When Kathryn Wombacher suspected her husband, Walter Andrew, of having an affair in the spring of 1920, she hired a private detective to follow him on one of his many “out-of-town” trips that he’d taken in their short marriage. However, rather than follow Walter out of town, the private detective tracked the man less than a mile from his home in Hollywood, where he discovered that Walter had indeed been carrying on a relationship with another woman—but that was to be the least of Kathryn’s worries.Thank you to the Incredible Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research and Writing support!ReferencesAssociated Press. 1920. "Police search for Montana girl is commenced ." Miles City Star, April 1: 1.—. 1920. "Alleged wife believes Huirt 'woman hater'." San Francisco Chronicle, April 15: 1.—. 1920. "Nine 'wives' killed by Bluebeard." Saskatoon Daily Star, May 11: 7.Cameron, Jim. 2014. "The horrifying marriage career of James "Bluebeard" Watson." Cranbrook Daily Townsman, October 31.Dowd, Katie. 2019. "'Object, matrimony': The forgotten tale of the West Coast's first serial bride killer." SF Gate, October 4.Hoag, Ernest, and Edward Williams. 1922. "The Case of J.P. Watson, the Modern Bluebeard." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 348-359.Los Angeles Evening Express. 1920. "Huirt's latest wife here to clear mystery." Los Angeles Evening Express, April 14: 1.Los Angeles Times. 1920. ""I'm crazy!" Bluebeard cries to the public." Los Angeles Times, May 4: 15.—. 1920. "Watson confesses four wife-murders; married nearly a score of women." Los Angeles Times, April 30: 1.—. 1920. "Watson's real name Boyd?" Los Angeles Times, April 27: 17.—. 1920. "Watson's story of early life." Los Angeles Times, April 30: 1.—. 1920. "Whoesale bigamy bared." Los Angeles Times, April 11: 1.Rasmussen, Cecelia. 1997. "Quiet man left trail of dead wives." Los Angeles Times, August 31.Sacramento Bee. 1920. "Watson given life sentence for murder of Nina Lee Deloney." Sacramento Bee, May 10: 1.San Francisco Chronicle. 1920. "Burying ground of 'Bluebeard' thought found." San Francisco Chronicle, April 20: 6.Whitaker, Alma. 1930. "Bluebeard's treasure hunt blows up--bang." Los Angeles Times, November 30: 19.Zdeb, Chris. 2014. "Serial killer, bigamist had ties to Edmonton." Edmonton Journal, May 10: 2.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: What mysterious case do we explore in this episode?
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This time, you guys, we are covering the audible title Bluebeard, a suspenseful radio-style dramatization of true-life events leading to the capture of infamous, the infamous Bluebeard Watson, who conned and killed countless women in the early 1900s. Join us and a special guest on Friday the 13th of December while we talk about this title.
Join the conversation on Instagram, Friday, December 13th, Weirdos Audiobook Club. cute way of talking you got the baddest ideas does he actually say the baddest ideas i don't know that song you don't know that song isn't it old yeah it is i love how you're like isn't it old like you isn't it old you must know it hold on you got a cute way of talking
You know what? I'm not—you've seen it before. You'll sing a song, and I'll be like, I don't know what that song is. And then I'll listen to it, and I'm like, oh, I know this song. You absolutely— I'm just not good at, like, catching it when someone else sings it.
It's the one that's like, you make me feel like dancing. I'm gonna dance the night away. You make me feel like dancing. Ma and Papa definitely played this song. Please hold.
Oh, I think I have heard this. I don't think it played often in our house, though. This does not hit a nostalgia button at all for me. I love that song. Like, I think maybe I've heard that like once. Wow. You have to say, hey, weirdos. Oh, yeah. Hey, weirdos. I'm Alina.
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Chapter 2: Who was James P. Watson, the Bluebeard Killer?
Over the course of five years, the newspaper Hill worked for published a series of stories that sent the public running all over California deserts, digging around for the treasure.
What are you doing believing this guy? He duped
There's countless women, and you are all running around looking for his treasure. Well, and also, his treasure is stolen from murdered women. You won't buy it. So if you find that treasure, are you going to feel good about putting that in your goddamn bank account? Hello? Like, what are you doing? He literally stole that. That's stolen money. This is a Wendy's. Eventually, it really is a Wendy's.
At this point, ma'am, this is a Wendy's. This is a Wendy's. Eventually, it came to light that the paper had agreed to pay Hill $20,000 for the story, and the series came to an end, with most believing the story about the money was, like most things about James Watson, a motherfucking lie.
An article in the Los Angeles Times denounced Hill and the newspaper for having duped the public, writing, "...incidentally, Watson is very proud of the way in which he trapped those he now considers his enemies." So he did that just for fun. Of course he did. And y'all fell for it. And that's the thing. It's like he's sitting behind bars just lolling.
Yeah.
You can't let him have that power back there. Fucking gnoming and lolling. In 1930, Hill sued Watson for $25,000 for causing him to waste five years of his life on wild goose chases. Well, you're stupid for doing that. Then Watson countersued for $50,000 in damages, alleging Hill defamed him. You're in prison.
And in 1932, a judge threw both the cases out and told both of them they would have to wait until Watson was freed from prison to pursue their bullshit cases. That's the other thing. I'm like, what the fuck are you going to do with the money in prison? He was like, stop wasting my goddamn time, you idiot. He was like, I got better shit to do.
In his life at San Quentin, James Watson became a model prisoner because what the fuck else is he going to do? He's a gnome-like motherfucker. Yeah. And even became an assistant to the chief medical officer at the prison. Who allowed that? Not I. In 1939, he died. Bye. Of pneumonia at age 69. So pretty early. Rest in distress.
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