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Ep 55 Father Schmidt

TRUE

Imperative Entertainment

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.5623 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As a boy growing up in Germany in the late 1880s, Hans Schmidt enjoyed some pretty disturbing past-times. If he wasn’t hanging out at the town’s slaughterhouse mesmerized by the carnage, he was slicing the heads off animals just to watch the blood flow. Years later, as a priest within the ranks of the Catholic church, he would go on to do far worse. By the time he was arrested in 1913, Father Schmidt had committed a long list of crimes, but it’s what he did to a young woman in New York City that sent him to the electric chair. To this day, he is the only Catholic priest in US history to be executed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0

In September 1913, two children were walking along the New Jersey side of the Hudson River when they came upon a grisly scene. Along the shoreline lay the top half of a woman's torso.

1:05.0

It had been placed inside a pillowcase along with a large rock to weigh it down.

1:10.0

The bottom half was found the next day, three miles down river. inside a pillowcase along with a large rock to weigh it down.

1:11.1

The bottom half was found the next day, three miles down river.

1:16.0

With no identifying marks on the body parts, the only clue was the letter A that had been

1:20.5

found on a tag attached to the pillowcase.

1:24.8

Investigators contacted the manufacturer, who, in turn, directed them to the only store in New York City that sold the same ones.

1:32.6

Following the lead, authorities reached out to the dealer, who was able to provide a sales receipt for those exact pillowcases.

1:39.5

It showed that the customer also bought a mattress, box spring, and pillows.

1:44.4

Not only that, but it also contained the customer's name and address.

1:49.4

The items were delivered to a Mr. A. Van Dyke, and the address was located on the third floor of an

1:54.8

apartment building in Upper Manhattan. Police were assigned to keep an eye on the apartment,

1:59.8

but after several days with no sign of anyone

2:02.7

coming or going, they headed inside.

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