Comments on: Urban Legends: The Gypsy Curse of Lafayette, OR https://puzzleboxhorror.com/urban-legends-the-gypsy-curse-of-lafayette-or/ Horror: books - comics - films Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:30:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Tritone https://puzzleboxhorror.com/urban-legends-the-gypsy-curse-of-lafayette-or/#comment-1001164 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:30:53 +0000 https://puzzleboxhorro.wpengine.com/?p=4246#comment-1001164 In reply to Patricia Saunders.

Thanks for the info. If you have some links to your sources I will definitely review and modify. This stuff is hard to find but I welcome new sources to keep the stories up to date.

]]> By: Patricia Saunders https://puzzleboxhorror.com/urban-legends-the-gypsy-curse-of-lafayette-or/#comment-1001163 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:22:18 +0000 https://puzzleboxhorro.wpengine.com/?p=4246#comment-1001163 You might want to do a bit more research on this story. Anna Marple never cursed the town to burn. What she said was that if her son had to die, then 18 of the innocent sons of Lafayette would have to die. Later she hoarded a great deal of Strychnine, perhaps to commit mass murder in Lafayette. She was arrested. It was after this she left Lafayette for Jacksonville. Also, the ax was discovered at the scene of the crime the morning after the murder. His wife and mother did state in their testimony that he was home by 9PM. His wife stated she knew he was home because his shoes were in their normal spot and he only had one pair of shoes. Anna Marple was never indicted for anything to do with David Corker’s murder. She was arrested for holding stolen goods from a robbery in Polk County, Oregon, and it is highly unlikely that she had an affair with David Corker or was at the scene the night of the murder. . Gus Marple is most likely buried in Corvallis. According to news accounts, his body was released to his father after his hanging. This would have been what was traditional at the time. The idea that he is buried in the Masonic cemetery comes from the Index at the Secretary of States Office. This information is probably recorded incorrectly. Another source says he is buried at the Pioneer cemetery. Gus Marple was an ax murderer pure and simple. He saw the ax as the perfect killing tool. On the Gallows Sheriff Harris was having trouble with the noose. Gus told him he would have an easier time had he just used an ax. Anna Marple was sometimes his criminal accomplice, and sometimes his scapegoat. There is a lot more to this story. I’ve been researching it for the past two years and am making a short film on David Corker and the murder.

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