In this episode I discuss Charles Bronson's struggles while growing up in the Pennsylvania mining town - Ehrenfeld.

Bronson was the highest paid actor at the height of his career in the 1970s. But he grew up in hard times, while living in the mining town of Ehrenfeld Pennsylvania. He was present during the 1927 Ehrenfeld mine explosion that killed 4 miners and trapped 300, including his father. He would lose his father to cancer when he was 11-yrs-old and then take his place in the mines. Bronson lost his virginity at age 6. His family was so impoverished that he had to wear his sisters dress to school on occasion. Bronson would rob the company store, hop a train to escape and was then shot by a railroad detective.

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Most Harrisburg area residents over the age of 45, remember the Pine Hill Road Creature of 1985 but there was a second creature stalking the area of Swatara Creek in Lebanon County at the same time. The East Pennsboro, Pine Hill Rd Creature was believed to be a hoax after a confession and arrest but some still think there is something more to it. The Lebanon/Dauphin County incidents were "Authenticated" by well-known "Bigfoot Hunter" Wayne King. My research shows that this Swatara creature was originally reported to be living in a cave along the Swatara Creek in 1910 and was hunted by groups attempting to collect a reward for the creature.

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In 1919, a gruesome double murder was discovered in the railroad town of Cly, York County Pennsylvania. The resulting investigation would lead to a manhunt through Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky, a Postal Clerk to commit suicide and the death of a Pennsylvania State Trooper. A State Police Investigator would end up under attack by mountain men in Kentucky.

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In 1837, Jim Brown was murdered on the York and Harrisburg Stagecoach Turnpike near Henry Etter's Tavern. Two years earlier, Brown sold his wife to Dan Johnson for a half gallon of whiskey but he wanted his wife back.

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