S1:E9 - Violence Part 1: The Unsolved Case of the 1st Chief of Police

If you walk a few hundred yards on Cordova Street - if you know where to look - you can begin to understand the history of violence in Anchorage and it all begins with the unsolved case of the first Chief of Police.

Resources Used to Create This Episode:

• https://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/FindingAids/hmc-0807.html
• Downing Carlson, Phyllis., Downing Bill, Laurel. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's History Alive!. p.: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014. – pg. 74-89
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/
• https://auntphilstrunk.com/anchorages-first-police-chief-murdered/
• https://www.muni.org/Departments/police/Pages/History.aspx
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/how-a-chance-encounter-in-downtown-anchorage-led-to-a-major-break-in-5-homicide-cases/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/apd-gun-used-by-suspect-in-saturday-police-shooting-implicated-in-five-anchorage-homicides/
• http://mostlyghosts.com/the-haunting-of-the-historic-anchorage-hotel/