Happy belated Thanksgiving, turkeys! This week it’s a frightful feast, featuring a double heaping helping of two Thanksgiving-themed horror stories!
First, Lauren explores how one grandfather’s annual Thanksgiving ghost story (yes, that was apparently a thing for this grandpa) led brothers to uncover a mysterious mass grave site from the 1800s. Over 50 Irish immigrants died at a railroad site in Pennsylvania during the cholera epidemic in 1832…but did they actually die from cholera?!
Next, Felicia tells a Thanksgiving true crime tale that will truly not be a story you’re thankful for. Omaima Nelson was an Egyptian former model who immigrated to the US in 1986 and, 5-years-later in October 1991, met 56-year-old pilot William E. “Bill” Nelson when she was still only 23. Within days of meeting, the two were married despite their 33 year age difference. But it was not a happy holiday for the couple in November 1991, just a month into their marriage. We’re not going to spoil your dinner with the “just deserts,” but let’s just say the turkey wasn’t the only thing that was carved that year. And you thought Thanksgiving dinner with your family was weird…
Listen to hear the cornucopia of a twist in this terrifying Thanksgiving tale!
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