THE RESIDUAL GHOST OF TYPHOID MARY: The Last Patient of The Island Was The Angel of Death Herself

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Mary Mallon never felt sick a day in her life… but the island she died on still remembers her name in infamy… Typhoid Mary.
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IN THIS EPISODE: A woman keeps seeing her deceased father-in-law out of the corner of her eye. (Pop) *** The sad tale of Mary Mallon still haunts us today. You may know her better as Typhoid Mary. (The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary) *** John George Haigh took the plunge into murder when he knocked out his old boss and dumped the body into acid – then set out to kill again. (The Acid Bath Murderer of England) *** A girl in an almost empty movie theater feels someone, or something, tugging at her shirt. (The Haunted Houston Movie Theater) *** They spoke a strange language, had bright green skin, and were utterly inexplicable. Who were they? (The Green Children of Woolpit) *** A ghostly boy appears outside a restaurant in Nebraska. (The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska) *** A dark house, a baby sitter, an unexplained noise, and a shadowy figure. Normally the setup of a cliché horror movie – but this time, it was real. (The Hunchback Shadow Man) *** Over the last two decades, there have been frequent reports of a ghostly woman who wanders the halls of Greystone Mansion, leaving traces of lilac perfume in her wake. (The Greystone Mansion Murders) *** Is the White House haunted? The evidence seems to build more and more every year. (Is The White House Haunted?)
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate and Only Accurate For the Commercial Version)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:01:31.646 = Show Open
00:03:41.263 = Haunted Houston Movie Theater
00:06:44.298 = Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska
00:09:00.556 = The Greystone Mansion Murders
00:16:53.650 = Green Children of Woolpit
00:21:13.037 = Hunchback Shadow Man
00:29:54.360 = Is The White House Haunted?
00:41:10.394 = Pop
00:45:38.170 = Acid Bath Murderer of England
00:54:03.365 = The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary
01:18:10.128 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“Pop” by Melda for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5das43vj
“The Lingering Ghost of Typhoid Mary” by Renee Kruse and Troy Taylor from the book, “A Pale Horse Was Death”:http://amzn.to/2sAZLTP
“The Acid Bath Murderer Of England” by Steven Casale for TheLineUp.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1azg5pop
“The Haunted Houston Movie Theater” by Weirdo Family Member, Christi Butler: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5fvlv8u7
“The Haunting Little Boy From Nebraska” Erin Stone for MyHauntedLifeToo.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1o4zoncc
“The Hunchback Shadow Man” by Nelchen for YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1mzdp7ar
“The Greystone Mansion Murders” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/18cxj4n7
“The Green Children of Woolpit” posted at TheLineUp.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1sjg6jqu
“Is The White House Haunted?” posted at Beyond Reality News (website no longer exists)
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Originally aired: August, 2018
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/TyphoidMary
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