Historic True Crime Cases from the 1800s/1900s Volume 2 | Documentary Compilation

Historic True Crime Cases from the 1800s/1900s Volume 2 | Documentary Compilation
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In this true crime documentary compilation, we cover 3 more shocking and disturbing historic crime cases from the 1800s and early 1900s.

First, we explore the case of Edward Rulloff, the Genius Killer, who’s brain was so large it was studied for years after his death. Then, we look at the shocking massacre that happened on Christmas Eve in 1881, leading to a wild series of events known as the Ashland Tragedy. And finally, we tackle the Sodder Family Fire, where five of their children failed to escape, but their remains were never found.

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0:00 The Genius Killer
41:23 A Christmas Eve Massacre: The Ashland Tragedy
1:22:00 The Sodder Family Fire Mystery

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  1. New drop?? Yessss! Also Im pretty close to Binghamton—Went to university there lol. I’ve been listening to this one while creating social media strategies for my clients lol thanks again for another banger!

  2. I know smart people can do dumb things and aren't necessarily good at everything….but for someone who was such a "genius" Rulloff sure was bad at crime. Not even like high level "smart" white collar crime either where he was matching wits with a wily detective. He got caught doing the old time equivalent of a gas station stickup with two other dimwits. Not saying he wasn't bright but it seems massively overblown by both him and the media of the time.

  3. Great content, research and narration Mystery Abyss! ✨️ Been a subscriber for quite some time I believe but somehow don't recall ever delving into this awesome channel until now ,boy was I missing out!** (lol )Just finished volume one compilation and my face literally lit up to see volume two recently uploaded and ready for binge 🎉 **woot woot!! Just thought your channel deserved to know . Well done mates,cheers 🥂 Vanessa

  4. A very strange case, the Ashland tragedy. As a general opinion, what is really curious to me is a common theme/dilemma that keeps on showing up in all these tragedies that unfold in very small communities like the one in Ashland: if these crimes were perpetrated by people from within the community, they would have known that it's only a matter of a very short time before they would be found out, put on trial and "skinned" alive by the mobs or possess, as it was customary at the time. Which is exactly what happened in this case, too. So what would be the point of doing it in the first place? by men with families? they don't have the typical profile. Unless, they knew they had a good cover-up/someone to cover up for them. Now, more specifically speaking, it wasn't just Mrs. Gibbons, Sterling, the youngest of the siblings, and Mrs. Thomas, the neighbor from across the street, who knew about the trip. Fanny was the only one who knew about her mother's trip in advance, and while i don't believe she passed on this info directly to the person or people involved in what unfolded later on, she may have been over-heard talking about it. Mrs. Thomas and her daughter, Emma, found out about Mrs. Gibbons's one-day trip the day she left and i don't believe they were involved. But how about Mr. Thomas? He's never mentioned in this whole saga. He would have found out the same day. Just asking. Another question that crossed my mind is related to the presence of the children in the house overnight all alone. I know times and mentalities were different. However, there was one crippled boy and two teenage girls all alone in a house, which is uncommon even for those days. If Mrs. Gibbons knew her husband is a violent, erratic man, like she said multiple times, who could show up at the house at any time, why did she leave her 2 children un-attended by an adult for 24 hours? How come she never told Fanny and Robert should move at Mrs. Thomas's for the night, to be supervised by one/two adults?(instead of Emma coming over to their house). That would have saved their lives. I believe that's what the people involved expected. A possible scenario is they came to steal the money they knew was located in the house (info probably over-heard from Fanny again), obviously expecting it to be empty, with the children sleeping over to a neighbor. Instead, they got surprised the children were there and panicked. Yet there is a flaw in this scenario, just like it is in the story that was officially told: had there been ruckus inside the house, things knocked down, the girls screaming for help, etc, the neighbors (not just Mrs. Arthur) would have definitely heard it in the stillness of the night. Nobody heard anything (which may indicate the perpetrator was perceived as a good familiar person over for a friendly visit) until the fire erupted at 6 a.m. Then again, Mrs. Thomas said there was nothing amiss at 4 a.m. either. So if the murders were committed before 4 a.m., and nobody heard anything, what did the perpetrator(s) do for more than 2 hours? negotiated if they should burn the house down or not? No. Either Mrs. Thomas is lying about the timings or we have some of the slowest criminals in history.

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