55. The Fall River Murders

In this episode, Payton explores the puzzling killings unfolding in a historical Massachusetts town. Various theories circulate, pointing to a cult's involvement in the tragic deaths of three women.

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Case Sources: 

Fall River Outrage: Life, Murder, and Justice in Early Industrial New England by David Richard Kasserman

Mysterious America by Loren Coleman

The Herald News - https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/courts/2022/03/04/fall-river-cult-murders-robin-murphy-up-parole/9347774002/ 

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/lifestyle/travel/2021/10/26/lizzie-borden-house-fall-river-best-haunted-hotel-ghost-paranormal/8546497002/ 

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/entertainment/2021/10/01/fall-river-area-haunted-sites-ghost-tales-paranormal-sightings-halloween-haunting-legend-scary/5935183001/ 

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/courts/2022/11/15/robin-murphy-convicted-in-fall-river-cult-murders-denied-parole-satanic-carl-drew/69646239007/ 

https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/2022/03/09/woman-convicted-fall-river-cult-murder-asks-paroled/9412020002/

The Patriot Ledger - https://www.patriotledger.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/2020/10/31/enter-the-bridgewater-triangle-if-you-dare/42924225/  

The Enterprise News - https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/entertainment/2021/10/13/bridgewater-triangle-halloween-taunton-rehoboth-freetown-nippenicket-hockomock-ghosts-haunted/6060701001/ 

The Wall Street Journal - https://www.wsj.com/articles/fall-river-review-a-small-towns-satanic-panic-11620854293 

The Daily Beast - https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-three-dead-prostitutes-triggered-a-wild-satanic-panic 

The Wrap - https://www.thewrap.com/fall-river-satanic-worship-teen-girls-murdered-carl-drew 

Mass Live - https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2021/05/new-things-came-to-light-docuseries-fall-river-uncovers-new-evidence-in-1979-satanic-cult-murders-says-director-james-buddy-day.html 

Rolling Stone - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/fall-river-satanic-cult-murders-epix-1174716/ 

The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html

The Daily Star - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/satanic-cult-blamed-prostitutes-grisly-24529667

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Parole Board - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiUo_yby9aDAxUHLEQIHX96B8oQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mass.gov%2Fdoc%2Frobin-murphy-life-sentence-decision-november-10-2022%2Fdownload&usg=AOvVaw2rhZ47T6LM3o563cikPfMj&opi=89978449

The Evening Express - https://www.newspapers.com/image/852802468/?terms=%22Doreen%20Levesque%22&match=1

The Telegraph-Forum - https://www.newspapers.com/image/601896292/?terms=%22Doreen%20Levesque%22&match=1

The Daily Item - https://www.newspapers.com/image/947749692/?terms=%22Doreen%20Levesque%22&match=1

The Orlando Sentinel - https://www.newspapers.com/image/226867023/?terms=%22Doreen%20Levesque%22&match=1

The Boston Globe - https://www.newspapers.com/image/436878233/?terms=%22Barbara%20Raposa%22&match=1

The Times (Munster, Indiana) - https://www.newspapers.com/image/309052079/?terms=%22Barbara%20Raposa%22&match=1 

The Daily Herald - https://www.newspapers.com/image/469214750/?terms=%22Barbara%20Raposa%22&match=1

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