For most, Halloween night means ghosts and goblins, tricks and treats. But for Myrtle Morgan, Halloween 1953 brought a real-life horror no one has ever been able to explain.

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Inspiration: Reddit post by TheBonesofAutumn - https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1kfq5vw/on_october_31_1953_60yearold_myrtle_morgan_was/

FindaGrave.com - Myrtle Samples Morgan

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Corliss, A. (1953, November 2). Wound is mystery. Chattanooga Daily Times.

Pennington, C. (1953, November 4). Neighbor jailed, questioned in slaying of Mrs. Morgan. Chattanooga Daily Times.

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UP. (1953, December 26). Chattanooga has epidemic of attacks. The Durham Sun.

When a handsome young college student is found brutally murdered in his apartment, no one could imagine who could have done it. And when they found out who done it... no one could believe it.

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Slagle v State – Court of Criminal Appeals of AL – 1992

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Copeland v Samford University – 1996

Copeland Award for Top First Round At-Large Team – National Debate Tournament

Cullen, S., & Wilstach, N. (1989, October 11). Brother seeks Slagle’s frozen assets. The Birmingham News.

Ross, J.D. (1990, December 4). Grisly video marks day one. Birmingham Post-Herald.

Patterson, N. (1990, December 7). Coroner supports Slagle defense. Birmingham Post-Herald.

Ray,L.A., & Faulk, K. (1989, October 8). Slagle’s behavior baffles authorities and his friends alike. The Birmingham News.

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Wilstach,N. (1990, December 4). Shelby coroner tells Slagle trial of blood at murder scene. The Birmingham News.

Wilstach, N., & Archibald, J. (1989, October 3). Prof’s letter confesses to slaying. The Birmingham News.

Dean, C.J., & Faulk, K. (1989, September 26). SU debater may have been slain in error. The Birmingham News.

Wilstach, N. (1990, December 50. Slagle talked about slaying, hair stylist says. The Birmingham News.

Wilstach, N. (1990, December 5). Slagle’s letters claim slaying was self-defense. The Birmingham News.

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AP. (1991, March 9). Debate coach gets life for killingstudent. The Asheville Times.

Jacksonville, Alabama is a sleepy little college town located in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Bad things don't happen in this kind of town, so when two young women go missing (Linda Faye Croft in 1970 and Rebecca "Becky" Howell in 1982), it turns the campus community upside down.

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• The Chanticleer
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