Holly Branagan is alone in her Pennsylvania home on a Wednesday afternoon in March 1979 – She’s talking on the phone to a friend when the call is interrupted by a knock on the door. This sweet, 17-year-old girl doesn’t recognize the danger when she tells her friend… Someone’s at the Door…
SHOW CREDITS
Co Producers: Jeanna Spawn; Mark Spawn
Host: Mark Spawn
Theme Music: Shie Rozow
Logo Design: Kerry Weisbruch
Additional Music and Sound Effects: Pond5
Announcer: Heidi Marty
Associate Producer: Nyla Spawn
Featuring: Craig Stefko; Sally Hancox; Eric Dowdle
Special Thanks: Ashley Heiberger, Jim Friedman
SOURCE MATERIAL; PHOTOGRAPHS
Burns in gas station fire fatal to Bethlehem youth; The Morning Call, Allentown, PA; 9/18/1979, p.12
Somebody Knows Something; Murder on Pine Top Trail; NBC Philadelphia; https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/somebody-knows-something-murder-on-pine-top-trail-holly-branagan-bethlehem-pennsylvania-2/3815632/
40 Years later, police still hope to solve Holly Branagan murder in Bethlehem, Pa.; Walter Perez, WPVI; 3/18/2019
Mystery haunts victim’s dad; Johnstown Tribune Democrat; 3/30/2004, p. 6
Holly Branagan; The Morning Call; 3/23/2014, p. A21; https://www.newspapers.com/image/273209500/
Bethlehem police identify suspect in 1979 murder of Holly Branagan, district attorney confirms; Lehigh Valley Live; 3/24/2014
Three Mile Island document collections; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html
Gettysburg Times; https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gettysburg-times-holly-branagan-murd/449630/?locale=en-US
Two teens burned in explosion at gas station; The Morning Call, Allentown, PA; 9/10/1979, p.11; https://www.newspapers.com/image/282056981/?clipping_id=42347946&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI4MjA1Njk4MSwiaWF0IjoxNzIwMjIyMjQ1LCJleHAiOjE3MjAzMDg2NDV9.25PA6NqEqRM2vI7Rz1qNffgXQCPCuihspZYMpTEaNpI
Search for teen’s killer continues; Indiana Gazette; 3/27/1989, p. 10
Prosecutor impressed with work on 1979 killing; Huntington Daily News; 4/22/2009, p. 9
Photos: In Memory of Holly Branagan Facebook Page; Eric Dowdle; Craig Stefko; Sally Hancox
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