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"Between 1890 and 1910, horror arrived in the town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Black River Falls had been a pleasant, thriving, small Midwestern town. Then the mines and lumber industries shut down, leaving people unemployed, ultimately causing the banks to fail as well. The cold and bleak Midwest winters and the threat of starvation added to the blight, and talk of witchcraft and devil worship circulated among the residents. Diseases spread and many turned to alcohol for comfort. In this 20-year period, the seemingly doomed residents of Black River Falls succumbed to a downward spiral of suicide, murder, destruction, and darkness."
The above meme/graphic comes from Meta, and I do not know who created it. It's a good example, I think, of producing graphics without citing the source of the original image. See the article, The Most Horrifying Things That Happened In Black River Falls, Wisconsin, for much more information (including the exact text that's printed in the meme).
