Tag: murder
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The Good Neighbor by Lawrence Buentello
Listen to this story on the podcast. All her neighbors agreed that Henrietta Soames had murdered her husband. An investigation followed the discovery of his body; his death was ultimately ruled a homicide. But after initially questioning Henrietta the police dismissed her as a suspect. Apparently, they had no evidence to charge her. Eventually the…
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Coffee and Killings by Simon Maltman
Listen to this story on the podcast. The hubbub of the cafe offered a pleasant background noise. It was Saturday and customers in the Starbucks seemed generally relaxed and to be enjoying their conversations. It was the beginning of spring and the morning sun allowed most to be in t-shirts and some to venture into…
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Broad Daylight by Eve Fisher
Listen to this story on the podcast. When we arrived, Jack Olson was lying in a pool of blood on Carl Jacobsen’s study floor. The wall behind him, including the white frames around the broken window, was a mess, sprayed with dark red bits and blobs of Jack. He looked surprised at being dead. Carl…
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The Bulldog Ant is Not a Team Player by Dan Stout
Listen to this story on the podcast. Whoever said that there’s honor among thieves must have worked alone. Scientists both cruel and curious have demonstrated that a Bulldog Ant cut in two will continue to lash out at anything nearby, including itself, the heads and bodies biting and stinging their missing halves until either death…
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The Chunk by Michael McGlade
Listen to this story on the podcast. Even when you’re just passing through, sometimes you can’t help but notice when something’s wrong. The weekend after Halloween is when they have the annual Punkin Chunkin championship in Delaware, which is where a bunch of backyard engineers compete to turn pumpkins into projectiles. Folks wear hollowed-out pumpkins…