In our Cecil hotel episode, we mentioned Jack being one of a few serial killers known to be a guest of LA's creepiest hotel. Today we dive into his crimes and what exactly made this guy such a monster.

In 1904, four- year old Richmond Byers stepped outside to play in the small town of Seelyville and was never seen again. Despite every effort to find him, no trace of Richmond was ever found leaving behind one of Indiana's oldest unsolved missing child cases.

Overtime, his story has lived on not just in records, but in quiet folklore. .. subtle reminders of a disappearance that was never explained.

Source:

Cold Case Indiana

Indiana State Library (archival newspapers and regional records)

Once a symbol of luxury and elegance, the RMS Queen Mary carried some of the world's wealthiest passengers across the Atlantic... before being transformed into a warship and back. In this episode of From a Dark Place, we explore the ships glamour to conflict including the tragic collision with the HMS Curacoa and the lives forever tied to its decks. Now permanently docked in Long Beach, the Queen Mary is known not only for its history but all of the haunts you get with the territory. Unexplained sightings to long-standing ghost lore.

SOURCES

Official Queen Mary Website- History and Ship Archives

National WWII Museum- Troopship and wartime conversion records

Encyclopedia Britannica- Historical overview of the Queen Mary and transatlantic liners