The date February 3, 1959, is forever etched in history as “The Day the Music Died.” But while the world mourns the loss of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper, a darker legend has persisted in the hangars of the Midwest. Long before the Beechcraft Bonanza took off into that fatal Iowa snowstorm, those who worked on it whispered a chilling truth: The plane was cursed.
“It Wasn’t Clean”: The Mechanics’ Warning
The Night it “Chose” its Victims


