The Wratten Murders


Songs
Citations/Sources
1] The Roud Folk Music Index hosted by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Libary at https://www.vwml.org/
2] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
3] "The Haunting of Hill House" Mike Flanagan, creator. FlanaganFilm, Amblin Television, and Paramount Television, 2018. Netflix.
4] "Songs for Swingin' Housemothers" by Frank Lynn, p. 59 (1961) James Leisy Music
5] "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson (1959) Penguin Books
6] "The Haunting of Hill House" adapted by F. Andrew Leslie (1964) Dramatists Play Service Inc.
7] "The Haunting" dir. Robert Wise (1963) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
8] "The Haunting" dir. Jan De Bont (1999) DreamWorks Pictures
9] Mudcat Forums http://mudcat.org (1) (2)
10] http://wrattenmurders.bravepages.com via The Internet Archive https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/http://wrattenmurders.bravepages.com
12]" The New Song Fest Deluxe" by Dick & Beth Best (multiple volumes and years) IOCA
13] https://www.horntip.com/html/books_&_MSS/1930s/1938ca_IOCA_song-fest_(PB)/index.htm
15] https://www.daviesscountyhistory.com/
16] "History of Daviess County" by Lyndol Rex Myers, p.225-250 (1988) [incomplete citation]
17] "Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life" by Ruth Franklin (2016) Liveright Paperback
18] "Legends, Legacy, and Folklore" by Don Cosby, p. 25-54 (2015) Whispering Pines Publishing
19] "Strange Tales of Crime and Murder in Southern Indiana" by Keven McQueen, p 19-29 (2009) The History Press
20] The Daviess County newspaper archives (coll. 1976)
21] "The Wratten Massacre" by Carolyn Mullen (1993) Graphic Design of Indiana
22] "Black Mass Murder -- The Clue of the Rolling Skull" by Roy L. Colbert & John Baldwin, "Famous Detective Cases" p.18-19, 70-75 (1935)
23] "Money Massacre" by M. Lee Forgy, "Startling Detective Adventures" (1935) p. 32-25, 64-66
24] Genealogy Trails History Group http://genealogytrails.com/ind/daviess/state_executions.html/ http://genealogytrails.com/ind/daviess/obits.html
25] "August" by Paul Slade http://www.planetslade.com/2013.html
26] Potts Family Tree https://www.proverbialcat.com/fourth-generation.html
27] RootsWeb https://rootsweb.com/
28] FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/search/
29] http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inauthors/view?docId=VAC2092&brand=ia-books
30] https://www.reddit.com/r/HauntingOfHillHouse/comments/9rk1qx/poppys_poem_ep_10/
31] Haunting of Hill House clickbait articles (1) (2) (3)
32] https://lithub.com/shirley-jackson-wasnt-actually-a-witch/#
33] https://lifehacker.com/second-cousins-once-removed-and-more-explained-in-1661572056
34] WikiTree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:SearchPerson
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Transcript
Extras
A ton of extras. One ton. Gallery-style

The Family Tree created to show the connection between Budd Stone and H.D. Wratten

Grave marker for the Wrattens, showing Elizabeth "Grandma" Wratten

A clip from the 1938 edition of the IOCA Song Fest, with the lyrics to "The Family Rattin" and an accompanying illustration

The Family Tree created to show the connection between Budd Stone and H.D. Wratten
So much more material can be found at
https://daviesscounty.pastperfectonline.com/
The Sign
