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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 535: Florence Burns and the Murder of Walter Brooks
Episode 534: The Story of Laurie Bembenek and the Tragic Murder of Christine Schultz (With Special Guest Holly Madison)
Episode 533: The Mysterious Death of Charles Morgan
Episode 532: Listener Tales 82
Episode 531: Tom Bird and Lorna Anderson Eldridge
Episode 530: Preston Castle and the Murder of Anna Corbin
Episode 529: Ann & Billy Woodward
Episode 528: The Murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn
Episode 527: The Murder of Mary Stannard
Episode 526: The Death of Joan Robinson Hill- Part 2
Episode 525: The Death of Joan Robinson Hill- Part 1
Episode 524: Listener Tales 81
Episode 523: Fan Favorite - The Dark Secrets Behind the Wizard of Oz
Episode 522: The Mysterious Death of Christina Kettlewell
Episode 521: Velma Barfield
Episode 520: Dudleytown: Connecticut’s Cursed Ghost Town
Episode 519: Sharon Kinne- La Pistolera Pt.2
Episode 518: Sharon Kinne- La Pistolera Pt.1
Episode 517: The Black Sisters and the Murder of Ocey Snead
Episode 516: Listener Tales 80
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