A Shot Through the Window: Who Killed Louise Bailey?
About this episode
The episode explores the unsolved murder of Louise Bailey in 1914 and the subsequent trials of Florence Carman.
When Louise Bailey was shot through the window of a Long Island doctor's office in 1914, suspicion quickly fell on the physician's wife, Florence Carman. But with no eyewitness, no confession, and a case built largely on circumstantial evidence, two juries were left to decide whether suspicion was enough. More than a century later, Louise Bailey's murder remains unsolved. Source Materials The New York Times (1914–1915 coverage of the Florence Carman trials) Chicago Day Book (1914 coverage) Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1914–1915 coverage) The Evening World (1914–1915 coverage) New York Tribune (1914–1915 coverage) The Sun (New York) (1914–1915 coverage) The Buffalo Times (1914–1915 coverage) The Washington Times (1914–1915 coverage) The Tacoma Times (1914–1915 coverage) The Freeport Memorial Library Local History Collection Murderpedia: Florence Carman Historic newspaper archives accessed through Newspapers.com and Library of Congress Chronicling America
People in this episode
Host: Lizzie
Topics covered
- murder
- unsolved case
- historical crime
- trial
- circumstantial evidence
- Long Island
Keywords
- Louise Bailey
- Florence Carman
- murder
- trial
- Long Island
- 1914
- unsolved
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The New York Times, Chicago Day Book, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Evening World, New York Tribune, The Sun (New York), The Buffalo Times, The Washington Times, The Tacoma Times, The Freeport Memorial Library Local History Collection
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