Dreamland Park | The Full Story | Rackets, Murder & Ruins | STRANGER BERKS 

Glen Eckert was my Moms brother's son. My uncle Charles and my Aunt Helen were destroyed because their son was kidnapped,brutally tortured, mutilated and murdered . What any JOURNALIST has never failed to report is that every family member of the Eckert family HATES is when this is dragged out into the open and unburied. The pain of the loss of a beloved cousin is still felt. I might have only been 3yrs old. When Glen was killed but , I knew he was no longer there when I visited my uncles restaurants n my cousin no longer was there to pick me up n hug and kiss me and to tease me that he was going to tell his dad to make me liver n prune juice instead of a cheese burger and French fries. n a cherry coke. The sadness never goes away. The anger that comes up because its always brought up with Dream land park ,never goes away. When I was in college I went to a law professor and begged him to get me the transcripts of the trial so I could understand better what my uncle and the rest of the family suffered through. It has always been my opinion that J.E. got away with murder more than once. My hope is when he dies he will go straight to hell. Best thing that could happen is to bulldoze the entire property and remove everything that was every connected to the name Dream Land Park. What I always wondered is if the police ever used ground penetrating radar, n if it was ever used on that land to see how many bodies are buried there. Yes that land was owned by someone's daddy who was suspected of killing Glenn n Marilynn.

Thank you for the detailed history of this notorious park. And I believe you were respectful regarding the details, and feel that the lives of Glenn and Marilyn. Everyone in the area at the time was for sure devastated and scared about this, and would have had some sort of connection to the families. I was never able to ask my parents about how this affected them and how they might have been connected to anyone involved. If I had the means and opportunity, all that land should be turned into some sort of sanctuary and be named after Glenn and Marilyn in order to honor their lives. Then they'll be known and appreciated for all generations to come.

Thank you so much for putting this together. You did an amazing job! Very informative.

Just watched the video and have read the book (I own a copy). I have always been fascinated by this story and live very near the Grandview church where the teenage boy was shot. Thank you for this video and information.

I never knew any of this. Cool stuff! An interview of anyone important to this story would have made this better, but pretty good for just abandoned building footage and newspaper clippings! Now do the mysterious murder of Gary Redner.

This was great. Love your stranger Berks playlist.

Nice job with your thorough research. Keep up the good work!

I used to live there from 00 - 04. My friends lived in the house on the end (building 5). The one with no walls starting at 20:45. I lived in the attic of the middle house (building 3) starting at 23:07. The one where there is a large difference in the height of the ceiling and the floor. A lot of bad things happened there. I watched 9/11 happen in building 2, the one that burned down in 2022.

My father knew Jim Eways back in the time before his 2000s conviction. At one point a friend had a shotgun pointed at him by Eways. Eways lived near an old thing call "the meat locker" on Galen Hall mt. Thanks for the whole story.

I am so glad I recommended this idea to you a few years ago. You did a wonderful job, and I learned much more than I knew. I used to live right down Pricetown road nearby. TY!

Well done! Great visuals and detailed story! Thank you for sharing!

Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing it

Great job! Thank you!

Interesting, a history lesson and explore all in one.

My father was a well read man. He spent a couple of hours every evening reading the Reading Eagle, so I cannot imagine him not reading about these things. I suppose this is why he always told me to stay away from slot machines and the people that had anything to do with them and don't hang around places that have them.

What do you think is in the space between the floors? 😱💀

I live in Dauberville. Is there any record of which farm the slot machines were found on?

Based on what I have read about the case from newspaper articles, the bodies were found very close to Oley Furnace Road. From what I can tell there are houses in that area now. The majority of the crime seems to have been committed either in the van, on the road or in the adjoining woods to actual Dreamland Park. Also, after reading the Dreamland Park book, one's head can spin in circles, trying to figure out who perpetrated what, and who got away with what. The author of the book goes as far as to suggest that Sheckler was possibly not r*ped because she was completely redressed including her girdle. It makes one wonder if any of the evidence from that murder remains today for DNA testing. If I remember correctly, the book said that the clothing was washed😮. Also, for an extended deep dive of things related to this case Google The Stiver sisters.