It was Halloween night in 1973 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Nine-year-old Lisa Ann French dressed up to go trick-or-treating, but she never came home.

Lisa's disappearance terrified the town. The desperate search lasted for days, ending with a shocking discovery that changed how families everywhere thought about letting their kids trick-or-treat.

The awful truth? The person who took Lisa was someone she knew, a neighbor who lived right nearby.

This week, join Cam and Jen as they discuss the case of Lisa French and how "The Monster on Rose Avenue" stole a child's life and changed Halloween forever.

Thank you to our team

Listener Discretion by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Research & Writing by Lauretta Allen

Executive Producers Nico & Jesse of The Inky Pawprint

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Sources:

https://www.wisciviljusticecouncil.org/wwcms/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Thomas-M.-Hruz-Criminals-Escaping-Affliction-Gerald-Turner-and-Wisconsin%E2%80%99s-Fair-Employment-Law-Wisconsin-Interest-Winter-2000-at-7..pdf

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

https://www.nbc26.com/fonddulac/judge-says-halloween-killer-will-stay-in-mental-health-facility  (this article says she died of shock)

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/591494d9add7b049345c40a7

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1abu1z6/on_halloween_1973_9yearold_lisa_ann_french_was/

https://people.com/lisa-french-halloween-murder-11697665

https://www.newspapers.com/image/270324881/?match=1&clipping_id=180855281

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/270538375/?match=1&terms=Arlene%20Penn

https://www.newspapers.com/image/290924434/?match=1&terms=%22Lisa%20French%22%20murder (refutes confessions, denies even seeing her)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1035313879/?match=1&terms=%22Lisa%20French%22%20murder

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

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http://www.apricetopay.com/blog/the-halloween-killer

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/713/926/478/petition-to-keep-the-quotthe-halloween-killer-gerald-m.-turner-incarcerated/

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