My first plunge into uncovering the Hazel Drew / Laura Palmer connection came by way of a podcast by Mark Givens called Deer Meadow Radio. (see audio player below)

Up to this point, I wasn’t even sure I fully believed it was true. But, if it was, the 1908 murder that inspired Twin Peaks happened a mile from my home, at a time when my ancestors traveled the same road on which Hazel met her death. They likely knew her and her family.

Bottom line, I needed to know more. This is when I found episode three of the Deer Meadow radio podcast and learned of a Cold Case murder and a ghost story that connected Hazel Drew to Laura Palmer.

This fascinating mystery and its connection to the 90’s television series Twin Peaks is available to for streaming now.

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I’ve marked what I consider to be some of the highlights of this interview.

14:30 – 2013 USC  Twin Peaks Retrospective. Mark Frost makes the connection to a murder and a ghost story his grandmother told him and his brother.

18:38 – Excerpt from Brad Duke’s book “Reflections”. Mark Frost goes deeper into the Hazel Drew murder, the location and time period of the murder. He ends this excerpt by saying “that obviously had a lot to do with how Laura came into our lives.

Twin Peaks Series Retrospective @ USC: Q&A Part 1

Twin Peaks Series Retrospective @ USC: Q&A Part 2

Twin Peaks Series Retrospective @ USC: Q&A Part 3

Twin Peaks Series Retrospective @ USC: Q&A Part 4

 

Twin Peaks Series Retrospective @ USC: Q&A Part 5

 

Twin Peaks Series Retrospective @ USC: Q&A Part 6