"Both Laura and Hazel dreamed of escape and reinvention; in the end, fate determined otherwise."
-- David Bushman & Mark T. Givens, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks
It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast! This time, we discuss Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks, the 2022 true crime book by David Bushman and Mark T. Givens that investigates the unsolved 1908 murder of Hazel Drew that inspired the Laura Palmer mystery on Twin Peaks!
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In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like venturing into true crime podcast territory, the book's foreword by Mark Frost, the writers playing up the Twin Peaks references, the offbeat cast of characters in the book resembling Twin Peaks characters, Mark Frost thinking Hazel Drew's name was Hazel Grey, a special appearance by Xan's cat Willie, Hazel's body being found by two kids who were part of a camping group, the initial autopsy of Hazel's body, the 1906 murder of Grace Brown, Rensselaer County District Attorney James O'Brien and his deputy Duncan C. Kaye heading up the investigation, Hazel's parents being clueless about what was going on in their daughter's life, Hazel's horrible uncle William Taylor not bothering to tell his sister that Hazel was believed to be the murdered body, the dichotomy of Hazel being poor but somehow having fancy clothes and being able to afford going on all kinds of trips, sensationalist reporter William Clemens glossing himself "The Sherlock Holmes of America", the team effort of Republicans trying to look like they're investigating Hazel's murder but not coming up with someone to charge, the unanswered question of why Hazel suddenly took a train back to Troy the day she was murdered, Hazel's aunt Minnie telling reporters that Hazel was hypnotized, Bushman and Givens' theory of who murdered Hazel Drew, Mark Marshall's theory of how the murderers met Hazel at Teal's Pond and why they killed her, Xan and I making plans to watch the short films of David Lynch together, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 125, as Xan and I discuss the short films of David Lynch on Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!
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