Karen Kilgariff
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And, um, so basically, but she, the, the autopsy showed that she, she drowned. Um, so, uh, he, the story he told the coast guard was that the blue bell was damaged in a squall in the middle of the night. Yeah. And his wife and the Duperos were injured when the masts and rigging collapsed. He said gas lines in the engine room ruptured and the ship caught fire as it slowly sank.
And, um, so basically, but she, the, the autopsy showed that she, she drowned. Um, so, uh, he, the story he told the coast guard was that the blue bell was damaged in a squall in the middle of the night. Yeah. And his wife and the Duperos were injured when the masts and rigging collapsed. He said gas lines in the engine room ruptured and the ship caught fire as it slowly sank.
He said he'd managed to launch the dinghy and raft and dive overboard, but the tangled rigging had trapped everyone else on board. The police were totally suspicious, but there was nothing to prove otherwise. And then three days later, Terry Joe shows up, survived. Boom. And when Harvey finds out that she survived, he killed himself in his hotel room. Holy shit.
He said he'd managed to launch the dinghy and raft and dive overboard, but the tangled rigging had trapped everyone else on board. The police were totally suspicious, but there was nothing to prove otherwise. And then three days later, Terry Joe shows up, survived. Boom. And when Harvey finds out that she survived, he killed himself in his hotel room. Holy shit.
So turns out they do some investigating and, And Harvey had serious financial problems, and he had just taken out a life insurance policy on his wife, Mary. Those fucking life insurance policies. There needs to be more steps before you can just take out a life insurance policy on your wife.
So turns out they do some investigating and, And Harvey had serious financial problems, and he had just taken out a life insurance policy on his wife, Mary. Those fucking life insurance policies. There needs to be more steps before you can just take out a life insurance policy on your wife.
Or husband.
Or husband.
The police theorized that he had killed his wife for the insurance money, but was caught in the act by Arthur Devereaux, prompting him, prompting Harvey to murder him and the rest of his family. It was found later found that Mary had been Harvey's sixth wife. What? And not the first to die while married to him.
The police theorized that he had killed his wife for the insurance money, but was caught in the act by Arthur Devereaux, prompting him, prompting Harvey to murder him and the rest of his family. It was found later found that Mary had been Harvey's sixth wife. What? And not the first to die while married to him.
He had miraculously survived a car accident that had claimed another wife of his and her mother. Both his yacht, Torbatross, which is a terrible fucking name, and his powerboat, Valiant, had both sunk under suspicious circumstances. They had all yielded large insurance settlements. Turns out Captain Harvey was kind of a serial killer.
He had miraculously survived a car accident that had claimed another wife of his and her mother. Both his yacht, Torbatross, which is a terrible fucking name, and his powerboat, Valiant, had both sunk under suspicious circumstances. They had all yielded large insurance settlements. Turns out Captain Harvey was kind of a serial killer.
Terry Jo was raised in Wisconsin by her aunt. She never talked about the ordeal. Her family told everyone not to bring it up in front of her. So she lived with this for years and years and years.
Terry Jo was raised in Wisconsin by her aunt. She never talked about the ordeal. Her family told everyone not to bring it up in front of her. So she lived with this for years and years and years.
it is not mentally healthy. It's the worst thing you could do.
it is not mentally healthy. It's the worst thing you could do.
You have to talk about it. Talk about it to someone who is trained professionally. Someone cool and who's trained. You have to talk about things like, I mean, come on. I think people, I think these days people know that, but this was the sixties. It was Wisconsin. Press it way down deep. This is, I mean, that's, you know, that's what a lot of families do.
You have to talk about it. Talk about it to someone who is trained professionally. Someone cool and who's trained. You have to talk about things like, I mean, come on. I think people, I think these days people know that, but this was the sixties. It was Wisconsin. Press it way down deep. This is, I mean, that's, you know, that's what a lot of families do.
My family is very much like, eh, don't bring it up. Yeah. We don't want to bother anybody. Right. Um, So she finally went to therapy as an adult. And 50 years later, she wrote a book with a survival psychologist named Richard Logan called Alone Orphaned on the Ocean.
My family is very much like, eh, don't bring it up. Yeah. We don't want to bother anybody. Right. Um, So she finally went to therapy as an adult. And 50 years later, she wrote a book with a survival psychologist named Richard Logan called Alone Orphaned on the Ocean.