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Hello friends. I wanted to introduce you to an awesome show that I love and I think that you might also enjoy. I have been really digging into Victorian true crime lately and I know a lot of you love true crime just like I do. So if you're looking for more recent true crime stories, you've got to check out Murder, She Told Kristen Seavey carefully crafts her true crime storytelling with archival research, original interviews with people who are actually close to the cases that she covers. She just like me, she digs deep into old newspapers and police reports and features a lot of unsolved cases from like the 1970s to the mid 2000s, focusing mainly on cases from New England, which I have a particular obsession with. Kristen is a certified victims advocate, someone who discusses true crime with empathy and deep understanding, which I really appreciate. And I also appreciate that, like me, she's a big fan of Unsolved Mysteries and I've mentioned how I wish we could get some updates about cases that were mentioned on that show. And she does this. She has covered unsolved cases that I remember hearing about on that show with so much more detail and information that has come to light since they were first covered. She doesn't just do unsolved cases though, but she hopes that she can give as much information as possible about unsolved cases that perhaps a listener somewhere may be able to help her solve. One I'm going to play a short clip from her show on the unsolved case of Luzier Boulanger, who went missing while while hunting in Maine in 1975. On the surface, it seemed like he just vanished without a trace, but tracks in the snow led detectives to a crucial piece of evidence and into a high stakes game of cat and mouse with two men who might actually know where to find him. Enjoy. You will find links to that particular show in the show notes. Make sure to give Murder, She Told a Follow and listen anywhere you get your podcasts.

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It was just 10 blocks on Wednesday, November 24, 1937, on the eve of Thanksgiving, Peggy Mortimer stepped out of Marlo's Drugstore and made her way to Jentel's Newsstand. The sun had set at 4:47pm and by 6pm the temperature dropped to the mid-40s, carried by a stiff, biting wind. Peggy had spent the afternoon in Mexico's downtown square running errands and preparing for the holiday. A box of candy, artificial flowers, a bottle of Odorono, an antiperspirant, a few magazines and a gift picked up for her mother, all tucked into the crook of her arm as she walked a familiar figure in town. She'd been chatting with friends in the front of Scott's store and browsing at Pilcher's jewelry. At around 6:10pm Peggy passed the Hoxsey Hotel on South Jefferson street, just a few blocks from her home. At that same time, 16 year old ama Potts was also on her way home from her job at the local drugstore. For much of the walk, Ama was behind Peggy. However, she passed Peggy just a few hundred feet from the Mortimer home. Ama may have heard the jangle of the 14 interlocking bracelets that Peggy was wearing as she passed. When Ama was a half a block from the Mortimer house. After passing it, she heard a scream, sharp and sudden, and then another, muffled, like someone had clamped a hand over the sound. Then three muffled thuds. She didn't look back. Frightened, she ran. Just 125ft from her front door, Peggy was attacked. She had reached the sidewalk in front of the Holtman house, a partially constructed property darkened and empty. There, in the shadows of her own neighborhood, she was struck three times at least with a force that left her unconscious. Back at the Mortimer home, Burt was entertaining holiday guests. Mr. And Mrs. Irwin of San Diego, California. He had returned from work earlier that evening with his father in law, B.F. rodas, who had been away from the office due to an illness. After a brief conversation, Burt went upstairs to dress for dinner which was to begin at 7pm he asked the maid whether Peggy had returned but didn't express concern, figuring that she was still rehearsing for an upcoming performance. At 7:10pm with no sign of her arrival, they began the meal without her. At 7:45pm their neighbor, O.J. holtman, visited the vacant property that he owned next door. He and his son Orvid walked through the house out back. Orvid heard a sound, faint and pained, possibly a voice. They stepped outside and saw a body. Orvid ran to the neighbors home to call for help. OJ Flagged down passing boys and sent them to the Mortimer house to help. When the boys arrived asking Burt for assistance, he immediately grabbed a pair of flashlights and ran in the direction of Hardin hall, which was in the wrong direction. Burt's initial thoughts were that one of the boy's playmates was injured hunting pigeons in the abandoned campus. One of the boys corrected him, saying no, it's over this way, and directed him to the Holtman property, as reported in the Kansas City Times. Burt would later describe the following moments, saying, As I came to the driveway, I turned the light on the ground and saw some magazines and a woman's hat. I recognized it as my wife's. I asked where she was and then flashed my light to the rear of the house. I saw a body and ran over and found my wife lying on her back with her feet drawn up. Her stockings were torn and her clothing pulled up over her shoulders and head. Her face and head was covered with blood. I took a handkerchief from my pocket and wiped her face to determine how badly she was hurt. When I touched her, she threw her arms about wildly as if fighting off an assailant. Peggy couldn't speak and she didn't seem to recognize her husband. She was transported by ambulance to Audrain County Hospital. She never regained consciousness. At 1:15am in the early hours of Thanksgiving Day, Peggy Mortimer succumbed to her injuries and passed away. It was just 10 blocks a short walk home, but Peggy never made it. I'm Kristen Seavey and you've been listening to Murder, She Told. This episode is called Dark the Case of Peggy Mortimer and it came out on February 11, 2026. And if you like that, there's over 150 episodes waiting for you right now on Murder She Told. So I hope you go check it out. Thanks for listening. Foreign.