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Scary Mysteries TWISTED 2's #1: Freeway Killer & Smurls Poltergeist

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Scary Mysteries

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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SCARY MYSTERIES - TWISTED TWO's: “The Freeway Killer” & “The Smurls Poltergeist”1. Patrick Kearney "The Freeway Killer"Being the oldest often means being more responsible and knowing how to be a role model for younger siblings, but in the case of Patrick Kearney, he was far from a model big brother. Born in Los Angles in 1939, growing up Kearney was a gangly, awkward teen. As a result, his peers often bullied him and Kearney became withdrawn – often fantasizing about killing those that treated him badly. After moving around a bit and a brief failed marriage, he moved back to his home state of California, where he finally turned his morbid fantasies into reality. It was the mid 1960’s and one after another, the bodies of ten men were found ditched along the freeways. All of them males, left naked and all were shot in the head. Some of the bodies had been cut into pieces and stuffed inside heavy-duty trash bags and nearly all of them belonged to the local gay community. One victim was 17-year old, John LaMay – detectives traced the victim's whereabouts prior to his murder and discovered he was last seen with two other people, Patrick who was 37 at the time and now an electronic engineer at Hughes Aircraft Co., and his lover and roommate 34 year old David Hill,. 1. The Smurls PoltergeistOriginally from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Jack and Janet Smurl had to move out and relocate to a new house after Hurricane Agnes devastated their home in 1972. Jack's parents, John and Mary, recently bought a new home in West Pittston, it was a duplex and the arrangement was for John and Mary to live on the right half while Jack, Janet and their four daughters, Dawn, Heather and later on twins Shannon and Carin, stay in the left half. The home was a bit of fixer-upper so the family spent time remodeling, it and For the first 18-months everything seemed quiet.But then in January of 1974, the Smurls began noticing odd things in the home. Previously fixed water pipes would keep leaking even though a plumber had fixed them and an unusual stain appeared on a new carpet seemingly without any cause. Toilets would flush at random even without anyone using them and one evening the television set burst into flames. Additionally the family found scratches on the bathtub, sink and woodwork as if some sort of animal had gouged it. So there were a pair of some of the most mysterious and sinister true stories around. The world can be a crazy place and Twisted Two’s is sure to show you why.Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're going to. Tales of haunting things,

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hauntings, murder and scary mysteries.

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Every week, twisted twos, dives into a pair of uniquely terrifying true stories that are worthy

0:26.7

of a more in-depth look.

0:29.4

This week we focus on a murderous and prolific highway killer and a restless poltergeist terrorizing a family

0:36.2

in Pennsylvania.

0:38.0

Get ready for scary mysteries, the freeway killer. Being the oldest often means being more responsible in knowing how to be a role model for younger siblings.

0:57.0

But in the case of Patrick Kearney, he was far from a model big brother.

1:02.0

Born in Los Angeles in 19... he was a far from a model big brother.

1:08.8

Born in Los Angeles in 1939, growing up he was a gangly awkward teen.

1:16.1

And as a result his peers often bullied him, and so Patrick became withdrawn, often fantasizing about killing those that tormented him.

1:19.8

After moving around a bit in a brief failed marriage, he moved back to his home state of California,

1:26.0

where he finally turned his morbid fantasies into reality.

1:31.1

It was the mid-1960s and one after another the bodies of ten men were found

1:36.1

ditched along the freeways. All of the males left naked and all were shot in

1:41.1

the head.

1:42.6

Some of the bodies have been cut into pieces and stuffed inside heavy duty trash bags, and nearly all of

1:48.6

them belong to the local gay community.

1:52.8

One victim was 17 year old John LeMay.

1:56.6

Detectives traced the victim's whereabouts prior to his murder and discovered he was last

2:00.6

seen with two other people. Patrick, who was 37 at the time and now an electronic engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company,

2:08.0

and his lover and roommate 34-year-old David Hill.

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