“WHITEWATER: THE SECOND SALEM” And More True Tales Of The Macabre! #WeirdDarkness

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IN THIS EPISODE Whitewater legend says that the bizarre experiments conducted at the Morris Pratt Institute of Spiritualism in Wisconsin to communicate with the dead have left the town cursed by witches and haunted by restless spirits It s no wonder it has garnered the nickname of Second Salem Whitewater The Second Salem The Wild West had many drifters with troubled pasts One found himself at the heart of one of the most infamous crimes in American history Ben Kuhl went from horse theft to stagecoach robbery to murder from notoriety to infamy all in pursuit of elusive riches Finally arrested and convicted due to a bloody handprint The Last Stagecoach Robbery Fred West was just a regular boy or so it seemed But behind closed doors in reality he was becoming evil incarnate And upon meeting his future wife Rose it only expanded his predatory predilections Fred and Rose descended from petty crimes to unspeakable horrors of rape and murder even of the most young and innocent From their House of Horrors the depths of their depravity was acted out hidden from site But as the walls closed in and the truth emerged the true horror of their crimes was laid bare The Evils of Fred And Rose West AND MORE SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE Whitewater The Second Salem by Charlie Hintz for Wisconsin Frights https weirddarkness tiny us 2p9bktupBygone Gluttons by Ben Gazur for ListVerse https weirddarkness tiny us 2p99hjxjThe Evils of Fred and Rose West from Biography https www biography com crime fred-westThe Last Stagecoach Robbery from Creative History Stories https weirddarkness tiny us bdh3h8h5Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library Over time links seen above 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 I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness John 12 46 WeirdDarkness is a registered trademark Copyright 2024 Weird Darkness Originally aired April 16 2024PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT https weirddarkness com whitewater-the-second-salem Click here to visit this podcast episode