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Haunted Road

I’m Going to Get Even With Them. I’m Going to Fry Their Brains

Haunted Road

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Early in the morning of December 20, 1964, flames blazed against the darkened sky, erupting from a fire in a home in Palmyra, New York. The house burned so intensely that the city’s fire chief told a contemporary newspaper, “When we got there, the flames were shooting into the middle of the street.” When all was said and done, six children and their mother died in the blaze. Today, the Palmyra Museum stands in that very spot, and may be one of the most haunted locations in the country.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Haunted Road, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Erin

0:06.1

Manky.

0:07.1

Listener discretion is advised.

0:16.6

Early in the morning of December 20th 1964, flames blazed against the dark in sky erupting

0:23.3

from a fire in a home in Palmira, New York.

0:26.8

The house burned so intensely that the city's fire chief told a contemporary newspaper,

0:32.9

when we got there the flames were shooting into the middle of the street.

0:37.1

It took 75 firefighters from four towns over three hours to quell the blaze.

0:43.2

When the smoke cleared, they recovered the bodies of 26 year old Ruth Anna Breeden and

0:48.9

her six children.

0:51.1

Marian Eddie Edward age eight, Dennis Wayne age six, Susan Pauline age five, Mitchell

0:58.5

Eugene age four, Sharon Faith age three, and Samuel David age two.

1:05.6

Eddie and Samuel's bodies were found under a mattress.

1:08.9

Their bodies so dehydrated from the intense flames that rescuers reportedly mistook the

1:13.6

corpses for dolls.

1:15.4

Ruth Anna and her other four children had died together, the woman having attempted

1:19.9

to shield the children from the flames.

1:22.3

The fire had so completely destroyed the building that the family was all found in the basement,

1:28.0

the floor having collapsed in on itself.

1:31.7

While the charred remains of the house were torn down, the basement and foundation remained

1:36.5

intact.

1:37.5

Today, the site of what has been described as the worst fire tragedy in Wayne County's

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