EP 29 - PART 7 - WHO KILLED LIZZIE BORDEN'S PARENTS (3 - 3)
Anthrax to Zodiac
After Lizzie Borden was acquitted for the murders, no other suspect was ever brought to trial, and the murders remain unsolved. In Chapter 36, we see how, immediately following the trial, Lizzie and her sister fulfilled their life-long dream and moved to Fall River’s most prestigious neighborhood where they lived together until they parted ways after a mysterious schism and never spoke again. The sisters died within two weeks of each other and are both buried in the family plot with their murdered parents. In Chapter 37, I share my comments on the case, some tips on protecting yourself from...
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EP 28 - PART 7 - WHO KILLED LIZZIE BORDEN'S PARENTS (2 - 3)
Anthrax to Zodiac
After her disastrous testimony at the inquest into their deaths, Andrew Borden's eldest daughter, Lizzie, was indicted for the murders. She was represented at trial by a dream team of defense attorneys that included a former Massachusetts governor and a former Suffolk County district attorney. The defense strategy depicted Lizzie as a law-abiding Sunday school teacher who could not have possibly committed such a heinous act. The good-girl defense coupled with the successful suppression of key pieces of evidence left the prosecution with a purely circumstantial case that didn’t convince the...
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EP 27 - PART 7 - WHO KILLED LIZZIE BORDEN'S PARENTS (1 - 3)
Anthrax to Zodiac
On August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby Gray Borden, were found dead of multiple wounds inflicted by a sharp-edged hacking instrument. Abby Borden was found upstairs lying facedown on the floor of a guest bedroom of the family home, the victim of nineteen blows to the head. Downstairs, Andrew Borden was discovered in the sitting room, slumped on a divan, the victim of eleven similar blows to his face and head. After the inquest into their deaths, Andrew Borden's eldest daughter, Lizzie, was indicted for the murders. In Chapter 32, we’ll explore the...
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EP 26 - PART 6 - WHO REALLY KIDNAPPED THE LINDBERGH BABY (4 - 4)
Anthrax to Zodiac
Despite overwhelming evidence against him, Bruno Hauptmann maintained his innocence until the end and never implicated anyone else in the crime. Yet, many aspects of the case point to an accomplice. But could his co-conspirator have been Charles Lindbergh himself? In Chapter 30, we delve into the darker side of Lucky Lindy. We learn that, in addition to his strong antisemitic views and belief in eugenics, Lindbergh simultaneously had four separate families and fathered seven children outside of his marriage. In Chapter 31, I offer my comments on the case along with some tips on home safety....
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EP 25 - PART 6 - WHO REALLY KIDNAPPED THE LINDBERGH BABY (3 - 4)
Anthrax to Zodiac
Even after Bruno Hauptmann was executed, the question still lingered...Did he act alone? In Chapter 28, we’ll learn about the evidence against Hauptmann and how an eagle-eyed gas station attendant wrote Hauptmann’s license plate on a gold certificate from the ransom money that Hauptmann used to pay for gas, and see how investigators tracked that certificate through the banking system all the way to Hauptmann’s driveway. In Chapter 29, we’ll question how Hauptmann knew the Lindberghs would be in Hopewell on that night instead of in Englewood where they were supposed to be,...
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EP 24 - PART 6 - WHO REALLY KIDNAPPED THE LINDBERGH BABY (2 - 4)
Anthrax to Zodiac
After the kidnapper's directions for finding the baby proved to be a cruel deception, the search for the child launched into overdrive. Despite the massive law enforcement effort, the baby's corpse was discovered accidentally on May 12, 1932 on the grounds of the St. Michael’s Orphanage in Hopewell. After a multi-jurisdictional manhunt that lasted two and a half years, police ultimately arrested illegal German immigrant Bruno Hauptmann for the crime. Chapter 27 of Anthrax to Zodiac explores the details of the investigation into the crime of the century and examines the...
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EP 23 - PART 6 - WHO REALLY KIDNAPPED THE LINDBERGH BABY (1 - 4)
Anthrax to Zodiac
On the night of March 1, 1932, twenty-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped from his nursery on the second story of his family’s home in Hopewell, New Jersey. When the baby’s nurse discovered the child was missing, Charles Lindbergh summoned the police, launching the investigation into the crime of the century. After a month-long negotiation, the ransom was paid, but the location the kidnapper gave for the baby was bogus. In Chapters 25 and 26, we discuss the details of the kidnapping and the twenty four notes and newspaper communications that passed between the Lindberghs,...
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EP 22 - PART 5 - WHO KILLED THE BLACK DAHLIA? (4 - 4)
Anthrax to Zodiac
While the Black Dahlia investigation officially remains open, the LAPD has "misplaced" all of the physical evidence in the case, eliminating, at least for now, the opportunity to apply modern forensic techniques to her personal effects and the few items gathered at the crime scene. In spite of thousands of leads and multiple confessions, the murder of Elizabeth Short has never been solved. Or has it? In Chapter 24, we take a look at my comments about the main suspects in the murder. I'll also share my comments about the investigation in general along with some tips on safely navigating the...
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EP 21 - PART 5 - WHO KILLED THE BLACK DAHLIA? (3 - 4)
Anthrax to Zodiac
So who killed the Black Dahlia? In Chapter 23 of Anthrax to Zodiac, we take a look at the main suspects in the murder. Could it have been Mark Hansen, a nightclub owner with connections deep in the underbelly of Hollywood who was said to have been obsessed with Short? Or was it Hansen’s associate, Artie Loy aka Jeff Connors, who admitted to police that he knew Short, was in LA at the time of her murder, and even claimed to have seen her at a bar the night before she was found dead. Or was the killer George Hodel, a polygamous venereal disease doctor with connections to the corrupt...
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EP 20 - PART 5 - WHO KILLED THE BLACK DAHLIA? (2 - 4)
Anthrax to Zodiac
In Chapter 22 of Anthrax to Zodiac, we take a deep dive into the massive investigation that followed the discovery of Elizabeth Short's bisected corpse. Read how the case was investigated in a quagmire of graft and public corruption by a police department and prosecutor’s office reeling from scandals and revelations that had been plaguing the city for a decade. Learn how Short’s belongings were mailed to the Los Angeles Examiner after being soaked in gasoline, and see her purse and shoe that were retrieved from an LA landfill. And read about the stunning revelation that the LAPD is...
info_outlineIn Chapter 22 of Anthrax to Zodiac, we take a deep dive into the massive investigation that followed the discovery of Elizabeth Short's bisected corpse. Read how the case was investigated in a quagmire of graft and public corruption by a police department and prosecutor’s office reeling from scandals and revelations that had been plaguing the city for a decade.
Learn how Short’s belongings were mailed to the Los Angeles Examiner after being soaked in gasoline, and see her purse and shoe that were retrieved from an LA landfill. And read about the stunning revelation that the LAPD is currently unable to locate any of the physical evidence in this open case.
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