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.
In the early evening hours of November 13, 1974, a young bearded man burst into a local bar in Amityville, New York in a panic. He believed his parents might have been shot, and he didn’t know what to do. Several patrons at the bar followed him home in order to help. What they found would horrify the community. In the home on 112 Ocean Avenue, six bodies lay dead, all shot to death. The police were called and the investigation began. It didn’t take long for detectives to come to the conclusion that Ronald Joseph DeFeo, Jr. had killed his own family hours before bursting into the bar.
Listen as we discuss the horrific murders, the “possessed” house, and explore the family tree of the DeFeo family.
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.
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.
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