DESCRIPTION:
On this episode of They Walk Among America… Betty strained to hear the conversation down the hall from their bedroom. She heard someone emphatically reply, “no,” but she thought the person sounded like a man impersonating a woman. The supposed trick-or-treater had their hand inside a paper bag, which they raised and pointed at Peter. A single gunshot echoed through the house, and by the time Betty got to the front door, her husband was lying on his back with his hands clutched to a wound that was bleeding profusely on his chest…
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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.
This episode was hosted by Nina Innsted.
Researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Editing and scoring by Kory Hilpmann.
Script editing, additional writing and production direction by Rosanna and Benjamin Fitton.
MUSIC:
Shadow Passage by Cody Martin
Wack-O-Lantern by Ender
Grimly by Wicked Cinema
Halloween Dream by Alternate Endings
The Witch Lair by Adam Saban
Wooden by Wicked Cinema
Leatherface by Wicked Cinema
Unrelenting by Dakota Mack
Tippy Toe by VOLK
Witches Brew by Alternate Endings
Additional musical compositions by Kory Hilpmann.
For more information, visit https://lawandcrime.com/podcasts/ or https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com/
REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News - Nov 1, 1957
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News - Nov 14, 1957
Valley Times - Nov 1, 1957
Valley Times - Nov 1, 1957
Valley Times - Nov 2, 1957
Valley Times - Nov 4, 1957
Valley Times - Nov 13, 1957
Valley Times - Nov 21, 1957
Valley Times - Nov 22, 1957
Valley Times - Dec 6, 1957
Valley Times - Dec 7, 1957
Valley Times - Dec 10, 1957
Valley Times - Dec 11, 1957
Valley Times - Mar 12, 1958
Valley Times - Apr 18, 1958
Daily News - Dec 7, 1957
Daily News - Dec 8, 1957
Daily News - Jun 1, 1958
The Los Angeles Times - Nov 1, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Nov 2
The Los Angeles Times - Nov 13, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Nov 14, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Nov 15, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Nov 22, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Dec 7, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Dec 10, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Dec 11, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Dec 13, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Dec 21, 1957
The Los Angeles Times - Mar 12, 1958
The Los Angeles Times - Apr 19, 1958
Valley News - Nov 14, 1957
Valley News - Nov 17, 1957
Valley News - Nov 21, 1957
Valley News - Dec 8, 1957
Valley News - Dec 10, 1957
Valley News - Dec 15, 1957
Valley News - Dec 22, 1957
Valley News - Feb 23, 1958
Valley News - Apr 20, 1957
Valley News - Lansing State Journal, Dec 7, 1957
Palladium Item, Dec 8, 1957
Valley Times - Jan 27, 1961
The Desert Sun - Aug 11, 1999
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Dec 8, 1957
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, The (CA), May 30, 2012
DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://www.vice.com/en/article/53n88a/the-bizarre-lesbian-murder-scandal-that-rocked-1950s-la
https://thevintagewomanmagazine.com/mid-century-halloween-murder/
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/trick-treat-murder-article-1.231823