Cryptic Soup Pod

The McCarthy Massacre

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Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the McCarthy Alaska Massacre that occurred one fateful day. It was a normal Tuesday Mail Day when Lou Hastings, a deeply disturbed man with a bad plan, cost the lives of almost half the residents of his community. For what though, just so he could keep his wilderness dream?


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Our sources for this episode:

  • DocuSeries - Alaska Ice Cold Killers episode "Frozen Terror" on Discovery Channel
  • Article - The End of the Road in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication  Spring of 1998 edition by Kevin Coughlin
  • Article - After Murder Rampage, A Test of Survival by the Washington Post
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