GERTRUDE BANISZEWSKI: THE TORTURE MOTHER and 3 More Horrifyingly True Stories! #WeirdDarkness

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 6:02 p.m.

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IN THIS EPISODE: On January 2, 1935, a man who signed the guest register as \\u201cRoland T. Owen\\u201d checked into the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri \\u2013 and never checked out. (The Man in Room 1046) *** If you ask a dying loved one to try and reach you from the other side when they finally pass away, don\\u2019t be surprised if they follow up on that promise. (My Mom\\u2019s Wake) *** The last cabin standing along the beach at Hunting Island State Park is a celebrity among locals and visitors as folks have taken to a love affair with the little blue cabin\\u2019s fight against nature over the past few years. Oh\\u2026 and it also appears to be haunted. (Little Blue Ocean Cabin) *** But first\\u2026 the story I warned you about. Gertrude Baniszewski \\u2013 a woman whose evil ran so deep, it flowed through her children and their friends and displayed itself in the torture, mutilation and murder of a young girl. (Torture Mother)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS\\u2026
\\u201cThe Man in Room 1046\\u201d by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/2QJcZpW
\\u201cMy Mom\\u2019s Wake\\u201d by Pete Inesc: http://bit.ly/2EObXUE
\\u201cLittle Blue Ocean Cabin\\u201d posted at GhostsNGhouls.com (link no longer available)
\\u201cThe Torture Mother\\u201d posted at Murderpedia.org: http://bit.ly/2WfFAcm
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