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In the early 1870's travelers making their way westward started disappearing along the Osage Trail. Tracking the last known whereabouts of those missing led investigators to the home of The Bender Family and soon the area they owned became known as "Hell's Half-Acre".

Find out why the Benders today are known as the Bloody Benders on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015484/1873-05-15/ed-1/seq-2/

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https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Bloody-Benders-The-Family-That-Wasnt

https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/

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In 1982 Santa Fe, New Mexico a local respected reverend, Reynaldo Rivera, answered a call to deliver last rites to a dying man. That was the last time Father Rivera was seen alive. The case went cold until two years later in Montana another priest went missing under similar circumstances.

Are both cases connected or are the links between the cases simply coincidental? Listen to both cases and find out the dark secrets one reverend kept hidden until 2015, on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters .

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=37002282&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjU4MzUxNzIzNSwiaWF0IjoxNjMyOTM2NTUzLCJleHAiOjE2MzMwMjI5NTN9.CbIHlLmE5WiGSqgzZB2hQ5zDnAvBJnGzJEq71mKXZqY

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https://web.archive.org/web/20130211204804/http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/larry_barker/mystery-call-a-ruse-for-priests-murder

http://www.podles.org/case-studies/Reynaldo-Rivera-Murder-Case-Study.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_Franciscan_priest_murders

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Often called the most haunted road in the United States, an 11-mile stretch of Riverdale Road sitting between the cities of Thornton and Brighton is home to a phantom Camaro, a vengeful spirit, ghosts of witches, and even the gates of Hell. But which of these stories actually have a basis in truth?

Find out on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/riverdale-road

https://www.9news.com/article/life/style/colorado-guide/riverdale-road-thornton-haunted-ghosts/73-b5ead212-a2ff-44b1-8e5a-cfed45a7c828

https://mix1043fm.com/the-most-haunted-road-in-colorado/

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/riverdale-road/

http://www.strangeandcreepy.com/riverdale-road/

http://www.coloradourbanlegends.com/the-gates-of-hell/

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On December 2nd, 1978, alarms went off at the Athens Mental Health and Development Center, a patient, Margaret Shilling had mysteriously vanished. Six weeks later she was found naked and frozen in one of the attics of the Development center. But after moving her body, a clear outline of it remained in the concrete. Soon stories spread of a curse caused by the grief she experienced in her final moments and it wasn't long before the curse and the lost lady took a life in return.

On today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters, we find out the history and truth of the Lost Lady of the Athens Asylum and try to separate fact from fiction on the curse her body created.

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https://www.historicmysteries.com/margaret-schilling/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/oh-athensasylum/

https://woub.org/2019/10/29/the-legends-behind-the-ghosts-of-athens/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00862.x

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-5

https://www.ohio.edu/library/collections/archives-special-collections/manuscripts/athens-mental-health-center-collections

https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1485-1660/mental-illness-in-the-16th-and-17th-centuries/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mental-illness-during-middle-ages

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On August 8th, 1973, 17 year-old Elmer Wayne Henley called the police to report the murder of 33 year-old Dean Corll. The killer was Elmer himself but what at first seemed to be an open and shut case of self-defense, quickly became an investigation into one of the worst group of serial killers in U.S history.

The leader of the group soon became known as the Candyman Killer and by the time the investigation was done, not everyone was as innocent as they appeared to be.

Listen to the true story of The Real Candyman Killer of Houston, Texas on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XQgiAAAAIBAJ&pg=863,2367168&hl=en

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/14/archives/texas-toll-of-boys-rises-to-27-in-nations-biggest-slaying-case.html

https://abc13.com/texas-equusearch-elmer-wayne-henley-dean-corll-serial-killer/10938878/

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/corll-dean.htm

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

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

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Legends say just prior to afternoon along the Platte River in Wyoming there's a chance a strange mist will appear without warning and if you stay long enough, from beyond the mist, a sailing ship will become visible.
The ship itself carries an undead crew and if you're unlucky they'll show you the ghostly body of a loved one destined to die. A premonition or a curse?

On today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters we find out the truth behind the legend, if there's any truth to it at all.

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https://www.legendsofamerica.com/death-ship-wyoming/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wyoming/wy-death-ship/

https://mycountry955.com/death-ship-of-the-platte-river-spotted-this-time-of-year/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cheyenne,_Wyoming

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

https://books.google.com/books?id=uxvXS-NkjW0C

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/04/the-wyoming-death-ship-truth-be-told/

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In 1948 a horrific murder shocked Sao Paulo, Brazil, the tragedy became known as "The Crime of the Pit" but to others the brutality of the killings, caused the land to be cursed and invite the devil. The neighborhood became known as "The Home of the Devil" and decades later another terrible tragedy would be blamed on the curse.

Listen to the story of both tragedies on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

If you have any myths, mysteries, or monsters you’d like us to cover, send an email to [email protected] 

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https://glamurama.uol.com.br/revista-j-p-o-professor-da-usp-que-enterrou-a-familia-no-quintal-de-casa/

https://fotostrasse.com/haunted-places-sao-paulo/#.YSBtbYhKg2z

http://ghostsandhauntedplaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/mystery-of-thirteen-souls.html

https://narratively.com/the-killer-doctor-the-swirling-fire-and-the-worlds-most-haunted-building/

http://arsgratiars.blogspot.com/2012/01/hoje-na-historia.html

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_do_po%C3%A7o

https://mysteriesrunsolved.com/2020/10/joelma-building.html

https://www.grunge.com/474246/the-history-behind-the-most-haunted-building-in-brazil/

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During the height of the spiritualism movement led by the Fox Sisters, a reverend and doctor Eliakim Phelps moved his family to a new home in Stratford, Connecticut. After being intrigued by the idea of talking to the dead through seances, Reverend Phelps and a friend decided to give it a try. The act opened the door to the other side, allowing spirits to inhabit his home and target his children.

But... did it really happen? Find out the whole story and decide for yourself on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://books.google.com/books?id=7NwrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132&dq=%22Eliakim+Phelps%22+spiritualism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RPvRVIy1GYqkgwTDooHYDQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Eliakim%20Phelps%22%20spiritualism&f=false

https://www.glittercollective.com/2020/02/19/the-phelps-mansion-haunting/

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/stratford-knockings-brought-throngs-spiritualists-connecticut/

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/stratford

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178183381/mary-bassett

http://libraryweb.org/~digitized/books/Rochester_Knockings_Discovery_and_Explanation.pdf

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

https://ancestralfindings.com/the-connecticut-witch-trials-witch-hysteria-in-america-long-before-salem/

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In 1912, Bela Kiss and his wife moved to the small town of Cinkota, Hungary. Bela was well-liked by his neighbors and considered an intelligent man with many interests, unfortunately for the unsuspecting widows in Budapest, one of his interests involved murder.

Listen to the full story of the Monster of Cinkota on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kiss-bela.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=DwNVbOcTncwC&q=kiss#v=snippet&q=kiss&f=false

https://europebetweeneastandwest.wordpress.com/tag/czinkota-hungary/

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On January 4th, 1935 a man named Roland T. Owen was murdered in the President Hotel  in Kansas City, Missouri. Before long the investigation into who killed Roland T. Owen turned into a more pertinent question, "who was Roland T. Owen"? The twist and turns of the case left the police stunned and to this day his murder and what he was doing in Kansas City have remained a mystery.

Listen to the full story of his case on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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https://kchistory.org/blog/mystery-room-1046-pt-1-roland-t-owen

https://kchistory.org/blog/mystery-room-1046-pt-2-love-forever-louise

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133934437/14770876

https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/09/56ecbe55ac9479/the-mystery-of-what-was-in-the.html

https://www.historicmysteries.com/roland-t-owen-murder-room-1046/

https://www.27east.com/arts/taking-a-dive-jeffrey-sussmans-new-book-explores-boxing-and-the-mob-1328302/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owney_Madden#The_Cotton_Club

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/story/0,3604,244097,00.html

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