Who Killed Hazel Drew: Big Screen Film Premier

Over 100 years after her unsolved M**der, newspapers around the globe once again buzzed with excitement. The world learned that the inspiration for the iconic Twin Peaks character Laura Palmer was the double life of nineteen-year-old Hazel Irene Drew.

We all have a childhood ghost story that sticks with us. Just such a story inspired Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost while spending summers with his grandparents on Taborton Mountian in rural Sand Lake, NY.

Betty Calhoun, Mark's grandmother, often shared a bedtime ghost story. He said "it was a cautionary tale." of a young woman who haunted the nearby woods. The story evolved from the actual M**der of 20-year-old Hazel Drew.

"Who Killed Hazel Drew" is a 96-minute feature documentary that follows the journey of modern citizen detectives as they work to unravel the unsolved M**der of Hazel Irene Drew.

The documentary introduces new evidence, a previously unknown suspect, and brings new light to Hazel's final walk to Teal's Pond.

Evidence uncovered during the 1908 M**der investigation points to city politics, corruption, a love affair with a wealthy man, and a promise of marriage that ended with death.

Hazel, a stunningly beautiful domestic servant, lived a double life in Troy, NY. Known for its abundance of Tiffany windows and plagued by notorious corruption at every level of politics and law enforcement, Troy was a city full of opportunity and danger.

Learn how beauty, power, and Troy's Victorian culture led to the brutal M**der of Hazel Irene Drew.

Please join us for the big-screen premiere, including a brief historic setup discussion with Rennselear County & Troy City Historian Kathy Sheehan.

For more info, please visit https://hazeldrew.com/

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