‘Dead’ man returns to Louisiana alive

Sam Jones, 38, told New Orleans States reporter George Jackson he didn’t know until the fall of 1951 that he had been “murdered” in 1949. The lanky six-footer spoke with Jackson that year inside the Denver police station, where police arrested him in the climax of a grotesque case. Back home in Louisiana, Donald Easterwood, a World War II veteran, had confessed to killing Sam Jones and stood trial for his murder.

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What happened to Congressman Boggs?

The disappearance of Congressman Hale Boggs remains, to this day, an unresolved chapter in American history, a story without an ending.

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Did Albany Light seek Louisiana’s missing?

According to ritual, we were to park in a specific spot, kill the automobile’s engine, and flash the headlights three times. The legend said a spooky glowing cloud would emerge from the surrounding woods within a half hour.

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FBI still searching for Hazel Head

In August 1998, a woman calling herself “DeAnna Wray” placed an advertisement in the personal sections of several Louisiana newspapers seeking victims. Wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hazel Head has been featured on both the Unsolved Mysteries and America’s Most Wanted television programs.

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