About this episode
The episode explores the chilling unsolved murder of Artemis Ogletree in 1935.
On a freezing night in 1935, a young man checked into Room 1046 at Kansas City’s Hotel President using a fake name. Two days later, he was found brutally tortured inside a locked room — yet with his dying breath, he insisted nobody attacked him. Nearly a century later, the murder of Artemis Ogletree remains one of America’s most chilling unsolved mysteries. Who was he hiding from… and why did he take the truth to the grave? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support . This episode includes AI-generated content.
Topics covered
- murder mystery
- unsolved crime
- historical investigation
- true crime
- torture
- identity
Keywords
- Artemis Ogletree
- murder
- Kansas City
- Hotel President
- unsolved mystery
- 1935
- true crime
- torture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hotel President
Places: Kansas City
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