Episode 56: Babes in the Woods- Pine Grove Furnace

Babes in the Woods (left to right)- Norma Sedgewick, Cordelia Noakes, Dewilla Noakes

Elmo Noakes and Winifred Pierce

Death Masks made to preserve the girls faces for identification.

Crowd gathered for the sisters funeral.

Sources

• 1934: 3 dead children found near Pine Grove Furnace- James Rada Jr.- Gettysburg Times

• 1934: Why were the 'Babes in the Woods' killed?- James Rada Jr.- Gettysburg Times

• Great Depression History- History.com

• Babes in the Wood murders (Pine Grove Furnace)- Wikipiedia

• ‘Tenderly tucked under a blanket:’ The Babes in the Woods found 85 years ago, vintage photos- Deb Kiner- Penn Live

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