Moved by the Spirit: The Murder of Mercy Babcock Hall

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Episode 312: In a home in Shediac, New Brunswick, on February 13, 1805, Amos Babcock, driven by delusions of divine mission, subjected his family to a horrifying ordeal. He gathered his wife, children and sister, Mercy, instilling fear with his erratic behaviour and unsettling declarations. Spurred by imagined threats and seeing himself as an instrument of God, Amos prepared for a sacrificial act, treating his family with cruelty dressed up as a religious ritual. His deep descent into madness was evident as he inflicted violence upon his loved ones, sparing none from his erratic wrath. Babcock's final act of brutality saw him murder his sister, Mercy Babcock Hall, whom he saw as demonic, in a brutal frenzy of madness, bringing a tragic end to a night of unspeakable horror. Sources: Amos Babcock (1764-1805) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree Squash, Pumpkin Pie and Mercy… | Part 1 Squash, Pumpkin Pie and Mercy… | Part 2 New Brunswick — History and Culture The Babcock Tragedy, a Story of Madness and Murder Hellfire in Shediac Amos Babcock... Crazed Murderer, or...? Full text of "The New Brunswick magazine" Mar 08, 1939, page 14 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.com Apr 13, 1939, page 15 - The Kingston Whig-Standard at Newspapers.com Jan 18, 1993, page 25 - The Leader-Post at Newspapers.com Apr 20, 2013, page 79 - National Post at Newspapers.com The Ballad of Jacob Peck by Debra Komar (Ebook) Great Awakening - First, Second & Definition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and ad am Michael Brown in Langley British Columbia and I am Matthew
0:27.1	Stockton in Vancouver not in Abbotsford like Mike I'm not in Abbotsford like Mike? I'm not an Abbotsford. You'll get it right one of these days.
0:36.4	I might, you know, who knows, I might end up living in Abbotsford and then you will be right.
0:41.6	I'm thinking about going to Abbotsford to watch some rugby soon really is
0:45.8	there rugby sevens in Abbotsford no I decided why only do once a year of the7s when there's an entire BC rugby league?
0:56.7	Leagues and go watch them.
0:58.9	There you go.
0:59.9	And I can take Steve because it's not in a stadium.
1:02.4	So it's outdoors. Yeah stadium. So it's outdoors?
1:03.6	Yeah. Oh, that's cool.
1:05.4	Yeah, you can take Steve and then he can bark at the men with their bums running around.
1:10.4	He doesn't bark at people.
1:12.1	Oh, that's good.
1:14.0	Anyway, let's do this thing.
1:16.0	Okay.
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