September 14th: Edward Wheeler Hall and Eleanor Mills Killed (1922)
Sensationalism and the media can warp and alter a case right before our very eyes. On September 14th 1922 a couple was murdered while out on a romantic rendezvous. A case that, at its peak, was all the nation was talking about and splashed across almost every front page in 1926.
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Jan 2017
E28: The Hall-Mills Murder
Two corpses are found posed under a tree in New Brunswick, New Jersey. An heiress, a reverend, a cheating wife, a charming bachelor, the local oddball, and the love affair that turned deadly—with this cast of characters, it’s no wonder the case kicked off one of the biggest media ... Show More
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Mar 2024
The Mysterious Murder of Mary Jane Bennett
In Victorian England, the press were never shy of calling a crime the “sensation of the century” or a murder, “the most astonishing the world had ever seen.” When the body of a young woman showed up on the beach of a popular seaside resort town, no-one would have imagined it woul ... Show More
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