Bat Man: The Murder of Fred Oesterreich

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

There’s an old saying: A gilded cage is still a cage. Meaning, you can be in what looks like an enviable situation—all your needs met, plenty of pretty toys to entertain you—and still feel like you’re in prison. The human soul doesn’t take well to being kept in a box, no matter how nice the box may be. There’s a pull toward freedom, even if you have to risk everything to answer it. This is the story of one of the strangest murder cases in American history—a 1920s true Hollywood story about what can happen when a pretty pet gets restless and starts looking for a way to stretch its wings.

Sources:
"The Man in the Attic" by Denise Noe, CrimeLibrary.com
LAist: "The Murderous Lover Who Lived In A Silver Lake Attic. A True Story" by John Rabe
Investigation Discovery's "A Crime to Remember," episode "Guess Who"

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0:00.0	Hello, campers. Grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:05.0	We're your camp counselors. I'm Katie and I'm Whitney.
0:08.0	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction.
0:12.0	We're roasting murderers and marshmallows around the true crime
0:14.2	campfire.
0:14.8	There's an old saying, a gilded cage is still a cage, meaning you can be in what looks
0:26.8	like an enviable situation.
0:29.2	All your needs met, plenty of pretty toys to entertain you, and still feel like you're in prison.
0:35.0	The human soul doesn't take well to being kept in a box,
0:38.0	no matter how nice the box may be.
0:40.0	There's a poll toward freedom, even if you have to risk everything to answer it.
0:45.0	This is the story of one of the strangest murder cases in American history,
0:50.0	a story about what can happen when a pretty pet gets restless and starts looking for a way to stretch its wings.
0:56.0	This is Batman, the murder of Fred A Strike. So, campers, for this one, we're in a shishie neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, August 22,
1:19.4	a worried neighbor called the police about some gunshots coming from the home of wealthy couple,
1:25.2	Fred and Dolly A-Strike.
1:27.6	They rushed to the A-Strikes' big beautiful home to find the body of Fred lying in a puddle
1:32.2	of blood on the living room floor.
1:34.4	He'd been shot three times.
1:37.2	As the officer stood looking at the body, they suddenly heard a sharp yell from upstairs,
1:42.3	a woman's voice calling Fred, Fred.
1:46.3	One officer stayed with the body while the other raced upstairs.
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