Pennsylvania Oddities
By Marlin Bressi
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Author and "historian of the macabre" Marlin Bressi explores true crime, unsolved mysteries, haunted places, and strange history from around the Keystone State. Based on the Pennsylvania Oddities blog and book series by Sunbury Press. New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month (Note: There will be no new episodes in August; new episodes will return September 1).
Be sure to visit the Pennsylvania Oddities blog for hundreds of astonishing true stories from every corner of the spookiest state in America!
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Special Triple Episode
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The Dissection of Anna Castner
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May 15, 2026 |
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The Railroad Spike Murder
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May 01, 2026 |
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The Cursed Creek of Eden
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The Fiendish Fumigator
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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The Unsolved Murder of the Schultz Children
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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The Disappearance of Marjorie West
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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The Bludgeoning of Biddy Quinn
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Farmhouse Hospital of Horror
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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The Mysterious Fate of Crazy Lindy
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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The Ballad of Iley Tate
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The Shohola Mystery Skeleton
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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The Strange Murder of Louis Schulman
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Murderous Madam: The Trial of Mary Ridey
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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The Martic Murder and the Haunted Sleigh of Barney Short
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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The Phantom Train of Cambria County
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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The Dalmatia Mystery
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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A Haunting in Shipoke
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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The Blooming Grove Pitchfork Murder
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Death by Printing Press: The Mysterious Suicide of David Shilling
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Human Lightning Rods of Gettysburg
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Murders at Sugar Valley Narrows
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Alice Marie Harris: Five Years a Prisoner in an Attic
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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The Duncannon Triple Murder
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May 15, 2025 |
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The Shocking Autopsy of Morris Foster
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Luzerne County Love Cult Murder
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Grandpa Goes Insane: The Gabert Family Murders
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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The Ghost of Hannah Shingle
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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A Murder at City Hall: The Story of George Marion
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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A Nesquehoning Nightmare: The Joan Stevens Tragedy
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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The Brush Mountain Mystery Grave
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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The Corpse Under the Bed
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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The Aulenbach Axe Murder
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The Harveys Lake Murder Mystery of 1913
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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The Squibb Family Murders
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Revenge of the Perverted Patrolman
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Murderous Mothers: Tillie Irelan
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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The Fall of the House of Beilstein
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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The Horrific Burning of Mary Sheeler
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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The Adventures of Ralph White's Corpse
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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The Hogendobler Tragedy
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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The Mystery of the Towboat Corpse
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The Schaffner Case: Ghoul at the Grave
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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The Chiropractor's Confession: The Dismemberment of Anna May Dietrich
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Sacrificed by a Cult: The Story of May Irene Smith
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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The Murder of Harvey Willow
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May 15, 2024 |
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The Ghost of George Jacob Schmidlin
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May 01, 2024 |
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Solomon Boscov and the Boy in the Icebox
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Murdered by Rats: The Terrifying Death of Esther Bland
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Lorena Tawser and the Keener Farm Mystery
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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The Dietrich Axe Murders of 1930
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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The Sturmerville Valentine's Day Murder of 1891
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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The Bermudian Creek Murder Mystery
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Grandpa on the Gallows
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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The Ivyside Park Drownings
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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The Strange Confession of Leopold Rowe
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Mysteries of Sugar Notch Swamp
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Execution of a Voodoo Doctor
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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A Tragedy in Ghost Hollow
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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The Trick or Treat Killer
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Pennsylvania Serial Killers: Martha Grinder
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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The Murderous Minister
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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The Lamb's Gap Murders
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Did Daniel Mellott Burn his Children Alive?
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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The Haunted House of Wetmore
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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The Despicable Crimes of John Gampher
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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The Hex Cat of Tumbling Run
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Horrors of the Hillside Home
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Why Did Catherine Ward Murder Her Children?
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May 15, 2023 |
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Murdered by His Mother Inside Classroom
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May 01, 2023 |
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Who Stole the Corpse of the Councilman's Son?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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The Feely Triple Death Mystery
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Who Killed the Hoy Family?
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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The Widow's Treasure and the Hanging of Charles Chase
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The Kidnapping of Warren McCarrick
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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The Cripple's Curse and the Three Kings of Pittsburgh
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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The True History of the Lizzie Lincoln House
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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The Lycoming Creek Mystery of 1922
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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The Disappearance of Martha Jane Straley
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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The Ghosts of Gudgeonville
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The Supernatural Experience of Henry Ort
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Veiled Lady of Penn Park
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Terror From Above: The Meteor Storm of 1907
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The Beaver County Axe Murders of 1939
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Who's Buried Beneath Kettle Creek Reservoir?
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Centralia's Forgotten Neighbor: The Ghost Town of Logan
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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The Carlisle Courtroom Killer
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Portrait of an Executioner: Frank Lee Wilson
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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The Mystery Skeleton of Federal Street
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Ethel White's Plunge to Death
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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The Chilling Crimes of Frank Chiffin
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Suicide at a Senator's House
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May 15, 2022 |
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The Legend of Bip Vawn
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May 01, 2022 |
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Who Killed the Night Watchman?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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The Irey Family Curse
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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The Skeleton That Refused to Stay Buried
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Dynamite and Diphteria: The Strange Trial of Lloyd Wintersteen
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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The Strange History of the Mt. Penn Fire Tower
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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The Tragic History of Dead Man Corners
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Carlisle Triple Murder of 1924
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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The Suspicious Slaughter of Mary O'Keefe
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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The Legend of Augusta Bitner
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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The Mystery Skeletons of Oyster Paddy's Tavern
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Natalie, Pennsylvania: A Murderer's Paradise
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Lena Miller: The Pioneer Murderess
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Haunted Lumber Camp of Betula
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Buried Alive! The Murder of Mary Newlin
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Louis Moff: The Vice King of the Coal Region
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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A Blood-Stained Dress and Other Lessons From Gnadenhutten
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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The Last Ascension of Wash Donaldson
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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George Pletz: The First Casualty of American Aviation
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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The Ghost of Reverend Nowak: The Pond Hill Tragedy
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Lover's Leap, Accident, or Murder?
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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The Fantastic Disappearance of Captain Rehrer
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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The Lost Confederate Grave of Wildcat Falls
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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The Cawley Murders: Boy Genius Gone Berzerk
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May 15, 2021 |
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The Lost Grave of Benjamin Remaley
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May 01, 2021 |
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The Legend of Tom Skelton and the Ghost of Packsaddle Gap
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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The Clearfield UFO Sighting of 1950
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Albert Large: The Hermit of Buckingham Mountain
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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The Strange History of Peddler's Grave
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Peter Hauntz: The Mysterious Puppetmaster of Pennsylvania
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Mickey Smith: The Peg-Legged Killer of Cambria County
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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William Hummel and the Montgomery Murders of 1899
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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The Burning of Chambersburg and a Civil War Mystery
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Colonel Noah Parker and Blackbeard's Treasure
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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The Man Who Killed the Witch of Ringtown Valley
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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The Lost Children of the Alleghenies
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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The Legendary Life (and Afterlife) of Captain Jack Armstrong
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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The Legend of Margaret Duncan's Burying Ground
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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The Mysterious Suicide of a Penn State Professor
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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William Bierly: The Man-Beast of Sugar Valley
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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The Strange Death of a Candyman
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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The Haunting of the Titus Homestead
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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The Lykens Triple Axe Murder of 1932
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Sep 01, 2020 |