#BonusBite “PASTOR ARRESTED FOR 1975 MURDER OF YOUNG GIRL” #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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IN THIS EPISODE: An 83-year-old former pastor, David Zandstra, has been arrested for the 1975 murder of eight-year-old Gretchen Harrington.
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Original article: https://allthatsinteresting.com/gretchen-harrington-david-zandstra
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| 0:00.0 | When Salem Rowanoke took a job near his family's new home as a hired hand in the Texas Hill |
| 0:05.9 | country, he anticipated learning the rancher's trade, but a series of strange events, shocking |
| 0:11.6 | murders, and unholy revelations divert him down another path. |
| 0:17.0 | This terrifying trajectory puts him directly into the middle of a struggle between monsters, |
| 0:22.4 | magic, and men, armed and backed by a militia of ranchers. |
| 0:26.8 | Salem attempts to combat the creeping tide of evil that threatens to engulf his new home |
| 0:31.3 | and destroy the people most important to him. |
| 0:34.1 | Will Salem manage to save his home or have his actions condemn everyone he hopes to |
| 0:39.2 | save? |
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| 1:51.0 | I'm Teran Marler and this is a Weird Darkness Bonus Bite. |
| 1:54.9 | From all that's interesting.com, after almost 50 years, Pennsylvania pastor arrested for |
| 2:00.1 | murder of 8-year-old girl who was attending his Bible Camp by Collina Frega. |
| 2:06.1 | On a summer day in 1975, 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was killed while walking to Bible |
| 2:12.2 | Camp in Brumall, Pennsylvania. |
| 2:14.0 | Now, a pastor who knew the Harrington family has been charged with her murder. |
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