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Historical Murders: The Troubled Mrs Emily Powell

August 25, 2021 Laura Porritt
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Historical Murders: The Troubled Mrs Emily Powell
Show Notes

On December 9, 1919, a butler for a Denver Apartment-Hotel discovered 38 year old Emily Powell despondent in a blood splattered room, her 10 year old daughter Jacqueline had been dead on the bed for hours. In their investigation, police find peculiar notes left behind by Emily that shed light on some of the delusional thoughts that haunted her.