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Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

An Unholy Saturday

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.95.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re discussing the murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl who was brutally killed on Saturday April 5th, 1980. The suspects? Well there’s quite a few, some of whom you’d never expect to commit such an unholy act. The case went cold for more than 20 years until 2004 when somebody came forward with some bizarre claims that ended up making a cold case team take a second look at one of the suspects… Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://www.newspapers.com/image/322022209/?terms=Sister%20Margaret%20Pahl https://www.newspapers.com/image/405808604/?terms=sister%20pahl&match=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Margaret_Ann_Pahl https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2006/03_04/2006_04_25_Yonke_WitnessesRecall.htm The Lake Erie Murders S2E4  https://www.foxnews.com/story/fast-facts-timeline-of-sister-margaret-ann-pahls-killing https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=Woman%20sues%20diocese&p_province=us-oh https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2005/02/20/Dark-allegations-arise-amid-probe-of-nun-s-slaying.html https://www.religionnewsblog.com/6970/claims-of-sex-abuse-at-satanic-rituals-led-to-charge

Transcript

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0:06.6

The show you're about to listen to may contain themes of violence, occult activities, strong

0:10.6

language, and other sensitive material.

0:12.8

With an emphasis on Cult's murder and other adult matters, listener discretion is advised.

0:17.1

On Cult Leader I strive for telling stories in a truthful matter, though press media and

0:20.6

other resources cannot always be verified, sources can be found in the show notes.

0:50.6

Hello and welcome back to Cult Leader.

0:57.4

I'm your Cult Leader Spencer Henry and this week we are discussing a crime that happened

1:02.1

in 1980 and I came across this during last year's satanic panic series, but I didn't really

1:09.1

look into all of the details and what I did, my mind was blown.

1:12.9

Okay, we've got twist, we've got turns, we've got nuns, we've got priests, we've got

1:17.8

a legend satanist, I mean there's a whole lot happening here and there's not any real

1:22.0

direct ties into any of the cases that we talked about during the satanic panic series

1:27.4

where we talked about all the satanic ritual abuse and all of that, but there is some crossover

1:31.4

that we're gonna get to towards the end of the episode.

1:34.5

But this is a story that goes down in history, at least in Toledo, Ohio where it takes place.

1:41.0

I mean this left the community at the time shook and it left many wondering if the crime

1:46.2

was committed in the name of something, unholy.

1:49.6

The following events took place at Toledo's Mercy Hospital in Toledo, Ohio.

1:54.8

It was on Saturday, April 5th, 1980, holy Saturday, to be specific the day before Easter

2:01.0

Sunday.

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