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245: Good Solid Policework & Monopoly


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Heather Bogle’s murder was nothing short of brutal. The young, single mother’s body was discovered in the trunk of her car, shot and beaten. Detective Sean O’Connell was assigned to Heather’s case. Despite the fact that Heather disappeared shortly after she finished a shift at the local Whirlpool plant, Detective O’Connell didn’t bother talking to her co-workers. Instead, he focused on three people with no apparent tie to Heather. When samples of their DNA didn’t match DNA found on Heather’s body, the detective hid that information from the district attorney.

Then Brandi felt like she’d been told to go straight to jail when, by chance, Kristin told the history of everyone’s least favorite game – Monopoly. Brandi was tempted to turn on the water works, but she hung in there as Kristin told the tale of how Parker Brothers’ sought a monopoly on Monopoly. Rumor has it that Brandi nearly kicked a small dog with an old boot (again!) but Kristin distracted her with her community chest. 

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
An episode of American Experience, titled, “Ruthless Monopoly’s Secret History”
“Monopoly was designed to teach the 99% about income inequality,” by Mary Pilon for Smithsonian Magazine
“How a fight over a board game monopolized an economist’s life,” by Mary Pilon for the Wall Street Journal
“New game is marked by a two-way stretch,” by Richard Ramella for The Berkeley Gazette
“‘Anti-Monopoly’ loses to Monopoly,” Associated Press, The Hanford Sentinel
“Ralph Anspach,” holocaustfoundation.com/ralph
“Monopoly loses its trademark,” by Pamela G. Hollie for the New York Times

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
“Good Cop/Bad Cop: The Heather Bogle Murder” episode 48 Hours
“Jagged” episode Dateline
“Heather Bogle” chillingcrimes.com
“How Did An Investigator End Up Behind Bars Himself After Probing The Murder Of An Ohio Mom?” By Jill Sederstrom, Oxygen
“O'Connell victim wins his lawsuit” by Matt Westerhold, Review Times
“Justice comes in 2 colors” by Staff, Sandusky Register

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