Was Lavinia Fisher America's First Female Serial Killer?
11/08/21 • 16 min
Today a ghost haunts the Old City Jail in Charleston, South Carolina, one said to be in a white wedding dress looking for more victims to add to her list. Her name is Lavinia Fisher and she's often called America's first female serial killer.
The legends say in 1819 the authorities of Charleston, South Carolina raided the Six Mile Wayfarer Hotel just outside of the city looking for a group of thieves. Instead they found more than they bargained for and discovered a hotel of horrors.
The owners, John and Lavinia Fisher, were arrested and charged with over 100 counts of murder and Lavinia Fisher went down in history as America's first female serial killer. But if we look at the events surrounding the case was she really the evil entity the legends say she is?
Find out the true story of Lavinia Fisher on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!
If you have any myths, mysteries, or monsters you’d like us to cover, send an email to [email protected]
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Sources
https://ghostcitytours.com/charleston/lavinia-fisher/
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906.2/charleston.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119735321/lavinia-fisher
Today a ghost haunts the Old City Jail in Charleston, South Carolina, one said to be in a white wedding dress looking for more victims to add to her list. Her name is Lavinia Fisher and she's often called America's first female serial killer.
The legends say in 1819 the authorities of Charleston, South Carolina raided the Six Mile Wayfarer Hotel just outside of the city looking for a group of thieves. Instead they found more than they bargained for and discovered a hotel of horrors.
The owners, John and Lavinia Fisher, were arrested and charged with over 100 counts of murder and Lavinia Fisher went down in history as America's first female serial killer. But if we look at the events surrounding the case was she really the evil entity the legends say she is?
Find out the true story of Lavinia Fisher on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!
If you have any myths, mysteries, or monsters you’d like us to cover, send an email to [email protected]
Subscribe, rate, and review. And remember, always look behind you.
Sources
https://ghostcitytours.com/charleston/lavinia-fisher/
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906.2/charleston.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119735321/lavinia-fisher
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Dead Woman's Crossing at Weatherford, Oklahoma
There is a bridge a few short miles away from Weatherford, Oklahoma where many have reported seeing the spirit of a woman looking for her baby before disappearing. Others have reported seeing a blue light hovering around the bridge before hearing the pained screams of a woman.
Though the accounts of ghostly figures are up for debate, the origin for the spirit and the area known as Dead Woman's Crossing stems from a true unsolved murder from over a hundred years ago that still haunts the area today.
Find out on the mystery on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!
If you have any myths, mysteries, or monsters you’d like us to cover, send an email to [email protected]
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Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20120331180859/http://files.usgwarchives.org/ok/oklahoma/vitals/deaths/death1905b.txt
http://mystorical.blogspot.com/2010/02/search-for-truth-katie-dewitt-james.html
https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2332&context=westview PDF
http://southwesternghostsandhauntings.blogspot.com/2012/10/dead-womans-crossing-weatherford.html
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/oklahoma/dead-womans-crossing-haunted-bridge-ok/
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Who Was the Happy Face Killer?
Between the years of 1990 and 1995 several women were found dead near the highways of several states including Oregon, Washington, Florida, and Nebraska. After the cases became cold, a letter arrived at the offices of the Oregonian Newspaper claiming to take responsibility for the murders including that of the supposedly solved case of a 23 year old woman named Taunja Bennett. The letter had a simple signature, that of a happy face.
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Find out who the Happy Face Killer was and how he was caught on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!
If you have any myths, mysteries, or monsters you’d like us to cover, send an email to [email protected]
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Sources
https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jesperson.htm
https://abcnews.go.com/US/happy-face-killer-case-tapes-reveal-lengths-woman/story?id=80909504
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3526
Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters - Was Lavinia Fisher America's First Female Serial Killer?
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Ep. 47 - Was Lavinia Fisher America’s First Female Serial Killer?
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In 1886 an unexpected and deadly earthquake took Charleston, South Carolina by surprise.
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There had been no prior warnings or indications of tremors. The area, at the time, was not known to have any earthquakes so when the ground shook beneath the fifty thousand residents of Charleston many were caught off guard.
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