Belle Gunness: The Black Widow of the American Midwest

The city of Kingston in Ontario, Canada has no shortage of scary tales. In fact, Kingston is a ghost’s dream city! There are tonnes of historic stone buildings to lurk in, and countless dark alleyways and narrow old streets to jump out and scare someone from. Then…there is that massive 18th century fortress just outside of downtown that they could really stretch out their ghostly legs in.

The whole area whispers in your ear, “I see dead people”.

So get some hot chocolate and snuggle in my spooky friends…you are about to hear more ghostly tales from what is said to be the most haunted city in Canada…Kingston, Ontario.

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Just outside Indianapolis; Indiana in the United States is Fox Hollow Farm, that is said to be haunted by its brutal past. This location was once the home of Herb Baumeister and his young family during the early 1990s. By day, Herb was a successful businessman who operated a chain of thrift stores. By night, Herb would cruise the nightclubs of Indianapolis looking for his latest victims.

When word of human remains being found on Herb’s property got out; people started to also talk about the paranormal activity that was said to occur at Fox Hollow Farm. This activity is said to still occur regularly even today.

So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about hear the tale the hauntings of Fox Hollow Farm. But before you do, I have a warning. Today’s episode will be speaking about autoerotic asphyxiation. Listen discretion is advised.

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When people hear the word vampire; they usually start thinking about Transylvania and Dracula. But vampires existed in folklore well before Bram Stoker wrote his tale. In fact, vampires have existed in the lore of many different cultures around the world throughout the ages.

Today, most people think that vampires are just a character in movie or book, but that isn’t true. Even in current times, tales are still told about vampires that are said to be actively hunting their prey.

So get ready my spooky friends…you are about hear the tale of the vampire of Gibson Cemetery and some of his terrifying brethren.

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Kingston is a beautiful city in Ontario, Canada that is located on the north east end of Lake Ontario. This location has the name of the Limestone City, because of its countless heritage buildings that were constructed using local limestone. Kingston was the first capital of the United Province of Canada, and while it held this distinction for only a short time - it has remained a very important military installation. Today, it is the home of two major universities, three major hospitals, and is a well known tourist area.

Kingston has been the site of many important Canadian historical events, and with that comes tales of ghosts, graveyards, and death. Due to this, Kingston today is a prime destination for paranormal enthusiasts.

So grab your hot chocolate, and snuggle in my spooky friends…you are about hear the tales of the ghosts that walk the streets of Canada’s most haunted city.

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In 1952, a young man watched a hypnotist at a dinner party. He immediately became obsessed with the subject, and started seeking out every book on the subject he could. He soon took what he read, and started using hypnosis as a way to treat a variety of things, like smoking and insomnia. But then a person walked into his life that changed it forever.

So snuggle in my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tale of a Chicago housewife who became world famous after being hypnotized, and remembering that she was actually was born in 1798 in Ireland as Bridey Murphy.

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There is a type of female killer that has become so infamous that they have their own nickname - the black widow. This name comes from the Black Widow spider that are found all over the world. They are considered to be the most venomous type of spiders found in the United States, so people are naturally not big fans of them even though people rarely die from their bites.

But it wasn’t due to their venom that these spiders are compared to deadly female killers. It is actually because of a a widely circulated myth that the females of the species eat their mates after sexual contact. While this actually does happen sometimes; this isn’t regular behaviour. This didn’t stop this falsehood persisting today, and now being attached to women who decide to murder their lovers.

These women are a lot more dangerous than their spider counterparts, and are known to act out their anger, sociopathic tendencies, or desire for financial gains by killing their husbands, boyfriends, or both. One of the most famous was a woman who immigrated to the United States in 1881. It is said she killed over forty people, but the murderess herself disappeared without a trace.

So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tale Belle Gunness, the black widow of the American midwest. But before we get started, I do need to give you all a heads up. Today we will be speaking about the murders of both adults and children, along with graphic crime scenes. Listener discretion is advised.

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There are many types of of sweetener that a person can choose from. Some come in granular form like sugar, while others come in a syrup form like corn syrup. Another is molasses which is considered to be a liquid sugar that contains sucrose, and small amounts of fructose and glucose. It isn’t sweet like refined sugar, and is usually thicker and stickier than other liquid based sweeteners.

Molasses is the ingredient that makes brown sugar brown, and gives its flavour and moisture. It is also used to give moisture and consistency to many different bakery items like cookies, gingerbread, and pies. It gives thickness to baked beans, and sauces, and it is also used in distilling rum. It used to be the primary sweetener used until refined sugar pushed it towards the back of people’s cupboards. In the year 1919; molasses was everywhere.

But in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States; saying that molasses was everywhere is an understatement. It is because of molasses that twenty one individuals died, and an additional one hundred and fifty were injured in a disaster that is still spoken about today.

So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear the tale of the Great Molasses Flood.

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In 2009; a psychological horror film was released that changed this horror subgenera forever. The movie called “The Orphan” tells the tale of a couple who’s marriage became strained after the stillbirth of their third child. This loss was very hard on the family, and as a way to move forward the couple decided to adopt a nine year old Russian girl named Esther from a local orphanage. The couple’s oldest son Daniel resents the family’s new addition, while their five year old daughter Max embraces having a new sister.

This is where things start to get strange. Esther starts exhibiting hostile behaviour towards animals and school mates, and she seems to have knowledge of someone older than her. When Sister Abigail from the orphanage decides to come to the house to check in on Esther, this is when the couple finds out that tragic events and incidents always occur around her. One of these was the deaths of Esther’s previous adoptive parents.

After a whole lot of bad happens, the family learns that Esther is not a nine year old girl after all, but actually is a thirty three year old woman who suffers from proportional dwarfism. She had spent her life posing as a child, and she was actually a violent serial killer who has murdered at least seven people.

Now…I am not going to ruin the movie for those who did not see it, but this one is a definite must see. The plot was very different for its time, but what most people don’t know is that this terrifying tale is actually based on a true story.

So get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear the real story behind the horror film: The Orphan. But before we get started; just a little heads up…in this episode we will be speaking about child abuse, cannibalism, and sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

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The invention of social media has brought countless people together. It has become a staple in most people’s lives. That is its good side, but social media also has a bad one. I think that most people have had a time or two that social media has brought them drama, or maybe that they have experienced bullying. But today’s case goes beyond that. In our tale today, a Facebook friendship became so nasty that it resulted in death.

So settle in my spooky friends…you are about to hear a tale of the dark side of social media.

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The original movie “Scream” from the Scream horror movie series is considered to be a classic. It is a slasher film directed by Wes Craven that stars some big names like Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, and more. It is set in a small American town named Woodsboro, and the movie starts with our heroine, Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell. It is the anniversary of her mother’s murder, and it’s that day that Sidney and her friends become the targets of a masked serial killer known as Ghostface.

This movie is considered to be one of the best horror and slasher movies ever made, and it is credited for bringing back the horror genre when it started to decline in the 1990s. It made it acceptable for A list actors to take roles in horror films, which pushed these types of movies to the top of the box office today. But did you know that this movie was inspired by real life events?

Get comfortable my spooky friends…you are about to hear about the serial killer who inspired the famous Ghostface. But before we get started, you do need a heads up here. Today we will be talking about animal and child abuse, domestic abuse, sexually deviant behaviour, suicidal ideation, sexual assault, and graphic murders.

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