E220: Muriel Baldridge

Coffee and Cases Podcast

Cloud10

True Crime

4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Seventeen-year-old Muriel Baldridge had the whole world ahead of her. She and friends had made the most of the June evening, going to a softball game, a movie, and then to the local carnival. They walked together up to the West Prestonsburg Bridge in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Immediately on the other side of the bridge was Muriel’s home. She said she would be fine walking the rest of the distance on her own, saying goodbye to her friends, who walked back toward town and the carnival. But, in that short distance, someone took Muriel’s life-- and there was no shortage of potential perpetrators. If you would like to donate to the upkeep of Muriel’s burial plot, donations can be sent to:The Muriel Baldridge Fund℅ John Preston5670 Highway 707Louisa, Kentucky 41230 If you would like to read more, please consider purchasing Michael Crisp’s book Murder in the Mountains: The Muriel Baldridge Story, which can be purchased from michaelcrisponline.com or at Amazon.com through THIS LINK. If you are interested in bonus content for our show or in getting some Coffee and Cases swag, please consider joining Patreon. There are various levels to fit your needs, all of which can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/coffeeandcases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Routines can be comforting and create stability. Ask any classroom teacher the importance of routines,
0:08.0	and he or she will advocate that routines are what help keep classrooms running smoothly.
0:13.5	It helps students and teachers know what to do in various situations, thus alleviating stress and even off-task behavior. So too in our daily lives.
0:23.9	Routine lends a sort of comfort. What we don't often talk about are the dark sides of the routine.
0:32.1	Routine can add complacency and even a lack of attentiveness. When we do the same action a thousand times a day,
0:40.4	or even once a day for a lengthy amount of time, we pay less attention. The thousandth time is
0:47.6	just like any other in our minds. In our case this week, a young girl decided to walk across a bridge to her home after spending
0:56.8	the evening with friends. It was an action she had taken hundreds of times before. In fact,
1:03.0	when her friends asked her if she wanted them to accompany her across the bridge to her home,
1:08.6	which was just on the other side. She made a remark
1:11.9	something to the effect of, I'll be fine. I've crossed this bridge at night alone a hundred
1:17.4	times. But this time, the routine act ended in her death. This is the case of Merle Baldridge.
2:06.9	Music death. This is the case of Merle Baldridge. Welcome to coffee and cases where we like our coffee and cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold. My name is Allison Williams. And my name is Maggie Damron. We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that
2:12.5	someone out there with any information concerning the cases will take those tips to law
2:16.7	enforcement so justice and closure can be brought to these families. With each case, we encourage with any information concerning the cases, will take those tips to law enforcement,
2:19.9	so justice and closure can be brought to these families.
2:23.2	With each case, we encourage you to continue in the conversation on our Facebook page, Coffee in Cases podcast,
2:26.5	because, as we all know,
2:28.2	conversation helps to keep the missing person in the public consciousness,
2:31.9	helping to keep their memories alive.
2:33.9	So sit back, sip your coffee,
2:36.2	and listen to what's brewing this week. For our case this week, Maggie, I had the privilege of
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