Episode 163: The Hollandsburg Massacre | A Storm Rolled In

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True Crime Couple Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In the early morning hours of Valentine’s Day a storm rolled into Hollandsburg, IN but it was not the storm the residents had prepared themselves for. Four members of the Spencer family were brutally murdered in their family’s home. Join me as I tell John a case filled with heartbreak and resilience.

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Sources:
https://www.journalreview.com/stories/home-heating-aid-advocates-seek-emergency-funding,94237
https://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isulib/id/2754
https://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/supreme-court/1980/778s146-2.html
http://occasionaljustice.com/Drollinger.html
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/01/30/hollandsburg-massacre/5059499/
Newspaper Archives accessed through Newspaper.com of Parke County Sentinel

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to episode 163 of the True Crime Couple. I'm Kay and I'm John
0:05.2	We hope all is well and that you are in the mood for some true crime in our most favorite of months
0:12.2	October
0:13.2	We also wanted to thank everyone who has submitted their spooky stories to us for our listener episode this month
0:20.0	If you have a story and you want to share it you have one week left to submit any true crime or
0:25.8	Paranormal stories to true crime couple at gmail.com
0:30.4	Honestly, all of the other stories have completely
0:34.0	Scared the crap out of me. So I am really excited to see what this year hasn't store for us
0:39.3	I'm excited to I always get a kick out of them and I always love like getting the ones that I know are gonna scare John
0:45.4	Oh, thanks a lot
0:47.4	Also if you've joined patreon recently, we will be thanking you at the end of this episode
0:53.2	So without any further delay
0:55.2	John
0:56.4	Do you want to hear something crazy? Of course
0:59.4	Usually here at the beginning of the episode
1:02.0	I talked to you about the community in which the crime at the center of this episode took place
1:08.3	But in this case, that is something that has proven difficult to do
1:12.5	Holland'sburg, Indiana has very limited information in a federal writers project from
1:18.8	1936 author of the document Jerry Kirk from terror, Hugh
1:23.6	stated that the town was named after a minister from Kentucky
1:27.9	That built the first home in the area
1:30.6	He noted that no distinguished persons or families lived there
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