Just days before Halloween in 2014, the body of Patricia Ward, a beloved professor, was discovered outside her home. At first, some mistook the gruesome scene for a Halloween decoration. But what looked like a macabre display was, in fact, a real-life horror. In this episode, we examine Patricia’s life, the shocking events of that night, and the tragic story behind one of the most disturbing Halloween cases in recent memory.

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