Betsy Faria thought she made a good friend at work; one who showed support and love during one of the most trying times in her life. She didn’t realize, until it was too late, that her friendship with Pamela Hupp would be more deadly than her terminal cancer diagnosis…
In 1939, playwright Joseph Kesselring wrote a play, a dark comedy called Arsenic and Old Lace. The play would prove to be such a hit on Broadway that film director Frank Capra would adapt it for the screen. In 1944, the movie Arsenic and Old Lace was released starring Cary Grant. What many didn’t know at the time was that the movie was partially inspired by the real-life home of Amy Archer-Gilligan.
In this episode, listen as Zelda describes the what happened at her home in Windsor, Connecticut. Next, Denise explores a family tree which leads them to Ireland, the battlefield of Gettysburg, and leads them to a hospital for the mentally insane. Joining them on this episode is Cathie Curtis from Haunting History Podcast.
Linda Burfield Hazzard did not go to medical school, but she called herself a doctor. Despite her lack of degree, Linda, along with her husband Samuel Hazzard, opened a sanitarium offering simple cure for all those who were ill, fasting. Her "cure" led to death as she enriched herself.
In April 1908, authorities responded to a fire in LaPorte, Indiana, and what they found in the ashes horrified them. 3 children dead. But those were not the only bodies. There were 11 more buried around the property.
In this minisode, we discuss the crimes of Belle Gunness and learn more about her family as well as the ghastly discovery involving one of Belle’s nephews and another serial killer.
Read MoreAt the death of little Mary Adelaide Garrett, friends and family grieved with parents George and Rhonda Belle. No one expressed any suspicions or concerns when their other four children died as well as George Garrett. “Poor Rhonda Belle,” they said to themselves, thinking that she must have the worst luck. And her luck kept getting worse as her fourth husband had an untimely death. When her fifth husband, Ronald Martin, ended up in the hospital, the authorities finally took notice. It wasn’t bad luck. It was poison.
Listen to this latest episode as we dive into her family tree to find some answers to why Rhonda Belle Martin would do such heinous acts.
Elderly and disabled people found a home with Dorothea Puente, but once they moved in they never moved out. Listen as we explore the murders committed by Dorothea then move on to the discoveries we made in her family tree.
Read MoreEveryone loved Emma’s famous potato soup, but no one realized that her secret ingredient was arsenic until it was too late.
Read MoreBeguiling to men and dangerous as well, Lady Bluebeard, Lyda Southard, created a stir in 1921 with her crimes. We explore them as well as her family history with death.
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