50.4 She's a Killer Queen: "The Interrogation of Ray Lamphere"

Fireside Mystery Theatre

Drama, Arts, Fiction, Performing Arts

4.5 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The long-awaited part two of the nightmare fuel that is the story of Belle Gunness. Be sure you've caught up with episode 50.2 "The Murder of Belle Gunness." Then settle in and get up close and personal with her alleged murderer, Ray Lamphere, as his interrogation reveals the darkest chapter of this wildly true tale.

"The Interrogation of Ray Lamphere" is the final installment from our first ever true-crime series. She's a Killer Queen was recorded live in NYC on 2/23/20.

The cast featured in this episode:
James Rieser as Sheriff Smutzer
David Linton as Deputy Cobb
Eirik Davey-Gislason as Ray Lamphere
Ali Silva as Belle Gunness
Rebecca Kopec as Myrtle
Kacie Laforest as Liza
James Kleinmann as Asle Helgelien and Andrew Helgelien
Mary Murphy as Mrs. Lugendorf
James Scully as Joe Maxon

Song:
“The Ballad of Belle Gunness” by T.J. McFarland
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Nico Slater

Poem:
"It's Her Turn"
written and performed by David Linton
accompanied by Nico Sleator

Audio play written by Lizz Leiser and Kacie Laforest
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange

Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez & Ali Silva
Musical score improvised by Nico Sleator
Sound effects design: Greg Russ, Ricardo Delgado, Ali Silva, & Dan Naglia
Live show sound engineers: Evan Sachs & Ricardo Delgado
Technical director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Theme music by Jason Graves
Audio post-production: Ali Silva
Production manager: Lizz Leiser

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. Without further ado, in this episode, Fireside Mystery Theater concludes our very first true crime series all about murderous maids and lady serial killers.
0:18.3	We ask you to ponder, are there truly fewer female maniacs among us? Or are we,
0:24.4	perhaps, just better at hiding our crimes? In episode 50.2, we introduced you to a comely widow
0:32.1	cut down in the prime of her life by her tempestuous farmhand, or was she? We take you back to La Port
0:39.7	Indiana for the closing chapter of the gruesome and wildly true tale of one of America's
0:45.6	most prolific villains, Mrs. Bell Gunniss. For you and only you, my dearest friends in the world,
0:53.1	the interrogation of Ray Lamphir is the final installment in our series,
0:57.8	She's a Killer Queen.
0:59.6	It was recorded live in New York City on February 23, 2020.
1:03.3	Music We'll all right, man.
1:29.5	We got ourselves a right, men.
1:31.7	We got ourselves a murderer on the loose.
1:34.9	And we need to hunt him down before he strikes again.
1:36.9	All right, deputy. Let's take it down a notch.
1:40.9	Now this bloodthirsty maniac goes by the name of Ray Lamb Fear.
1:42.5	Allegedly, sheriff.
1:43.7	Nope, that is his name. He killed the widow, Bell Gunnis, and her three small innocent children, and then burned
1:49.6	her farm to the ground.
1:51.5	And we know the widow did not die in the fire, because her head was found to be decapitated
1:57.5	from her body.
1:58.5	Allegedly, coroner Max says that it's possible her head could have just burned up faster
2:02.7	on account of all that hair.
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