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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Lawrence DeLisle’s Death Car (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Ghost Town

True Crime, Science, History, Social Sciences

3.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

A 1989 car accident resulting in the death of a family has the public divided on the drivers innocence.

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0:00.0

The full moon is here and by its eerie light, strange creatures roam this chilling night.

0:06.4

At Frutella's Halloween Hotel, just two weeks remain for you to check in at Alexa's hidden domain.

0:13.0

Discover our jokes and quizzes with a spooky thrill, plus a devilish mystery to give you a chill.

0:19.5

Say, Alexa, open Halloween Hotel and check in if you dare to have a juicy scare only with Frutella!

0:28.5

A deadly drive. I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leib. And this is Ghost Town.

0:49.5

We always talk about all of these cases and having lots of sides to each case and different perspectives on each one.

0:57.5

But what we're going to talk about today is particularly disturbing and has lots of angles.

1:02.5

And still, people are very evenly split on this person involves guilt or innocence.

1:09.5

So today we're talking about Lawrence Delisle and his death car and all of the things that contributed to the death of four children in the Delisle family.

1:17.5

It was just after 9pm and August 3rd, 1989.

1:21.5

28-year-old tire-store manager Lawrence J. Delisle, his wife, 32-year-old Suzanne and their four kids,

1:27.5

8-year-old Brian, 4-year-old Catherine, 2-year-old Melissa, and 9-month-old Emily,

1:32.5

were inside the Delisle's Ford LTD station wagon going down Eureka Road in Win and Dot, Michigan.

1:39.5

Now, according to a petition, vying for Delisle's innocence, Larry was driving Larry Lawrence to price new beds for their two daughters.

1:49.5

It was a long, hot day so the Delisle family stopped to grab some ice cream for everyone.

1:54.5

There, Melissa asked if they could go to the river to look at boats as they had done the night before.

1:58.5

As they drove, they saw no boats passing and Emily was teething.

2:01.5

After turning to head home, Sue asked Larry to stop at the corner store so she could buy something for Emily's gums.

2:07.5

Exhausted and dehydrated, Larry's leg had been cramping up throughout the day.

2:12.5

As they left the store, Larry turned left and his foot hit the accelerator.

2:16.5

Panic sets in as Larry steered with his left hand while removing his cramped leg with his right, but the car never slowed.

2:22.5

Eventually, the car catapulted into the Detroit River.

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