A few days before Christmas 1939, Stephen Melkey was struck by a car near South Bend, Indiana, and thrown nearly 40 feet through the air before landing. When the police arrived, they found that someone had tied his hands behind his back and taped his eyes and mouth shut. Had someone meant for him to […]
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South Bend, Indiana – December 22, 1939 Stephen hit the ground hard. The tape held his eyelids tightly closed, preventing him from seeing where he was. His hands were tied behind his back, and he could feel the cold snow against his bare fingers. Struggling, he rolled over onto his side. His ankles were
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Quarters One is the second largest government-owned private residence next to the White House. Over the past 150 years, it has hosted politicians, soldiers, and celebrities in its gilded rooms. Some say that some of them have never left. Do they still walk the halls of Quarters One? Or is it something else?
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The aide walked through the third floor of the house, making sure that every door was shut, and every light was off. No one lived up here anymore, so it should be easy. The general wanted it done, and that was enough for the aide. Steadily, they went through every room, each time repeating the
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On a summer day in 2001, Donna Stabile knocked on the front door of Leticia Aguilar. She babysat Leticia’s five children nearly every night but hadn’t seen them for a few day. Donna had started to get worried, so she went to the house. On a whim, she opened the front door and stepped inside.
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It was August 30, 2001, and Donna Stabile stood at the front door of the Aguilar home, reading the note. It read, “Me and the kids went to Sioux Falls. Too much stress.” Donna thought that it was a little strange. Donna ran a day care out of her home, and regularly watched Leticia Aguilar’s
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When its population peaked at around one-hundred people, Moonville could barely have been called a town. Regardless of its size, Moonville grew a reputation for being hard to get to and having an unusual amount of train accidents happen there. However, it is said that not everyone who lost their lives on that stretch of
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The hiker walked faster, their boots thumping a dull, steady rhythm on the trail with each step. They hadn’t wanted to be out there that late but had lost track of time. The area was beautiful. The woods stretched on for miles. It was hard to believe that they were in the middle of southern
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In this remastered version of an earlier episode: In 1958, a legendary flood struck western Iowa that would claim many, and would forever change the lives of all those who survived. Sources “9 Dead, Several Missing in Flood.” Carroll Daily Times Herald, July 2, 1958. Barton, Terry. “Iowa Flood Damage is ‘Fantastic.’” Daily Times,
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Flash floods are some of the most devastating natural disasters in the world. They can come without warning, destroying everything in their path. Iowa is no stranger to them. Although there have been many throughout the years, one still stands out in the minds of Southwest Iowa residents. It began to rain on July
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