Russel Colvin’s Return from the Dead

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Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In 1812, in the Manchester settlement of Vermont, a local man named Russell Colvin mysteriously vanished, and despite extensive searches, no trace of him was found. Years later, rumours began to circulate that Russell had been murdered and buried in a cellar on a piece of local farmland. Ghosts were seen, arrests were made, confessions witnessed and convictions completed, before Colvin strolled back into town, dashing the whole thing against the rocks and creating a case that would go on to be remembered for well over a century as “The Manchester Mystery.” SOURCES McFarland, Gerald (1990) The Counterfeit Man. Pantheon Books, NY, USA. Boorn, Jesse & Boorn, Stephen (1820) Trial of Stephen and Jesse Boorn, for the Murder of Russell Colvin. Fay & Burt, VT, USA. Sergeant, Leonard (1873) The Trial, Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn, for the Murder of Russell Colvin. Journal Book & Job Office, VT, USA. Manchester Historical Society (1930) Early History of Manchester. The Society, VT, USA. ------- This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/darkhistories and get on your way to being your best self. ------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at [email protected] or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

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0:00.0	In 1812, in the Manchester settlement of Vermont, a local man named Russell Colvin mysteriously
0:07.3	vanished, and despite extensive searches, no trace of him was ever found.
0:13.7	Years later, rumors began to circulate that Russell had been murdered and buried in a
0:18.4	cellar on a piece of local farmland.
0:21.5	Ghosts were seen, arrests were made, confessions witnessed, and convictions completed.
0:27.6	All before, Colvin strode back into town, dashed in the whole thing against the rocks,
0:33.3	and creating a case that would go on to be remembered for well over a century as the
0:37.8	Manchester mystery.
0:40.6	This is Dark History, where the facts are worse than fiction.
0:48.9	Hello and welcome to Dark History, season 7, episode 10, I'm your host Ben, as always,
0:54.1	it's fantastic to be back.
0:55.9	I hope this episode finds you well.
0:57.9	Today, we're going to be looking at the interesting plot-whisting, winding case of Russell
1:04.9	Colvin.
1:05.9	And to be honest, we can probably just jump straight into it, I don't think there's any
1:09.0	big news to share at the moment, so yeah, let's just go, let's get on with it.
1:13.9	This episode is Russell Colvin's Return from the Dead.
1:21.6	Another settled during the 1760s on 42 square miles of land, Manchester, Vermont, was
1:27.4	a sprawling settlement nestled in a long valley and surrounded by the picturesque equinox
1:32.5	and green mountains that made it an attractive destination with a strong feeling of isolation,
1:37.8	despite its location being on both the main north to south and east to west stagecoach
1:42.7	lines.
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