This episode contains detailed references to violence, murder, and the deaths of both adults and children, as well as mentions of human and animal harm. While not graphic, the subject matter may be deeply distressing to some listeners. Discretion is advised.

Turnbull Canyon in Whittier, California, is one of the most feared stretches of land in the state. A place where history, homicide, and haunting legends intertwine. From cult rumours and ghostly apparitions to a plane crash and a woman’s miraculous survival, this canyon seems to hunger for tragedy.

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https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/turnbull-canyon/

https://urbanlegendsmysteryandmyth.com

https://folklore.usc.edu/turnbull-canyon-3/

https://theleslielife.com/blog/2021/10/25/turnbull-canyon-haunts

https://medium.com/thebigroundtable/the-girl-who-wouldnt-die-7b1a76cbf4fd

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-16-me-dragged16-story.html

https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-curtiss-c-46f-1-cu-commando-near-whittier-29-killed

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2011/s075616/

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This episode contains references to the violent death of a parent by a child, suicide, and themes of Satanism and mental distress. While the content is not graphic, it may be disturbing to some listeners. Discretion is strongly advised.

In Jefferson Township, New Jersey, a 14-year-old altar boy killed his mother and took his own life in what some believed was a Satanic ritual. Was it mental illness, media-fuelled hysteria or something darker that entered their home?

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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-13-mn-23377-story.html

https://patch.com/new-jersey/jefferson/80s-satanic-murder-suicide-shook-nj-now-true-crime-tv-series

https://magic983.com/2025/09/02/mgm-series-explores-1988-new-jersey-teen-murder-suicide-case

https://www.edweek.org/education/cult-watchers-worry-about-an-upsurge-in-teen-devil-worship/1989/09

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/9zs69k/1988_murdersuicide_in_jefferson_nj_tommy_sullivan

https://groundzeroplus.com/hellfire-blazin-bran-pdf-summary-let-the-devil-in

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1988/march-18/suicides-blamed-on-musics-satanic-spell.html

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-devil-within/id1557924062

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This episode contains references to the sudden deaths of children under mysterious circumstances. While not graphic, the content may be distressing to some listeners. Discretion is advised.

In 1899, in the Yorkshire town of Sowerby Bridge, two young sisters, Amy and Alice Kirby, died just hours apart after mysteriously bursting into flames in separate homes. Their identical, unexplained fates sparked speculation about spontaneous human combustion and left behind more questions than answers.

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https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/09/bizarre-double-death-spontaneous-human-combustion-or-merely-tragic-coincidence/

https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/michaelfaherty?rq=kirby

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Dyer Lane, a remote backroad in Sacramento County, has long been the focus of disturbing tales, from stories of a murdered coven and shadowy cults to the infamous ghost police car and phantom handprints. Combining verified criminal history with decades of first-hand accounts, this is one of California’s darkest stretches of road.

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https://www.placer.ca.gov/3563/Placer-Vineyards

https://www.placer.ca.gov/8760/Watt-Avenue-Over-Dry-Creek-Bridge-Replac

https://fox40.com/news/local-news/woman-shares-video-of-terrifying-attack-on-dyer-lane/amp/

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/199097-morrigans-coven-dyer-lane-the-demon-warrior-speaks/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sacramento/comments/q1h4j2/anyone_rememberhave_stories_of_dyer_lane/

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June and Jennifer Gibbons spoke to no one but each other, until one twin calmly declared she would die so the other could live. This is the chilling true story of the Silent Twins, their creepy bond, and the death that stunned even Broadmoor Hospital.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20200217170204/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13059877.tragic-tale-of-twins-and-their-secret-world

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/12/04/we-two-made-one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67491767

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tczm

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Years before her infamous murder in 1969, actress Sharon Tate had a terrifying nightmare in a Benedict Canyon house - a vision many believe predicted the horror to come.

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https://www.cielodrive.com/archive/did-sharon-tate-have-a-premonition/

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a37926396/jean-harlow-paul-bern-house-haunted/

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a40834300/10050-cielo-drive-sharon-tate-house/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-03-ca-manson3-story.html

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When two hikers stumbled upon a leathery corpse melting from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, they didn’t know they had uncovered Europe’s oldest natural mummy or that their find would spark the legend of a deadly curse.

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https://iceman.it/en/

https://latitude65.ca/iceman-the-life-and-death-of-otzi/

https://livescience.com/otzi-the-iceman-facts

https://theguardian.com/science/2005/nov/06/archaeology.uk

https://independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/otzi-the-iceman-curse

https://ripleys.com/weird-news/curse-of-otzi/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/otzi-the-iceman-archaeology-1963783

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In 1972, 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma vanished from Springfield, New Jersey. Six weeks later, her decomposed body was found atop a rocky cliff known locally as “The Devil’s Teeth.” Talk of occult rituals and Satanic cults spread quickly, fuelled by media speculation and strange reports from the scene. But decades later, a very different picture emerged.

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https://www.nj.com/union/2019/10/after-decades-of-suspicion-and-fear-heres-what-the-newly-released-files-in-the-jeannette-depalma-case-actually-reveal.html

https://weirdnj.com/stories/jeannette-depalma/

https://www.nj.com/union/2021/08/50-years-after-nj-teens-body-was-found-on-devils-teeth-her-death-is-still-a-mystery.html

https://deathonthedevilsteeth.com/

https://www.nj.com/news/2023/08/community-honors-teen-girl-whose-mysterious-death-still-haunts-nj-town-51-years-later.html

https://morbidology.com/the-suspicious-death-of-jeannette-depalma/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jeannette-depalma

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/torso-killer-richard-cottingham-confession-cold-case-murder-1220441/

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/09/jeannette-depalma-a-potential-clue-in-unsolved-death-of-nj-teen-led-to-infamous-serial-killer.html

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