431: The Cape Cod Murder of 1899 w/ Theresa Mitchell Webster

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

History, True Crime, Education

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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On a crisp September evening in 1899, a seventeen-year-old petty thief named Edwin Ray Snow shot and killed a bakery deliveryman named Jimmy Whittemore outside Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The gunshots rang out for only a moment, but the effects resounded on Cape Cod for half a century. The idyllic atmosphere of turn-of-the-century Cape Cod was shattered in a flash. My guest is Theresa Mitchell Webster, author of "The Cape Cod Murder of 1899: Edwin Ray Snow's Punishment & Redemption". She guides us through the crime and the long, complicated prison journey that followed. The author's website: theresawebster.com The author's email address: theresa@theresawebster.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.4	I'm Eric.
1:31.5	Thanks for being here.
1:33.1	And it is so great to have Teresa Mitchell Webster with me on the show.
1:38.1	Today, she is a former television newspaper reporter and anchor and served as an editor for the history and news
1:47.2	magazine, The Cape Cod Voice. She is also the author of eight books in maritime and cultural
1:55.2	history, nature, science, and true crime. One of the books on that list is the Cape Cod murder of 1899, Edwin Ray Snow's, Punishment and Redemption, the subject of today's interview.
2:11.1	So nice to meet you and welcome to the podcast.
2:14.6	Thank you for having me, delighted to be here.
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