Episode 73 Nightcap Murder of Mary Cawein

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Mary Cawein's murder by carbolic acid poisoning in July 1965, shocked the social set in Lexington, Kentucky. Her murder would bring to light the affairs of her respected husband, Dr. Madison Cawein III. Did Madison murder his wife? Or did one of his lovers kill Mary? See photos and sources for this episode in the show notes at southernmysteries.com Support The ShowWant more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries CONNECTWebsiteTwitterDiscussion Group MUSIC Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Panthernburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use ***Additional Music: “Gloomy Night” by Marwam Nimra; “Meditation Impromptu 1”, “Lightless Dawn”, “Tranquility Base”, “Dark Fog”, “Drone in D”, “Lost Time”, “Atlantean Twilight” by Kevin MacLeod. “Autumn Sunset” by Audionautix. Licensed under Creative Commons.

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0:00.0	39 year old Mary Kaywine was found murdered in the upstairs bedroom of her Lexington
0:11.8	Kentucky home on July 5th, 1965.
0:16.2	The Cay wines, Mary and husband, Dr. Madison Caywine
0:19.6	the 3rd had attended an Independence Day party with neighbors and friends Betty and Sam Strather.
0:26.0	Late the next morning Betty dropped by to check on our friend and found Mary Kaye wine sitting in the chair in her bedroom.
0:34.0	Her head slumped to one side.
0:37.0	Mary was still wearing the pretty yellow dress with black flowers
0:41.0	she had worn to the party the night before. An autopsy would find she had been
0:46.8	murdered, poisoned with carbolic acid. Welcome to Southern Mysteries, exploring history and mysteries of the American South.
0:58.0	I'm your host, Shannon Ballard, and this is the mystery of the murder of Mary Kewine.
1:07.0	Dr. Madison Kewine the third and his wife Mary were part of the elite social set in Lexington,
1:17.0	Kentucky. Both were from well-known and respected families. Madison, named for his grandfather, a beloved poet known as the Keats of
1:26.4	Kentucky. His father, Preston Kewain, changed his name to Madison Kewine the
1:32.1	second to honor the legacy of the poet who was so well known and
1:36.1	loved that President Teddy Roosevelt often quoted his poems about beauty and nature.
1:44.0	Mary's father, George Swineboard,
1:46.0	was a renowned thoroughbred auctioneer
1:48.0	who headed up the sale of nine yearlings
1:51.0	who would win the Kentucky Derby.
1:54.0	Following his service as an Army Medical Tech in World War II,
1:58.0	Madison Caywine met Mary Swineboard
2:00.0	at the University of Kentucky
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