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This is a preview of the episode about Peggy Mortimer on Murder, She Told originally published February 10, 2026.

On the eve of Thanksgiving in 1937, 46-year-old Peggy Mortimer, was just steps from her front door when she was attacked and killed by an unknown assailant. The murder shocked the industrial town of Mexico, Missouri. Peggy was well known and widely liked, with no clear enemies. But on that cold November night, someone was waiting—and the question remains: who?

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