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But what they know of. Yeah. As they followed the clues from one wife and alias to another, it was coming increasingly clear that there was more to the story than simple bigamy and financial fraud. In a storage unit in L.A. rented under the name C.N.

Harvey, detectives found a large amount of Nina Deloney's furniture, as well as typewritten letters from several of Watson's wives, which it would later be learned that he used to fool family members into thinking their loved ones were still alive.

Harvey, detectives found a large amount of Nina Deloney's furniture, as well as typewritten letters from several of Watson's wives, which it would later be learned that he used to fool family members into thinking their loved ones were still alive.

Sitting down and writing as that person to convince them, that's a whole other layer of fucking. Exactly. Yeah. One of those letters, signed by Alice Ludvingson, informed her family that she would be taking a long trip to South America and wouldn't be able to contact them for some time. Ugh.

Sitting down and writing as that person to convince them, that's a whole other layer of fucking. Exactly. Yeah. One of those letters, signed by Alice Ludvingson, informed her family that she would be taking a long trip to South America and wouldn't be able to contact them for some time. Ugh.

They also began assembling a large file of newspaper clippings where Watson was finding and meeting his wives, as well as several marriage announcements, including one from 1913 announcing the marriage of James Watson to Catherine Cruz. Finally, they also discovered a bloodstained map of the Barago Valley, which investigators believe would lead them to where Nina Deloney's body was.

They also began assembling a large file of newspaper clippings where Watson was finding and meeting his wives, as well as several marriage announcements, including one from 1913 announcing the marriage of James Watson to Catherine Cruz. Finally, they also discovered a bloodstained map of the Barago Valley, which investigators believe would lead them to where Nina Deloney's body was.

It was bloodstained.

It was bloodstained.

While law enforcement officials worked cooperatively, which is nice to hear, because there are so many of them that have to work together, and this could have been an absolute shit show of egos and bullshit.

While law enforcement officials worked cooperatively, which is nice to hear, because there are so many of them that have to work together, and this could have been an absolute shit show of egos and bullshit.

And we've seen that happen. Oh, yeah. They worked very cooperatively to just disentangle this whole thing. Headlines in papers across California and the Pacific Northwest were full of stories of who they were now referring to as a modern-day bluebeard. That's a reference to the 17th century French folktale of a wealthy man who murders his wives. It's also got pirate vibes. It does.

And we've seen that happen. Oh, yeah. They worked very cooperatively to just disentangle this whole thing. Headlines in papers across California and the Pacific Northwest were full of stories of who they were now referring to as a modern-day bluebeard. That's a reference to the 17th century French folktale of a wealthy man who murders his wives. It's also got pirate vibes. It does.

And we all agreed with that. Me, Mikey, and Ash were like, I thought this was a pirate.

And we all agreed with that. Me, Mikey, and Ash were like, I thought this was a pirate.

Like, it feels pirate-y.

Like, it feels pirate-y.

Is Blackbeard a pirate?

Is Blackbeard a pirate?

A pilot, too, maybe. Who knows? It's Blackbeard, right? Yeah. That's why we, I think that's where we were all going. Just, you know, colorful beards. He was an English pirate. Yeah, I knew it. So there you go. We're not far off. No. But each day with this case seemed to bring more reports of another wife and, you know, more disturbing details and new questions about the missing women as well.