About this episode

The episode explores the sensational murder case of Eleanor Mills and Edward Hill in 1922 New York.

In 1922, a young couple walking down Lover's Lane stumbled upon a horrifying discovery; the body of a man and woman laying under a crabapple tree. The scandal that enveloped the murder investigation would give way to the most sensational trial New York had ever seen. Instagram: @CousinsonCrimePodcast Email: CousinsonCrime@gmail.com Theme Music by AleXZavesa For Bonus Content, Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/CousinsOnCrime Check out our merch store! https://cousinsoncrime-shop.fourthwall.com/? Sources: http://nbfplarchive.org/docs/HallMillsMurderWINSBroadcastTranscript.pdf https://youtu.be/QDjdsS9kyRE?is=d6oVSvOpK4GILx0E https://www.nbfpl.org/george-wilson-collection https://youtu.be/qxm4tZ15zMI?is=lJ8O_dGEGh5rlwUw https://dyingwords.net/tag/frances-stevens-hall/

People in this episode

Host: Cousins on Crime

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• historical crime
• trial
• New York
• scandal
• couple

Keywords

• Eleanor Mills
• Edward Hill
• murder
• trial
• New York
• 1922
• Lover's Lane
• scandal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AleXZavesa, Patreon

Places: Lover's Lane

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