Black Candle Murder Party - West Liberty, Iowa - Part 2
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What is the background of the 1992 West Liberty murder case?
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Small Town Murder Express. Yay and Choo Choo! Yay, indeed, Jimmy. Yay, indeed. My name is James Petra Gallo. I'm here with my co-host. I'm Jimmy Wisman. Thank you so much for joining us today on another crazy wonderful adventure known as Small Town Murder Express. We're gonna do part two today of last week's West Liberty, Iowa episode. And by the way, this was not intended. We did not intend to do a two part or express is an hour for a reason and we did not expect uh you know, we didn't expect it. But I gotta say out of hundreds of times, this is the first time we've done that. So it's not I'm trying my best here. I was like, Maybe I could squeeze this in. Maybe this is a shit.
Maybe I could squeeze this in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So just to let people know that's not something that's gonna be a thing all the time. Some consistent thing, no. Consistent thing. No, from now on we're doing a lot of two parters here. It's not going to be it. So just so you know there. Anyway, definitely head over to shut up and give me murder dot com. Oh my goodness. Get your tickets for live shows, everybody. We can't wait. Uh next one up, because this is coming out when this comes out, it'll be it'll be we'll be in the middle of a live show at the time at the Pabston, Milwaukee. If you're listening that night, the next night Minneapolis, you can come to that show. Hurry up. Uh hurry up. October 3rd, Dallas, Texas.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the background of the 1992 West Liberty murder case?
0:15–9:36
2
How did a 9‑year‑old witness describe black candles and a confession?
9:36–18:53
3
What new evidence did detectives uncover after decades of cold‑case work?
18:53–27:56
4
How did the prosecution build its case against Annette Cahill?
27:56–38:38
5
What happened during the first trial and why did it end in a hung jury?
38:38–49:13
6
How did the second trial conclude and what was the verdict?
49:13–59:20
7
What DNA and forensic findings emerged after the conviction?
59:20–1:11:56
8
What are the lingering questions and possible next steps for the case?
1:11:56–1:21:32
Speakers
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