96: Chicago's Accused Murderess Sabella Nitti w/ Emilie La Beau Lucchesi

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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My guest is Dr. Emilie La Beau Lucchesi, author of "Ugly Prey: An Innocent Woman and the Death Sentence That Scandalized Jazz Age Chicago". She discusses the case of Sabella Nitti, a poor Italian immigrant woman accused by police of murdering her husband with help from her farmhand lover in 1923. Dr. Lucchesi's investigation offers new evidence that she helps further exonerate Nitti, who is probably most well known in modern day culture as one of the characters in the Chicago musical and film. The author's website: http://www.emilie-lucchesi.com/ Become a Most Notorious patron: https://www.patreon.com/mostnotorious Most Notorious on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MostNotorious1 Most Notorious website: https://www.mostnotorious.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:45.0	So why do we go back on this show over and over again to Chicago?
1:50.0	From Leopold and Lobe to Al Capone to John Dillinger to H.H. Holmes, I'd easily wager that the well of
1:58.9	true crime stories in Chicago runs deeper than in any other city in the United States.
2:04.0	We've got another great one today from the Windy City, one that I'm very excited to share.
2:10.0	I'm grateful to have as my guest today author, journalist, and college professor, Dr. Emily
2:16.0	Labo Lucchese. Her book, Ugly Pray, an innocent woman and a death sentence that scandalized Jazz Age Chicago is a tale of a woman
2:26.8	accused of murder in 1920s Chicago.
2:31.6	Thank you so much for your time. Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here. So where did you first stumble onto this story? So I was familiar in a way with Sabella's story because she was a bit character in the movie Chicago.
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