BLACK POOL OF OCTOBER | Inspired By a True Crime Case #MurderNoir
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
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THE TRUE CRIME CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: (Greenwich, New York – 1889) When 19-year-old servant Maggie Hourigan vanished on her way to meet friends, no one expected her body would turn up the next morning in a shallow pool near a remote stretch of road. Authorities first called it suicide — but Maggie’s spotless reputation and a second autopsy revealing a head injury cast doubt on that conclusion. Rumors of mysterious men, a carriage accident, bribed doctors, and drunken confessions only deepened the mystery. Despite rewards, a Pinkerton investigation, and wild accusations — including against the very doctor who declared her death a suicide — no one was ever convicted. More than a century later, the truth about what happened to Maggie Hourigan remains unsolved.
ORIGINAL CASE SOURCES…
https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2019/06/the-maggie-hourigan-mystery.html
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Originally aired: July 07, 2025
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