Ep. 264 — Chicago’s First Execution: The Murder of Lucretia Thompson

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In 1840, Lucretia Thompson left for her job as a housekeeper and never returned. Two days later, searchers found her bloody body near a wooded area, partially consumed by hogs. She’d been beaten to death with a roughly made club, which remained with her body. 

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