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Over the course of ten weeks in 1946, the twin city of Texarkana was sent into a state of panic and fear when a flux of serial murders shook the very core of everyone who lived in and around the town. What would later inspire horror movies, urban legends, and even possibly another serial killer who gained national infamy in 1968, is still considered the number one unsolved case in Texas history. This week, Allison and Katie will take you through the story of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders.

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SOURCES:
Books:
The Texarkana Moonlight Murders: The Unsolved Case of the 1946 Phantom Killer. Michael Newton. 2013.

The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders: The Story of a Town in Terror. James Presley. 2014.

Websites:
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/texarkana-moonlight-murders-4478/
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/texarkana-murder-mystery/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89533283/polly-ann-moore
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65477100/richard-lanier-griffin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85687273/paul-james-martin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85687186/betty-jo-booker
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89534227/walter-virgil-starks
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118243641/katherine-ila-starks_sutton

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Unresolved

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On September 11, 2001, America was forever changed by the attacks that took place at the hands of 19 militants associated with an Islamic extremist group. 2,753 people were killed as a result, and there are roughly 1,106 victims who have still yet to be identified. This week, Allison and Katie will be discussing the story of Sneha Anne Philip, a 31-year-old doctor who went missing on the evening of September 10th in lower Manhattan, roughly 13 hours before the world as we knew it, was over. Did she use the attacks as a smokescreen to run from her troubles? Was she met with foul play? Or did she perish in the attacks? This one is a doozy. 

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SOURCES:
Podcasts:
Missing on 9/11 

Websites:
https://abc7ny.com/dr-sneha-anne-philip-doctor-missing-on-911-september-11th-episode/12209285/
https://voicescenter.org/living-memorial/victim/dr-sneha-anne-philip
https://nypost.com/2008/07/11/solved-the-last-mystery-of-911/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Sneha_Anne_Philip
https://millercenter.org/remembering-september-11/september-11-terrorist-attacks
https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks
https://abc7chicago.com/911-timeline-anniversary-memorial/6411796/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/08/1035046778/9-11-victims-identified-using-new-technology
https://brightonambulance.org/the-day-the-world-changed/zack-zengs-heroic-story

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The Appalachian mountains are a glorious, mysterious, and ancient mountain range making up around a 2,000 mile stretch of the Eastern United States. This week, Katie and Allison will be taking you to the central/southern region of the Appalachians to discuss their cultural cryptids and their special breed of magic.

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SOURCES:
Books:
Witches, Ghosts & Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians. Patrick W. Gainer. 2008.
Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure Folk Magic from Appalachia. Jake Richards. 2019.

Websites:
https://www.themoonlitroad.com/appalachian-mountain-culture-ghost-stories/
https://witchesofthecraft.com/2018/05/05/different-paths-of-witchcraft-appalachian-granny-magic/
https://www.britannica.com/place/Appalachian-Mountains
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/southern-appalachia-folk-healers-granny-women-neighbor-ladies
https://dannyboy8406.livejournal.com/65985.html
https://vividmaps.com/central-pangean-mountains/
https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2008/03/blood-verse.html
https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2020/10/everyday-appalachian-superstitions.html
https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/fairystones
https://mountainlore.net/2019/02/23/the-fair-folk/
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/13-mythical-creatures-from-scottish-folklore-that-will-terrify-you-scottish-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-3791673
https://anomalien.com/the-strange-case-of-the-marrtowns-banshee/https://northcarolinaghosts.com/mountains/wam

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By the dawn of the 19th century, tuberculosis had killed 1 in every 7 people and throughout the later half of the 1800s, sanatoriums began popping up all over the world in an attempt to fight the epidemic, as it was believed that resting in a healthy environment would be enough to cure the patients who fell ill. This week, Allison and Katie will be taking you to Louisville, Kentucky where we discuss the history of one of these sanatoriums, Waverly Hills, and the haunting reputation its come to have. 

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SOURCES:

Books:
Waverly Hills Sanatorium: A History. Lynn Pohl. 2022. 
With Their Dying Breaths: A History of Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanatorium. CC Thomas. 2012

Websites:
https://www.therealwaverlyhills.com
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/waverlytb
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10176644/thomas-hercules-hays
https://whsmemorial.tripod.com/id22.html

Articles:
https://thehauntedplaces.com/body-chute-waverly-hills-sanatorium/
https://www.wave3.com/2022/03/21/waverly-hills-sanatorium-guests-flee-through-body-chute-during-tornado-warning/
https://www.nps.gov/articles/tuberculosis-mammoth-cave.htm
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2022/09/14/louisville-waverly-hills-sanatorium-urban-legend-history/9501082002/

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On January 11, 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was brutally tortured and murdered by four teenage girls in small-town Indiana, but the backstory of the girls and their reasonings for killing Shanda is what aids in this case being so horrifying. Not gonna sugarcoat it, Allison and Katie get real pissed and real sad in this one. 

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SOURCES:

Books:
Cruel Sacrifice. Aphrodite Jones. 1994.
Little Lost Angel. Michael Quinlan. 1995.

Articles:
https://www.wdrb.com/news/melinda-loveless-mastermind-of-1992-murder-of-shanda-sharer-released-from-prison/article_994b41c4-d00e-11e9-8e56-9b9b497efced.html

https://www.wave3.com/story/18573121/shanda-sharers-mother-and-murderer-form-unlikely-alliance/

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/11/woman-convicted-1992-slaying-12-year-old-shanda-renee-sharer-released-prison/1023879001/

https://www.wave3.com/story/4829494/early-release-for-woman-who-took-part-in-12-year-olds-1992-torture-killing/

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Elizabeth Short (aka The Black Dahlia) was an aspiring actress, and was brutally murdered in Los Angeles, California, and found on January 15th, 1947. Her body was cut in half and severely mutilated. This week, Allison and Katie will discuss the ins and out of one of the oldest cold case files in L.A. to date, as well as the city's most famous. 

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SOURCES:

Books:
Black Dahlia Red Rose. Piu Eatwell. 

Articles:
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/black-dahlia

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/the-black-dahlia-murder/

https://www.biography.com/news/black-dahlia-murder-mystery

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Happy Holidays from us to you! As a little gift, we've decided to give you two episodes for the week of Christmas. So in this episode, Katie gives us the history of why Victorian-era Christmas traditions involved telling ghost stories and why we enjoy being scared in general, and we each read a Christmas ghost story by Victorian-era authors. We hope you enjoy our first bonus episode and have a safe and happy holiday season!

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SOURCES:

Books:
The Valancourt Book of ​Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Vol. 1. Arthur Conan Doyle, Walter Scott. 2016.

The Victorian Book of the Dead. Chris Woodyard. 2014.

Number Ninety & Other Ghost Stories. B.M Croker. 2000.
Articles:
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/christmas-stories/

https://www.isisbooks.com/The-Spirits-and-Ghosts-of-Yule-s/396.htm   

https://bookriot.com/ghost-stories-on-christmas-eve/ 

https://www.talkdeath.com/christmas-zombies-spirits-and-goblins-the-dark-and-chilling-history-of-ghost-stories-at-christmastime/

https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas    

https://localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-christmas/#:~:text=In%20England%2C%20Christmas%20was%20originally,used%20until%20the%2011th%20century.    

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-victorian-supernatural 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

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A beautiful woman had her entire life ahead of her, until a few scumbag idiots took it all away in the blink of an eye. This week, Allison and Katie will be discussing the infamous 1986 murder of Anita Cobby. Please be advised of the trigger warnings given at the beginning of the episode.

Anita's family created the Homicide Victims’ Support Group (https://www.hvsgnsw.org.au/) and her sister started Grace’s Place (https://gracesplace.org.au/) to support those impacted by homicide.

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SOURCES:
Books:
Someone Else's Daughter: The Life and Death of Anita Cobby. Julia Sheppard. 1991.

Documentaries:
Anita Cobby: You Thought You Knew It All
Crime Investigation Australia: The Anita Cobby Murder

Articles:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/20/anita-cobby-everyone-in-the-car-that-dreadful-night-had-a-passport-to-doom

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3345152/How-Anita-Cobby-s-callous-killers-tried-escape-stopped-contacting-Supermax-prisoners-like-Ivan-Milat.html

https://au.news.yahoo.com/remembering-anita-cobby-30-years-since-brutal-murder-of-sydney-nurse-30641582.html#page1

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/secret-recording-that-helped-catch-anita-cobbys-killers-30-years-ago-aired-for-the-first-time-20160209-gmphgu.html

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/tragic-murder-of-anita-cobby-continues-to-haunt-the-blacktown-community/news-story/874c3e86beacca2e19380040cb5cf496

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On Christmas Eve in 1945, the Sodder family home went up in flames. George and Jennie Sodder escaped with four of their children by their side, but the other five of their children were never seen again... Or so we think?
All these years later, we still have no clue on if these children died in the fire, or if they were kidnapped. This week, Allison and Katie discuss the mysterious disappearance of the Sodder children.

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SOURCES:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/sodder-children

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/missing-sodder-children/

Miles, Dorothy. The Missing Sodder Children. Duluth, MN. 2017. Trellis Publishing, Incorporated. 

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