The Shooting of the Century PT 1

About this episode

The episode explores a murder that occurred during a party attended by wealthy socialites in Long Island in 1955.

In this week's episode, the first part of a two parter, Paul and Kate head to Long Island in 1955 where some of America's wealthiest socialites have gathered for a party. After one family returns home for the night, somebody ends up murdered before dawn.  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4buCoMc   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hosts: Kate Winkler Dawson, Paul Holes

Topics covered

• murder
• socialites
• 1950s
• true crime
• Long Island
• party

Keywords

• murder
• Long Island
• socialites
• 1955
• true crime
• party
• historical

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