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The Murder of Vernon Dahmer Sr & The Hauntings of Howard Memorial Hospital (Feat. Christina from the CMP Podcast)


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Welcome to an unplanned Mississippi episode! This week, the Weird Distraction gals are joined again by the lovely Christina from the CMP Podcast to discuss a true crime case & a paranormal case from Mississippi. Alex tells the horrific murder in Forrest County of civil rights activist, Vernon Dahmer Sr., while Christina introduces a new haunted hot spot for the girls to visit - the Howard Memorial Hospital in Biloxi. So many southern distractions in one episode that you won't want to miss! Need a distraction? We got you. 

As mentioned in the episode, here is the link for the NAACP: https://naacp.org/

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Resources:

  • Google Maps
  • Black Past website – “VERNON DAHMER (1908-1966)” – By Derrion Arrington – April 21st, 2020 
  • Naacp.org -- the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People website
  • History.com website article – “Voting Rights Act of 1965” – By History.com editors – updated on January 26th, 2021 (original post was on November 9th, 2009). 
  • Hattiesburg American article – “Maybe now Dahmer’s can get answers” – By Chuck Abadie – May 29th, 1998 
  • The Courier-Journal article – “Mississippi Grapples with 1966 Klan Murder” – By Stephanie Saul – June 21st, 1988 
  • Renegade South article – “The Family Origins of Vernon Dahmer, Civil Rights Activist” – By Renegade South – December 6th, 2009   
  • NY Daily News – “Mississippi KKK case from 50 years ago shows why voting is so important” – By David J Krajicek – January 16th, 2016 
  • Find a Grave website 
  • Famous Trails website – “Sam Bowers” – By Professor Douglas O Linder – date not posted.
  • Supertalk Mississippi Media website – “Forrest County Courthouse unveils Vernon Dahmer statue” – J.T Mitchell – January 7th, 2020 
  • YouTube video – “Vernon and Dennis Dahmer | Conversations | MPB” – uploaded By the Mississippi public broadcasting on April 21st, 2016. 
  • Book by Martin Gordon – “Count Them One by One - Black Mississippians fighting for the right to vote” - published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2010. 

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