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The Cannibal Pig People of Pig Hill

American Hysteria

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The First Wrongful Execution in Connecticut's History

The first recorded wrongful execution in Connecticut's history. George Spencer strongly denied the accusation, but magistrates locked him up on suspicion after they took a look at the evidence. At this time, there was actually a full blown moral panic over bestiality. Almost all of those accused were poor teenage boys and young men without family ties in the area.

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