EP 60: Gone Astray
On this week's episode, Paul and Kate head back to 1903 Fairfield, CA where a wealthy woman doesn't return home from a hike, alarming her staff. After a long search and possible sightings along the coast, was foul play involved? Or was this an escape?
Sources:
“3 Aged Women in State Disappear, One Found” (Fresno Bee, July 19, 1929)
“Planes Scour Hills for Lost Solano Woman” (Contra Costa Gazette, July 19, 1929)
“Brothers Revive Old Family Quarrel” (Hanford Sentinel, July 19th, 1929)
“Tracks Offer Clues in Hunt for Heiress” (The Sacramento Bee, July 20, 1929) https://www.newspapers.com/image/617265225/?terms=%22Edith%20Wolfskill%22%20or%20%22Edith%20Irene%20Wolfskill%22&match=1
“Coyote Howls are Traced as Clue to Missing Fairfield Woman Today” (Santa Rosa Republican, July 20, 1929)
“Missing Woman Known Here” (The Fresno Morning Republican, September 10, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/607372804/?terms=wolfskill%20&match=1
“Long Quest for Body of Wolfskill Woman Ends” (The San Francisco Examiner, September 20, 1929) https://www.newspapers.com/image/457924066/?terms=wolfskill%20&match=1
“Finding of Wolfskill Body Opens Killer Hunt” (Woodland Daily Democrat, September 20, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/51907985/?terms=wolfskill%20&match=1
“Hint Murder as Body of Heiress is Found” (The Santa Maria Daily Times, September 20, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/629278641/?terms=wolfskill%20&match=1
“Murder Seen, Take Remains From Stream” (The San Bernardino County Sun, September 20, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/48952175/?terms=wolfskill%20&match=1
“Probe Made of Mystery in Death of Heiress” (The Sacramento Bee, September 20, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/617265635/
“Wolfskill Murder Probe” (Napa Daily Register, September 20, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/562770241/?terms=wolfskill%20
“Kidnapping is Held in Death of Heiress” (Oakland Tribune, September
“Science Holds Key to Quiz” (The Sacramento Bee, September 23, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/617266824/?terms=overalls%2C%20wolfskill%2C%20dirt&match=1
“Tests Reveal Heiress Was Not Killed, Says Surgeon” (Modesto News Herald, September 24, 1929)
“Heiress’ Body Shipped South” (The Sacramento Bee, September 26th, 1929)
“Overalls Reveal Clue in Murder of Mad Heiress” (The Fresno Bee, September 30, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/701391195/?terms=%22wolfskill%22%20and%20%22overalls%22%20&match=1
“Wolfskill Clue Fails” (The Napa Daily Register, October 4, 1929)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/562770628/?terms=%22wolfskill%22%20and%20%22overalls%22%20&match=1
“Jury Unable to Determine Death Cause” (The Napa Daily Register, October 30, 1929)
“Wolfskill Estate Directed by Bank” (Los Angeles Evening Express, November 22, 1929)
“The Tortured Heiress Who Disappeared into the Bay Area Hills”
https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/tortured-bay-area-heiress-who-disappeared-17141706.php