Episode 24 -- "Milk & Cookies" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

On the morning of March 8, 1961, a 13 year old boy living near Seattle, Washington, walked up the front steps of his house, opened the front door and went inside. He called out to see if anyone was home, but it was silent. He shrugged, then dropped his books and walked straight across the dining room and down a narrow hallway. When he reached the end of that hallway, where it led into the kitchen, the boy stopped. Frozen with fear, he just stared at what was in front of him…. (Today’s story has a VERY unlikely ending, so be sure you stick around to the end to hear it.)
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Main Sources:
1. The multiple murders of Mary Kelley Campbell: a true story, Stroschein & Campbell - Elk River Press - 2020
2. Reddit story summary -- https://www.reddit.com/r/mrballen/comments/u0cau1/the_murder_of_mary_sunshine/
3. State versus Swenson -- https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/1963/36248-1.html
4. Newspapers from Ancestry -- Daily News (New York, New York) 05, January 1964, Sunday -- https://www.newspapers.com/image/459966253
5. Newspapers from Ancestry -- Longview Daily News (Longview, Washington) 13 March 1961 Monday page 13 -- https://www.newspapers.com/image/575662652/?terms=%22Mary%20campbell%22&match=2
6. Mormonism -- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints
7. Historical weather information -- https://www.wunderground.com/history
8. Maps and directions -- https://www.google.com/maps/place/11015+SE+240th+St,+Kent,+WA+98031/@47.3867082,-122.1980942,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x54905ea2707eae2d:0xa4a73b095db4cdcd!8m2!3d47.3867046!4d-122.1959002
9. Child safety seats -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_safety_seat
10. Washington state drivers license 1960 -- https://dannyslicenseplates.com/vintage-drivers-licenses/
11. White Center, Seattle -- https://www.loghousemuseum.org/history/white-center/
12. Burley Idaho -- https://www.cassiacounty.org/cassia-county-history
13. Hypnosis -- https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/hypnosis/about/pac-20394405
14. Mind control -- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hypnosis-the-power-trance/201509/is-total-mind-control-possible