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The Bizarre and Unexplained Death on Rattlesnake Hill

2021/5/26
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Kristen Seavey: 本期节目讲述了1936年发生在新罕布什尔州响尾蛇山上的离奇死亡事件。一名女子被发现烧死在山上,现场有枪支和油罐。警方调查发现死者使用假名Grace Hurley,真实身份是Elizabeth Friel。她的丈夫Robert Friel称妻子性格古怪,经常离家出走,但他认为妻子是被谋杀的。警方调查了死者案发前的活动轨迹,包括购买枪支、油罐和清洁液等,并发现她可能在火车站被一名男子尾随。案件中存在多种疑点,包括死者的死因、凶器、以及现场发现的子弹和手电筒等物品。 多位调查人员对案件的定性存在分歧。法医Arthur G. Weston和George Burgess McGrath认为死者死于颅骨骨折,并非自杀。而Vermont State Detective Almo Franzoni和Police Chief Howard LeDuc则认为死者是意外坠落导致头部受伤身亡。 此外,警方还调查了两名嫌疑人,Louis Stone和Charles LeCrow,但他们的证词前后矛盾,最终未能确认其与案件的关联。最终,案件因证据不足而不了了之,成为一段被遗忘的历史。 Arthur Olson: 我坚信Elizabeth Friel是被谋杀的,而不是自杀。虽然现场有一些证据指向自杀,例如她购买了汽油和枪支,但她颅骨上的伤痕不可能是她自己造成的。此外,她身上发现的子弹也并非来自她自己购买的枪支。 George Burgess McGrath: Elizabeth Friel的案件是我职业生涯中最离奇和不可思议的案件之一。虽然她可能曾有过自杀的念头,但医学证据与自杀理论相矛盾。她的颅骨骨折不可能是由于坠落或自残造成的,几乎可以肯定是由其他人造成的。 Arthur G. Weston: 死者的死因是颅内出血,这是由于头部后部受到重击造成的。死者的胳膊和腿的骨折是由于火灾造成的收缩。死者在被烧死之前就已经死亡了。 Almo Franzoni: 我认为Elizabeth Friel是意外坠落导致头部受伤身亡的。案发现场有一块突出的岩石,她可能在着火后意外坠落并撞到岩石上。 Howard LeDuc: (观点与Almo Franzoni类似,认为是意外事故) Robert Friel: 我相信我的妻子是被谋杀了。她热爱生活,性格虽然古怪,但她绝不会自杀。 Louis Stone: 我杀了一个女人,我把她烧了。(证词前后矛盾,不可靠) Charles LeCrow: 我曾经的狱友告诉我如何处理一个女人,他讲了一个故事,说他把汽油倒在一个女人身上然后点燃了她。(证词后来被撤回)

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In 1936, firefighters discovered a burned body on Rattlesnake Hill, with evidence of blunt force trauma and a gun nearby. Witnesses described a woman seen on the mountain, leading to the identification of Elizabeth Freel, who had been using the alias Grace Hurley.

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1936 - Mount Wantastiquet, New Hampshire.

In May of 1936 firefighters responded to a fire on top of Mount Wantastiquet in New Hampshire, right across the river from Brattleboro, Vermont. The next day, when sifting through the rubble for the source of the fire, they made a horrifying discovery: The broken and burned body of a woman, blunt force trauma to the back of her head, with a gun and an oil can laying nearby.

As police unraveled the mystery to find her identity, they learned of a Grace Hurley who had visited hotels in the NH and VT area. Even more bizarre, Grace Hurley was actually a woman named Elizabeth Freel from Massachusetts, and Grace Hurley had purchased the very oil that had killed her. What happened to Elizabeth Freel on Rattlesnake Hill?

Tune in and hear a tale of bizarre history that's been lost to time, and left investigators in a stalemate over what happened.

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