“Twin Peaks” premiered in 1990. The production by Mark Frost and David Lynch is still considered one of the greatest series of all time, but many people have no idea that the story of the famous Laura Palmer has roots in the past. Mark Frost was told about the tragic Sand Lake Girl by his grandmother.
Is Twin Peaks based on true events? 116 years ago, the body of a 20-year-old woman was found in a pond in Sand Lake
On July 7, 1908, in Sand Lake, 20-year-old Hazel Drew was walking home and her way back led through a heavily wooded area. she never made it home, and her body was found 4 days later in a nearby pond. It was so mangled that my father had trouble recognizing it. Her skull was crushed, and because she was lying in the water, her body was in an advanced stage of decomposition. The Hazel Drew case covered all the major media in New York State, but the perpetrator was never found. The 20-year-old’s death would have been forgotten if not for screenwriter Mark Frost, who learned about the mysterious murder from her grandmother. – Don’t go into the forest at night. Residents believed that the area around the pond where Hazel’s body was fished out was haunted.
Fans of “Twin Peaks” have discovered interesting connections. However, due to lack of evidence, the case may never be solved
Drew was a governess, and through her work she had the opportunity to meet many influential people. She earned little, and yet she could afford expensive hats and dresses. Fans of “Twin Peaks” have been conducting their own investigations for years and looking for connections between the men Hazel dated and her death. In the published book “Murder at Teal’s Pond”, authors David Bushman and Mark T. Givens thesis that the girl was murdered by William Cushing and Fred Schatzle, who had connections with the Republican Party, thanks to which they could cover up the evidence. Officially, the case of the 20-year-old’s death remains unsolved to this day, but it became the basis for the creation of one of the most popular series of the 1990s.
Source: Gazeta
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