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Horrid Murder! The James Purrington Family Massacre

2021/3/31
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本集讲述了1806年发生在缅因州奥古斯塔的珀林顿一家惨案。詹姆斯·珀林顿杀害了妻子和七个孩子后自杀。事件发生的原因众说纷纭，有人认为是精神疾病，也有人认为是错误的宗教信仰导致的。当时的社会背景、家庭生活以及詹姆斯的宗教信仰都对事件的发生起到了作用。本集通过对历史资料的分析，试图还原事件真相，并对受害者表示哀悼。

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The episode introduces the tragic story of Captain James Purrington, who murdered his wife and seven children in 1806, before taking his own life. The narrative sets the historical context of frontier life in Maine and the Purrington family's move to Augusta.

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1806 - Bowdoinham, Maine.

On a hot July night in 1806, in a frontier town near Augusta, Maine (before the state had its name), Captain James Scales Purrington took an axe and a straight edge razor, and murdered his wife and 7 of their children before killing himself.

This horrifying act shocked the town. What kind of man would slaughter his children? Did James Purrington have a psychotic break? Or did something more sinister happen?

This is the story of the original family annihilator, James Purrington, and the Purrington family massacre.

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