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  • 29 Wolverton Street home connected to the Julia Wallace murder
    Old Houses

    25 Menlove Gardens East

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    A mysterious caller sent William Wallace to an address that did not exist. While he searched for it across Liverpool, his wife Julia was murdered at home.

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  • Lake Bodom murders tent examined by police in 1960
    Old Houses

    The Tent by the Lake

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    Four teenagers camped beside a Finnish lake in 1960. By morning, three were dead, one was badly injured, and the person who attacked their tent had disappeared.

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  • Miyazawa family in the Setagaya murders case
    Abandoned Parents

    The House After Midnight

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    A family of four was killed inside a quiet Tokyo home in 2000. The intruder left fingerprints, blood, clothing and other evidence behind, yet his identity remains unknown.

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  • Hinterkaifeck farm connected to the 1922 murders
    Family Secrets

    The Footprints

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    Days before six people were killed on an isolated Bavarian farm, strange footprints appeared in the snow. They seemed to lead toward the house, but not away from it.

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  • Artemus Ogletree in the Room 1046 mystery
    Hidden Wills

    Room 1046

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    A young man checked into a Kansas City hotel under a false name in 1935. Two days later, Room 1046 became the center of a murder mystery that still has no answer.

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  • Chevaline murders crime scene BMW near Lake Annecy
    Inheritance Stories

    The Gun in the Lake

    Hours September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

    Four people were killed on a remote road above Lake Annecy in 2012. Fourteen years later, a pistol surfaced from the lake and sent investigators back to one of France’s most haunting cold cases.

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  • Jennifer Fairgate mystery hotel registration form from Room 2805 case
    Hidden Letters

    Room 2805

    Hours September 5, 2026September 5, 2026

    A woman checked into an Oslo hotel under a false identity in 1995. Days later, investigators entered Room 2805 and found a trail of physical clues that still has not revealed who she really was.

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  • Mike Marcum time machine story illustrated by a powerful Jacob's Ladder electrical arc
    Inheritance Stories

    He Stole Six Power Transformers to Build a Time Machine. Then His Story Went Dark

    Hours August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

    In 1995, Mike Marcum stole six electrical transformers for a machine he believed could bend time. Years later, he returned to radio with an even stranger claim.

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