# Harry Power

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S2 Ep 7 - Acting, Radio & Finding Your Inner Billy - The Garth Russell Story

Send us Fan Mail What happens when we finally tell the stories we've kept locked inside? Entertainment veteran Garth Russell takes us on a captivating journey through his 67 years of life experience, revealing how sharing our authentic narratives can transform not just our mental wellbeing, but pot…

Briar Williams: Finding Purpose Through Pain and Appalachian Sound

📄 Episode Description: In this deeply moving episode of WV UnCommon Place, host [Your Name] sits down with singer-songwriter Briar Williams of Briar Williams Music, a powerful new voice rising from the heart of West Virginia. Briar’s story is one of hardship, hope, and healing. Growing up in Clarks…

The Killings of Harry Powers

West Virginia's not known for their serial killers, but when the topic does arise Harry Powers is the first name spoken. He swooned women with his words through Lonely Hearts advertisements and lured them to his hometown of Quiet Dell. Listen as we dive into the 5 murders he committed and the many …

4- Insulin and Lonely hearts: The crimes of Reta Mays and Harry Powers

Hi friends! Join us with our last episode for the month of West Virginia. Today we are missing our lovely Curious Cass, but not to worry Hatter and Scoot still take you through a great investigation of two true crime cases. Scoot rolls up her sleeves and digs through the crimes of Harry Powers- a s…

West Virginia: The Lonely Hearts Killer and the Mummies of Phillippi, WV

This week, we’re in West Virginia discussing the Lonely Hearts Killer. Then, we’ll talk about an amateur scientist and inventor. Buckle up and join us on this dark and twisted ride through the Mountain State. Be sure to subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

103: The Bluebeard Killer: Harry Powers and the ‘Lonely Hearts’ Murder House

Before modern dating apps, there were “lonely hearts” ads, and one man used them to lure women to their deaths. Harry Powers, often called the Bluebeard Killer, was one of America’s first known serial killers. In the early 1930s, he targeted widows and vulnerable women through personal ads, promisi…

Ep 292 - Harry Powers & Bluebeard's Basement

Ep 292 is loose and it's a grim and gruesome tale of lonely hearts, scary garages and horrible murder... Who was Harry Powers? Why was he looking for so many wives? And what would your requirements be if wife hunting? The secret ingredient is...a newspaper! Get cocktails, poisoning stories and hist…

West Virginia Ghosts, Murders and Cryptids

This episode of Cemetery Row salutes the Mountain State, West Virginia. Lori covers the Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Shue. Sheena covers the murderous Harry Powers, who inspired the novel and film "The Night of the Hunter." Hannah takes us to Mothman country to meet the people who experienced or wrote ab…

West Virginia Ghosts, Murders and Cryptids

This episode of Cemetery Row salutes the Mountain State, West Virginia. Lori covers the Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Shue. Sheena covers the murderous Harry Powers, who inspired the novel and film "The Night of the Hunter." Hannah takes us to Mothman country to meet the people who experienced or wrote ab…

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and the Southern Gothic

The only film that actor Charles Laughton directed is the now-celebrated NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955), a unique, nightmarish, dark fairy tale vision that's part of the "Southern Gothic" series of films currently running on the Criterion Channel. The film's an adaptation of Davis Grubb's 1953 novel, …