A little bit of this and a little bit of that.  

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This hope chest contained the unthinkable.

Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.

Story researched by Rebecca Hiers. 

Original artwork by Todd Preston.

Song at closing created by Tracy Preston.

Sound effects downloaded from Uppbeat:  vinyl-record-rewind-jeff-kaale-1-00-00.mp3

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Would you use it for good or for bad?

Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.

Story researched and written by Todd Preston.

Original artwork by Todd Preston.

Fables and Folklore created by Tracy Preston.

Sound Effect from Uppbeat:  gun-shot-1-176892.mp3

Good ole' fashion dumb knowledge!  

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This guy absolutely lost it!

Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.

Story researched and written by Angela Hoefler.

Original artwork by Todd Preston.

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Sources:

Donald Gene Miller - Wikipedia

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=don+Miller+The+East+Lansing+Killer&qpvt=don+Miller+The+East+Lansing+Killer&mid=4DAA9EED0D5B5AC33E7D4DAA9EED0D5B5AC33E7D&&FORM=VRDGAR

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=7b0c9bd2c1b7fef57a5fcfe610a1c711051d0724996ea6d01bb04eafdfd97826JmltdHM9MTc1NDc4NDAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0f540131-a3fd-6405-359d-1499a28365db&psq=don+miller+i+survived+a+serial+killer+&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWV0di5jb20vc2hvd3MvaS1zdXJ2aXZlZC1hLXNlcmlhbC1raWxsZXIvc2Vhc29uLTEvZXBpc29kZS02&ntb=1

Arrrg!  

Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.

Story by Todd Preston. 

Pirate music from Uppbeat:

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I love this show with my besties!  

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So, what do you think??

Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.

Story researched and written by Rebecca Hiers.

Original artwork by Todd Preston

Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75454525/hawley_otto-crippen

Otto find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69791126/charlotte_jane-crippen

Charlotte, first wife, find a grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6826014/corrine-crippen

Belle

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12233191/hawley_harvey-crippen

Crippen

https://archive.org/details/crippenchamberla00clar/page/n65/mode/2up?q=hawley+crippen

Crippen family history book

https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/hawleyharveycrippenh/hawley-harvey-crippen

Family tree/father merchant

https://historiclondontours.com/tales-of-london/f/as-convincing-as-dr-crippens-defence-lawyer

Trial/england 

https://app.the-tls.co.uk/210580/content.html

England again-fake names. Maid

https://branchcountyhistoricalsociety.org/2019/02/12/285/

Early life/picture of home  he grew up in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/dr-hawley-harvey-crippen

Left home at 16

https://thehawthornfiles.com/2025/04/02/the-curious-case-of-dr-crippen/

https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-hunt-for-dr-crippen

Met over abortion

https://historiamag.com/vulcana-the-strongwoman-history-forgot/

Kate Williams

https://intothelimelight.org/tag/lil-hawthorne/

Lil hawthorn

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-notorious-case-of-dr-crippen/

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/dr-hawley-harvey-crippen

https://access-newspaperarchive-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/us/iowa/ottumwa/ottumwa-daily-review/1910/08-01/page-1

Ottumwa news

https://access-newspaperarchive-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/nz/auckland/auckland/auckland-star/1910/08-22/page-5

New Zealand

https://ia601306.us.archive.org/35/items/trialofhawleyhar00cripiala/trialofhawleyhar00cripiala.pdf

Court case via book

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/was-dr-crippen-wrongly-executed-his-wifes-murder

Sold confession

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Le_Neve

Ethel

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/aug/17/law.forensicscience

Evidence

http://news.msu.edu/media/documents/2011/01/3cda8882-265b-4282-9eba-a13d880f09a2.pdf

DNA evidence

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-10802059

innocent?

Just because it sounds like a duck, doesn't mean it's a duck.

Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt.

Researched and written by Todd Preston.

Sound Effects from Uppbeat:  duck-quacking-smartsond-fx-1-00-00.mp3 / ba-dum-tss-drum-rimshot-om-fx-1-00-14.mp3

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