117: Cryptic: The Murder in Room 1046

A man is found in his hotel room naked, bound, and stabbed, yet barely still alive. Everything was taken, including the toiletries provided by the hotel. After telling the police that no one did this to him, he dies. Authorities quickly learn that he's not who he said he was, but the circumstances around his death don't add up. To add to the confusion, a series of anonymous phone calls and letters are received, which provided more questions than answers. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelictiOur merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.comMusic by:Kai Engel"Daemones"Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.Transition Music by:Nick ScarantinoScarytino.comSources:“The Mystery Sealed in Room 1046” - The San Francisco Examiner - Jan 3, 1943https://allthatsinteresting.com/room-1046-murder-roland-t-owenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Artemus_Ogletreehttps://www.historicmysteries.com/roland-t-owen-murder-room-1046/https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/09/56ecbe55ac9479/the-mystery-of-what-was-in-the.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/science/sulfuric-acidhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1938/01/08/the-homicide-squad-in-actionhttps://kchistory.org/blog/mystery-room-1046-pt-2-love-forever-louisehttps://web.archive.org/web/20120321030654/https://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/mystery-room-1046-pt-1-roland-t-owen