Episode 152: The Man in Room 1046

Episode 152: The Man in Room 1046

From Dark and Devious by Patrick Conn

February 18, 2026 · 1h 23m

About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious death of a man who checked into a hotel under a false identity in 1935.

On January 2, 1935 a man identifying himself as Roland T. Owen checked into the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. After a brief stay punctuated with odd behavior, the man never checked out alive. Stranger still, there was no man named Roland Owen from the address he listed as his home. This led authorities toward two mysteries: who killed this man and what was his real identity?

People in this episode

Host: Patrick Conn

Topics covered

  • mystery
  • true crime
  • identity
  • murder
  • historical case

Keywords

  • Roland T. Owen
  • Hotel President
  • Kansas City
  • murder mystery
  • true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hotel President, Kansas City, Missouri

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