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🗓️ 30 January 2016
⏱️ 42 minutes
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0:00.0 | And the Welcome to the Strange Matters Podcast. |
0:25.0 | Here at Strange Matters we discuss anything just outside the norm, |
0:28.0 | ranging from the bizarre and unexplained, |
0:30.0 | to the supernatural and paranormal and everything in between. |
0:34.0 | I'm your host today, Eric, joined by my fellow co-host, |
0:37.5 | Sean. |
0:38.5 | And Ethan, in this episode we'll be discussing the mysterious death of Alfreda Nack. |
0:43.0 | Yeah, this is another listener suggested episode. |
0:46.0 | So big thanks to Tannus for not only suggesting this idea, |
0:50.0 | but also for providing us with a ton of research material. |
0:52.0 | It really was a big help in helping us |
0:54.0 | understand all the intricacies to this bizarre mystery. |
0:57.0 | Yeah, TANS really went above and beyond and sent us some newspaper articles and a lot of information that you can't simply Google search so we appreciate that Tannis |
1:06.5 | All right so let me do a little overview or introduction to this story |
1:10.8 | This bizarre and mysterious story takes place in Lake Bluff, Illinois around October |
1:15.4 | 1928. |
1:17.0 | Alfreda Fritzinac was a 29-year-old book saleswoman and Sunday school teacher and by most accounts was an attractive woman. |
1:25.4 | She experienced one of the most horrific tortures thinkable. |
1:29.3 | Yeah, when I was reading about this for the first time is pretty shocking and kind of disturbing to me. |
1:34.9 | An employee at Lake Bluff City Hall found Alfreda at around 7 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. |
1:41.2 | Her nude body was propped up against the furnace in the basement of the police station. |
1:46.0 | Alfreda had extreme burns on her legs, arms, and even her head. She had been charred so extensively that some of her bones were exposed. |
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