After being aggressively tailgated by a van, a couple spots the driver dumping a suspicious item then changing his license plate. Why was this man in such a hurry?

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Sources:

https://charleyproject.org/case/christine-marie-honson

https://allthatsinteresting.com/dennis-depue

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119870618/marilynn-lee-depue

"Man With a Van: Road Rage"

September 29th, 1935 started off like any other day--but a grisly discovery in a ravine raised many questions. How many victims were there? Who were the victims? Who would go to such great lengths to mutilate corpses and why? It would take some of the greatest scientists to solve this puzzle.

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Sources:

https://charleyproject.org/case/khiara-lavinia-henry

The Jigsaw Murders by Jeremy Craddock

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125085500/isabella-ruxton

https://www.justice.gov/ovw/domestic-violence

The Wendigo is known to be a creature of indigenous folklore, but the psychosis that creates cannibals out of starvation victims has caused real deaths. The Donner Party wasn't the only group that fell on hard times during a challenging winter.

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Sources:

https://thecinemaholic.com/susan-robin-bender-found-or-missing-is-she-dead-or-alive/

https://charleyproject.org/case/susan-robin-bender

Swift Runner by Colin A. Thomson

https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/wendigo

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/06/482952588/when-people-ate-people-a-strange-disease-emerged

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/kuru#:~:text=Kuru%20is%20a%20rare%20and,the%20highlands%20of%20New%20Guinea.

https://creemythology.weebly.com/cree-death.html

Music by Marc v/d Meulen

Happy new year, ghouls! You've heard of cult leaders and serial killers--but have you heard of a person who used mind control to get their victims to turn on each other? Let's explore the depths and consequences of learned helplessness.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/storiesfromthemortuary

Sources:

https://charleyproject.org/case/ella-mae-begay

The Mind Control Murders of Kitakyushu -- a little known, horrific serial murder case from 2002 : r/serialkillers

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/disinhibited-social-engagement-disorder

https://s-a-ozbourne.medium.com/the-serial-killer-who-never-killed-anyone-48be36d3c395

https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/44694

https://www.britannica.com/science/electrical-shock

Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control by Christopher Peterson, Martin Seligman, and Steven F. Maier

https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain/brain-anatomy/peripheral-nervous-system

https://www.britannica.com/science/learned-helplessness

"Buzzing, Electric Lamp, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

"Fizzy Drink Can, Opening, B.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

In 1968 Martinsville, Indiana was known as a "Sundown Town". It was also a hotspot for Ku Klux Klan activity. When the sun set on September 16th, 1968 a fatal stabbing would occur that would take over 30 years to solve.

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Sources:

The Girl in the Yellow Scarf by Sandra Chapman

https://people.com/crime/ida-beard-disappearance-legislation-aimed-finding-missing-indigenous-women/

https://charleyproject.org/case/ida-joanne-beard

https://www.britannica.com/event/Jim-Crow-law

https://www.history.com/news/the-green-book-the-black-travelers-guide-to-jim-crow-america

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/07/who-killed-carol-jenkins

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/martinsville-dedicates-memory-stone-to-remember-victim-of-race-murder/531-27532654-3bbc-4378-8666-6a34abd208ae

https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/hh_1871_04_20_KKK_Act/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ku-Klux-Klan

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125584151/carol-marie-jenkins

Disease is known as the silent killer. But how do you stop a silent killer when you don't know who the carrier is? Let's travel back in time to the turn of the 19th century and discover how one person caused illness all over New York.

Sources:

https://charleyproject.org/case/courtney-corrinna-holden

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959940/

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binomial%20nomenclature

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519002/

https://medbroadcast.com/condition/getcondition/typhoid#:~:text=The%20main%20way%20typhoid%20kills,into%20the%20bloodstream%2C%20causing%20bacteremia.

https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis

World War II was horrific for all parties involved, especially those killed in the name of science. While Josef Mengele performed sickening experiments in concentration camps, another equally twisted man named Shiro Ishii conducted his own vile research in the Pacific Theater.

https://charleyproject.org/case/donna-michele-barnhill

https://allthatsinteresting.com/unit-731

Unit 731: Testimony by Hal Gold

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gangrene/causes/

https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pacific-War

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theater%20of%20war

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/interactive/world-war-ii-europe/#:~:text=military%20events%20occur.-,World%20War%20II%20had%20two%20primary%20theatres%3A%20The%20European%20Theatre,Middle%20East%20and%20North%20Africa.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536914/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/ischemia

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rickets-and-osteomalacia/

https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm

https://medium.com/leadership-counts/pardoning-devils-the-american-cover-up-of-imperial-japanese-unit-731-504f966cf08d