141. Suzanne Marie Sevaskis / The Spook Light

The gals of Killer Hangover take you on a rollercoaster of emotion with this week’s episode. Be prepared for Bettina’s true crime story this week… not only are there many names, alias, and plot points to follow – but the story includes sexual assault and child abuse as well. So, please be prepared. Beth lightens things up with her paranormal stories this week though. She “lights” things up with her cocktail, stories of Spook Lights, and a personal haunting experience of her own! Cheers to you listeners! To buy the gals a drink, find their socials, or to join their Patreon check out this link: https://linktr.ee/Killer.Hangover.Podcast

On the night of April 25, 1990 three men in a truck noticed groceries strewn on the side of the highway outside of Oklahoma City. When they got out to inspect the scene they found the body of a young, blond woman, barely alive. Police and an ambulance were called. The woman, who was identified as 20 year old Tonya Hughes, lived for only 5 days in the hospital, never regaining consciousness. Investigators believed that she had been killed on the side of the highway as a result of a hit and run, then to add to their investigation they discovered that the woman’s name was not Tonya Hughes, but Sharon Marshall, or was it Tonya Tadlock? As it turns out, it was not any of those, her name was Suzanne Marie Sevakis. And the man she was with, was that her husband or her father? Listen as Bettina tries her hardest to make sense of this very convoluted true crime that spanned decades.

The topic of the paranormal part of this episode also has a several names, Hornet Spook Light, Joplin Spook Light, Tri-State Spook Light, The Ozark Spook Light, just to name a few. Beth decided to just call it, The Spook Light. What are Spook Lights? Well, as Beth tells us, “they are lights that are spooky, and have an unknown entity to them.” There are many reports of these lights from different areas. The Spook Light the Beth covers is sighted on a 4 mile country road between Missouri and Oklahoma. Listen as Beth covers the history and sightings of these Spook Light and the strange ways they appear.

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The beautiful teen in this picture, Suzanne Marie Sevakis, known at the time as Sharon Marshall, had so many horrible secrets. Yet she always had a smile and words of encouragement for her friends and classmates.

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Little Suzanne with her “father”, Franklin Floyd. The same man that would later force her to become his wife.

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Michael Hughes disappeared after Franklin Floyd kidnapped him from his first grade classroom by gun point. After his arrest and many lies, Floyd finally admitted to killing Michael. “I shot him twice in the back of the head, to make it quick”.

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Spook Lights on the country road. Where are these unexplained light coming from?

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Nothing out of the ordinary about this road…..until darkness falls, then it’s very possible that you will see Spook Lights far in front of you, coming directly towards you, or zooming past you.

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SOURCES:

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a40483596/sharon-marshall-netflix-girl-in-the-picture/

https://www.newsweek.com/suzanne-sevakis-sharon-marshall-tonya-hughes-girl-picture-1722295

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/cold-case-investigation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Floyd

https://www.salon.com/2022/07/07/girl-in-the-picture-netflix-franklin-delano-floyd/

https://www.yourtango.com/crime/who-michael-anthony-hughes-father-sharon-marshall-son-franklin-floyd

https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/floyd-franklin-delano.htm

https://www.newsweek.com/suzanne-sevakis-sharon-marshall-tonya-hughes-girl-picture-1722295

https://www.mamamia.com.au/megan-dufresne/

Netflix: Girl in the Picture released July 2, 2022