About this episode

The episode explores the chaotic investigation of the 1922 Hall–Mills murder case in New Jersey.

In Part 2 of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy follows the chaotic investigation into the 1922 killings of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills in New Bruns…In Part 2 of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy follows the chaotic investigation into the 1922 killings of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills in New Brunswick, New Jersey. From the very beginning, the case was a mess. Two counties fought over jurisdiction, the crime scene was overrun by sightseers stripping bark from the crabapple tree, and an eccentric local woman known as "the Pig Woman" came forward claiming she had seen everything. Suspicion landed on Edward's wealthy widow, Frances Hall, and her two brothers, but bringing them to justice would prove far more difficult than anyone expected. What followed was years of dead ends, a tabloid bombshell that forced the case back open, and one of the most sensational trials of the Jazz Age. Head over to our Murder True Crime Stories YouTube channel to WATCH our video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@MurderTrueCrimeStories If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Murder: True Crime Stories to never miss a case! Want all 2 parts of every case all at once? Join Crime…

People in this episode

Host: Carter Roy

Topics covered

• unsolved murder
• true crime
• investigation
• 1922
• New Jersey
• trial

Keywords

• Hall–Mills murder
• Edward Hall
• Eleanor Mills
• Frances Hall
• New Brunswick
• true crime
• investigation
• trial

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crime House, PAVE Studios

Places: New Brunswick

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