74. Some Hangover Rules and a “Patton’d” Potty in Kansas

23 year old Alonzo Brooks died after he attended a party in LaCygne in 2004. The cold case is being investigated by the FBI.     Photo: FBI  https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article244393192.html

The farmhouse, circled, where Alonzo was last seen on April 3, 2004 and the nearby creek where his body was found on May 1, 2004. Photo credit: Netflix/ Unsolved Mysteries https://www.ajc.com/news/new-autopsy-reveals-black-man-in-unsolved-mysteries-case-was-murdered/SMBCXHQ52JBUTNMVEYFOJCJLL4/

Alonzo’s case has been reopened, his body exhumed July 21, 2020. Please, if you have any information concerning this case contact the Kansas City FBI – 816-512-8200 OR the tips line – 816-474-tips. Someone knows something!! https://www.kctv5.com/news/investigations/small-town-kansas-cold-case-in-national-spotlight/article_394ea26e-bb06-11ea-9d11-bbddba4bca5d.html

The ghost of Susan Fox is said to still wander the grounds of Ft Riley, especially around the old Trolley station. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-fortriley/

Quarters 24, The Custer House, is a museum showing life at the fort in the late 1860’s. Reports of hauntings in this house first began in 1855 and continue to this day. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-fortriley/

The parade field at Fort Riley in the 1920’s. Even today there are reports of the sound of galloping horses or the sight of “ghost horses” are seen, but never are sound and sight reported together. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-fortriley/

Sources:

https://www.republic-online.com/news/linn_county/new-information-released-in-alonzo-brooks-case/article_7180fc8e-2da9-11eb-9a32-9b28eb6749cf.html

https://www.fox23.com/news/trending/alonzo-brooks-fbi-confirms-2004-death-kansas-man-featured-unsolved-mysteries-was-murder/ZD4E3BE52FFZ7CQXHSCGCMTHSM/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/06/us/alonzo-brooks-case-ruled-homicide-unsolved-mysteries-trnd/index.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/screenrant.com/unsolved-mysteries-alonzo-brooks-murder-missing-information/amp/

https://www2.ljworld.com/news/public-safety/2018/dec/23/former-douglas-county-coroner-relocates-again/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/us/alonzo-brooks-case-ruled-homicide-unsolved-mysteries-trnd/index.html

https://fox4kc.com/news/mystery-of-middle-creek-authorities-on-a-mission-to-discover-what-happened-to-alonzo-brooks/

Netflix – unsolved mysteries – Volume 1 episode 4 “ No Ride Home”, 2020

https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/fort-riley/17809

https://home.army.mil/riley/index.php/about/history

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-fortriley/

https://www.wideopencountry.com/wild-bill-hickok-the-man-behind-the-wild-west-legend/

Cocktail: Ruby Sippers, Red Table Wine from the OZ Winery in Wamego, KS

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