On a summer morning in 1975, eight year old Gretchen Harrington walked to Bible camp just a half mile from her home. She never arrived at camp and she never made it home. Authorities and the community were dismayed but not shocked when her remains were discovered just eight miles from home in a wooded park.   Now, 48 years later, an arrest has finally been made in this horrible crime.

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In 1967 James Joseph Richardson was accused of poisoning to death  all seven of his children. Without a shred of evidence he was convicted of first degree murder and  sentenced to death. Years later, shocking new evidence would come to light that would clear his name and point directly to another suspect. Listen to find out what happened to James Richardson.

Music by Isaiah Hildreth
Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Sources:

Documentary: Time Simply Passes

Arcadia Revisited - The Story of James Joseph Richardson: How he was framed for the murder of his own seven children and sentenced to death. And how he was finally freed.  By Mark Lane
 
Youtube link for Time Simply Passes Trailer
https://youtu.be/tNuL-xKYrlM

 Podcast https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/bow-to-fate-28454/bow-to-fate-episode-1-james-joseph-richardson-63559151https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joseph_Ri
chardson

https://www.freedommag.org/magazine/201702-the-data-demon/investigation/poisoned-justice.html

http://justicedenied.org/arcadia.htm

https://runawayjustice.com/the-poisoning-of-seven-children-and-the-wrongful-conviction-of-james-joseph-richardson/

https://newsbasis.com/what-happened-to-annie-mae-richardson/

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In 1911, two wealthy sisters submitted themselves to alternative medical treatment  for various ailments. The ailments seemed minor when they sought treatment; one sister needing help for her dropped uterus and the other for rheumatism and indigestion. So why did one of them die within 2 months and the other barely make it out with her own life? Listen to the tale of the so-called "Dr." Hazzard and her peculiar cure that did more harm than good.

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On June 22, 1954,  teenage best  friends Juliet Hulme and Pauline Reiper went for a walk in Victoria Park with Pauline’s mother Honorah. Thirty minutes later, the girls ran up to a nearby tea shop with blood all over their clothes and hands… Pauline screaming, “ It’s mummy! I think she’s dead! She’s fallen and hit her head!

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Music by: Isaiah Hildreth

Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth

Let’s Murder Mother  by Bus Stop Guides

So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme and the Murder That Shocked the World  by Peter Graham

Find A Grave

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/parker-hulme-murder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker%E2%80%93Hulme_murder_case
https://allthatsinteresting.com/pauline-parker-juliet-hulme
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-parker-hulme-murder-why-it-still-matters-to-us
https://youtu.be/b_oYT9mvChw
https://parkerhulme.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/the-murals/

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In the summer of 1980, Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, along with their three children, were camping at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia.  That night after Lindy put the children down to bed in the tent, she heard a cry from her 9 week old daughter, Azaria. When she went to check on her, she discovered the baby was gone and she had just seen a dingo leaving the tent area.  This was the beginning of a nightmare that took several turns and many years to awake from. 

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July 1 through  12, 1916, five people were attacked by a shark along the coast of New Jersey.  Only one victim survived the attack.


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Music by: Isaiah Hildreth
Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Twelve Days of Terror  written by:  Richard Fernicola
wikipedia
findagrave.com
newspapers.com
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inventing-beach-unnatural-history-natural-place-180959538/
https://racingnelliebly.com/strange_times/top-five-secrets-victorian-era-sea-bathing/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/150702-shark-attack-jersey-shore-1916-great-whitehttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiS2o6AvIuAAxVyD0QIHbTQBcEQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fstory%2Fthe-1916-shark-attacks-that-gave-sharks-a-bad-rap&usg=AOvVaw1l35FSWr3FYD2CFJOYN7Zw&opi=89978449
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/150702-shark-attack-jersey-shore-1916-great-white
https://www.matawanborough.com/matawan/History/Matawan%20Shark%20Attacks/The%20%28World%20Famous%29%20Matawan%20Shark%20Page%21.html/_top
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/82847/when-people-thought-sharks-were-harmless
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HJW18930912.2.22&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------

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One evening in 1932, a baby was taken from his crib as he slept. The child was Charles Lindbergh Jr., son of the infamous Atlantic crossing aviator, Charles Lindbergh. The crime became an instant sensational case. When several ransom notes are received through various channels, investigators are kept on their toes, chasing every lead no matter how outlandish it may be. One man is finally apprehended, tried, and convicted for the crime and yet many today believe he was innocent. And that is why this "solved" case remains a mystery in the eyes of the public. 

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In 1910, a mob of angry Floridians gathered at Smallwood store in Chokoloskee. They gunned down their neighbor, a plantation owner named Edgar Watson. He was a  suspected and feared  serial killer. 

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Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Music By: Isaiah Hildreth

Sharecropper and  Son  By Sherry White
https://youtu.be/LlfLN8tR6q0

Sources
https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/opinion/columnists/the-story-of-edgar-j-watson-the-infamous-businessman-serial-killer/article_e53a5f09-ff02-5b4f-9273-a0753cfbf46e.html
https://www.floridatrend.com/print/article/18034
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/collier-county-35/edgar-watson-arrests-121086/
https://medium.com/outdoor-environs/lost-mans-coast-a137f8cc6d52
https://ammo.com/articles/belle-starr-american-outlaw-bandit-queen-untold-story
https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2012/10/belle-starr.html
Killing Mr. Watson  By Peter Matthiessen 
newspapers.com
findagrave.com

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In the summer of 1977, three young girls are murdered in their tent on the first night at summer camp. The tragic aftermath ended with the closing of the camp never to reopen and left parents wondering if the camp experience was no longer a safe haven for their children. One suspect stands out among several; he is eventually charged for the crime and the outcome is surprising. Sometimes justice comes quickly and in unexpected ways.  

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In 1928, twenty-one year old serial killer  Gordon Northcott stalked the streets of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas looking for young boys to lure back  to his chicken farm.  Darlene and Melody tell his victims' stories.
Was Gordon Northcott ever brought to justice? Listen here to find out!


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Intro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Intro and Outro Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
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The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders
by Anthony Flacco and Jerry Clark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Collins
newspapers.com (including articles from the LA Times, LA Evening Post, and the  LA Evening Express) 
findagrave.com
casetext.com
The Changeling Movie 2008
Fresh Hell Podcast
Eleanor Neale YouTube

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