Today in True Crime

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April 13, 2022 April 13, 1895: Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont Found Dead
The bodies of two young churchgoers were discovered in San Francisco’s Emmanuel Baptist Church. Guest hosted by Richard Rossner from Unexplained Mysteries, a podcast that examines history’s most compelling puzzles, from suspicious deaths to paranormal activity.

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12 min
April 12, 2022 April 12, 1862: The Great Locomotive Chase
One year after the American Civil War began, a group of Yankees led by James J. Andrews hijacked a locomotive in Marietta, Georgia, and used it to try to sabotage the South's infrastructure. The Confederates tried to chase down the attackers in a train of their own.

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11 min
April 11, 2022 April 11, 1955: Kashmir Princess Plane Crashes
Zhou Enlai, the Premier of China, was supposed to be one of the delegates aboard the Kashmir Princess when it flew from Hong Kong to India. But at the last minute, he didn't show up. When the plane crashed in the South China Sea, people wondered if it had been an assassination attempt.

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10 min
April 10, 2022 April 10, 2009: Asia McGowan Murdered
At the Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan, 20-year-old Asia McGowan and 28-year-old Anthony Powell were found dead in a classroom in an apparent murder-suicide.

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April 09, 2022 April 9, 1978: Film Students Murdered
David Murtishaw opened fire on four USC film students in the Mojave Desert. Only one survived.

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12 min
April 08, 2022 April 8, 2010: Mónica Burgos’s Body Discovered
The 42-year-old mother’s body was found near the Cancun hotel where she’d been vacationing with her family. Circumstantial evidence pointed to her TV producer husband.

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11 min
April 07, 2022 April 7, 1972: Richard McCoy Skyjacks Plane
A 29-year-old Vietnam veteran disguised himself before handing a ransom note to a flight attendant on a plane traveling from Denver to Los Angeles. Could Richard McCoy have been the infamous D. B. Cooper?

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13 min
April 06, 2022 April 6, 1906: Allied Spy Virginia Hall Born
After years of service as a consular clerk, Virginia Hall was recruited as a spy in Nazi-occupied France. Guest hosted by Lanie Hobbs from Crimes of Passion, a podcast that covers love stories that turn into crime stories.

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12 min
April 05, 2022 April 5, 1980: Nun Murdered in Apparent Satanic Ritual
A young nun found 71-year-old Sister Margaret Ann Pahl covered in dozens of small stab wounds. Two decades after the case went cold, police reopened their investigation.

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11 min
April 04, 2022 April 4, 1958: Johnny Stompanato Fatally Stabbed
Cheryl Crane, the 14-year-old daughter of movie star Lana Turner, stabbed her mother’s boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife.

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11 min

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There’s never an ordinary day in true crime history. Flip back the calendar and see how one fateful day can ripple through time. Today in True Crime is a Spotify Original from Parcast.