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In this episode, Abby talks about Freda and Alice, two teenagers from Memphis, Tennessee living in the 19th century who fell in love and planned to marry.  Unfortunately, it all went wrong and tragedy struck.  



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The exciting conclusion to part one.  This episode dives in to the crime itself, the trial and a whole lot of wacky tangents along the way.  



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In Part One, Abby lays the foundation for another (attempted) snake murder in Alabama.  She touches upon serpent handling and Pentecostal churches-a large part of this mystery.  

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Sources: 

Wikipedia entries for Pentecostalism and Snake Handling
Documentary Alabama Snake (2019) 
Bitter Southerner's article:  The Pentecostal Serpent
https://bittersoutherner.com/the-pentecostal-serpent#.YtDhinbMK3B 



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You didn't think Abby would let Ellie get married and NOT talk about a wild wedding, did you!?  This week, Abby talks about a wedding with 200 POUNDS of weed, the kind of wedding guests you DON'T want to show up and Michigan.  

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Sources: 
The Atlantic:  A Wedding Sting by Jeff Maysh
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/the-wedding-sting/392699/ 
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Abby discusses a  record setting 1972 kidnapping in Minnesota of a wealthy socialite 
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Abby discusses the murder of Mary Busch in this case and what a man named Rattlesnake James had to do with it. 

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An article from the Fargo Forum, March 22, 1939Brenner, Anita La Cañada's First U.S. Supreme Court CaseLisenba v. People of the State of California, 314 U.S. 219 (1941)Murder & Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley By Gary Keyes, Mike LawlerLA Times article , A Lady-Killer Ensnared by a Rattlesnake by Cecilia RasmussenLos Angeles Magazine article , In One of L.A.’s Most Outrageous Murder Cases, a Rattlesnake Was the Weapon by Hadley MearesAn article from The Kansas City Star, July 5, 1936An article from The Daily Times, Thursday, May 7, 1936An article from the Alexandria Citizen NewsSupport the Show.