llorona is traced back to 1550 and it could be linked to Aztec mythological creations stories.
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Resources:

• The Hunt For La Llorona - The Weeping Woman - YouTube 
• Mexico’s legend of La Llorona continues to terrify (sfgate.com) 
• La Llorona - Wikipedia 
• BANSHEE AND LA LLORONA! (Mexican Folklore) – CELTIC FAIRIES (wordpress.com) 
• La Llorona: Roots, Branches, and the Missing Link from Spain | Folklife Today (loc.gov) 
• The Wailing Woman | History Today 
• #1207_LLORONA.cdr (elcaminoreal.org) 
• La Malinche - Wikipedia 
• Life Story: Malitzen (La Malinche) - Women & the American Story (nyhistory.org) 

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Harold the Doll was listed on eBay in 2003 with an interesting backstory.  He became a sensation when people began experiencing headaches, back pain, illness, or even death after being around him, or even seeing his picture.  Anthony Quinata became the final owner of the doll in 2004, and he discovered that there may be multiple spirits trapped inside.  Please be respectful of the doll, do not taunt him, and listen at your own risk!

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• Amazon.com: Harold the Haunted Doll: The Terrifying, True Story of a Child's Encounter with The Prince of Hell!: 9781516840069: Quinata, Anthony: Books  
• Composition doll - Wikipedia 
• What is an Ovilus: A Guide to Exploring the Paranormal Tool (horrorfacts.com) 
• Harold the Haunted Doll – An Infamous Case of the Paranormal – The Haunted Attic 
• Harold the Haunted Doll – The terrifying, true story, of a young child's encounter with the Prince of Hell. (wordpress.com) 
• Who Is Abaddon in the Bible? (christianity.com) 
• Abaddon: The Angel of The Abyss (Biblical Stories Explained) - YouTube 

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Harold the Doll was listed on eBay in 2003 with an interesting backstory.  He became a sensation when people began experiencing headaches, back pain, illness, or even death after being around him, or even seeing his picture.  Anthony Quinata became the final owner of the doll in 2004, and he discovered that there may be multiple spirits trapped inside.  Please be respectful of the doll, do not taunt him, and listen at your own risk!

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RESOURCES:

• Amazon.com: Harold the Haunted Doll: The Terrifying, True Story of a Child's Encounter with The Prince of Hell!: 9781516840069: Quinata, Anthony: Books  
• Composition doll - Wikipedia 
• What is an Ovilus: A Guide to Exploring the Paranormal Tool (horrorfacts.com) 
• Harold the Haunted Doll – An Infamous Case of the Paranormal – The Haunted Attic 
• Harold the Haunted Doll – The terrifying, true story, of a young child's encounter with the Prince of Hell. (wordpress.com) 
• Who Is Abaddon in the Bible? (christianity.com) 
• Abaddon: The Angel of The Abyss (Biblical Stories Explained) - YouTube 

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