Hey, Prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Ballon podcast one month early, and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. In April of 1990, a bleary-eye detective stepped into a townhouse in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The detective had been on call for days, and all he wanted to do was sleep, but now he'd been called in to investigate a double homicide. The detective opened the door to the basement and began walking down the steps. The overhead light cast shadows on the floor below, so he couldn't get a clear look at what he was walking into. But when the detective got to the bottom of the stairs, he suddenly felt wide awake. The scene in the basement was far more gruesome than he'd imagined. Two dead bodies lay there on the floor. And there was one thing that jumped out at the detective immediately. On a cardboard box sitting between the bodies, a heart and the letter U was scrawled in blood. The detective had no idea if one of the victims had left the message or if this was a scene staged by a deranged killer, and it would take him six months to get the answer he was looking for and to discover what really happened in that basement.

But before we get into that story, if you're a fan at this very moment, Nancy even had $500 in cash in her purse to deposit into her bank account. Nancy gave Pepsi a kiss and put him down on the floor, and she reminded herself to stay positive. Richard was trying hard to curb his spending, and other than his gambling issue, he really was a great husband.And Richard and Nancy had both wanted a baby for so long, and now it was finally happening, and she knew Richard was going to be an amazing father. Feeling better, Nancy sat down on a folding chair and flipped on the TV. At around 6:30 PM, the phone rang. It was Richard telling Nancy he was leaving work, and he'd be home to pick her up in just a few minutes. They were celebrating Nancy's father's 60th birthday that night. They had an 8:00 PM dinner reservation, but they were picking up Nancy's parents and sister at her sister's place first. Nancy turned off the TV, picked up Pepsi, and took him upstairs to the bedroom so he wouldn't chew up any of the cardboard boxes while they were gone. After putting him inside, she shut the door gently, walked back downstairs, threw on a coat, and walked outside to Richard's car, shivering in the early spring chill. A few minutes later, Nancy's sister, Jean, opened the door to her apartment with a huge smile on her face. She led Nancy and Richard inside, and then she handed Nancy two beautifully wrapped presents that she'd to stop back from a recent trip to Ireland.Nancy opened up the first gift and found a gorgeous Irish wool sweater inside. But the other present made Nancy feel like she might cry from happiness. It was a little onesie in booties for a newborn baby. Nancy thanked Jean repeatedly and gave her a big hug. She was so happy. At around 8:00 PM, the group got to the restaurant, and Nancy was happily surprised to see that none of her parents' friends were meeting them there. The celebration would now just be with family. It wasn't that Nancy didn't like half a century. An immensely powerful political figure, he was said to know everything about everyone. He the ear of eight presidents and terrified them all. When asked why he didn't fire Hoover, JFK replied, You don't fire God. From chasing gangsters to pursuing communists to relentlessly persecuting Dr Martin Luther King and civil rights activists, Hoover's dirty tricks tactics have been endlessly echoed in the years since his death, and his political playbook still shapes American politics today. Follow Legacy Now wherever you listen to podcasts. I'm Dan Tabersky. In 2011, something strange began to happen at the high school in Leroy, New York.I was at my locker, and she came up to me, and she was stuttering super bad. I'm like, Stop running around. She's like, I can't.A mystery illness, bizarre symptoms, and spreading fast. It's doubling and tripling, and it's all these girls. With a diagnosis, the state tried to keep on the down low. Everybody thought I was holding something back. Well, you were holding something back intentionally.Yeah.Well, it's hysteria. It's all in your It's not physical. Oh, my gosh, you're exaggerating. Is this the largest mass hysteria since the witches of Salem, or is it something else entirely?Something's wrong here. Something's not right.Leroy was the new dateland, and everyone was trying to solve the murder. A new limited series from Wondery and Pineable Street studios, Hysterical. Follow Hysterical on the WNDRI app or wherever you get your podcast. You can binge all episodes of Hysterical early and ad-free right now by joining WNDRI Plus.Four days after the murders, a massive crowd of 800 people from the area gathered for Nancy and Richard's funeral. I mean, the community really came out in force to the point where random local groups like the high school's Peace Alliance Club and the track team were waiting in these long lines after the service just to offer their condolences to Nancy and Richard's family. I mean, their deaths really took a toll on this town. Sergeant Calvados and some other detectives also went to the funeral, but mostly just to look for anybody who seemed nervous or excited or maybe overly dramatic. But all they found was a large group of people trying desperately to understand how something this horrible could have happened. After the funeral, Calvados went back to the station. He was on his way to his office when a lieutenant stopped him to tell him that somebody was there to see him. The lieutenant took Calvados to a very nervous-looking couple who said they had a tip about Nancy's sister, Jean. Jean was a lawyer and she was heavily involved in political issues in Ireland. At that time, Ireland was in the midst of a violent period known as the Troubles.The Troubles were clashes between protestants and catholics over control of Northern Ireland, and there were regular shootings, car bombings, murders, and kidnappings. And Jean was not neutral. She provided legal aid to members of the Irish Republican Army or IRA, which was the Catholic organization blamed for many acts of violence. The couple also told Sergeant Calvados that Jean had received a threat that if she returned to Ireland, she would be injured or maybe even killed. But despite that threat, Jean had gone back to Ireland very recently. And when she had arrived home, she showed up with gifts for Nancy and the baby just three days before the murders. The sergeant listened quietly, but inside, he was practically jumping out of his skin. This was the best lead he'd gotten so far. Maybe he thought somebody was hired to kill Jean, but killed Nancy and her husband by a mistake. Or maybe they killed Nancy on purpose just to hurt Jean. It was not unheard of during the troubles for innocent family members to be targeted for political revenge. And so after speaking to this couple, Calvados got on the phone and called Jean into the station.Later that day, Calvados sat down across a table in a small interview room with Jean, and he could tell right away she was completely unlike any suspect he'd ever questioned before. Jean was unusually confident for somebody who was about to be questioned by a homicide detective. She sat up perfectly straight and calmly looked Calvados right in the eyes without fidgeting or tapping her fingers or shifting around in her seat. Calvados asked Jean some basic questions about her job, and she was quite helpful. But then the sergeant mentioned the threat that had been made on her life because of her work in Ireland, and also as the months went by and the police never came for him, he got cocky, and he began to brag to a friend about what he had done. He even showed his friend the glass that he'd practiced his glass cutting on, and he also showed him the murder weapon. And David's friend pretty much immediately turned him in because he was very worried David would kill again. And so on October fifth, 1990, almost six months to the day after Nancy and Richard were gunned down, David was arrested.It was the day before Nancy's baby would have been due. David was sentenced to life in prison for killing Nancy, Richard, and their unborn child. Nancy's parents would move back into Nancy and Richard's townhouse shortly after the murders as a way to feel closer to Nancy and Richard. Thank you for listening to the Mr. Balin podcast. If you enjoyed today's stories and you're looking for more strange, dark, and mysterious content, be sure to check out all of our studio's podcasts. They are this one, of course, Mr. Balin podcast, and we also have Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries, we have Bedtime Stories, and also Run Full. To find those other podcasts, all you have to do is search for Balin Studios wherever you listen to your podcasts. To watch hundreds more stories just like the ones you heard today, head over to our YouTube channel, which is just called Mr. Balin. So that's going to do it. I really appreciate your support. Until next time. See you. Hey, prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Balin podcast one month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today.And before you go, please tell us about yourself by completing a short survey at wondry. Com/survey. Com/wondry. Com/wondry. Com. Today. If you're listening to this podcast, then chances are good you are a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious. And if that's the case, then I've got some good news. We just launched a brand new Strange, Dark, and Mysterious podcast called Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries. And as the name suggests, it's a show about medical mysteries, a genre that many fans have been asking us to dive into for years. And we finally decided to take the plunge, and the show is awesome. In this free weekly show, we explore bizarre unheard of diseases, strange medical mishaps, unexplainable deaths, and everything in between. Each story is totally true and totally terrifying. Go follow Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. And if you're a prime member, you can listen early and ad-free on Amazon Music.

at this very moment, Nancy even had $500 in cash in her purse to deposit into her bank account. Nancy gave Pepsi a kiss and put him down on the floor, and she reminded herself to stay positive. Richard was trying hard to curb his spending, and other than his gambling issue, he really was a great husband.

And Richard and Nancy had both wanted a baby for so long, and now it was finally happening, and she knew Richard was going to be an amazing father. Feeling better, Nancy sat down on a folding chair and flipped on the TV. At around 6:30 PM, the phone rang. It was Richard telling Nancy he was leaving work, and he'd be home to pick her up in just a few minutes. They were celebrating Nancy's father's 60th birthday that night. They had an 8:00 PM dinner reservation, but they were picking up Nancy's parents and sister at her sister's place first. Nancy turned off the TV, picked up Pepsi, and took him upstairs to the bedroom so he wouldn't chew up any of the cardboard boxes while they were gone. After putting him inside, she shut the door gently, walked back downstairs, threw on a coat, and walked outside to Richard's car, shivering in the early spring chill. A few minutes later, Nancy's sister, Jean, opened the door to her apartment with a huge smile on her face. She led Nancy and Richard inside, and then she handed Nancy two beautifully wrapped presents that she'd to stop back from a recent trip to Ireland.

Nancy opened up the first gift and found a gorgeous Irish wool sweater inside. But the other present made Nancy feel like she might cry from happiness. It was a little onesie in booties for a newborn baby. Nancy thanked Jean repeatedly and gave her a big hug. She was so happy. At around 8:00 PM, the group got to the restaurant, and Nancy was happily surprised to see that none of her parents' friends were meeting them there. The celebration would now just be with family. It wasn't that Nancy didn't like half a century. An immensely powerful political figure, he was said to know everything about everyone. He the ear of eight presidents and terrified them all. When asked why he didn't fire Hoover, JFK replied, You don't fire God. From chasing gangsters to pursuing communists to relentlessly persecuting Dr Martin Luther King and civil rights activists, Hoover's dirty tricks tactics have been endlessly echoed in the years since his death, and his political playbook still shapes American politics today. Follow Legacy Now wherever you listen to podcasts. I'm Dan Tabersky. In 2011, something strange began to happen at the high school in Leroy, New York.I was at my locker, and she came up to me, and she was stuttering super bad. I'm like, Stop running around. She's like, I can't.A mystery illness, bizarre symptoms, and spreading fast. It's doubling and tripling, and it's all these girls. With a diagnosis, the state tried to keep on the down low. Everybody thought I was holding something back. Well, you were holding something back intentionally.Yeah.Well, it's hysteria. It's all in your It's not physical. Oh, my gosh, you're exaggerating. Is this the largest mass hysteria since the witches of Salem, or is it something else entirely?Something's wrong here. Something's not right.Leroy was the new dateland, and everyone was trying to solve the murder. A new limited series from Wondery and Pineable Street studios, Hysterical. Follow Hysterical on the WNDRI app or wherever you get your podcast. You can binge all episodes of Hysterical early and ad-free right now by joining WNDRI Plus.Four days after the murders, a massive crowd of 800 people from the area gathered for Nancy and Richard's funeral. I mean, the community really came out in force to the point where random local groups like the high school's Peace Alliance Club and the track team were waiting in these long lines after the service just to offer their condolences to Nancy and Richard's family. I mean, their deaths really took a toll on this town. Sergeant Calvados and some other detectives also went to the funeral, but mostly just to look for anybody who seemed nervous or excited or maybe overly dramatic. But all they found was a large group of people trying desperately to understand how something this horrible could have happened. After the funeral, Calvados went back to the station. He was on his way to his office when a lieutenant stopped him to tell him that somebody was there to see him. The lieutenant took Calvados to a very nervous-looking couple who said they had a tip about Nancy's sister, Jean. Jean was a lawyer and she was heavily involved in political issues in Ireland. At that time, Ireland was in the midst of a violent period known as the Troubles.The Troubles were clashes between protestants and catholics over control of Northern Ireland, and there were regular shootings, car bombings, murders, and kidnappings. And Jean was not neutral. She provided legal aid to members of the Irish Republican Army or IRA, which was the Catholic organization blamed for many acts of violence. The couple also told Sergeant Calvados that Jean had received a threat that if she returned to Ireland, she would be injured or maybe even killed. But despite that threat, Jean had gone back to Ireland very recently. And when she had arrived home, she showed up with gifts for Nancy and the baby just three days before the murders. The sergeant listened quietly, but inside, he was practically jumping out of his skin. This was the best lead he'd gotten so far. Maybe he thought somebody was hired to kill Jean, but killed Nancy and her husband by a mistake. Or maybe they killed Nancy on purpose just to hurt Jean. It was not unheard of during the troubles for innocent family members to be targeted for political revenge. And so after speaking to this couple, Calvados got on the phone and called Jean into the station.Later that day, Calvados sat down across a table in a small interview room with Jean, and he could tell right away she was completely unlike any suspect he'd ever questioned before. Jean was unusually confident for somebody who was about to be questioned by a homicide detective. She sat up perfectly straight and calmly looked Calvados right in the eyes without fidgeting or tapping her fingers or shifting around in her seat. Calvados asked Jean some basic questions about her job, and she was quite helpful. But then the sergeant mentioned the threat that had been made on her life because of her work in Ireland, and also as the months went by and the police never came for him, he got cocky, and he began to brag to a friend about what he had done. He even showed his friend the glass that he'd practiced his glass cutting on, and he also showed him the murder weapon. And David's friend pretty much immediately turned him in because he was very worried David would kill again. And so on October fifth, 1990, almost six months to the day after Nancy and Richard were gunned down, David was arrested.It was the day before Nancy's baby would have been due. David was sentenced to life in prison for killing Nancy, Richard, and their unborn child. Nancy's parents would move back into Nancy and Richard's townhouse shortly after the murders as a way to feel closer to Nancy and Richard. Thank you for listening to the Mr. Balin podcast. If you enjoyed today's stories and you're looking for more strange, dark, and mysterious content, be sure to check out all of our studio's podcasts. They are this one, of course, Mr. Balin podcast, and we also have Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries, we have Bedtime Stories, and also Run Full. To find those other podcasts, all you have to do is search for Balin Studios wherever you listen to your podcasts. To watch hundreds more stories just like the ones you heard today, head over to our YouTube channel, which is just called Mr. Balin. So that's going to do it. I really appreciate your support. Until next time. See you. Hey, prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Balin podcast one month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today.And before you go, please tell us about yourself by completing a short survey at wondry. Com/survey. Com/wondry. Com/wondry. Com. Today. If you're listening to this podcast, then chances are good you are a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious. And if that's the case, then I've got some good news. We just launched a brand new Strange, Dark, and Mysterious podcast called Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries. And as the name suggests, it's a show about medical mysteries, a genre that many fans have been asking us to dive into for years. And we finally decided to take the plunge, and the show is awesome. In this free weekly show, we explore bizarre unheard of diseases, strange medical mishaps, unexplainable deaths, and everything in between. Each story is totally true and totally terrifying. Go follow Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. And if you're a prime member, you can listen early and ad-free on Amazon Music.

half a century. An immensely powerful political figure, he was said to know everything about everyone. He the ear of eight presidents and terrified them all. When asked why he didn't fire Hoover, JFK replied, You don't fire God. From chasing gangsters to pursuing communists to relentlessly persecuting Dr Martin Luther King and civil rights activists, Hoover's dirty tricks tactics have been endlessly echoed in the years since his death, and his political playbook still shapes American politics today. Follow Legacy Now wherever you listen to podcasts. I'm Dan Tabersky. In 2011, something strange began to happen at the high school in Leroy, New York.

I was at my locker, and she came up to me, and she was stuttering super bad. I'm like, Stop running around. She's like, I can't.

A mystery illness, bizarre symptoms, and spreading fast. It's doubling and tripling, and it's all these girls. With a diagnosis, the state tried to keep on the down low. Everybody thought I was holding something back. Well, you were holding something back intentionally.

Yeah.

Well, it's hysteria. It's all in your It's not physical. Oh, my gosh, you're exaggerating. Is this the largest mass hysteria since the witches of Salem, or is it something else entirely?

Something's wrong here. Something's not right.

Leroy was the new dateland, and everyone was trying to solve the murder. A new limited series from Wondery and Pineable Street studios, Hysterical. Follow Hysterical on the WNDRI app or wherever you get your podcast. You can binge all episodes of Hysterical early and ad-free right now by joining WNDRI Plus.

Four days after the murders, a massive crowd of 800 people from the area gathered for Nancy and Richard's funeral. I mean, the community really came out in force to the point where random local groups like the high school's Peace Alliance Club and the track team were waiting in these long lines after the service just to offer their condolences to Nancy and Richard's family. I mean, their deaths really took a toll on this town. Sergeant Calvados and some other detectives also went to the funeral, but mostly just to look for anybody who seemed nervous or excited or maybe overly dramatic. But all they found was a large group of people trying desperately to understand how something this horrible could have happened. After the funeral, Calvados went back to the station. He was on his way to his office when a lieutenant stopped him to tell him that somebody was there to see him. The lieutenant took Calvados to a very nervous-looking couple who said they had a tip about Nancy's sister, Jean. Jean was a lawyer and she was heavily involved in political issues in Ireland. At that time, Ireland was in the midst of a violent period known as the Troubles.

The Troubles were clashes between protestants and catholics over control of Northern Ireland, and there were regular shootings, car bombings, murders, and kidnappings. And Jean was not neutral. She provided legal aid to members of the Irish Republican Army or IRA, which was the Catholic organization blamed for many acts of violence. The couple also told Sergeant Calvados that Jean had received a threat that if she returned to Ireland, she would be injured or maybe even killed. But despite that threat, Jean had gone back to Ireland very recently. And when she had arrived home, she showed up with gifts for Nancy and the baby just three days before the murders. The sergeant listened quietly, but inside, he was practically jumping out of his skin. This was the best lead he'd gotten so far. Maybe he thought somebody was hired to kill Jean, but killed Nancy and her husband by a mistake. Or maybe they killed Nancy on purpose just to hurt Jean. It was not unheard of during the troubles for innocent family members to be targeted for political revenge. And so after speaking to this couple, Calvados got on the phone and called Jean into the station.

Later that day, Calvados sat down across a table in a small interview room with Jean, and he could tell right away she was completely unlike any suspect he'd ever questioned before. Jean was unusually confident for somebody who was about to be questioned by a homicide detective. She sat up perfectly straight and calmly looked Calvados right in the eyes without fidgeting or tapping her fingers or shifting around in her seat. Calvados asked Jean some basic questions about her job, and she was quite helpful. But then the sergeant mentioned the threat that had been made on her life because of her work in Ireland, and also as the months went by and the police never came for him, he got cocky, and he began to brag to a friend about what he had done. He even showed his friend the glass that he'd practiced his glass cutting on, and he also showed him the murder weapon. And David's friend pretty much immediately turned him in because he was very worried David would kill again. And so on October fifth, 1990, almost six months to the day after Nancy and Richard were gunned down, David was arrested.It was the day before Nancy's baby would have been due. David was sentenced to life in prison for killing Nancy, Richard, and their unborn child. Nancy's parents would move back into Nancy and Richard's townhouse shortly after the murders as a way to feel closer to Nancy and Richard. Thank you for listening to the Mr. Balin podcast. If you enjoyed today's stories and you're looking for more strange, dark, and mysterious content, be sure to check out all of our studio's podcasts. They are this one, of course, Mr. Balin podcast, and we also have Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries, we have Bedtime Stories, and also Run Full. To find those other podcasts, all you have to do is search for Balin Studios wherever you listen to your podcasts. To watch hundreds more stories just like the ones you heard today, head over to our YouTube channel, which is just called Mr. Balin. So that's going to do it. I really appreciate your support. Until next time. See you. Hey, prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Balin podcast one month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today.And before you go, please tell us about yourself by completing a short survey at wondry. Com/survey. Com/wondry. Com/wondry. Com. Today. If you're listening to this podcast, then chances are good you are a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious. And if that's the case, then I've got some good news. We just launched a brand new Strange, Dark, and Mysterious podcast called Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries. And as the name suggests, it's a show about medical mysteries, a genre that many fans have been asking us to dive into for years. And we finally decided to take the plunge, and the show is awesome. In this free weekly show, we explore bizarre unheard of diseases, strange medical mishaps, unexplainable deaths, and everything in between. Each story is totally true and totally terrifying. Go follow Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. And if you're a prime member, you can listen early and ad-free on Amazon Music.

as the months went by and the police never came for him, he got cocky, and he began to brag to a friend about what he had done. He even showed his friend the glass that he'd practiced his glass cutting on, and he also showed him the murder weapon. And David's friend pretty much immediately turned him in because he was very worried David would kill again. And so on October fifth, 1990, almost six months to the day after Nancy and Richard were gunned down, David was arrested.

It was the day before Nancy's baby would have been due. David was sentenced to life in prison for killing Nancy, Richard, and their unborn child. Nancy's parents would move back into Nancy and Richard's townhouse shortly after the murders as a way to feel closer to Nancy and Richard. Thank you for listening to the Mr. Balin podcast. If you enjoyed today's stories and you're looking for more strange, dark, and mysterious content, be sure to check out all of our studio's podcasts. They are this one, of course, Mr. Balin podcast, and we also have Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries, we have Bedtime Stories, and also Run Full. To find those other podcasts, all you have to do is search for Balin Studios wherever you listen to your podcasts. To watch hundreds more stories just like the ones you heard today, head over to our YouTube channel, which is just called Mr. Balin. So that's going to do it. I really appreciate your support. Until next time. See you. Hey, prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Balin podcast one month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today.

And before you go, please tell us about yourself by completing a short survey at wondry. Com/survey. Com/wondry. Com/wondry. Com. Today. If you're listening to this podcast, then chances are good you are a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious. And if that's the case, then I've got some good news. We just launched a brand new Strange, Dark, and Mysterious podcast called Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries. And as the name suggests, it's a show about medical mysteries, a genre that many fans have been asking us to dive into for years. And we finally decided to take the plunge, and the show is awesome. In this free weekly show, we explore bizarre unheard of diseases, strange medical mishaps, unexplainable deaths, and everything in between. Each story is totally true and totally terrifying. Go follow Mr. Balin's Medical mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. And if you're a prime member, you can listen early and ad-free on Amazon Music.