Southern Mysteries Podcast

Episode 157 Murder at the Richards Mansion

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Over 80 years ago, a coal mining town in Tennessee was rocked by the murders of two wealthy sisters and their 16-year-old houseworker. Who had the motive to kill the sisters, and why would someone harm the teenager who worked for them? In 2001, a former police chief claimed to have solved the case and named several suspects, but it remains shrouded in mystery.

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Episode Sources

  • The Commercial Appeal: Mystery Surrounds Tennessee Murders, Feb 6, 1940
  • Knoxville Sentinel-Times: Hint Murder Tale Not Yet Told, Feb 7, 1940
  • Knoxville Sentinel-Times: Oliver Springs Divided Over Theories of Sisters’ Slayings, Feb 8, 1940 
  • The Knoxville Journal: Sheriff Offers Slaying Case Reward, Feb 8, 1940
  • The Knoxville Journal: Jurors reject Murder-Suicide Theory, Feb 14, 1940
  • The Knoxville Journal: Slain Sisters Cousin was Mysteriously Killed, Feb 18, 1940
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society: Historical Timeline of Oliver Springs
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society Newsletter: The Richards Sisters Murders
  • The Tennessean: Clearing of suspect deepens 60 year old mystery, January 27, 2001
  • Seattle PI: The cousin did it, investigator says, November 15, 2001
  • WBIR 10 News: Appalachian Unsolved: Murder in the mansion, May 22, 2023

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    Out of the Mines, courtesy of Ross Gentry, Asheville, North Carolina.

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