The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story

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Dorothy Lou Thompson in a news photograph; Thompson disappeared in April 1985 before her body was found in the Mississippi River
The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story · 1985 Murder Case

Dorothy Lou Thompson’s Final Days: What Neighbors Remember Before She Vanished

Reconstruct Dorothy Lou Thompson’s final known days before she vanished in April 1985. Using contemporaneous reporting, later interviews ...

Oct 11, 2026 3 min read
Dorothy Lou Thompson, whose 1985 murder in Louisiana was covered by local news and revisited in HBO's The Pet Cemetery Murders
The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story · 1985 Murder Case

Local Journalists Who Covered Dorothy’s Murder in 1985 Speak Out in the New Series

HBO’s The Pet Cemetery Murders revisits Dorothy Lou Thompson’s 1985 killing through investigators, community voices and historical contex...

Oct 11, 2026 3 min read
Dorothy Lou Thompson, owner of the Azalea Original Pet Cemetery, whose body was found in the Mississippi River in 1985
The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story · 1985 Murder Case

The Mississippi River Dump Site: Exact Location Where Dorothy’s Body Was Found

Where was Dorothy Lou Thompson’s body found? News reports and the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office place the May 2, 1985 discovery on ...

Oct 11, 2026 3 min read
Official HBO documentary artwork for The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story, covering the cold case that led to Brandon Nodier's 2014 manslaughter plea
The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story · 1985 Murder Case

From Cold Case to Confession: How Brandon Nodier Was Finally Caught 27 Years Later

How did investigators finally move forward in Dorothy Lou Thompson’s 1985 murder? Follow the property dispute, the witness who came forwa...

Oct 10, 2026 3 min read