Weather Woes and Podcast Beginnings
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Eden & Briana
Jesus Christ. Oh, right. You should see this, like, you know, on the recording and it transmits. Yeah. It's really high. Oh, I could about imagine. Squealed my um my ears off. Coming from somebody I had to drag in the house, kicking and screaming because she didn't want to record because it's 60 degrees outside.
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Eden & Briana
Can you blame me? I just got home from vacation and literally it was 60 degrees here. and then the next two days it snows and it's like 10 to 16 degrees. It's like, are you fucking kidding me? huh and Now it's 60 and I had to drag her in the house kicking and screaming.
00:01:21
Eden & Briana
We were having a lot of fun though. Yeah, we were. think broke my foot, twisted my knee and I broke two toenails. Yeah, you did. That's so weird. Well, I feel like my toenails are so hard that they're brittle and they just snap easy. feel like you should trim your hooves.
00:01:39
Eden & Briana
I did just trim them. On the soccer ball. and like them a little long. like them little long. Ew. I don't like it when they're like past my toe, like the meat, hu because then it'll hit on like my shoes. That's cringy. Yeah. So I just keep them like...
00:01:58
Eden & Briana
Barely away from the meat. Well, the soccer ball thought they were too long. Took care of it for you. Yeah. Oh, fuck. Shit. Sorry.
Introducing 'Miners of Mayhem'
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Eden & Briana
Welcome back to Miners of Mayhem. True crime podcast. Get my tongue in my mouth.
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Eden & Briana
Discussing minors who choose murder. I'm Eden, and I'll be your host this week. Joining me is my not-so-mini-me, Brianna. And I say not-so-mini-me because I'm a 5'2 smurf, and Brianna has been looking me in the eye since before she was a teenager.
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Eden & Briana
Yep. How tall are you? I'm 5'8". 5'8". And you're 5'2". And I'm 5'2". So I have to literally bend down to give you hug. Otherwise, it's face in the ta-tas. Yeah.
00:02:41
Eden & Briana
So she's my not-so-mini-me. Eli is probably going to turn out to be pretty short too. Thank goodness. One of my kids. Just one. That's all I'm asking. Cause your brother six foot.
00:02:56
Eden & Briana
One. Is he six one? I think so. So six, one, five, eight out of a five foot two mom. Yeah. My last kid. I hope he's a smurf like me. Is Nova already taller than you?
00:03:07
Eden & Briana
She stares me eye to eye. i don't want to talk about it. And she, well, she's 16. So yeah. so yeah He's my last hope. Yep. My last hope.
00:03:19
Eden & Briana
So, what you got?
True Crime News and Awareness Months
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Eden & Briana
yeah What are we doing? Shite. I guess I am going to Google
00:03:38
Eden & Briana
You're either going to Google March you're going ask me what do I have for true crime news? Well, we usually do Yeah, I know, but it's the end of March. Yeah, we this. Well, we can still celebrate for a couple days. Okay, do it. Women's History Month.
00:03:55
Eden & Briana
Colorectal? Colorectal. Colorectal. It means get your asshole checked. Cancer Awareness Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month. yeah And Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
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Eden & Briana
Aww. I like those. Yeah, there's a couple that ah kind of hit today.
Florida Arrest and Child Exploitation Discussion
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Eden & Briana
you Anyways, what do you have for True Crime News?
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Eden & Briana
This is going to make you mad. God. Well, yeah. Was it as bad as mine? Mm-hmm. it We can't compare. Let's say this. It had the potential.
00:04:33
Eden & Briana
oh geez. Let's just say that. So in Seminole County, Florida, 37-year-old man has been arrested on 100 counts relating to child sexual abuse material, according to law enforcement.
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Eden & Briana
On March 17th, Blake Edward McInnes was arrested on 53 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material 46 counts of AI-generated child pornography, and one count of possession of a childlike sex doll.
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Eden & Briana
The investigation began January 27th after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received 70 cyber tips related to downloading, generating, storing, viewing, and uploading of images of child sexual abuse.
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Eden & Briana
The investigation connected his home address to the to the images, and a search warrant was served there on March 9th. Responding officers entered a house of horrors, according to the Florida Attorney General.
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Eden & Briana
While seizing multiple electronic devices belonging to McInnes, authorities reportedly found girls' underwear, toys, and a childlike sex doll. McInnes also allegedly had multiple bedrooms and in his house decorated for children despite not having any children of his own.
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Eden & Briana
For more information on this story and other crimes, you can visit truecrimenews.com.
AI's Societal Impact and True Crime Connection
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Eden & Briana
See why I said potential? is another reason why i have an issue with AI. Mm-hmm. Not only is it taking away people's jobs, it doesn't challenge your brain. Like you can just type it in and it doesn't challenge you.
00:06:31
Eden & Briana
It makes everything just so easy. And us Americans, we're already kind of lazy people and we're just feeding that. Now you put this into it.
00:06:46
Eden & Briana
Isn't that interesting?
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Eden & Briana
But kudos to um the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Absolutely. I mean, I'm glad they caught this dude before, know, anything actually did happen. Yeah. Like said, it had the... Well, we don't know for 100% that nothing happened. Right.
00:07:09
Eden & Briana
But as of... Right now. What we know, nothing happened. So that's why I said it had the potential to be bad. It's like they... Stopped a bullet.
00:07:21
Eden & Briana
That's creepy. Having multiple bedrooms decorated. And where would you even find a child-like sex doll?
00:07:33
Eden & Briana
Like, if somebody were to sell that, it has to be like Black Market, right? I wouldn't even know where to begin to look. Because if somebody were to sell those... That's just gross.
00:07:47
Eden & Briana
How would you be okay with that? don't know. I do not know. I have no answers for you whatsoever.
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Eden & Briana
that stresses me out.
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Eden & Briana
Okay. So what do you got for a case
A 1940s True Crime Case Unfolds
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Eden & Briana
today? i have got one that made me jump down so many rabbit holes because of the time that it that it happened.
00:08:21
Eden & Briana
It happened in the 40s. Oh. And oh my gosh, the things that... Are we switching spots? No. no I don't know what happened. It just jumped out and bit me. So the information is pretty sparse. Like there's nothing really digitized on this case. Like as far as autopsy results...
00:08:40
Eden & Briana
I couldn't get them or nothing like that. But so we're going to go. We're covering from 1942 in Bedford Village, New York. Now, Bedford is located about an hour north from New York City.
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Eden & Briana
It's a historic town known for its landscapes, colonial architecture and sparse suburban feel. It was founded in 1680 and was burned by the British in the Revolutionary War.
00:09:08
Eden & Briana
It's famous for his horse farms. I want to move there. Country estates and cultural sites. Got to turn my page.
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Eden & Briana
So happenings in 1942, this is where all the rabbit holes. I wanted to rabbit hole down Bedford and the horse farms. Now I wanted to rabbit hole down this.
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Eden & Briana
The happenings in 1942 included the United States fully mobilizing for World War II. Mm-hmm. The famous risky Doolittle Raid was launched on Japan.
00:09:45
Eden & Briana
Oh, it was so hard not to go down there. The Alaska Highway was completed, and war rations were issued for sugar, followed by restrictions on gas, shoes, and tires.
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Eden & Briana
The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established, enabling women to serve in non-combat military roles. And daylight savings time was established nationwide. Interesting, huh?
00:10:12
Eden & Briana
Which they should be established. So let's get to the fashion.
Edward Haight's Troubled Past
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Eden & Briana
So as you can imagine, it wasn't that great. Fashion in 1942 included military-inspired suits with padded shoulders, knee-length skirts, slacks became popular, and shoes were restricted to no more than an inch and a half heels.
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Eden & Briana
Clothing became simple and functional due to restricted fabric uses usage. excuse me Materials like silk, nylon, and wool were conserved for the military use.
00:10:46
Eden & Briana
Okay. I could have jumped down. Like, yeah. Yeah, that's interesting. There's even more. i mean, oh my gosh. So let's get into it. Are you ready? Yes.
00:10:58
Eden & Briana
I'm not, but here we go anyway.
00:11:01
Eden & Briana
So Edward and it, I believe it's pronounced height or hate, but it's spelled H-A-I-G-H-T. So that's what I'm going with.
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Eden & Briana
Edward Haight was born September 19th, 1925 to Arnold and Georgiana Haight in Stamford, Connecticut. He was the second of four children. His siblings included older brother Arnold Jr., younger brother Preston, and young younger sister Charlotte.
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Eden & Briana
Arnold, Edward's father, was a career burglar with multiple prison terms in the 1930s. Oh. Yeah. They didn't live in a stable home.
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Eden & Briana
They had a history of living in quite severe poverty, really. And the information got a little hard to come by as far as events, but at some point Georgiana separated from Arnold and she was raising the four children on her own. Hey.
00:11:55
Eden & Briana
Now, whether this was because Arnold was in prison or because of other reasons, The information wasn't there, but they were separated. But however, on May 3rd, 1939, Georgiana lost her life in a house fire.
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Eden & Briana
Oh. Mm-hmm. How? Dang it. There is no... Well... That's what I hate about old cases, but I love cases. love old cases, but it's just not there.
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Eden & Briana
The fire was ruled accidental with no indication of arson, foul play, or suspicious circumstances. All four children were not injured in the fire. Following the fire, the four children moved in with their father. boy. You know, the career burglar. oh boy.
00:12:40
Eden & Briana
They lived in a two-room shack on the edge of a garbage dump in Stanford. Their living conditions were extremely poor. edward Edward was 13 years old at the time that his mom died in the fire. Okay. He kind of started exhibiting a pattern of targeting and mistreating females.
00:12:59
Eden & Briana
And at the age of 14, he kidnapped his friend's sister, bound her, and drove around on rural roads until she was so scared and screamed so hard and long that she actually passed out.
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Eden & Briana
And then he took her home and dropped her off unharmed like it was just a normal thing.
00:13:19
Eden & Briana
You've got this look on your face. what do you got? Oh, my God. That's a little alarming. But, I mean... I wonder if he's taking it out on women because he probably didn't have a good relationship with his dad and his mom passing away. i have He's probably mad at her for passing away. you know no clue. i know Another one of his little shenanigans, he kind of thought it would be funny to put a snake in his teacher's desk just for shits and giggles.
00:13:52
Eden & Briana
You're giggling. It's not funny.
00:13:56
Eden & Briana
That's a little innocent. i Yeah, I suppose. But, like, the thing prior with the girl, like... I gotta take a drink. Then, yes, it would be a lot. But I could see Eli doing that. No, he better die.
00:14:15
Eden & Briana
Uh-uh. Okay, no. My brother... Brandon, i could see him doing that. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. 100%. Eli would never do that.
00:14:26
Eden & Briana
I don't know how many freaking snakes he had growing up as pets. And I didn't like them at the time. didn't either. And we had to share a bedroom. I know. And you had to share bedroom with snakes.
00:14:39
Eden & Briana
Wah. He used to torture me with them. oh well, you should have come and told your mom.
Lynch Family's Struggles and Tragedy
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Eden & Briana
Okay. Oh my gosh. On with it. But that's kind of, that's funny. In a, yeah, it, yes. If it wasn't. If it wasn't related to this case, it would be hilarious. Yes. Agreed. it was a TikTok and that, you know, like. Agreed. Like that TikTok that's out there where it ties a fake snake to the back of the golfer and he takes off running. Yeah. just runs and runs it's tied to As long as like.
00:15:12
Eden & Briana
the teacher isn't deathly afraid of snakes. Well, that we'll never know. like, you know, cause a heart attack or something. I'm sure it scared the shit out of her.
00:15:24
Eden & Briana
So we've talked about the hate family and their living situation so situation. So we're going to jump on over and talk about the Lynch family. Okay. Okay. I'm going to take you on two streets here.
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Eden & Briana
helen and margaret lynch were two ah for pearl Helen and Margaret Lynch were two of four daughters born to Patrick and Margaret Lynch. Yes, they named a daughter after the mother. It screwed me up and I had to check like 50 million times to make sure that was right, but it was right.
00:15:55
Eden & Briana
Okay. Usually it's the boys. I know it. But obviously there weren't any boys. Four daughters. No boys. I suppose. Patrick worked.
00:16:05
Eden & Briana
As a salesman for the Donald Brush Company, which produced advertising and specialized goods. Now, in 1936, shortly after the birth of their youngest sister, their mother was committed to Grasslands Hospital, which was a tuberculosis sanatorium. yeah Yes. Sanhaven.
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Eden & Briana
Yep. Wasn't that a, that was a TB unit before it became as as a psychiatric facility, right? Yep. Yep. She remained there for years without improvement.
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Eden & Briana
So the newborn was taken to live with relatives while the three older girls stayed with her father. Now the girls had to grow up quick due to their mother's prolonged absence and their father's demanding work schedule.
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Eden & Briana
But when he was home, he made time to dote on his girls. The girls attended Bedford District School. Helen sang in the children's choir at a local church and the family developed a regular daily routine.
00:17:04
Eden & Briana
When school let out for the day, the girls would go wait for their father in town. When his day ended, they would pile in the car with him for the ride home and supper. Now their childhood was definitely shaped by their mother's illness and hospitalization, but they had a tight knit family dynamic centered on their father's efforts to to provide stability and affection despite all else.
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Eden & Briana
The girls' early lives were ordinary in many respects, but marked by emotional strain of their mother's long-term illness. Right. And I did decide to touch on tuberculosis just in case, you know, because it's not as common.
00:17:42
Eden & Briana
So just in case some of you don't know what it is. Tuberculosis, often referred to as TB, is a highly contagious bacterial lung infection. And in the pre-antibiotic era, which antibiotics were not widely available until the late nineteen forty s So TB was the leading cause of death and required long-term isolation in specialized sanatoriums.
00:18:05
Eden & Briana
Treatment was basically rest, fresh air, and nutrition, and experimental invasive procedures that mostly didn't work. patient Patients remained ill for years.
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Eden & Briana
And tuberculosis was widespread in the 1930s, especially in urban and working class areas, I suppose where you have a lot of contact with people. And it was... It's an interesting rabbit hole to jump into, but that should give you an idea of what TB was for those who didn't know.
00:18:33
Eden & Briana
And I couldn't imagine. it It had to be miserable.
Edward Haight's Crimes and Confession
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Eden & Briana
So on the morning of September 14th, 1942, near dawn, 16-year-old Edward Haight hot-wired and stole a Ford station wagon from a house in Stamford.
00:18:52
Eden & Briana
He forced a young woman to the side of the road, and when she asked him what he wanted, he said, quote, I want you, unquote. And he went to grab her, but luckily this young lady had a dog in the back seat, and actually I do believe it was a boxer.
00:19:08
Eden & Briana
And he protected her and proved just too much for Edward, who immediately retreated back to his stolen car and sped off. So the dog, kudos, kudos to the dog.
00:19:23
Eden & Briana
Unfortunately, it's going to be somebody else. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here. Yes, it is. So later in the day, he confronted two different teenage girls. But there just wasn't any information on those two incidents. So I'm not sure what stopped him from taking them.
00:19:37
Eden & Briana
Okay. I mean, considering what happens later, I'm wondering if people his age or older than him were just too much for him to handle. Okay.
00:19:48
Eden & Briana
So. Oh, great. Okay.
00:19:52
Eden & Briana
Here we go. Around 6 p.m. near Bedford Village, Edward encountered sisters, eight-year-old Helen and seven-year-old Margaret, who were doing their daily routine of waiting for their father to get off work and pick them up for the ride home.
00:20:08
Eden & Briana
Edward lured the young girls into the stolen vehicle, drove down an isolated road where he stopped to bind the two girls. Do you need a minute? No. Okay.
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Eden & Briana
He then drove to a secluded location where he attempted to rape seven-year-old Margaret. She fought with all she had, which angered Edward, so he mutilated her with a hunting knife and strangled her into unconsciousness.
00:20:34
Eden & Briana
He threw her into a shallow stream, but she landed on the pavement. So he retrieved
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Eden & Briana
he retrieved Margaret, continued to assault her, and ultimately drowned her. He then turned his evilness to eight-year-old Helen, torturing and raping her.
00:20:53
Eden & Briana
When he was finished with the assault, he threw her onto the road and kicked her head until it was positioned under the car tire. He then ran her over multiple times. He then dumped Helen's body in a creek near a reservoir.
00:21:07
Eden & Briana
Margaret's body he dumped in some brush, and Edward then abandoned the stolen car, walked home, and went to sleep.
00:21:16
Eden & Briana
course he did. Questions thus far? Gross. So gross.
Trial, Insanity Defense, and Justice
00:21:28
Eden & Briana
I don't even know. Got nothing? Well, it pisses me off. What a freaking coward. Right?
00:21:39
Eden & Briana
So he is, he's a coward. Amen. A monster. An absolute 100% freaking monster. So Margaret's body was actually discovered the next day by children playing in the area. Oh, God. Dang it.
00:21:54
Eden & Briana
Well, of course, now I missed a lot because, like I said, that the the details are just not there for these older cases unless you, I don't know, tap into something.
00:22:07
Eden & Briana
So within 12 hours, an officer who had extensive interactions with the Haight family acted on a hunch and went to the Haight home and questioned Edward. Believe it or not, and the monster still had a gas ration book from the stolen car.
00:22:23
Eden & Briana
Huh. Busted. Mm-hmm. Edward immediately started confessing. He provided a detailed account of the abduction, assaults, mutilations, and murders. He cheerfully reenacted the crimes for the police and led investigators to the scenes, quote, like a schoolboy outing, unquote.
00:22:44
Eden & Briana
Pause. Pause. Okay. And showed no remorse for what he had done. He was even smiling. Okay, paused. Did you describe him as cheerful?
00:23:00
Eden & Briana
Did I not? Well, he was smiling, yeah. And you said cheerful. Cheerfully. He cheerfully reenacted the crimes. Yes. Okay. I did say that.
00:23:12
Eden & Briana
He told reporters he had no particular reason for the crimes beyond a, quote, sudden urge, unquote, after rejections by other girls and women that day. I'm assuming that was the older ones that he couldn't handle because he's a coward.
00:23:29
Eden & Briana
Not that they deserve it either. There's one thing I have to say about his trial, though. And well I'll tell you when we're done. We'll compare it later. Edward was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder.
00:23:43
Eden & Briana
His trial began October 26, 1942, in White Plains, New York. Of course, the defense did what any defense would do. Insanity. They chased after the insanity plea, citing a childhood head injury, prior incidents, antisocial behavior, and psychiatric testimony, suggesting, suggesting quote, I'm going to screw this up.
00:24:09
Eden & Briana
beginning dementia praecox with psychosis, mixed type and statistic sadistic trends, unquote. And before you get the chance to even ask Brianna, dementia praecox is an obsolete psychiatric term for a chronic deteriorating mental disorder now recognized as schizophrenia.
00:24:35
Eden & Briana
Oh, so it's, is that still a thing? No, it's an obsolete term. It's now known as schizophrenia. Oh, yeah, okay. It literally means premature madness is basically what it meant. However, the prosecution experts and the court found him sane and fully aware of the wrongfulness of his actions.
00:25:00
Eden & Briana
The crimes were deemed premeditated and very calculated. Now, Edward's behavior during the trial was very disturbing right he smiled and sat twiddling his thumbs and when the prosecutor held up photos of the dead girls edward busted out laughing at the photos yep now i don't know if he was trying to chase you know trying to make them think that he was insane or if he's really that freaking like he acted like he was very amused and proud of his brutal crimes
00:25:33
Eden & Briana
So a jury of six men and six women deliberated for only 96 minutes before returning a guilty verdict. That was on November 6, 1942.
00:25:45
Eden & Briana
So he had a sentencing on November 17, 1942. And Edward was formally sentenced to death. Good. When his father tried to talk to him in the courtroom after sentencing, Edward shrugged his shoulders and said, quote, so what?
00:26:06
Eden & Briana
He was interviewed on the day of his execution and told reporters, quote, I was a fool. I don't know why I did it. I'm pretty sure this is my last day and I'm only 17, unquote.
00:26:18
Eden & Briana
On July 8th, 1942, at 11.06 p.m., Edward was escorted into the chamber at Sing Sing Prison. He remained stoic and calm as he was strapped into the electric chair, and he was pronounced dead at 11.10
00:26:34
Eden & Briana
This case absolutely horrified the public, sparking debate concerning issues of juvenile crime, family dysfunction, and capital punishment. Edward's nonchalant attitude and the family's criminal background fueled discussions about nature versus nurture and youthful offenders.
00:26:53
Eden & Briana
And I forgot to write any of this in there, but um Patrick did not tell Margaret that the girls were murdered because she was, you know, in the sanatorium and she was so sick.
00:27:04
Eden & Briana
He just figured it would add to her illness. add to her illness And then a year later, he died. He died in like 44. So she doesn't even know. I don't know if he told her later. i don't Maybe he told her like after the verdict or something or after it was all over with.
00:27:27
Eden & Briana
But he did not tell her that the girls were murdered. It was such a sad story all the way around.
00:27:35
Eden & Briana
So what happened to her? She died too. Did she? Yeah. How much longer after? I think she died in 1945. So like two years?
00:27:46
Eden & Briana
Yeah. Three years after the girls were murdered.
Aftermath and Lynch Family's Legacy
00:27:52
Eden & Briana
That's my case.
00:27:57
Eden & Briana
Trying to think of any tidbits that I might have missed. What year was he born? He was born in 1925.
00:28:04
Eden & Briana
yes He's creepy looking. Oh, did you find a photo? I did. oh good. Like, super creepy. Really? Save it so I can see it. I never did look to see if I could find a picture of him.
00:28:19
Eden & Briana
Oh, and the girls were just precious. Oh, they got pictures the girls, too? I suppose I'll have to put them on Facebook.
00:28:30
Eden & Briana
I know, but here's a he's a straight-up monster. Yeah, at 16 years old. How can I?
00:28:41
Eden & Briana
I'm trying to... Well, here. going to do it later. Well, I just want you to look at him. Oh, yeah, i want to see him. Oh.
00:28:55
Eden & Briana
Oh, where's the girls? They are... they are He looks so old for his age, doesn't he? Or is it just, did they just look older back then? I don't know.
00:29:09
Eden & Briana
He looks, I don't know. Maybe it was just that photo, but there's the girls. Oh my gosh. You're just cute. Look at them.
00:29:23
Eden & Briana
Isn't sickening? Disgusting, mate. Disgusting. Okay. Well, we hope you enjoyed this heinous crime.
00:29:37
Eden & Briana
Not enjoyed it, but you know what I mean. Jump down some of those rabbit holes, like sanatoriums and stuff. Yeah. That's so interesting. For sure. I got sidetracked. Like, I'd be trying to find one thing and then it'd be like, oh, squirrel.
00:29:53
Eden & Briana
And then I jumped down that rabbit hole. I want to tour a sanatorium someday. We do. Sandhaven's gone. i know. Makes me angry. I got to see it before it went, but I didn't get to go in.
00:30:07
Eden & Briana
Never got to see it, unfortunately. i want to go to that one,
00:30:14
Eden & Briana
that one where they Shanda Sher, that witch's castle. Oh, yep. That one. Yeah, that'd be cool. Yeah. With all of the, was it eucalyptus? No, that wasn't eucalyptus. was some kind of plants. They were all over there. Yeah.
00:30:31
Eden & Briana
don't know what they were, though. Yeah. But anyways.
Podcast Farewell
00:30:38
Eden & Briana
If you have questions, concerns, case recommendations, if you just need to talk, um you can do so by emailing us at minorsofmayhem at gmail.com. You can shoot us a Facebook message.
00:30:55
Eden & Briana
Just type our Minors of Mayhem in the search bar and we should come up. You can always text or call me and my mom. If you have our personal phone number.
00:31:05
Eden & Briana
um Otherwise. Stay safe out there bitches. We love you. Bye. Bye.
00:31:16
Eden & Briana
Almost forgot.