About this episode

The episode explores the bizarre murder case of Fred Oesterreich and the secret life of his wife, Dolly Oesterreich, and her lover living in the attic.

In 1922, Fred Oesterreich was found shot to death in his Los Angeles home. His wife claimed burglars were responsible, but investigators had doubts. Nearly eight years later, a shocking discovery reopened the case: another man had beenliving in secret inside the house for years. This is the extraordinary story of Dolly Oesterreich, Otto Sanhuber, and one of the strangest murder cases of the twentieth century. Historical True Crime was selected as one of FeedSpot's Top 60 Historical Mysteries Podcasts. FeedSpot helps you find the best podcasts on the web: https://podcast.feedspot.com/ Source Materials Wolf, Marvin J. & Mader, Katherine M. Fallen Angels: The True Story of California's Most Bizarre and Spectacular Murder Cases Parrish, Michael. For the People: A Social History of the American Criminal Justice System Rasmussen, Cecilia. “Dolly Oesterreich's Secret Lover Lived in Her Attic” ( Los Angeles Times ) Los Angeles Times archive coverage of the Oesterreich murder investigation and trials The Los Angeles Evening Express archive coverage The Los Angeles Record archive coverage The Los Angeles Examiner archive coverage The San Francisco Examiner archive coverage The San…

People in this episode

Host: Lizzie

Topics covered

• murder case
• historical crime
• Los Angeles
• 1920s
• secrets
• investigation

Keywords

• Dolly Oesterreich
• Fred Oesterreich
• Otto Sanhuber
• murder investigation
• 1922
• Los Angeles crime
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Evening Express, Los Angeles Record, Los Angeles Examiner, San Francisco Examiner, San Bernardino County Sun, Oakland Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Tacoma Daily Ledger, Pittsburgh Press

Books & works: Fallen Angels: The True Story of California's Most Bizarre and Spectacular Murder Cases, For the People: A Social History of the American Criminal Justice System

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