Newspaper Clipping of the Day

Via Newspapers.comThis unnerving account of the mysterious deaths of two sisters appeared in the “Patriot News,” March 24, 1968:A soft sigh, a stare of horror, a piercing scream and death that as yet is unexplained…that was the fate of Beverly Stephens and her sister, Patricia, who died in almost identical circumstances five years apart. Neither girl uttered a word before she died. Neither gave any sign that anything was wrong before the seizure. The only sound either made was a scream. In both cases, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation failed.Death came almost instantly. Neither girl had a medical history of serious ailments or emotional upsets. Exhaustive autopsies that included microorganisms tests revealed no clue to what killed either girl. Their death certificates read: "Sudden death, natural." Natural, perhaps, but inexplicable. Beverly Stephens died in August, 1963. She had just stepped from a swimming pool in Porterville, Calif., when she sighed, looked about her with horror,…