EPISODE 32: The Game’s Afoot PT 2
In this second part of a two-part series, Paul and Kate return to 1936 Boston to complete their analysis of a wealthy heiress and the disappearance of her boyfriend. A violent figure from the victim’s life appears, and the subsequent court case displays some of the more complicated elements of our legal system.
Sources:
“The Merry Widow Murder of 1936” (New England Historical Society)
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/merry-widow-murder-1936/
“The Model Murder Case” by Leslie Ford (ran in the San Francisco Examiner) 1953.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/458206090/?terms=%22Grayce%20asquith%22%20burlap&match=1
“Case of the Table Set for Three” by Peter Levins (ran in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph) 1947.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/524557617/?terms=%22asquith%22%20%22john%20lyons%22&match=1
“Murder Victims Chum on Stand” by Joseph F. Dinneen (The Boston Globe) 1937.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/428807206/?terms=%22Grayce%20asquith%22%20burlap&match=1
“Jury Indicts Odd Jobs Man in Legs Murder” (Daily News) October 31, 1936
https://www.newspapers.com/image/420467381/?terms=%22Grayce%20asquith%22%20burlap&match=1
Pardons (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) 1961
“Oscar Bartolini Pardoned from Life Sentece” (Associated Press) 1961
https://www.newspapers.com/image/852131676/?terms=%22oscar%20bartolini%22%20pardon&match=1