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A Punishment That Went Horribly Wrong – Linda Marie Ault – Podcast #119

Published on February 7, 2019

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast

The parents of Linda Marie Ault were in a panic when their daughter didn't return home after attending a dance. When she returned home the next morning, they came up with a punishment that would teach her a valuable lesson. Everything went horribly wrong.

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Elixir of Death – Podcast #106

Published on October 9, 2017

Posted in: Death and Murder, Forgotten History, Podcast, Science, Technology & Medicine

Massengill was the first to introduce sulfanilamide in a liquid form, but never bothered to test the safety of the drug. More than 100 people died.

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Le Mars Trilogy: Part 3 – Maybelle Trow Knox – Podcast #105

Published on September 1, 2017

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

The crazy, true story of Maybelle Trow Knox involves a speakeasy raid, a forged promissory note, a missing mother, and much more.

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Le Mars Trilogy: Part 1 – T.M. Zink’s Library – Podcast #103

Published on June 10, 2017

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Podcast

TM Zink left his entire fortune for the establishment of a Womanless library. Find out the details of what really happened and who inherited his estate.

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Pilot Crashes into Living Room of Home

Published on April 18, 2017

Posted in: Death and Murder, Tidbits

Willis Allen Wood died on May 12, 1957 when his plane disintegrated and his body fell through the roof of the home of Fred Thompson and his daughter Connie.

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Washed His Intestines in the Kitchen Sink

Published on March 21, 2017

Posted in: Death and Murder, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

56-year-old Gretna, Louisiana resident Sidney Landry had terrible stomach pains and opted to remove a portion of his colon with a penknife.

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$20,000 in Ice Cream in Will

Published on September 8, 2016

Posted in: Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Tidbits

In 1937, Clementine Farr Duff willed $20,000 to the Washington Home for the Incurables to purchase ice cream.

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A Dog Day in Court – Podcast #92

Published on April 2, 2016

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

Brockport, NY placed a dog named Idaho on trial for the murder of Russell Breeze in 1936. Find out what happened...

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Faked His Own Death

Published on November 17, 2015

Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Tidbits

Albert L. Paglino faked his own death in 1955 by murdering another man. He may have gotten away with it, but made one big mistake on the day of his funeral.

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Death by Lipstick

Published on November 1, 2015

Posted in: Death and Murder, Fashion & Design, Tidbits

In 1930, Othelia Winger of Wisconsin died after applying lipstick to her lips from a promotional package of matchbook lipstick.

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The Monk and His Hypnotist – Podcast #86

Published on September 18, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Podcast

An elderly monk and his wife decided to adopt their 63-year-old doctor. Dr. Raymond La Scola was then arrested for supposedly murdering his new mother.

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The Honest Man with an Evil Eye – Podcast #84

Published on July 10, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Podcast

In 1935, Frank Greges stumbled across a wallet containing the stocks. Find out what really happened and how he killed a man simply by staring at him.

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Long Game of Chess

Published on July 8, 2015

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Tidbits

Few, if any, games of chess took as long as the one between Hugh P. Harrison and his aunt Annie Paton. The game lasted twenty years.

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Porpoise Dies Playing Baseball

Published on July 1, 2015

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Sports, Tidbits

Sad news came out of Marineland, Florida in 1957 when it was reported that a porpoise named Algae had accidentally swallowed a rubber ball and died.

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Mule Causes Three Car Accidents

Published on June 24, 2015

Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Tidbits

On August 4, 1960, a mule in Shallotte, North Carolina managed to wreck three cars. Read this true story to learn more...

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