56. The Mary McElroy Kidnapping

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Laura looks at a 1930s kidnapping case that’s been retroactively fitted with the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ label. This case – involving the daughter of a wealthy City Manager in Missouri – appears to turn the narrative of ‘victim and perpetrator’ on its head.

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