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On Sunday, April 27, 1913 just a little after 3 a.m., an African American night watchman named Newt Lee was making his rounds. After feeling a call to nature, he went into the basement to use the negro restroom. Keep in mind that during this time, Negroes and whites had separate restrooms and drinking fountains. It was a time when segregation and racism were considered normal. Lee would find the deceased body of a 13-year-old teenager named Mary Phagan. Someone had assaulted, robbed and killed the young girl. This case would become one of the most sensational cases in the history of Atlanta. It involved anti-semitism, violence, vigilante justice, and a horrific ending for the alleged killer. Today the case is still discussed and it's believed that an innocent man paid the ultimate price for a crime he likely didn't commit. Please be sure to visit my website for more information about my true crime and paranormal newspaper columns at www.themarcabe.com. You can also help support my podcast by subscribing to my true crime Patreon page. You will receive an extra podcast episode per month (true crime, paranormal or a combination of both.) To subscribe, please visit my Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/catchmykiller.

Most people know all about the Amber Alert. Whenever a child is abducted, there is an alert system that appears on our phones and outdoor road signs. It is responsible for saving hundreds of children. The system was legally enacted by President George W. Bush when he signed the 2003 Protect Act. The alert is named after a murdered 9-year-old girl named Amber Hagerman.In 1996, Amber Hagerman rode her bike in an abandoned parking lot. A witness saw a man in a black truck abduct her. Four days later, Amber's nude body was found in a creek. Her killer had sexually assaulted and tortured her for two days before cutting her throat and dumping her body in a creek. Today, her murder remains unsolved, but Arlington, Texas police continue trying to find her killer. Since their is no biological evidence, the police are hoping someone will come forward with information that could break this case. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

Child sex trafficking is a billion dollar business. The only other illegal activity that earns more is illegal drug sales. Every year children are taken and forced into having sex with adults for money. Even surprising is that some of the men who have been caught engaging in sex with these minors are policemen, judges, doctors, and even fireman. Social class and financial status are irrelevant when it comes to child trafficking. For all you know, a family member or friend could be involved. It's a crime that usually stays in the darkness until it's forced into the light. In this week's episode, I spoke to "Jane," a woman who was trafficked by her own mother from the age of 3 until she was 17. Her mother used to bring men to their home and allow them to rape her daughter for money, food, jewelry, or money to pay bills. Oddly enough, Jane always loved her mother and uses her faith in God to cope with her painful childhood memories. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

In the conclusion of this story, I interviewed Tyleigh who lived on a property in Virginia once occupied by slaves. Her story was told on an episode of The Dead Files. She describes the illnesses she has suffered from living in her former home, apparitions, electrical problems, and an unexplained evil that seems impossible to remove. The land is cursed and will likely remain a place where the dead still roam. If you would like to watch the episode that featured her story, click on the link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2je7otTo read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

In this episode, I interviewed Tyleigh who lived on a property in Virginia once occupied by slaves. Her story was told on an episode of The Dead Files. She describes the illnesses she has suffered from living in her former home, apparitions, electrical problems, and an unexplained evil that seems impossible to remove. The land is cursed and will likely remain a place where the dead still roam. If you would like to watch the episode that featured her story, click on the link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2je7otTo read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

In 2006, foster mother Liz Carroll made a plea to the public for the safe return of Marcus Fiesel, the 3-year-old foster care in her care. From the beginning, authorities were suspicious. After an investigation, the police learned that Marcus was murdered by David and Liz Carroll, his foster parents. He was bound with a blanket and tape before being placed inside a closet without any food or water. After he died, the Carrolls tried to cover up their crime. This is part two of a two part true crime story. This episode has audio from killers Liz and David Carroll. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

In 2006, foster mother Liz Carroll made a plea to the public for the safe return of Marcus Fiesel, the 3-year-old foster care in her care. From the beginning, authorities were suspicious. After an investigation, the police learned that Marcus was murdered by David and Liz Carroll, his foster parents. He was bound with a blanket and tape before being placed inside a closet without any food or water. After he died, the Carrolls tried to cover up their crime. This is part one of a two part true crime story. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

Becky is a military veteran, nurse and medium. Since childhood, she has seen demons, ghosts and other supernatural entities. She said that the dead still roam when they have unfinished business. But what is this business? It's anyone's guess. She shares the story of a hospital built over a Civil War battlefield. Before a patient dies, a whistling general always stops by for a visit. And then she discusses the ghost of her long dead brother who refuses to move on. This is Becky's story. You won't want to miss it. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

This week's episode is about a mother named Kellie who moved into an old Georgia farmhouse. When people move into a new home, they expect peace and tranquility. Unfortunately, Kellie would experience an encounter with the dreaded shadow man. She described the entity as solid black and large. She also experienced being grabbed by a ghostly hand, strange voices, witnessing an apparition and many other unexplained abnormalities. Her story about what's unseen and seen is fascinating. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

On Christmas Eve 1959, Charles Roy Clark, was killed by a single gunshot wound to his right temple. Police were baffled. Charles was beloved in his community. He taught Sunday school, was a scout troop leader, a great employee, and a loving father and husband. He seemed to have a perfect life. But did he? Police uncovered a dirty little secret. His wife Lois had sexual affairs with other men and had become pregnant by another man. Police arrested a man named Gene Hargrove, who had an affair with Lois Clark. The police claimed he killed Charles so he could be with Lois. The prosecutor thought he had an easy conviction. He was wrong.To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

On Christmas Eve 1959, a bullet crashed through a kitchen window and killed a man named Charles Roy Clark. The police and neighbors were stumped. Charles didn't have any enemies. He was loved at work and a Sunday school superintendent. No one had a bad word to say about this father of four who loved his wife and children. Charles had it all. He he a great career, an attractive wife and the love and admiration of everyone who knew him. He seemed to have the perfect family life. But did he? To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

As a 15 year old teenager, Justine lived in a haunted house. She believes it to be a place where old cowboys still visit to dance, drink, sit at the bar, and find a nice lady of the evening to keep him warm. While there, she immediately knew the house was evil and she had to leave. She witnessed a spirit toss her younger sister from a balcony and breaking her arm. Even one of the family dog's refused to enter the house. What entity without hands continuously touched family members and opened doors? Justine heard the shuffling of cowboy boots, a fiddler playing a song, dancing and talking from unseen spirits of the dead.To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

From 1976 to 1977, a serial killer stalked and murdered four Michigan children. Detroit was gripped in fear. Parents held their children closer while the infamous “stranger danger” term became a famous term known to this day, There are many different theories about who committed these murders, but decades later, no one has paid for these murders. In this concluding episode, I have comments from J. Reuben Appelman, the author of The Kill Jar, a book about this case. This is one of the most disturbing cases you will ever read about. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

Oakland County Michigan is considered a great place to raise a family. Unfortunately, from 1976 to 1977 this would change. Detroit was gripped in fear after a serial killer had abducted and murdered four children. Parents held their children closer while the infamous “stranger danger” term became a famous term known to this day, There are many different theories about who committed these murders, but decades later, no one has paid for these murders. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

Do you believe that some people can predict their future? Back in 1987, a teenager had premonitions that she would never live long enough to become an adult and she never wavered from the idea. She even cried to her mom saying she didn't want to grow up because she knew it would never happen. Unfortunately, a serial killer would have her in his sights and she wouldn't live long enough to become an adult.To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

Dara didn't believe in God and never considered the consequences of her actions. This all changed after she had a near death experience and met the infamous shadow man who stood vigilant at her bedside. The faceless entity waited to take her to a dark place filled with sorrow and depravity. Fortunately, God would step in and allow her a second chance to make things right in her life. Upon recovering from her near death experience, she became baptized and converted to Christianity. She shared her story with me. According to her, we all must face judgment for our actions while on Earth. The general consensus is that after you die, your spirit moves on to Heaven, a place supposedly reserved for people who lived a good life and treated others with love and respect. So what happens to those who are greeted with darkness instead of a warm light after they die? find out about one woman's journey to find peace in her life. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

Alexander "Sawney" Bean, his wife and his large family lived in a cave in Scotland for 25 years. No one even knew of their existence because they never went into any nearby towns or villages. This meant no one even knew the Bean clan existed. The Beans had grown into a large family. All the Bean children and grandchildren were born from incestuous relations. The Beans raised their offspring without any civility or humanity. They were more like wild animals than human beings. By this time you may be asking yourself an obvious question. If they away from civilization and in a cave, how did they get by? The answer was disturbing.To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

The Livingston family in West Virginia became the victims of mysterious ghostly clippers that cut up the family's furniture, livestock and clothing. The clippers clipped and snipped constantly. Adam Livingston would have to go to great depths to get his home exorcised. The city of London is the most haunted city in the world. Men like Sir Walter Raleigh and Thomas Moore both lost their heads many centuries ago. Today, people claim to see their ghosts near the London Tower. The ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh is often seen holding his bloody head. Read about these two spooky ghost stories. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

This week I have two great ghost stories that date back to the 1800s. The first one involves Philip and Fanny Hartman. They were a happily married couple until Fanny became ill and died. Her dying words to Philip were that he never find love with another woman. If he did, she would return from the grave for him. My second story involves a family who moved into a New Jersey haunted house. They lived there for a year until a ghost forced them to leave. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

In this episode, I profile three true stories that involve murder and the supernatural. These stories were published in newspapers between 1896 through 1905. The first story is about a man named Claudius Smith who was hanged in 1779. Depending on whom you ask, his boots were cursed. The second story is about a big Irishman named Tom Allen who shares his personal experience with a ghostly encounter. My third story is about a man named Joseph Dailey who claimed he owned a haunted gun. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

On February 16, 1959, authorities arrived at the home of George Reeves at 1579 Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles with his fiancee Leonore Lemmon. Reeves was dead with a bullet hole in head. His body was naked and sprawled on the bed. The coroner ruled his death a suicide, but was it? Many people think he was murdered. A suicide doesn't seem logical based on all the evidence associated with this story. Listen to this episode and come to your own conclusion about the late actor. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

On April 14, 1865, an actor named John Wilkes Booth executed President Abraham Lincoln as he sat in a theater with his wife. Booth met swift justice in a burning barn after a Union soldier shot and killed him. The investigation into Lincoln's assassination resembled an octopus and its tentacles because the assassination involved several people. Although Lincoln's wife Mary and their four sons suffered a horrific loss, there were others who also suffered from the assassination. They were Mary Surratt, who was hanged; Thomas "Boston" Corbett, who killed Booth, and Henry Rathbone who was stabbed by Booth after trying to stop Booth from escaping. Lincoln's assassination led to nothing but tragedy for Surratt, Corbett, and Rathbone. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

On December 29, 1876, the night was frigid and dark. The Lakeshore and Michigan Southern train had left Erie, Pennsylvania. The snow fell heavily in Ashtabula, which is in the northeastern section of Ohio. Winds blowing more than 50 mph and 20 inches of snow were punishing Ashtabula. Four days after Christmas, 159 passengers had settled in a for a peaceful train ride without incident. Celebrity gospel singer Philip Bliss and his wife were also aboard. At 7:30 p.m., disaster struck. While crossing the Ashtabula Bridge in heavy snow, the tracks buckled. The train plunged nearly 80 feet into the river. The wrecked train exploded and shattered the silence in nearby Ashtabula. Residents heard the loud explosion which sent rescuers and looters to the scene. They walked into an inferno. This true story has ghosts, murder, negligence and much heartbreak. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

George and Imogene Remus appeared to be a couple with everything. They had a big home and millions of dollars in the bank. George was an attorney who made his millions selling illegal liquor during Prohibition. He would eventually end up in prison for two years. While incarcerated, Imogene invited a former FBI agent into her bed. The new couple plotted to kill George. Before Imogene could divorce George, he killed her in Cincinnati's Eden Park. Although Imogene has been dead for more than 90 years, her ghost still haunts the area where she was murdered. Learn more about the Remus love triangle on this episode. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html

From the moment we leave the safety of our mother's womb until we close our eyes for the last time, we spend our lives worrying about when it will end. Generations of family, friends and co-workers have all passed on from this life. But why do graveyards and seeing a loved one speak his or her final words terrify us? Death is life's ultimate mystery. The Bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with the lord. But Hinduism, believes in reincarnation. Or does everything end for us the moment we take our final breath? So what's the truth? We have come no closer to unlocking death's secrets than people who lived centuries ago. When life is coming to an end, there are people in Japan who travel to a beautiful forest known as a "great place to die." The only thing we truly know about death is that it will eventually happen. To read my columns, please visit www.Clermontsun.com or my website at www.themarcabe.com. You can also find me on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are interested in sponsoring my podcast and column, please click on this link: http://www.themarcabe.com/donations.html