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MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Elfrieda Knaak

In 1928, a 30-year-old woman is found barely alive, burned beyond recognition, in a basement of a small-town local police station… and her chilling last words and the bizarre circumstances of her death are just as mysterious now as they were a century ago.

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Elfrieda Knaak

Elfrieda Knaak

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Charles Hitchcock in a cast, featured in The Waukegan Daily Sun.

Charles Hitchcock in a cast, featured in The Waukegan Daily Sun.

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Elfrieda Knaak

Elfrieda Knaak

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