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Jun 2024

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The Murder Mansion (The Murders Of Bruce...

CODY BECK AND TROY TAYLOR

About this episode

It was June 6, 1980, in the normally quiet suburb of Libertyville, Illinois. Located in the heart of Lake County, it was one of the most affluent communities surrounding Chicago. The residents of Libertyville weren’t accustomed to violent crime – those kinds of things don’t happen here, they’d often say. Until they do.

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