MARGARET’S LAST KISS WAS TERROR: Cold Blood, Black Eyes, And Bells For The Dead | #MurderNoir
Weird Darkness: Stories of the Paranormal, True Crime, Legends, Lore, Mysterious, Macabre, Unsolved
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Inspired by a true story; scroll down for the real-life case. | Millhaven, 1937. A woman lies barely clinging to life. A man with no past returns from the dead. A detective who thought he’d seen everything knows that most of his cases are puzzles. Some are warnings. This one feels like a curse. In this city, the church bells toll without reason, the dead won’t rest, and something ancient hums just beneath the surface.
THE TRUE CRIME CASE THIS STORY IS BASED ON: On Sunday, October 13, 1867, Ferdinand Hoffman fatally stabbed his ex-wife, Caroline Yost, inside the German Reformed Church in Canton, Ohio. The attack occurred after Hoffman, recently released from prison, followed Yost into the church and confronted her behind the belfry door. Witnesses reported hearing screams as Hoffman fled, leaving Yost with eighteen stab wounds. Yost, who had divorced Hoffman after years of reported abuse and his repeated arrests for crimes including counterfeiting and theft, survived for nearly a week before succumbing to her injuries. The tip of Hoffman’s knife had broken off during the attack, lessening the severity of later wounds. Hoffman was captured shortly after the stabbing by a group of citizens who prevented a lynching. He was held in jail awaiting murder charges. Authorities reported that Hoffman expressed no remorse, stating he regretted not killing Yost outright. The morning after Yost’s death, Hoffman was found dead in his cell, having hanged himself with a bedsheet. Officials left his body hanging for public viewing throughout the day.
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http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2022/06/murdered-in-church.html
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Originally aired: April 25, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | They've been here for thousands of years, making their presence known in the shadows. |
| 0:06.0 | They might be seen by a lonely motorist on a deserted road late at night, or by a frightened |
| 0:12.0 | and confused husband in the bedroom he's sharing with his wife. |
| 0:16.0 | Perhaps the most disconcerting part of this phenomenon boils down to this question. |
| 0:21.9 | Has the government been aware of their presence all along and is covertly working with |
| 0:27.3 | them towards some secret end? |
| 0:30.7 | In the audiobook, Rungs of Disclosure, what once was fringe is now reality. |
| 0:36.7 | While listening, you'll meet regular people just like you who have encountered something beyond |
| 0:41.5 | their ability to explain. |
| 0:43.7 | You'll also hear from people of great faith and deep religious belief who continue to |
| 0:48.4 | have these strange and deeply unsettling encounters. |
| 0:52.8 | Author L.A. Marzuli explores these ongoing incidents to discover the answers |
| 0:56.9 | to these questions. Who are they? What do they want? And why are they here? Can you handle the |
| 1:06.9 | truth? Listen to this audiobook, if you dare. Rungs of Disclosure, following the |
| 1:13.3 | trail of extraterrestrials and the End Times by L.A. Marzuli, narrated by Darren Marler. Here |
| 1:20.4 | a free sample on the audiobook's page at weirddarkness.com. |
| 1:27.0 | The fog rolled in from the river, like ghostly fingers, choking Millhaven's streets and |
| 1:33.6 | muffling the city's heartbeat. |
| 1:36.1 | October, 1937. |
| 1:39.3 | I'd seen my share of horror in this business, but nothing prepared me for the case I'm about to relate |
| 1:45.0 | to you. I keep odd hours, sleep and I had a falling out years ago, and these days were barely |
| 1:53.4 | on speaking terms. The night has secrets the day, won't tell, and in my line of work, secrets pay the bills. |
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