Tipsy Tales

Episode 41 Saxtown Ax Murders and Haunted Drakelow Tunnels


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Put your seat belts on folks because this episode is a wild ride.  The gals are joined by Carlene’s daughter Allie, and she has no idea what she is in for either.  It’s a two bottle of wine kind of night, a bottle of Amos Ridge and Rose Ridge and it goes just how you might expect it to.  Alma discusses a true crime story from 1874, in Millstadt, Illinois in a small immigrant hamlet known as Saxtown.  A family of five is brutally murdered in there homes and the town is left wondering who could commit such a crime. The area is still said to be haunted today.  Carlene dives into the story of the Drakelow Tunnels built as a WWII shadow factory built in 1941  Carlene discusses the history and the claims of hauntings that have been experienced in the tunnels system.

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