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The Burning Love Of Elfrieda Knaak
Episode 364 tells an unusual story of a broken-hearted young woman found naked and fatally burnt in the basement of a police station. Her family, the police, and the general public find it hard to believe that she could have torched herself in such a horrific manner, so the hunt is on for proof of a murder.
Culled from the historic pages of the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers of the era.
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