180: The Murder of Ed Burdick w/ Kimberly Tilley - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In February of 1903, wealthy businessman Ed Burdick was beaten to death in the den of his Buffalo, New York mansion. Investigators were faced with a strange crime scene and a multitude of suspects. Among them was his own wife Alice and her lover, a close family friend named Arthur Pennell.

My guest, Kimberly Tilley, author of "Cold Heart: The Great Unsolved Mystery of Turn of the Century Buffalo," comes on Most Notorious to share the salacious details of a scandal and murder that rocked the city to its core.

More information about Kimberly Tilley's book can be found at her website: https://oldspirituals.com/

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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 Most Notorious, the mysterious 1903 Buffalo
0:37.6	New York murder of businessman Edward Burtick. He saw Ed's body on the couch what he assumed was
0:47.5	Ed's body. It was covered with pillows and stuff and his head had been wrapped up in a blanket.
0:53.8	But it was a very bloody crime scene. And so he could tell that the man on the sofa was dead and
0:59.6	he was only wearing an undershirt. Welcome everyone to a brand new episode
1:29.6	of Most Notorious Eric Rivenis here. Thank you for listening. It is as always so appreciated.
1:39.7	I am very grateful to have as my guest today Kimberly Tilly. This is her second time on Most Notorious.
1:46.8	She came on the show last year to talk about her book The Poisoned Glass. And now she's got a
1:53.5	new one out called Cold Heart, the great unsolved mystery of turn of the century Buffalo.
2:01.2	Great to have you here once again. Thank you so much for having me Eric.
2:06.9	Yes, yes. So you are good at finding true crime stories that are not generally well known.
2:14.8	When and where did you first hear about the Burtic murder? I first learned about it a long time ago,
2:25.2	maybe 10 years ago or more. And I was just looking for material for my website. I have a website
2:32.3	where I write these stories and things. And I wrote a multi-part series on it. But later when I was
2:39.9	thinking about what do I want to write for my second book, this was the only thing I could really
2:43.2	think of. And I thought it was such a fascinating story. So I decided to just go for it.
2:49.9	So if you don't mind, let's start with the Burtics, who they were and how they first met.
2:57.1	Okay. When the story opens, Ed Burtic is about 40 years old. And he was, I think, a middle class
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