EPISODE 18: The Trolley Problem
On today’s episode Paul and Kate are in 1927 Oakland, California as they sort out the cold case of 15-year-old Mabel Mayer. The victim was murdered just a few blocks from her home. Can victimology help solve the mystery?
Sources:
Who Killed “Sunshine Mabel” by Donald L. Marshall (True Detective Magazine) December 1929.
https://archive.org/details/TrueDetectiveDecember1929/page/n33/mode/2up
“Girls Footsteps Traced to Ten Minutes”(Oakland Tribune) July 5 1927
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/102810152/?terms=%22mabel%20mayer%22&match=1
maybelmayer.com
https://mabelmayer.com/Crime_Scene.html
“Queer Acting Suspect Held in Slaying of the Girl” (San Francisco Examiner) July 6 ,1977
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/458143842/?terms=%22mabel%20mayer%22&match=1
“Rich Magnate Linked with Girl Death” (San Francisco Examiner) March 20, 1929
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/458112217/
“Mabel Mayer” by Craig Rice (Tampa Bay Times) January 25 1948.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/331879955
“Smashed Wristwatch Reveals Hour of Murder” (Oakland Tribune) July 4 1927.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/102810128/?terms=%22mabel%20mayer%22&match=1
“Statement by Barnett Denies Guilt” by David A. Barnett (Oakland Tribune) March 21 1929
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/95954504/?terms=%22mabel%20mayer%22&match=1
“Barnett is Given Term of 20 Years” Oakland Tribune) March 21 1929
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/95954504/?terms=%22mabel%20mayer%22&match=1
“Lie Test Faced by Oaklander In Confession” (Oakland Tribune) August 2, 1955
“Saccos Gets Second Lie Detector Test” (Oakland Tribune) August 3, 1955
“Oaklander Quizzed on Confessions” (Oakland Tribune) August 1, 1966
“Bud Abbott Indicted by Grand Jury” (U.P.) August 1, 1955.