On Thanksgiving Night, in 2009, Paul Merhige joined his family for their annual get-together. He had not been invited but decided to attend anyway. He called his father to get directions to his cousin's home and his father complied. What happened after he arrived that evening was a nightmare that tore the family apart.

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/781522952/?match=1&terms=Merhige%20paul
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https://www.macabredaily.com/articles/template-6fy98
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1657743.html

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In 1991, seventeen year old Crystal Faye Todd didn't come after a night out with friends. Her mother instinctively knew something was wrong. Listen to the story of the disappearance, rape and brutal murder of an all-American girl  from Conway, South Carolina. 

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findagrave.com
Forensic Files
Southern Fried True Crime
Carolina Crimes

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With the discovery of radium by the Curies in 1898, great strides were made in the scientific field. Along with the possibilities were risks not yet known. One of the inventions - luminous paint- made painting watch dials big business in the early 1900s. But within two decades the dangers were coming to light.

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Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sound Effect Music: Radium Dance - Composer: Schwartz, Jean , Victor Dance Orchestra. Public Domain: Recorded Sound Section, Library of Congress

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12732/9-ways-people-used-radium-we-understood-risks
https://allthatsinteresting.com/radium-girls
https://environmentalhistory.org/people/radiumgirls/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-dr-s-von-sochocky-death/3474048/
https://womenslibrary.org.uk/2017/11/28/radium-girls-the-dark-story-of-americas-shining-women-by-kate-moore/
https://cdn.sourcebooks.com/assets/marketingmaterials/RadiumGirls_EXCERPT.PDF
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https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-dr-s-von-sochocky-death/3474048/

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Girls painting watch dials photo: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. https://www.xlsemanal.com/conocer/historia/20190131/envenenamiento-radiactivo-radio-mujeres-guerra-mundial.html Author: Mateo, Esther and Moore, Kate

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In 1973 a movie opened in theaters that scared the nation - The Exorcist. But you may not be aware that it was based on true events that took place in 1949. Billy Graham urged audiences not to see it due to its depiction of evil, but audiences continued to flock to see it for its scare factor. These are the details of what happened and the truth is scarier than fiction.

Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Sources:
O'Reilly, B., & Dugard, M. (2023). Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/868176622/?match=1&terms=exorcism
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The trials began in 1692 when a group of young girls in the Puritan village of Salem, Massachusetts claimed they were being tormented by local women who were practicing witchcraft.

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Music by Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:

Killing Witches by Bill O’Riley
O'Reilly, B., & Dugard, M. (2023). Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts 

https://salemwitchmuseum.com/my-account/history-education/

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3578

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/puritans.htm

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-crucible/critical-essays/historical-period-puritans-in-salem

https://www.history.com/news/salem-witch-trials-first-accused-woman-slave

https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n95.html

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+puritans&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Puritanism

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/way-more-than-the-scarlet-letter-puritan-punishments/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-samuelparris/

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM

https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n38.html

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/reverend-george-burroughs-salem/

https://www.themonastery.org/blog/seven-strange-and-barbaric-witch-tests-used-in-the-salem-witch-trials?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD9lAltiDnTytAw3jj5g9ZLYRO3bc&gclid=CjwKCAjwvKi4BhABEiwAH2gcw_g8-36rbr8gI1NWQv3DaTj-urRQ3qusZo3nTTAIII2k-mu6Kdk8VhoCrsYQAvD_BwE

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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
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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:
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https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/print/Article/1911
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morbidtourism.com
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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

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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
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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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