Mary Mallon insisted she had never had typhoid in her life, and in March 1907, when a health department doctor brought police and an ambulance to the Park Avenue house where she cooked, Mary met them at the door with a long kitchen fork.
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https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p92wk9hFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A woman keeps seeing her deceased father-in-law out of the corner of her eye. (Pop) *** The sad tale of Mary Mallon still haunts us today. You may know her better as Typhoid Mary. (The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary) *** John George Haigh took the plunge into murder when he knocked out his old boss and dumped the body into acid – then set out to kill again. (The Acid Bath Murderer of England) *** A girl in an almost empty movie theater feels someone, or something, tugging at her shirt. (The Haunted Houston Movie Theater) *** They spoke a strange language, had bright green skin, and were utterly inexplicable. Who were they? (The Green Children of Woolpit) *** A ghostly boy appears outside a restaurant in Nebraska. (The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska) *** A dark house, a baby sitter, an unexplained noise, and a shadowy figure. Normally the setup of a cliché horror movie – but this time, it was real. (The Hunchback Shadow Man) *** Over the last two decades, there have been frequent reports of a ghostly woman who wanders the halls of Greystone Mansion, leaving traces of lilac perfume in her wake. (The Greystone Mansion Murders) *** Is the White House haunted? The evidence seems to build more and more every year. (Is The White House Haunted?)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:31.646 = Show Open
00:03:41.263 = Haunted Houston Movie Theater
00:06:44.298 = Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska
00:09:31.873 = The Greystone Mansion Murders ***
00:17:25.446 = Green Children of Woolpit
00:21:44.234 = Hunchback Shadow Man
00:30:25.865 = Is The White House Haunted?
00:41:34.353 = Pop ***
00:46:02.167 = Acid Bath Murderer of England
00:53:54.347 = The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary ***
01:18:00.668 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break
*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*
SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“Pop” by Melda for YourGhostStories.com:
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5das43vj“The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary” by Renee Kruse and Troy Taylor from the book, “A Pale Horse Was Death”:
http://amzn.to/2sAZLTP“The Acid Bath Murderer Of England” by Steven Casale for TheLineUp.com:
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1azg5pop“The Haunted Houston Movie Theater” by Weirdo Family Member, Christi Butler:
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5fvlv8u7“The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska” Erin Stone for MyHauntedLifeToo.com:
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1o4zoncc“The Hunchback Shadow Man” by Nelchen for YourGhostStories.com:
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1mzdp7ar“The Greystone Mansion Murders” by Troy Taylor:
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/18cxj4n7“The Green Children of Woolpit” posted at TheLineUp.com:
https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1sjg6jqu“Is The White House Haunted?” posted at Beyond Reality News (website no longer exists)(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)
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