In the late summer of 1968, 22-year-old Joan Freeman reported for an overtime shift at Hoffman-LaRoche, a sprawling pharmaceutical complex on the border of Clifton and Nutley, New Jersey. What should have been an ordinary Saturday at work became a nightmare: Joan would not leave the building alive.

From the strange theories surrounding industrial theft and espionage to potential connections with other New Jersey cold cases, we examine the angles investigators considered and what they ultimately concluded.

In this episode, we also touch on patterns in workplace homicides, the chilling notion that a coworker could have committed the crime, and the eerie possibility of a connection to the infamous “Torso Killer”, a thread we’ll explore in greater detail in a future episode.

Join us as we honor the memory of Joan Freeman and navigate the unanswered questions that haunt her story.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions of graphic violence. Listener discretion is advised.

If you have any information about the murder of Joan Freeman, please contact the Clifton Police Department at 973-470-5908.

To submit information about the murder of Alexander Messier, contact the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at (973) 285-6200

To submit tips about the murder of Alys Eberhardt, contact the Fair Lawn PD at 201-794-5410

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Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, & produced by Dawn Cate

Music by Tymur Khakimov from Pixabay

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