In the early hours of a September morning in 1922, two bodies were discovered beneath a crabapple tree in rural New Jersey—posed side by side, their private love letters torn and scattered between them. One was a respected Episcopal minister.

The other, a married choir singer and mother of two. What followed was not just a murder investigation, but a public unraveling of secrets involving forbidden love, wealth, power, and a community desperate to protect its own. Evidence was mishandled, witnesses were discredited, and a trial dubbed the crime of the century captivated the nation during the height of the Jazz Age. In this episode of Chillworthy, we explore the Hall–Mills Murder: a scandal that blurred the line between justice and privilege, and a mystery that remains unsolved more than a century later. Was it a crime of passion?

A calculated act of revenge?

Or something quietly buried beneath influence and reputation? Some crimes shout.

This one still whispers.






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