178: The Murder of JoAnn Dewey w/ Pat Jollota - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In March of 1950, a young woman named JoAnn Dewey, trying to get home, was beaten and kidnapped on a Vancouver, Washington street corner, in full view of witnesses. null lifted a finger to help. A week later her body would turn up in a river a few miles away.

My guest is Pat Jollota, author of "The Murder of JoAnn Dewey in Vancouver, Washington". She joins me to share the tragic story of JoAnn's murder, and how investigators finally found her killers.

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0:00.0	I'm Mary. I'm Scott. And I'm Dave. And we are the Monster Movie Happy Hour podcast. Join us
0:06.9	twice a month in our deep dark lounge where we share two of life's greatest gifts, cocktails and
0:12.9	monster movies. During each episode, we sip a special themed cocktail or two and discuss a genre
0:19.0	movie immediately after watching it. And you can find us wherever you find your podcasts by looking
0:24.4	for the Monster Movie Happy Hour. On this episode of the Most Notorious Podcast, the 1950 Van
0:37.8	Coover, Washington, Murderer of Joanne Dewey. So here she walks and she turns the corner to 12th street.
0:53.2	To see this, this great bulk of the hospital, just two blocks away and the lights were on.
1:01.0	And she almost made it just 60 feet away from the door. In fact, her screams were heard
1:10.4	by the nurses in the hospital. She was that close to safety.
1:41.0	Welcome everyone to another episode of the Most Notorious Podcast. I'm Eric Rivenes. Happy
1:49.2	Thanksgiving. So I am very pleased to have as my guest today Pat Jalada. She worked as a civilian
1:56.2	employee for 22 years in the Los Angeles Police Department where her husband worked as a sergeant.
2:02.4	She moved to England for a year and she's lived in Vancouver, Washington now since 1982.
2:08.0	And active in the Clark County Historical Society. She has also written eight books and the one she's
2:14.7	here to talk about today is called The Murder of Joanne Dewey in Vancouver, Washington. Great to
2:21.8	have you here. Thank you. Well, thank you. It's good to be here. So this story, is it one that is
2:30.2	remembered pretty vividly by people who live in Vancouver today? Even today, it was unique
2:39.5	and it fascinated me because it divided the community. There were those who felt that the two
2:50.3	suspects were framed because the police just didn't like them. There were those who were
2:57.9	positive that they were guilty. And a few that thought, well, hey, those boys just need hangin'.
3:05.6	But it echoes down when the book came out. I received a lot of calls from very elderly people. In fact,
3:17.2	we're still afraid of them and their family. And when I had my kickoff, my books,
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