172: The "Cafe Society Murder" of Patricia Burton w/ Allan Levine - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In October of 1943, socialite and heiress Patricia Burton Lonergan was brutally beaten with a candelabra by her estranged husband Wayne Lonergan in her New York City apartment. The case exploded onto the front pages of New York papers, in large part because of rumors that Wayne Lonergan was secretly homosexual, living a lifestyle considered highly taboo in the 1940s.

My guest is author Allan Levine, and he shares fascinating details from his newly published book, "Details Are Unprintable: Wayne Lonergan and the Sensational Cafe Society Murder."
More information about the case and his other books can be found at his website: http://allanlevinebooks.com/

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0:00.0	On this episode of the most notorious podcast, the 1943 murder of Socialite Patricia Burton
0:10.9	by her estranged husband with the secret life, Wayne Lonergan.
0:17.2	And so Wayne offers his confession.
0:19.1	You know, his whole thing, he's petrified.
0:23.3	He's showing some of the stories that depicting him as a pervert.
0:27.4	And a homosexual predator, and that sets him to a great extent.
0:34.1	So he wants it to end.
0:36.0	And you know, Loner doesn't lie to him or anything, but he does tell him what his rights
0:41.1	are and that he has to go before a judge, and even if he admits to the crime and so forth.
0:47.6	And you know, Wayne just wants it all to stop, and he doesn't want to be portrayed like
0:51.9	that in the press.
0:57.4	Welcome everyone to another episode of the most notorious podcast.
1:23.3	Always great to have you here.
1:25.4	So before we get to the interview, I owe some shout outs to some of my newest news-hound
1:32.4	tiered patrons at patreon.com slash most notorious.
1:38.8	Brian, Amanda, Collette, and Mary Virginia.
1:44.9	Thank you so much for your incredible patronage.
1:48.4	You are very much appreciated.
1:51.8	Come with the show.
1:52.9	It is such a pleasure to have as my guest today award-winning prolific author and historian
1:58.8	Alan Levine.
2:00.9	He has written 15 books, and his latest is a real page-turner.
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