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Alina

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

And in the same year, she met the same fate in Lake Washington, the same exact lake, when she fell from the boat, quote unquote, and drowned in the rough waters of Lake Washington. Bertha Goodrich, also referred to in some sources as Goodnick. She married Watson and also, quote unquote, fell from a boat on Lake Washington one afternoon when they went out on the water.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

According to Watson, he said she tried to travel from the stern to the center of the craft and lost her balance and fell. But later, he slipped up because he referred to this death explicitly as a murder. Wow. Yeah. So it's like, how could that be a murder if she just slipped? He would just forget what he referred to as an accident when he didn't. Yeah, of course.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

According to Watson, he said she tried to travel from the stern to the center of the craft and lost her balance and fell. But later, he slipped up because he referred to this death explicitly as a murder. Wow. Yeah. So it's like, how could that be a murder if she just slipped? He would just forget what he referred to as an accident when he didn't. Yeah, of course.

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

Now, initially, Watson framed the deaths of these wives, like I said, as accidental drownings. And he said he just, you know, he would capitalize on it by taking control of the women's estates. But in interviews with investigators after he was arrested, he would claim he was, quote, Okay. Yeah.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

Now, initially, Watson framed the deaths of these wives, like I said, as accidental drownings. And he said he just, you know, he would capitalize on it by taking control of the women's estates. But in interviews with investigators after he was arrested, he would claim he was, quote, Okay. Yeah.

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

Now, according to him, he would resist the urge for a little period of time until he was no longer able to control himself and he would kill. And after that, he said he would always feel a sense of relief, a feeling he described as having done well. Okay. So he's a straight up murderer. Yeah. Like he was made into a monster. And he like very much enjoys it. And he does it because he wants to.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

Now, according to him, he would resist the urge for a little period of time until he was no longer able to control himself and he would kill. And after that, he said he would always feel a sense of relief, a feeling he described as having done well. Okay. So he's a straight up murderer. Yeah. Like he was made into a monster. And he like very much enjoys it. And he does it because he wants to.

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

And I think the money is just like a happy thing that he also likes during it. Right. Right. Now, the deaths of these women seem to have been committed opportunistically so far, or at least orchestrated to appear as accidents.

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

And I think the money is just like a happy thing that he also likes during it. Right. Right. Now, the deaths of these women seem to have been committed opportunistically so far, or at least orchestrated to appear as accidents.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

At some point in early 1919, though, only the following year after all those, it seems that the kind of accidental nature of these deaths was no longer sufficient to satisfy his need to kill. This is evident in the murder of Marie Austin, who Watson married in Calgary. Very shortly after the wedding, they honeymooned in Coeur d'Alene.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

At some point in early 1919, though, only the following year after all those, it seems that the kind of accidental nature of these deaths was no longer sufficient to satisfy his need to kill. This is evident in the murder of Marie Austin, who Watson married in Calgary. Very shortly after the wedding, they honeymooned in Coeur d'Alene.

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

And on a trip to Lake Coeur d'Alene, he struck her on the head with a rock. Holy shit. And drowned her in the lake. Oh, my God. After she was dead, he weighted her body down with rocks and sank her to the bottom of the lake. My God. So he really escalated. Yeah. Yeah. Her death was followed quickly by the death of Eleanor Fraser, whom Watson married in Seattle in the same exact year, early 1919.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

And on a trip to Lake Coeur d'Alene, he struck her on the head with a rock. Holy shit. And drowned her in the lake. Oh, my God. After she was dead, he weighted her body down with rocks and sank her to the bottom of the lake. My God. So he really escalated. Yeah. Yeah. Her death was followed quickly by the death of Eleanor Fraser, whom Watson married in Seattle in the same exact year, early 1919.

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

For their honeymoon, the couple visited the waterfalls in Spokane. While looking out over the falls, the waterfalls, admiring the view, Watson came up behind Eleanor and hard pushed her into the waterfall. Holy shit. And she drowned. And when he told detectives of this later, he said there was no controversy, just an impulse to kill. So he was like, there was nothing wrong. We weren't fighting.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

For their honeymoon, the couple visited the waterfalls in Spokane. While looking out over the falls, the waterfalls, admiring the view, Watson came up behind Eleanor and hard pushed her into the waterfall. Holy shit. And she drowned. And when he told detectives of this later, he said there was no controversy, just an impulse to kill. So he was like, there was nothing wrong. We weren't fighting.

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Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

I just pushed her over.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

I just pushed her over.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

I'm on my honeymoon. And he pushes her into the falls. Holy shit. So although it's difficult to pinpoint the specifics of names and dates, you know, it's very clear that he is increasing in violence as he goes.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

I'm on my honeymoon. And he pushes her into the falls. Holy shit. So although it's difficult to pinpoint the specifics of names and dates, you know, it's very clear that he is increasing in violence as he goes.

Morbid
Episode 626: James P. Watson: The Bluebeard Killer

A few months after Fraser's death, Elizabeth Pryor, who Watson married as Milton Lewis in Coeur d'Alene on March, and that's in Idaho, on March 25th, 1919. This is the same year. So he's now on wife three for a year. And we are only in March. Which is insane. She died a similarly violent death.