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Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The murder victim who inspired Twin Peaks haunted me for years... and helped me expose her TRUE killer
Thirty-five years after she first captivated a television audience, Laura Palmer - the tragic beauty at the center of the Twin Peaks mystery - continues to haunt us. After the death of filmmaker David Lynch in January, the cult TV show attracted a new generation of fans who began following the series' heroine, a girl-next-door who leads a 'double life' and is brutally murdered. While the Twin Peaks town and its eccentric inhabitants are pure fiction, co-creator Mark Frost was actually inspired by the real-life murder of Hazel Drew. In 1908, Hazel was found dead in the small town of Sand Lake, New York, and, after a hasty investigation, the case was abruptly closed. Though the death of the 19-year-old was suspected to be a murder, no one was ever charged - and her ghost is said to still haunt the woods just over 150 miles north of New York City. In Twin Peaks, FBI Agent Dale Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachlan), investigates the mysterious death of Laura Palmer. Now, an amateur sleuth sleuth believes he has uncovered the truth of Hazel's murder. And he claims that it was Hazel herself who pointed him towards the killer from beyond the grave. 'I don't believe in ghosts,' insists Jerry C Drake in his new book about the case, Hazel Was a Good Girl. 'But I've seen a ghost and her name is Hazel Drew.' Thirty-five years after she first captivated a television audience, Laura Palmer - the tragic beauty at the center of the Twin Peaks mystery - continues to haunt us Hazel was just 19 when she was found dead (left) and her case inspired the fictional story of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks (right) Drake admits he became 'obsessed… maybe even a little crazy' by the case after Hazel 'visited' both himself and a friend in their dreams years ago. In 2019, his friend had just bought a home in Troy about 10 miles from Sand Lake, and recalled a dream in which a strange woman had appeared in the house and presented a book with a turquoise cover, titled The Absence of Memory. 'A few days later as I was sick in bed, shivering with fever in my DC condo, I fell into a heavy sleep and encountered this book myself,' Drake explained. 'In my dream I opened the book, a hardback, and saw that the first blank page contained a bookplate that read: Ex Libris Hazel I Drew. 'Ex Libris is Latin for "from the library of" and was a common moniker on bookplates a century ago.' After he awoke in a sweat, he googled Hazel's name and was immediately hooked by the story of her unsolved murder. Hazel had been working as a governess to a wealthy family when she left her job abruptly. Just days later, her body - wearing a lavish dress she had commissioned the same week - was found floating face down in a local stretch of water called Teal's Pond. An autopsy determined that she had died as a result of blunt force trauma to the back of her head, ruling out suicide. The case became a national news spectacle, with lurid claims of jilted jealous lovers, prostitution, pregnancy, and scandal. Then, everything went quiet. Hazel remained nothing more than the subject of town gossip and rumor until 80 years later, when Frost - whose grandmother lived near Troy - heard about her story, and immortalized Hazel in his hit television series. Mark Frost first came up with the idea of the beautiful girl next door who leads a 'desperate double life' and ends up brutally murdered (Pictured: actress Sheryl Lee as the deceased Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks) Grace Zabriskie as Sarah Palmer, Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer and Ray Wise as Leland Palmer in the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me movie The cult show features a wildly eccentric cast of inhabitants of a fictional town Speaking to the Daily Mail, Drake claims the spirit of Hazel 'led' him to the person supposedly responsible for her murder. In the winter of 2020, he was visiting his friend in her new house in Troy when the pair sought out Hazel's grave in the local cemetery. 'Really, it was the wrong time of year to go,' he said. 'It was very, very cold, a harsh winter, but we were obsessed. 'I didn't have the right kind of boots on… and they burst open on me while I was walking around out there because the leather was so dry.' After searching, fruitlessly, for more than an hour, he suddenly and inexplicably felt a wave of sickness come over him, and was convinced he was having a heart attack. 'That cemetery is far from hospital, and there's no cell phone connection out there, and my friend could never drive my car,' he recalled. 'And I thought "I'm dying. I'm an old man who got too excited, and I'm out here in this cemetery, and I'm straight up gonna die."' As he stumbled back towards the parking lot, he took a turn and leaned against a large, gnarly oak tree. 'My world started to spin, and I could feel the little bit of food and coffee I had in my guts churning. I was getting dizzy. 'Finally, pouring cold sweat in that frozen landscape, my stomach gave up and I puked up pure liquid on the snow. I could see my friend's silhouette just staring back at me, unmoving. 'I kept pushing myself towards the car, but I'd lost the path. I was facing the wrong way now and I realized I was simply not going to make it. The ground rose up to meet me and I fell down, landing on my knees. 'And when I looked up, I had literally put my hands on a tombstone with a single word carved in bone white marble: HAZEL.' Twin Peaks gained a new generation of dedicated fans following the death of filmmaker David Lynch (pictured left with his co-creator, Mark Frost, right) The case made national newspaper headlines, including in the New York Times (left) and the Ocala Evening Star (right) He adds: 'That is one of the strangest experiences I've ever had in my life. People talk about possession or obsession or whatever, and if that was psychosomatic, OK, I'll believe it, but it didn't feel like it. 'It felt like something had come into me that didn't belong there. And in the moments it had me, it took me to that place which I could not find.' Once his hands touched Hazel's grave, he claimed his symptoms curiously disappeared. But the chilling encounter was only beginning. Looking up at his friend, her eyes grew wide as she described feeling a tap at the back of her head, accompanied by a woman's voice shouting: 'Like this! Like this!' She told him she saw what she believed was a version of the murder through the eyes of Hazel Drew. Almost immediately they claimed they both had another vision, this time of a well-dressed man approaching them, a smile on his face. 'Did you just hear a man speak?' his friend whispered, terrified. 'Yes,' Drake replied. 'He said, "Hello, beautiful."' Spooked, the pair quickly left the graveyard, trying to make sense of what they had just experienced. Visiting his friend in the winter of 2020, they sought out Hazel's grave in the local cemetery He claims that once he put his hands on Hazel's grave, his symptoms disappeared In October 2024, the Sand Lake Historical Society put up a historical marker to commemorate Hazel's death and her continued presence in the area Though he took long stretches away from his investigation over the years, Drake claims Hazel refused to leave him alone. 'I got COVID, and I had a strange dream that I was in Hazel's uncle's house,' he said. 'And her sister-in-law comes in and says, "Who is this fella?" in this thick upstate accent. And then Hazel says, "Why? He's some kind of Pinkerton man. I think we need to take care of him."' A Pinkerton man was another name for a private detective in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 'When I woke up from that dream, I suddenly started to feel better… I told my friend about it, and she said, "Hazel wants you back on the case."' On another occasion, which he describes as 'the weirdest Twin Peaks moment,' he was staying at an Airbnb in Troy when he had a dream that Hazel took him to a restaurant called Manory's. When he woke up, there was a crow walking around in his room. 'I was like, "Man, I'm getting out of here,"' he recalled. 'And I went down to Manory's - it felt just like the real version of the diner from Twin Peaks. 'That was the day I found the first photograph of the man I think was her killer,' he continued. 'That guy in the picture was the guy we saw in the cemetery who said, "Hello, beautiful." I'm getting kind of weird chills talking about it now.' Though, he concedes that all of his dreams and visions could have been his subconscious working overtime. 'I'm a pretty skeptical person, so it's almost hard to articulate that stuff, especially without a few whiskies.' Either that, or Hazel desperately wanted her story told. In his investigation, he scoured local newspaper cuttings, examined contemporary photographs, and reviewed the various theories presented to the cops. He identified what he believed were key shortcomings in the original investigation, claiming that Hazel was the victim not just of misrepresentation by a scandal-hungry press, but also of a cover-up by powerful men at that time. Investigator Dale Cooper, played by Kyle MacLachlan in the show (pictured right), claims he has finally solved the case Drake's investigations created what he calls his 'crazy wall' of evidence and clues 'I went down to Manory's - it felt just like the real version of the diner from Twin Peaks... That was the day I found the first photograph of the man I think was her killer' 'That guy in the picture was the guy we saw in the cemetery who said, "Hello, beautiful"' While other books have investigated the case in the past, his is the first to go as far as to name the man he believes is guilty for the murder. 'When I've had three pints, I'm 100 percent convinced he's the killer,' he said. 'Early in the morning on a cup of coffee, I'm about 80 percent convinced. And the reason why I am so convinced is because I'm a data scientist by profession, and the data doesn't lie. We know who kills people. We know who the prime suspects are.' And the man in the diner photograph would have been suspect number one. 'The person who I suspect was never properly questioned. He was the first person on the stand, and he lied. He told us the story incorrectly at least twice,' Drake said. 'It's very strange to me that… he never gives a reward, he never makes a statement. He just hunkers down and lets it blow over.' He hopes that, in time, more photographs may emerge that shed new light on the case and prove beyond reasonable doubt that his theory is correct. 'There will always be new clues. Every year, more and more resources come online,' he continued. 'And I do think as the silent generation passes away, people are going to clean out houses in Troy, and they're going to find things.' In the meantime, any hopes that he may have laid Hazel's ghost to rest have proved impossible, claiming that he sees and feels her presence 'a lot' - and even 'dreams about her.' 'Carl Sagan said there are no haunted houses, only haunted people. And I guess I'm a haunted person now,' he said. 'I will never be done with Hazel Drew. Not 'til the day I am a ghost - and I may haunt Troy myself.' Hazel was a Good Girl: Solving the Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks by Jerry C. Drake is published by Clash Books
Tom's Guide
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
The entire run of 'Twin Peaks' was just added to a streaming service you've probably never heard of — here's where to watch all 48 episodes now
It's the 35th anniversary of "Twin Peaks" this year, with the first episode of David Lynch's acclaimed mystery-horror drama premiering back on April 8, 1990. To celebrate, the streaming service Mubi has added all 48 episodes of the series — 30 episodes of "Twin Peaks" and 18 episodes of "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event" (also referred to as "Twin Peaks: The Return" or "Twin Peaks" season 3) — available to stream right now. If you haven't heard of Mubi, that's understandable. It's not currently on our list of the best streaming services, though we're planning to review it for consideration later this year. But I've been a Mubi subscriber for a while, and it's probably the best streaming service you've never heard of. Especially for cinephiles who love indie, arthouse and foreign films. So, for those who aren't familiar, let's dive into what "Twin Peaks" is about, why you need to watch it, and why Mubi is worth signing up for to stream the iconic series right now. "Twin Peaks" and its follow-up, "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event," are, for the most part, about the investigation of the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). The shows are set in the fictional Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks, and stars Kyle MacLachlan as FBI special agent Dale Cooper, who is tasked with investigating the local teen's untimely demise. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. It's tough to pin down a genre to define this show. It's a mystery show, to be sure, but there are elements of soap opera campiness and melodrama as well as plenty of surrealist horror. Because the series was created by and directed by David Lynch, it often takes on a more cinematic presentation than the typical TV show. The pilot was a two-hour-long feature film. Despite these quirks, or (more accurately) because of them, the show was a massive critical success. Season 1 earned 14 Emmy nominations and season 2 earned four more, while also winning several Golden Globes. "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event" was similarly critically successful, earning nine Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination for MacLachlan's reprisal as Dale Cooper. It's safe to say that, unless you've already seen "Twin Peaks," you've never seen a show like "Twin Peaks." As of today, you can stream all eight episodes of "Twin Peaks" season 1 on Mubi, including the feature-length pilot. You can also stream all 22 episodes of season 2 and all 18 episodes of "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event," which is set 25 years after the events of the season 2 finale. Mubi is a great way to stream some lesser-known movies. Specializing in indie, arthouse and foreign films, it has a deep library that is a cinephile's dream. And now, it even has "Twin Peaks"! You can get Mubi for $14.99 or get Mubi Go in select cities for just $5 more, which gives you a curated movie ticket to a local cinema every single week. Sign up now for a seven-day free trial! Now, it's important to note that you cannot watch the prequel movie, "Fire Walk With Me," on Mubi. You need to head to Max for that. Nor can you watch the deleted scenes compilation film "Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces." You'll need to head to The Criterion Channel — another underrated streaming service for cinephiles — to watch that movie. But beyond the three seasons of "Twin Peaks," there are a lot of great movies to watch on Mubi. We've even covered a few of them here at Tom's Guide. Last year's hit body horror movie "The Substance" is available to stream on Mubi right now, as is the hilarious documentary "Grand Theft Hamlet," which covers the attempt to recreate Shakespeare's "Hamlet" entirely within the game "Grand Theft Auto Online." So head over to Mubi and get yourself a membership now. It comes with a seven-day free trial in case you decide it's not for you or you binge through the entire 48-episode run of "Twin Peaks" in a week and decide you don't need more than that. Stream "Twin Peaks" and "Twin Peaks: A Limited Series Event" on Mubi Malcolm has been with Tom's Guide since 2022, and has been covering the latest in streaming shows and movies since 2023. He's not one to shy away from a hot take, including that "John Wick" is one of the four greatest films ever made. Here's what he's been watching lately:
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Yahoo
Danville man honored for Workers Memorial Day
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A Danville man who was murdered more than five decades ago was recognized for his service over the weekend. In 1970, Dale Cooper was shot to death while working at the city's VA hospital. On Thursday, his name was carved into the Workers Memorial near East Williams Street. Danville students making designs for 9th annual Balloons Over Vermilion festival Then on Saturday, people gathered for Workers Memorial Day to honor his commitment to service – and remember what he stood for when he was alive. 'With this memorial and to have his name inscribed on it now, means a lot. I drive by here several times a week, and just to know his name is here… It's not something he necessarily with would have wanted. He's very humble. He was, he believed in serving others. But I think for my family, it means a lot,' Dale's son Jeff Cooper said. The ceremony also had an opening prayer and speech for Cooper. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cult classic "dark and cryptic" '90s crime thriller finds new UK streaming home
Twin Peaks has found a new streaming home in the UK. To mark 35 years since the release of the cult classic series, it's been confirmed that all 30 episodes of Twin Peaks - which aired in 1990 and 1991 - will be available to stream on Mubi from 13 June. Mubi is available to add as a Prime Video channel on Amazon, costing £11.99 per month. However, you can start a 7-day free trial before paying for the subscription. Created by the late David Lynch and Mark Frost, the '90s thriller follows FBI agent Dale Cooper (Kyle McLaughlan) as he investigates the murder of local teenager Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in the town of Twin Peaks. "As the investigation progresses, several other mysteries and conspiracies, edging on the supernatural, are uncovered around Twin Peaks, all linking back to Laura's murder," the synopsis adds. Related: Best streaming services "Launching Twin Peaks is a dream for Mubi, bringing one of the most loved and discussed series in TV history to the platform," said Katharina Feistauer, VP Global Head of Programming at Mubi. "Whilst this launch has been months in the making, the sad news of David Lynch's death only a few weeks ago makes this opportunity to show his iconic work even more special. "We are excited for the Lynch fans in our membership to revisit the episodes comprehensively, as well creating an opportunity for new audiences to discover it for the first time." Related: A follow up season titled Twin Peaks: The Return was released in 2017. The series is set 25 years after the events of the original Twin Peaks and picks up the story of Dale Cooper, who was last seen in 1991 pursuing a renegade agent into a supernatural realm called the Black Lodge. Dale became trapped in the realm when a doppelgänger inhabited by a malevolent spirit called BOB escaped. The Return picks up with him trying to free himself from the Lodge to put a stop to BOB and finally close the case of Laura Palmer's murder. Twin Peaks will be available to stream on Mubi from 13 June. Digital Spy's first print magazine is here! Buy British Comedy Legends in newsagents or online now, priced at £7.99.£49.99 at at at Audible£18.99 at at EE£99.00 at Amazon at at at at at at EE at at at at at at at at Amazon£219.00 at at Game at Pandora at at at EE at at at at at Sky Mobile at at Game£123.99 at at at at Three at at at at Pandora at at at Fitbit at at at AO$15.00 at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at £119.00 at at at at John Lewis£44.99 at at at at Amazon£184.00 at John Lewis & Partners at at at at at at at at John Lewis at Three£32.99 at Amazon at at at at at John Lewis & Partners at at at Fitbit$29.85 at at at Amazon at at at Amazon£21.99 at at at at at Three at at at Apple at at at at Audible£49.99 at at at at at at at at at EE at at John Lewis at at John Lewis at EE at at £379.00 at at at at Amazon at at at Apple at at at at Apple at at Microsoft at at Three at at John Lewis at £79.00 at Samsung at crunchyroll£1199.00 at AO£79.00 at Samsung£449.00 at John Lewis£79.98 at at Amazon at at at at at at John Lewis & Partners£79.98 at at Microsoft£299.00 at Microsoft at at at at John Lewis at at at Amazon at at at at at John Lewis & PartnersShop now at at at at Microsoft at at at at at John Lewis at at £6.65 at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at at You Might Also Like PS5 consoles for sale – PlayStation 5 stock and restocks: Where to buy PS5 today? IS MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7 THE BEST IN THE SERIES? OUR REVIEW AEW game is a modern mix of No Mercy and SmackDown
Euronews
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Goodbye americano, hello long black? The new coffee order that's becoming a UK favourite
In Twin Peaks, agent Dale Cooper liked his coffee 'black as midnight on a moonless night.' A simple and poetic order that, if made at a small London cafe in 2025 might have sparked the response: 'But is that a long black?' It's the latest coffee trend to takeover the UK, kickstarted by a Chiswick-based cafe named Tamp's Coffee, which first shared an Instagram reel of the long black in October of last year. For the Italians out there already shaking their heads in despair, let us try to explain. What is a long black? It's essentially an americano but reversed. Instead of hot water being poured over a double espresso, the coffee shots are added to hot water to better preserve the crema, a golden-brown foam that sits afloat the surface. Despite the name, it's not actually any longer - just typically served in a slightly larger cup. As with many of the past decade's most popular coffee trends, most notably the flat white, this one also hails from Australia and New Zealand. The countries have become acclaimed for their high-quality coffee, which is linked to the influence of post-war Italian immigrants. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamp Coffee (@tampcoffeeuk) In an interview with the Guardian, Dave Olejnik of Laynes coffee shop in Leeds, UK, explained the long black's appeal. 'When you wallop a load of hot water on to an espresso, you also start to break down some of the structure, texture, and the crema, which sits across the top. Honestly, you just get a better-looking drink if you brew coffee into water.' Although relatively unknown in comparison to the classics, the long black's rise has been brewing for a while. A small survey conducted in 2023 found it to be London's fifth most popular coffee order, accounting for 9% of the city's coffee sales. UK baristas have also reported noticing an increased interest from consumers, seeing it as the latest iteration of a trend for optimising the staples. Just as the flat white made the latte more efficient through a smaller amount of milk, the long black is supposedly quicker to make, with an improved texture and taste due, in part, to the hot water having cooled slightly by the time the espresso is added. When did coffee become so complicated? Ever since the very first coffee houses began populating Europe in the 1600s, no one could have predicted they'd evolve into 7am contemplations over a caramel macchiato or oat vanilla latte - two pumps. Coffee used to be a simple pleasure, and in many parts of the world, remains so. In Italy especially, considered the birthplace of espresso, coffee is not just a drink but an intrinsic part of the country's culture and social rituals, accompanied by a series of etiquettes (no milky coffees after noon) and intended to be savoured in the company of others. The drink's widespread popularity across the continent along with cultural shifts, and the sudden dominance of large coffee chains like Starbucks and Costa, has led to much of the western world now consuming bigger, sweeter and ever more intricate (and ridiculous) sounding preferences. A growing interest in specialist techniques has also introduced all manner of new methods like nitro cold brew or AeroPress, while social media propagates fads like adding a spoonful of butter or olive oil to your latte. The long black is just another addition to a market that's always looking for ways to further individualise its offerings and cater to the cult of cool (and subtle snobbery) that has come to define many western coffee drinkers. Whether it will truly take over the beloved americano or become as popular as the flat white has yet to be seen, but one thing's for sure: we could really do with a coffee right now. Some facts to brew on Luxembourg drinks the most coffee in the world, consuming 25.34 kilograms per person a year, according to the World Population Review. We're jittery just thinking about it. Americanos got their name from American soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II, who would often ask for their espressos to be watered-down. Copenhagen has the most expensive espressos in the world, costing £5.01 (€6.01) on average, according to a study by Finder. Coffee was once called 'satan's drink' and outlawed until Pope Clement VIII blessed it in the 1600s, allowing all to fully embrace the holy nectar. The cappuccino, a popular frothy coffee order, reportedly got its name in the early 1900s from Italy's Capuchin friars, whose robes resembled a similarly milky brown colour. The oldest cat on record, a mixed tabby called Crème Puff who died aged 38, reportedly lived off a diet of daily coffee. So, purrfect excuse to do the same?
