As a raging blizzard tore across the state of North Dakota, Adolph Martel sat warm and safe inside a mental hospital. A former drifter named J.J. Murphy stood talking with him, helping the time to pass. Little did they know it, but a patient’s presence nearby would result in the death of one of them […]
Episode 141: True Crime: The Murder of Adolph Martel – North Dakota, 1941 Read More »
Jamestown, North Dakota, November 21, 1941 Adolph Martel settled back into his chair. It was chilly inside the hospital, but, then again, it was absolutely freezing outside. The papers had said that temps were supposed be hovering right around 0 with winds gusting upwards of 50 mph. One of the patients, a man named J.J.
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The fire had started at around 2 a.m. in the early morning hours of January 7, 1950. Half an hour later, St. Elizabeth’s Mental Hospital would be engulfed in flames. Firemen and other rescuers hacked at the iron bars covering the windows to the patient’s rooms. Many of the patients screamed desperately into the
Beyond Recognition: What Started the St. Elizabeth’s Fire? Read More »
In this, the second part of the tragic story of the St. Elizabeth’s Mental Hospital Fire of 1950, people across America were shocked by the disaster that had claimed the lives of 41 people. Fire and police investigators were eager to find out what had caused the blaze. When they did, the truth was almost
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For centuries, people have been fascinated by the idea of buried treasure. Stories of pirate gold on the east coast of the United States and the Caribbean have been passed down through the years, sowing the seeds of new interest in young minds as they’re told and retold throughout the generations. Of course, some of
