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81. Sounds Like You're Not Getting Your Deposit Back, Sir - Helle Crafts And The Wood Chipper
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 1:17:22
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Say True-Crimers, here's a couple of brain teasers for the next time you want to stump a fellow Murder Maven: What was the investigation covered in the very first episode of "Forensic Files"? Or how about this: What was the first "no body" murder trial to result in a conviction in the State of Connecticut? Well surprise! The answer to both questions is the same - it's the gruesome-yet-freakishly-weird 1986 case of Helle Crafts, whose husband, Richard, was convicted of killing her in their Newtown Connecticut home, throwing her body in a brand new Westinghouse freezer purchased just for the occasion, chopping her frozen body parts into bits with a brand new Stihl chainsaw (obviously this was someone who insisted on quality brand-name products), then renting a wood chipper to shred those bits and send them flying into nearby Lake Zoar. Yep, you guessed it - the Cohen Brothers didn't invent the - let's call it the "Wood Chipper Paradigm" - when they wrote the screenplay for "Fargo" - Richard Crafts thought