![]() Awakening from the memory fog, the employee heroically jumped out of their swivel chair, pounded the table, and proposed Google’s next great idea (I’m sure it wasn’t actually that dramatic, but I like the story better with the added flare). They remembered heart palpitations, sudden jumps at wind rustling the leaves, and the next day’s bragging rights as they boasted of their bravery to their next-door crush. I like to imagine some creative Google employee was doodling in their binder at a meeting, perked their ears at the sound of “scare trends”, and began reminiscing about teen years spent triple dog daring their friends to sit out in the old graveyard past midnight. ![]() At least a little bit right? With horror/thriller/suspense films filling out the top 5 grossing movie genres since 1995, and the wait time for rollercoasters irksomely averaging 60 minutes a pop…the proof is in the pudding! Not only do we like to be scared, but we actually PAY people to scare us! Of course the very smart people at Google caught on to this trend. “An account of real-life villainy that outdoes anything a novelist might concoct.Let’s face it. “An account of real-life villainy that outdoes anything a novelist might concoct.” Les Standiford, author of Meet You in Hell “One of today’s true-crime masters.” Caitlin Rother, New York Times bestselling author I could not put this book down!” Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author Olsen has done it again, giving readers a glimpse into a murderous duo that’s so chilling, it will have your head spinning. “Even the most devoted true-crime reader will be shocked by the maddening and mind-boggling acts of horror that Gregg Olsen chronicles in this book. Olsen’s deft touch takes us back to the early 1900s so cleverly that reading Starvation Heights is akin to stepping into a time machine.” Ann Rule “An engrossing and compelling look at a shocking crime in another era. If you liked The Alienist, you'll find Starvation Heights all the more gripping because this story is true." Michael Connelly "A fascinating turn-of-the-century story of medical malpractice and murder. What readers are saying about Starvation Heights: In this chilling true story of deception and murder, Gregg Olsen brings us inside the disturbing world of Hazzard who would stop at nothing to achieve her dream of creating the most renowned sanitarium in the world – but ended up a convicted serial killer.Ī gripping and fascinating account of the most unusual and disturbing criminal cases in American history that will hook fans of The Five and The Devil in the White City. How did Hazzard persuade the sisters to undergo such monstrous treatments? And why, on Claire’s deathbed, did Dora, near to death herself, still hold such an extreme belief in Hazzard’s methods? It was supposed to be a holiday for the two sisters, but within a month of arriving at what the locals called ‘Starvation Heights’, the women underwent brutal, evasive procedures and became emaciated shadows of their former selves. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire, and Dora Williamson, arrived at an unfinished sanitarium in the forests of Olalla, Washington to undergo the revolutionary "fasting treatment" of Doctor Linda Burfield Hazzard. Every one of the trees marked the spot where the doctor had buried each of her victims. ![]() A perfect row of old firs and pines lined up like sentinels along the road. ![]() All that was left of Doctor Linda Hazzard’s sanitarium was the foundation and the masonry incinerator that swelled from the ground like a huge grave marker. ![]()
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