Dark Deeds

S01E25: The Gustaf-Adolph Lutheran Church Poisoning


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On April 27, 2003, 27 members of a 50 member church congregation at the Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in New Sweden, Maine gathered for a meeting to discuss the purchase of a new furnace for the church. While at the meeting, 16 members drank coffee from one of two urns holding coffee for the congregation. These 16 members ended up being treated for severe vomiting at two hospitals, one member, named Walter Reid Morrill passed away at the age of 78 due to this illness. Upon investigation, police determined one of the urns holding coffee had been poisoned with extreme levels of arsenic. 
To this day, the case is closed due to police believing they knew who had done it, but the town is divided in whether the case should reopen and find the accomplices or remain closed and let bygones be bygones. 
OG Release Date: 07/01/2020
Sources:
ELCA (2006, April 21)
WGME (2018, April 27)
Murderpedia  
LA Times (2008, June 15)
NY Times (2003, May 1)
ABC News (2006, January 7)

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