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On June 5, 1945, forty-three-year-old Josephine Ross was found stabbed to death in her Chicago apartment. Nothing had been stolen from Ross’ apartment and it appeared as though there were ritualistic aspects to the murder, but with little evidence and no suspects, the case hit a dead end almost as soon as it started. Ross’ murder came to detectives’ minds six months later, when another Chicago woman, Frances Brown, was found murdered in her apartment. This time an ominous message was scrawled on the wall in red lipstick: “For heavens sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself.”
The brutal nature of the two murders, and the implication that the killer would strike again, terrified the women of Chicago, and that fear was stoked by the city’s five major newspapers, who were in a daily battle for readers’ attention. The story reached a fever pitch just one month later when six-year-old Suzanne Degnan was abducted from her bedroom by someone who’d entered through an open window. Despite the presence of a ransom note demanding $20,000, investigators discovered Degnan’s dismembered body in the sewer a short time later.
Thank you to the incredible Dave white of Bring Me the Axe & 99 Cent Rental Podcast for research!
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Episode 392: The Butcher of Kingsbury Run Part 2
Episode 391: The Butcher of Kingsbury Run Part 1
Episode 390: Listener Tales 57
Episode 389: The Murder of Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey
Episode 388: Halloween & The Original Hellfire Club with Cameron Esposito!
Episode 387: Listener Tales 56
Episode 386: Fairy Lights, Witches & Curses OH MY!
Episode 385: Terrifying HometownTales with Two Girls One Ghost!
Episode 384: Listener Tales 55
Episode 383: The Framing of Kelli Peters
Episode 382: American Horror Stories with Alvin from Affirmative Murder!
Episode 381: Listener Tales 54
Episode 380: The Supposed Diary of Jack the Ripper & Revisiting The Suspect List
Episode 379: The Tragic Case of Florence Maybrick
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Episode 377: The Towpath Murders
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