A rocky marriage, a controlling husband, an estranged wife, and alcohol addiction; a destructive combination that led down a deadly path and ultimately ended in tragedy for several families.

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-4948199
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage_nursing_home_shooting
https://www.newspapers.com/image/960980039/?match=1&terms=Wanda%20Neal
https://www.newspapers.com/image/632593184/?match=1&terms=Wanda%20Neal
https://www.newspapers.com/image/984597352/?match=1&terms=%22Robert%20Stewart%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/960913943/?match=1&terms=%22Robert%20Stewart%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/649488771/?match=1&terms=%22Robert%20Stewart%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/946889600/?match=1&terms=%22Robert%20Stewart%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/960928640/?match=1&terms=Pinelakes%20Health%20and%20Rehab%20lawsuit
https://www.wral.com/story/10-years-later-hero-of-nc-nursing-home-shooting-still-loves-putting-on-the-uniform/18303237/

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In August 1931, police were investigating the disappearances of Asta Eicher and her three children. They found love letters, which led them to a man named Harry Powers in Quiet Dell, West Virginia.
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Music by Isaiah Hildreth
Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Sources:
newspapers.com
findagrave.com
wikipedia.com
murderpedia.com
https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/print/Article/1911
https://news.lib.wvu.edu/2014/10/28/the-harry-powers-murders-crimes-that-inspired-west-virginia-authors/
morbidtourism.com
Southern Mysteries Podcast

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To retire early and live their days sailing on a yacht is the dream of many a couple. Some actually get to live that dream. Such was the case for Tom and Jackie Hawks until the day another dream came true - a grandbaby was on the way. When the couple decided to sell their yacht and move closer to family, they thought they had found the perfect family to enjoy the Well-Deserved. But something sinister was in the works that Tom and Jackie did not see coming.

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
20/20 Episode: https://abc.com/episode/540e7569-4074-40ba-85de-d4aaedacfcc2

48 Hours Episode: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-mystery-dark-voyage-12-06-2010/

https://casetext.com/case/people-v-henderson-2126
newspapers.com
Hymn - For Those In Peril On The Sea by William Whiting

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Marie Dean Arrington was a professional criminal in Florida during the 1960's. After  she committed a brutal murder, Marie became the second woman to be put on the FBI's Most Wanted List. 

Male Narrator- Curtis Hildreth
Music by Isaiah Hildreth

Sources
Find a Grave findagrave.com
Wikipedia wikipedia.com
Murderpedia
Southern Mysteries Podcast

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The murder of a mother of two in a small town in Randolph County has investigators baffled. She had no enemies to speak of. Sometimes an enemy is closer than we think though and is not someone we consider an enemy. One man is arrested and one man turns himself in. The question is did they work together or did one work alone?

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
Interview with Detective Sargeant Jeff Wilhoit
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/scj9095.pdf
https://www.newspapers.com/image/944276601/?match=1&terms=Melissa%20Mickey

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-supreme-court/1049413.html
https://greensboro.com/jurors-spare-wife-killers-life-terry-mickey-trial/article_f1d0d149-d619-587a-83e0-2cdc24c3d73f.html
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/2-piedmont-triad-men-convicted-of-murder-charges-to-be-freed-from-prison/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina

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The 1988 murder of 41 year old Peggy Carr is one of the most bizarre crimes in Polk County Florida history. 

Music by Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator-Curtis Hildreth

Sources
newspapers.com
Poison Mind : The True Story of the Mensa Murderer and the Policewoman who Risked her Life to Bring Him to Justice By Jeffrey Good and Susan Goreck
Justialaw
The Murder of Peggy Carr Crime Documentary

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A group of families headed west to California in the spring of 1846 during the Westward Expansion movement. They were well provisioned for the journey that was expected to take them 4-6 months. But one delay after another along with a bad leadership decision turned the trip into a nightmare. Never take a shortcut that has not been proven; it could be deadly.

Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Sources:
Murphy, Virginia Reed. Zeinert, Karen.  Across the Plains in the Donner Party. 1996 Linnet Books. Shoe String Press, Inc. North Haven, Connecticut.
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Podcast Unexplained Mysteries - The Donner Party

Documentary: The Donner Party; A Film by Ric Burns. 1992 (PBS Documentaries)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party
https://donduncan.org/trails/donner.htm

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In 1894,  poor Ellen Smith was murdered by her ne-er do- well lover, Peter DeGraff in Winston-Salem, NC. This episode will cover a short background,  the murder, trial and execution of Peter DeGraff. The story was made famous by a late nineteenth century murder ballad named Poor Ellen Smith that Peter DeGraff supposedly wrote in prison while awaiting his execution.
Music by Isaiah Hildreth
 The Swamp Lilies https://theswamplilies.bandcamp.com/track/poor-ellen-smith

Male Narrator Curtis Hildreth
Sources
nc-pedia- https://www.ncpedia.org/history/cw-1900/zinzendorf
findagrave.com
newspapers.com
wordpress.com https://northcarolinaroom.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/swinging-into-eternity-poor-ellen-smith/

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 Edward and Katie Gingerich lived among their people, the Amish, in the early 1990s. When Ed started having various physical ailments and then mental anguish, the church tried to step in but nothing seemed to help; not herbal supplements, prescribed medicines, or hospitalization. This is the story of how Ed became the first Amish person in the US to be tried for murder and the events that led up to the brutal event. 

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/gingerich/1.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/14300184/?match=1&terms=Gingerich
https://www.newspapers.com/image/564658409/
https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/local_news/edward-gingerich-found-dead/article_c246da7f-1f12-559a-b738-0fc00c987ee5.html
https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/family/gingerich/17.html
https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/coping/demonic-possession-mental-illness.html
Fisher, Jim. Crimson Stain: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gingerich. May 2000. Berkeley True Crime.  You can purchase this title here https://amzn.to/4d2EFzc
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In the spring of 1856, two brothers, seven year old George and five year old Joseph  wondered off together from  their cabin home in the Alleghenies Mountains of Pennsylvania. Listen to hear their tragic story.

Allison Krauss  Music Video Jacob's Dream
https://youtu.be/sUtNRK3tYgg?si=TMerX-xqoij1dUGn

Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Music by Isaiah Hildreth

Sources
newspapers.com
findagrave.com
The Lost Children of the Alleghenies  Written by Charles McCarthy 
Pennsylvania Oddities Podcast

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