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2 stories matching shrank

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  1. The Midnight Stand-Off at the Grand Restaurant

    A breakfast patron turns into a bandit, but gets more than he bargained for from the night cook's poker.

    Jan 6, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  2. The Ghost in the Willow at Lake Washington

    A lonely homesteader’s terrifying encounter with an 'uncanny wailing' near the shores of Lake Washington ends in a discovery that speaks more to the era’s aggressive patent medicine marketing than the supernatural.

    Jul 28, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerLake Washington, Seattle, King CountySnake Oil

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