Southern Mysteries Classics The Cult of the Unknown Tongues

This Southern Mysteries Classic revisits a chilling historical true crime case from the Kentucky mountains. In February 1933, a church service ended with the death of 72-year-old Lucinda Mills. Nine of her relatives were jailed and accused of murder, while the national press labeled the case a human sacrifice. Decades later, the question remains: what really happened inside that cabin?

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Episode Sources

Laben T. Mills Obituary. Big Sandy News. July 31,1914

Lucinda Ward Mills. Find A Grave. [Lucinda’s age listed as 65 here but based off of census records she was believed to have been 72]

Burning of Body on Altar Halted by Inez Police. The Owensboro Inquirer. February 9, 1933

Cult Victim Held Willing Sacrifice. The Courier-Journal. February 10, 1933