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Jan 2022
1h 7m

The Purrington Massacre

Morbid Network | Wondery
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The story of the Purrington murders is so horrific it sounds like something out of a movie. James Purrington seemed to have plans of killing himself after suffering from what was likely undiagnosed mental illness. When one of his children brought this to the attention of their mother and his wife, he said he had no intention of killing himself at all, just t ... Show More
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