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In 1929 a little-known case rocked the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Eugene and Pearl Burgess believed that an old neighbor and family friend, Mrs. Etta Fairchild, was a witch and would soon put hexes on their household or worse yet, murder them one by one. 

They did the only thing they could think to do. Murder her first. 

The case rocked the city and soon spread across the nation. Not since the Salem Witch Trials had a woman been put to death for being a witch. 

After months of research into the case, Curator 135 has turned the tale into a non-fiction short story.  

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