UNSOLVED: The Murder of JFK's Lover 2
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This is Crime House. Everyone loves a conspiracy theory. The idea of powerful forces lurking in the shadows, committing sinister crimes. You can't deny it's intriguing. But what if all those hypotheticals are nothing more than a story? After 43-year-old Mary Pinchot Meyer was murdered in Washington, DC in October 1964, a lot of people started telling stories. The suspect, his lawyer, the witnesses, the prosecution, they all had a different version of events. But none held a candle to another theory about who killed Mary, one that tied her murder to the U.S. government. With so many different perspectives and allegations, it becomes hard to separate fact from fiction, and there's a temptation to try to piece them all together.
But maybe figuring out the truth isn't the hardest part. Maybe it's learning to live without it.
people's lives are like a story there's a beginning a middle and an end but you don't always know which part you're on sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon and we don't always get to know the real ending i'm carter roy and this is murder true crime stories a crime house original show powered by pave studios every tuesday i'll explore the story of a notorious murder or murders And for more true crime stories that all happened this week in history, check out Crime House The Show. Each episode covers multiple cases unified by the same theme. So every week you get something a little different. At Crime House, we want to express our gratitude to you, our community, for making this possible.
Please support us by rating, reviewing, and following Murder True Crime Stories wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback truly matters. And for ad-free and early access to Murder True Crime Stories, plus exciting bonus content, subscribe to Crime House Plus on Apple Podcasts. This is the second and final episode on the 1964 murder of 43-year-old artist and Washington, D.C. socialite, Mary Pinchot Meyer. Last time, I told you how Mary went from being the unhappy housewife of a CIA agent to a free-spirited artist. and how her life as a new woman was tragically cut short. Today, I'll introduce you to the only suspect in Mary's murder investigation and walk you through his trial. Then I'll unravel the shocking allegations that emerged more than a decade after Mary's death. To this day, no one is sure if her murder was a random act of violence or a calculated cover-up to protect the president. All that and more, coming up. I've got some exciting news. Crime House Studios is launching a new original show called Killer Minds.
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By October 12, 1964, 43-year-old Mary Pinchot Meyer had an established routine. Paint in the mornings, then go for a stroll in the afternoon, always alongside Georgetown's Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Washington, D.C., where she lived. A few minutes past noon that day, Mary headed out to the canal. Locals called the walking trail alongside it the Towpath. It was flanked by the canal on one side and dense greenery that led to the Potomac River on the other. Mary arrived there about 15 minutes later, and around 12.20 p.m., she passed a jogger as she made her way to a secluded part of the Towpath. A 30-foot hill and a stone wall obstructed Mary's view of the road above. but she would have been able to hear the rumble of cars in the distance.
Five minutes later, at 12.25 p.m., a mechanic named Henry Wiggins pulled his tow truck over on the side of that road to fix a car. He stepped out to look for the vehicle... but stopped in his tracks when he heard a piercing scream come from below. The distant sound of two gunshots followed. He raced to the stone wall and peered over.
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