HARPE BROTHERS: AMERICAS FIRST SERIAL KILLERS and More True Horrors! #WeirdDarkness

Published: July 24, 2024, midnight

b'IN THIS EPISODE: Are ghosts and shadow people the same thing? Author Jacob Shelton doesn\\u2019t think so \\u2013 and gives us an in-depth essay behind his reasoning. (Ghosts And Shadows) *** In September, 1935, the Labor Day Hurricane obliterated the Florida Keys, killing hundreds. \\xa0Even today, more than 83 years later, skeletal remains still continue to occasionally be found\\u2026 as do some of their ghosts. \\xa0(Ghosts Of The Labor Day Hurricane) *** Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was accused of murdering a child. Soon, his neighbors remembered the strange meat he\'d given them years before. \\xa0(Child Killer and Cannibal) *** Was the notorious Dr Crippen, convicted and executed in 1910 for the murder of his wife Cora, actually innocent? (Dr. Crippen and the Chamber of Murder and Horror) *** Two women decide to move into a flat together \\u2013 but quickly find out they might have a paranormal third roommate they didn\\u2019t know about. (The Other Flatmate) *** In the wild frontier of the 1790s, Americans had much to be worried about. \\xa0Drought, famine, being injured with no one there to get help for you, poisonous snakes, hungry wolves, even being scalped by bloodthirsty natives of the land. \\xa0But nothing was so scary as\\u2026 the Harpe brothers. \\xa0You see, the Harpe brothers didn\\u2019t choose their victims \\u2013 they simply killed anyone who got in their way, including women and children. (Two of the Outlaws of Cave-In Rock) *** \\u201cThe Witch in My Dream\\u201d *** \\u201cThe Old Hag\\u201d *** \\u201cThe Aunt and the TV\\u201d *** \\u201cThe Phone Call\\u201d *** \\u201cThe Terrifying Vision of a Hanging Man\\u201d *** \\u201cThe Tugging Ghost of Alabama\\u201d *** \\u201cThe Return of the Living Dead\\u201d *** \\u201cThe Sinister Dark Shadows That Haunt My Life\\u201d *** \\u201cA Thrill From Contacting The Dead\\u201d *** "Haunted Road" *** "Greenville\\u2019s Haunted Herdklotz Park" *** "Kitchen Poltergeist" *** "Lifted Off His Feet" *** "The Strange Tale of the Italian Bride - The Haunting Story of Julia Buccola Petta" *** "Castle of the White Lady"

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\\u2026
(Sorry, sources for many of the stories in this episode have been lost since it originally aired.)
\\u201cGhosts and Shadows\\u201d by Jacob Shelton\\u201d: http://ow.ly/QWtJ30m1gGF
\\u201cChild Killer and Cannibal\\u201d by Wyatt Redd: http://ow.ly/w3LT30m1fSy
\\u201cGhosts Of The Labor Day Hurricane\\u201d posted at Ghosts N Ghouls: http://ow.ly/ZsTX30m1gcb
\\u201cDr. Crippen and the Chamber of Murder and Horror\\u201d posted at The Unredacted: http://ow.ly/MsGr30m1fx1
\\u201cThe Harpe Brothers: Two Of The Outlaws Of Cave-In Rock\\u201d by Troy Taylor: http://ow.ly/hk4930m1fy1
\\u201cThe Other Flatmate\\u201d by Jubeele: http://ow.ly/wSxJ30m1fzu
Episode thumbnail illustration: Molly Brooks
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library
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Originally aired: September 29, 2018

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