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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

“The Unidentified Dandy Dressed Corpse Case” #MurderNoir

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

THE TRUE CRIME CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: On the evening of March 7, 1866, the body of an unknown man was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head at the corner of 100th Street and 2nd Avenue in New York City, a remote area at the time. The large amount of powder around the wound indicated a close-range shot. The man, around 30 years old and fashionably dressed, was found with $15 in his pocket, ruling out robbery as a motive. The crime scene featured an eight-foot embankment and a small stream, where the body lay amidst wagon tracks and men's footprints. A Colt Navy revolver was found at the scene, but it was fully loaded and unfired, discounting suicide. It was believed the man was killed elsewhere and his body dumped to avoid detection. Despite a coroner's inquest confirming murder and a $500 reward from the mayor for information, neither the man nor his killers were ever identified.

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http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2018/03/a-mysterious-murder.html
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Originally aired: June 29, 2024

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0:00.0

Imagine waking up one morning and when you look at your friends or loved ones, you see their ears, noses and mouths stretched back with deep grooves on their foreheads, cheeks and chins.

0:12.0

All the people you know have suddenly turned into hideous demonic creatures, and it's not even

0:18.7

remotely close to Halloween.

0:21.1

That's what one Tennessee man is experiencing right now. I talk about him in this week's

0:26.7

Mind of Marler, which you can find at mind of Marler.com.

0:30.3

Toulmore, she's in Marlachie. Toulmoor is my home.

0:35.0

My family have worked the land for generations.

0:40.0

My grand says the island does not belong to us but we belong to the island and we must be

0:48.9

ready for a great evil his coming's hand by scallenden and death

0:55.0

follows with it.

0:57.0

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1:01.0

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1:05.4

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1:07.8

The City was a cold mistress that night.

1:11.2

Her neon tears, streaking down the grimy windows of my office.

1:16.3

This case was as old as the whiskey, burning a hole in my gut.

1:20.9

My name's not important. I'm a private eye.

1:27.0

It was March 7th that happened.

1:29.0

And the memory of that poor sap's body wanted me like a dame who done me wrong. They found him on the corner of

1:36.1

a hundredth and second, a lonely crossroads where the only witnesses were the shadows

1:41.2

and the wind.

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