The 14-year-old “All-American boy,” Tommy Sullivan, brutally killed his mother in cold blood and then took his own life. In the quiet suburbs of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, a crime like this was unimaginable. Police soon found a concerning note Tommy left behind— a pact with Satan. At the height of the Satanic Panic, all eyes were on North New Jersey, and everyone desperately looked for a simple explanation for the region’s most complex murder-suicide.
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The 14-year-old “All-American boy,” Tommy Sullivan, brutally killed his mother in cold blood and then took his own life. In the quiet suburbs of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, a crime like this was unimaginable. Police soon found a concerning note Tommy left behind— a pact with Satan. At the height of the Satanic Panic, all eyes were on North New Jersey, and everyone desperately looked for a simple explanation for the region’s most complex murder-suicide.
266: The Crooked Funeral Home That Turned Dead Bodies Into Dollars
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266: The Crooked Funeral Home That Turned Dead Bodies Into Dollars
In the 1980s, the Lamb Funeral Home scandal became one of the most horrific instances of abuse and moral bankruptcy in the funeral services industry. The cremator, David Sconce, burned bodies at an alarming rate, causing many to question his tactics, which included breaking and extracting body parts before packing bodies into furnaces by the dozens. He also assaulted competitors, possibly murdered one, and later threatened to kill the prosecuting attorney. If that wasn't bad enough, he also harvested brains, eyes, and teeth to profit off the dead— while the next of kin was completely unaware.
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The 14-year-old “All-American boy,” Tommy Sullivan, brutally killed his mother in cold blood and then took his own life. In the quiet suburbs of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, a crime like this was unimaginable. Police soon found a concerning note Tommy left behind— a pact with Satan. At the height of the Satanic Panic, all eyes were on North New Jersey, and everyone desperately looked for a simple explanation for the region’s most complex murder-suicide.
