Ep 51 The Circleville Letters

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Imperative Entertainment

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Like any small community, it's hard to keep anything secret. But in the late 1970s, the quiet town of Circleville, Ohio found out just how deadly secrets could be. In a series of anonymous letters that brings new meaning to the old saying, the pen is mightier than the sword, a mystery writer used whatever information they could find to terrorize their targets. The letters, which number in the hundreds, have ruined lives, destroyed families, and left the people of Circleville terrified of skeletons in the closet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your your nam time go on, play some other time
0:22.6	put your phone down
0:23.8	Tombollah
0:24.6	Open for fun
0:26.4	Terms apply 18 plus gamblerware
0:28.7	org
0:29.3	This podcast is intended for mature audiences
0:33.5	Listener discretion is advised
0:36.1	Listener discretion is advised. Most of us are familiar with the concept of a poison pen letter.
0:57.0	These unwelcome pieces of correspondence often contain a promise or a warning about what
1:01.7	will happen if a whole range of conditions isn't met by the recipient.
1:06.0	The authors of these toxic letters pull no punches when it comes to making their intent
1:10.0	clear, usually to specific
1:12.0	individuals. Hateful and bitter, letters like this could be written in the heat of the moment,
1:17.5	when a flash of anger, jealousy, or spite overwhelms the writer, and they feel compelled to put pen
1:22.9	to paper. Or, they could be much more considered. Someone may sit and stew on their feelings for a
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