7. Lana Turner - A Real Life Tragedy
02/02/23 • 58 min
One of Hollywood's golden girls, Lana Turner, lived a life that could have been a movie itself. Unfortunately the life of a movie star is not always as glamorous as it is portrayed. By the time she realized she was involved with a known gangster, it was too late. The arguments, the threats, and the abuse eventually led to murder.
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One of Hollywood's golden girls, Lana Turner, lived a life that could have been a movie itself. Unfortunately the life of a movie star is not always as glamorous as it is portrayed. By the time she realized she was involved with a known gangster, it was too late. The arguments, the threats, and the abuse eventually led to murder.
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6. Bloody Woolfolk
In Bibb county Georgia on August 6, 1887 a prominent farmer, Captain Richard Woolfolk and eight members of his family were axed to death as they lay sleeping. The Woolfolk murders would be known as the bloodiest mass murder in Georgia history. The oldest son and only survivor of the horrendous attack was the main suspect. There's an unbelievable twist at the end that leaves everyone wondering if an innocent man was punished for the crimes.
Episode music written and performed by Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Sermon at the end delivered by Micheal Whitt
Sources:
Shadow Chasers: The Woolfolk Tragety Revisited by Carolyn Deloach
newspapers.com
Find a Grave
Murderpedia https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/woolfolk-thomas.htm
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/woolfolk-murder-case/
http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/02/bloody-woolfolk.html
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/sharecropping/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-gilded-age/south-after-civil-war/a/the-new-south
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8. The Lonely Hearts Killers
In the 1940's Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck preyed on lonely women looking for love through lonely hearts advertisements. The duo started out as con artists but greed and jealousy led them to serial killing.
Sources :
The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Bloody Passions of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez By Tobin T. Buhk
newspapers.com
findagrave.com
Music :
"Guilty" By Al Bowlly
Public Domain Mark 1.0.
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