In the first episode of the Forgotten Darkness podcast, we examine the brutal murder - or was it? - of David Shearer in 1915 Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and also hear a bizarre tale of a new type of phantom limb pain.
Sources
"Eyes cut out in brutal tragedy," Wilkes-Barre Evening News, June 12, 1915.
Find a Grave: David Miles Shearer. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37990945/david-miles-shearer
"In other counties," Altoona Tribune, June 16, 1915.
"Man found dead a case of murder and not suicide," Lock Haven Express, June 11, 1915.
"Probing murder," New Castle Herald, June 12, 1915.
"Tale of a severed arm," Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2, 1896.
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34 - The Mouse Tower
33 - Rehmeyer's Hollow
32 - The Origin of the Poltergeist
31 - The Kissing Bug
30 - The Story of the Ghost
29 - Robert Nicholls
28 - The Murder of Mabel Mayer
27 - The Chase Vault
26 - The Lights of Capel Egryn
25 - The Tillinghast Airship
24 - Death Rides the Rails, Part 4
23 - Death Rides the Rails, Part Three
22 - Death Rides the Rails, Part Two
21 - Death Rides the Rails, Part One
20 - The Presque Isle Incident/The Morristown Monster
19 - The Drummer of Tedworth
18 - The Devil of Glenluce
17 - The Toledo Clubber
16 - The Mysterious Death of Joao Prestes
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