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Welcome back to the Nightmare Cottage, dearest listeners... Well, the travel cottage at least. Nym and Nylene needed a break from the sensory nightmare of the Cottage proper, and are coming to you from solace of the Nightmare Tent instead.
On Today's broadcast, Nylene is taking center stage with her follow up to last week's teaser on Ouija-madness. Though Officer Elmer Dean's potentially murderous infatuation with the specters of the talking board may have seemed like a one-in-a-million story, it was far from an isolated incident.
We'll be discussing another such case of spirit board based psychosis with todays subject - The Ouijamaniacs of El Cerrito, California! After the untimely death of a beloved family member, the Soldavini and Moro families would be driven to consult the Ouija Board in a final, desperate attempt for answers... And the baffling turn of events which followed may very well leave you with some questions of your own!
Supernatural or psychological? Find out today on Nym and Nylene's Nightmare Cottage Tent!
Thanks for listening!
Dubbed the "Ouijamaniacs" in local newspapers.
Article from the March 14, 1920 edition of the Buffalo Times. Online image
Josephine Soldavini's obituary published in the Italian newspaper, "La Voce Del Popolo"
Grave of the sisters: Josephine Soldavini & Jennie Moro
Grave of the sisters: Josephine Soldavini & Jennie Moro
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