Wabash, Indiana, a city famous for switching on the future, first in the world to be lit by electricity,

when brush arc lights were installed above the courthouse.

But bright light throws long shadows.

In just a block from the historic Eagles theater, a crowd once gathered outside that same

courthouse to watch a condemned man meet the rope.

True crime leaves an after image.

Families remember.

Places remember.

Some say the dead do too.

Today, a conversation about that thin place between evidence and the unexplained.

Amy Bruny, investigator, author,

The Careful Heart Behind Kindred Spirits,

joins me to talk about ghosts born from real tragedies,

what it means to treat the dead with dignity,

and why skepticism is a kind of respect. This is foul play. I'm Shane Waters.

So Amy, have you ever been to Wabash before?

That's a very good question. And I'm at the point in my travels where I can't remember everywhere I've been. There's a very good question and i'm at the point in my travels where i can't remember everywhere

i've been there's a very good chance i have but sometimes i have to google myself to see if i've been

somewhere or i'll look in my photos on my phone and be like is there any photo here tagged in that

town but i know i've been in the vicinity because I come back to that

area every year. Well, I will tell you that when you get to Wabash, you will fall in love.

It's a really small city, very small. But within two streets, there's just a lot of history that has happened here.

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