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Twisted 2s #66 Witch Elm & Black Dahlia Confessions

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🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Scary Mysteries Twisted Twos:The Wych Elm and Black Dahlia ConfessionsTales of hauntings, murder and scary mysteries, Every week Twisted Two's dives into a pair of uniquely terrifying true stories that are worthy of a more in depth look.For this week, the story focuses on a bizzare story about a tree and the horrifying murder of the Black Dahlia and the confessions that came after. Get ready for scary mysteries Twisted Two's. #1 The Wych Elm It was 1943, when four boys from Hagley Wood, England came across a large Wych Elm tree at the Hagley Estate which was owned by Lord Cobham. One of the boys, Bob Farmer, decided to climb the large tree to check for birds’ nests. Once near the top, he looked down at the hollow trunk below him and saw a skull. When the mutilated body of a young and beautiful aspiring actress was found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles, California; it was a crime mystery that would leave everyone asking, “Who killed her?” Twenty-two-year-old, Massachusetts native, Elizabeth Short, moved to LA in hopes of becoming an actress. But On January 15, 1947, her body was found in a vacant lot close to Leimert Park. Her body severed in half around the waist and she had been left naked for everyone to see.Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Scary Mysteries, Twisted Two's The Witch Elm and Black Dahlia Confessions.

0:21.3

Tales of Haunting's Murder and Sc mysteries. Every week twisted twos dives into a pair of uniquely terrifying true stories that are worthy of a more in-depth look.

0:30.0

For this week we focus on a bizarre story about a tree and the horrifying murder of the Black Dahlia and the confessions that came after.

0:37.0

Get ready for scary mysteries twisted twos.

0:40.0

Number one, the witch elm.

0:45.0

It was 1943 when four boys from Hagleywood, England came across a large witch-eum tree

0:56.2

at the Hagley estate which was owned by Lord Cobham.

1:00.0

One of the boys, Bob Farmer, decided to climb the large tree to check for birds' nests.

1:05.6

Once near the top, he looked down at the hollow trunk below him and saw a skull.

1:10.4

Initially, he thought it was animal bones, but when he pulled it out to get a closer look,

1:15.2

there was no denying it was a human skull.

1:17.9

Because they were trespassing, the boys decided to place the skull back and keep the discovery a secret.

1:24.0

However, the youngest of the four, Thomas Willets felt uneasy about what they found and

1:29.2

decided to tell his parents who then interned and formed police.

1:32.2

Authorities checked the tree trunk and found

1:35.0

the skull but also discovered an almost complete skeleton intact. They also found a shoe,

1:40.2

a wedding band, and clothing fragments, some distance away from the witch-almed tree were remnants of a severed hand belonging to the victim as well.

1:48.0

When the remains were examined closer, it was determined they were from a female who died about 18 months prior.

1:54.6

She was approximately 35 years old with light-colored hair and stood at about 5 feet

2:00.3

tall. They placed the time of death as somewhere around October of

2:04.5

1941 and determined she must have given birth in the past as well. Further

2:10.1

investigation also revealed that she had a piece of tephed a silk inside her mouth,

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