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MAIN TOPIC: Linda Hazzard & Starvation Heights
In our pilot episode, we take inspiration from a ghost tour-pub crawl (Nightly Tours) we went on and recap one of our favorite “haunted” sites in Seattle: Kell’s Pub. Formerly home to a corrupt mortuary, you’ll hear about the ghosts as well as some history about the one-stop-shop Butterworth & Sons funeral home active in the early 1900s. We’ll also take a deep dive into the life of quack, fraud, swindler, alternative medicine practitioner, confidence trickster, and serial murderer, “Dr.” Linda Hazzard. Hang out with us as we unpack the eerie, and learn about how all of these stories connect.

Content warning: extreme restrictive eating and starvation, abuse and murder

Sources: 

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hazzard
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ray_Butterworth
  3. http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/12/22/the-bizarre-and-gruesome-saga-of-linda-hazzard-the-starvation-doctor/
  4. https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2012/03/butterworth-mortuarys-exquisite-corpses-april-2012
  5. smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/
  6. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/starvation-heights-wa/
  7. https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/starvation-heights/
  8. https://www.wahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/starvation-heights.html
  9. https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/10/31/18048486/pike-place-butterworth-haunted-history
  10. https://kellsirish.com/seattle/
  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0PRi3mWCU&feature=youtu.be 

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Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak

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P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!