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Friday the 13th Sharon Gregory Tragedy

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Friday the 13th 'inspired' horrible, tragic case of Sharon Gregory.Listener Discretion-brutal murder, mental health issues, and the awful unaliving self. On October 24, 1988, 18 year old Sharon Gregory is home alone; she lives with her identical twin Cheryl and her parents Edward and Barbara. Around 12:30pm Cheryl comes home and finds Sharon in a pool of blood in their upstairs bathroom and she phones the police. This tragic situation is alarmingly shocking for the small town of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Greenfield did not see any or much crime much less a murder.Very quickly the Greenfield Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police close in a suspect; a 19 year old named Mark Branch. Mark was a friend of a close friend of the twins and Sharon had told Cheryl she was afraid of him.Ultimately, this case would involve a month long man hunt, tragedy for two families, and a deep, uncomfortable fascination with horror movies and longing to be the villian in the movies.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/30/A-mentally-ill-young-man-acting-out-the-final/5081596869200/'Funeral Saturday for Sharon Gregory'- The Republican Wed, Oct. 26, 1988'Friends of Branch, students at GCC respond to his death' by Debrah L Grenier and Deborh Parker- The Recorder, Wed Nov. 30, 1988'Man who discovered body knew he would be the one to find Branch' by Joseph Mallia-- The Recorder, Wed. Nov. 30th 1988'Hunt continues for slaying suspect'-Wesley Blixt The Republican, Fri. Nov 4th 1988'Evidence' Greenfield staff- The Recorder Fri Dec 9th 1988'Friend Caught in the middke' Derek Ianelli-- The Recorder--Tues. Nov 15, 1988Episodes DID include other information via:https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.facebook.com/gfearsmedia?rdid=2J3DmRrwK1yzecQl&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F16Ws41EzTt%2F#https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedamerica2@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586477442538#https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

Lindbergh Baby: Crime of the Century (Part 3)

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the 'Crime of the Century' -the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh Jr. --AKA Baby Charlie--.In this Part 3 episode, we pick up at the arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann on September 19, 1934.We will discuss Richard's background, the evidence against him. His trial for extortion, kidnapping and murder of Baby Charlie, his guilty sentence, and subsequent execution by the State of New Jersey.We will also, explore the Lindbergh's lives after 1935 until present day and the terrible speculations.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://crimeofthecentury.weebly.com/body-found.htmlhttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/lindbergh-kidnappinghttps://www.acams.org/en/opinion/the-lindberg-case-how-banker-helped-solve-ithttps://www.nj.gov/state/archives/slcsp001.htmlhttps://www.history.com/articles/charles-a-lindberghhttps://www.nightmarehouses.com/articles/highfieldshttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnappinghttps://hopewelltwp-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HISTORY-BOOK.pdf'Phone Trick May Save Baby'; 'Family Plays Part; Hysteria Ruled Out': 'Kidnaping Chronology'--whole Page 8 of paper--Daily News (New York, New York): Thus. March 3, 1932 Episodes DID include other information via:https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.facebook.com/gfearsmedia?rdid=2J3DmRrwK1yzecQl&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F16Ws41EzTt%2F#https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedamerica2@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

Lindbergh Baby: Crime of the Century (Part 2)

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the 'Crime of the Century' -the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh Jr. --AKA Baby Charlie--Listener discretion of kidnapping/death of a child.This is Part 2 and this will have one more part--in Part 2, we pick up on the night of March 1, 1932, we begin with the police showing up at the Lindbergh home, the ransom note and other evidence collected at the scene.By March 6th, 1932, the kidnappers send a 2nd notice advising to keep the press coverage down about the ransom and increasing the ransom from $50,000.00 to $70,000.00.Within days, a Dr. John Condon, offers his own money and his help in being a liason for the Lindbergh's and the kidnappers.On March 12, 1932, Dr. Condon meets with the kidnapper--a man going by the name "John"--this meeting happens in a cemetery and the kidnapper wears a hat, coat, and handkerchief over his face. He speaks with a German accent according to Dr. Condon. In this meeting, they agree that Dr. Condon will hand over the ransom but wants some evidence of the baby first so kidnapper states he will send the baby's white sleeper.The white sleeper is sent to Dr. Condon with another letter. A couple of weeks go by with several back and forth notes but finally a meeting is set up for April 2, 1932, to exchange the actual ransom. This meeting happens-the money is exchanged. The kidnapper gives Dr. Condon written instructions on where Baby Charlie is....however, this is all false. The baby who was supposed to be on a boat was not found.On May 12, 1932, a truck driver pulls off the road to use the bathroom--he is 4 miles from the Lindbergh's home. He finds a badly decomposed body. The police are called, the Lindberghs are called and an autopsy is done. By Friday May 13, 1932, the baby is fully identified as Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.. Now the Lindberghs's are fully devastated and the hunt is on for a killer and not just a kidnapper.This episode will track the route taken for authorities to finally make an arrest on September 19, 1934.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://crimeofthecentury.weebly.com/body-found.htmlhttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/lindbergh-kidnappinghttps://www.acams.org/en/opinion/the-lindberg-case-how-banker-helped-solve-ithttps://www.nj.gov/state/archives/slcsp001.htmlhttps://www.history.com/articles/charles-a-lindberghhttps://www.nightmarehouses.com/articles/highfieldshttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnappinghttps://hopewelltwp-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HISTORY-BOOK.pdf'Phone Trick May Save Baby'; 'Family Plays Part; Hysteria Ruled Out': 'Kidnaping Chronology'--whole Page 8 of paper--Daily News (New York, New York): Thus. March 3, 1932 Episodes DID include other information via:https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.facebook.com/gfearsmedia?rdid=2J3DmRrwK1yzecQl&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F16Ws41EzTt%2F#https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedamerica2@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

Lindbergh Baby: Crime Case of the Century (Part 1)

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the 'Crime of the Century' -the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh Jr. --AKA Baby Charlie--Listener discretion of kidnapping/death of a child.This is Part 1 of a 2 Parter--in Part 1 we are going to begin with Charles Lindbergh Sr.-his youth and his father's youth as his father was an attorney/politician who was a U.S. Congressmen.We will discuss Charles traveling back and forth between his farm home in Little Falls, Minnesota to Washington D.C. We will discuss his college time, his love for aviation which leads him to becoming a 'Barnstormer' and finally to his entry into the U.S. Army where he trained and graduated first in his class for the Army Air Service Reserve Pilot program.At the time of the crime (1932) Charles was the most famous man in America and really the world because of his winning the award for flying solo Transatlantically from New York City to Paris, France in 1927. The award was posted by hotel magnate Raymond Orteig in 1919--many men had attempted this flight but many had failed so when Charles accomplished this flight in the 'Spriti of St. Louis' plane he instantly became famous and hounded by the press.We will further discuss Charles meeting Anne Morrow in 1927, her background, their marriage in 1929 and having Baby Charlie in 1930 upto the horrific events on the night of March 1, 1932, when they realize their precious baby boy was not in his nursery.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/slcsp001.htmlhttps://www.history.com/articles/charles-a-lindberghhttps://www.nightmarehouses.com/articles/highfieldshttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnappinghttps://hopewelltwp-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HISTORY-BOOK.pdf'Phone Trick May Save Baby'; 'Family Plays Part; Hysteria Ruled Out': 'Kidnaping Chronology'--whole Page 8 of paper--Daily News (New York, New York): Thus. March 3, 1932 Episodes DID include other information via:https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.facebook.com/gfearsmedia?rdid=2J3DmRrwK1yzecQl&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F16Ws41EzTt%2F#https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedamerica2@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa

Friday the 13th: Superstition or Pure Evil?

In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the fun and frightening Friday the 13th.For Lisa--Friday the 13th is a holiday of sorts--like Halloween. Enjoy some horror movies and some snacky, snacks on the couch...if you actually can and do not have plans!Lisa will discuss the why, what, where of the origins of Friday the 13th. From the Code of Hammurabi to the Last Supper and the magnificent Jesus. And also, Norse Mythology and the whole Marvel Universe.Then we will explore all the many centuries from 1750 BC (BCE) to current AD/Current times and the awful events that befell on Friday the 13th over the years.We will finish up and dive into the movie franchise from 1980 that solidified everyone's love affair with "Friday the 13th" or at least Lisa's love affair.Listen to hear full details. References for this Episode:https://www.history.com/articles/hammurabihttps://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/movies/17-bloody-facts-about-friday-13thhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080761/trivia/https://www.romper.com/p/friday-the-13th-instagram-quotes-if-youre-feeling-a-little-stitious-8773961https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteen_Clubhttps://www.livescience.com/46284-origins-unlucky-friday-the-13th.htmlhttps://www.rd.com/article/why-skyscrapers-dont-have-13th-floors/https://nypost.com/2025/10/24/real-estate/the-13th-floor-is-curiously-absent-from-many-nyc-buildings/https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/10/conversation_thirteen.phpEpisodes DID include other information via:https://www.newspapers.com/https://www.ancestry.com/Big Thanks go out to Gage Fears for his original music made for Unexplained Arkansas the Podcast usage--His contact below--find him on Instagram!!https://www.facebook.com/gfearsmedia?rdid=2J3DmRrwK1yzecQl&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F16Ws41EzTt%2F#https://www.instagram.com/i_deliver_pizza/To connect w/ Unexplained America:https://unexplainedamerica.com/unexplainedamerica2@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/unexplainedarkansas/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8rIqbuh-TeAl_9dZNL3fUAhttps://www.instagram.com/unexplained_america/https://www.patreon.com/unexplainedamericaFind us on Tik Tok and Instagram and all Podcasts Platforms.Xoxoxoxo, Lisa