Episode 9: The Puppet Master and the Prince of Darkness, Part 9: Reckoning

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Bill Bradfield is in prison at last, convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Susan, Karen and Michael Reinert. Now the investigators turn their attention to "Prince of Darkness" Jay C. Smith, who is still sitting in prison for the Sears robberies. Enter two unlikely allies--the P of D's prison buddies. He's been having some VERY interesting conversations with these guys, and they have a lot to tell investigators. Follow us through the final days of the investigation into the Main Line Murders, and the arrest and trial of Jay C. Smith.

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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 campfire.
0:15.0	So, campers, in the last episode we finally saw puppet master Bill Bradfield arrested, tried, and convicted for conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Susan, Karen, and Michael Reinard.
0:31.0	Bill's arrest was one of the top 10 greatest ever arrest stories complete
0:35.0	with friendly dog and petulant face planting.
0:38.0	And as we probably all expected, Bill took the stand at his trial and folded under cross-examination like a centerfold in one of J Smith's penthouse
0:45.1	magazines.
0:46.6	At long last, Elliot Emu was off to prison where he belonged.
0:50.5	And while investigators and prosecutors were working on that, they were also working behind the scenes to gather evidence on Prince of Darkness Dr. J.C. Smith. The puppet Master and the Prince of Darkness Part 9, Reckoning.
1:19.1	So, Camper's, today we're going to go back in time a little bit. We told you about the events leading up to
1:24.3	Bill Bradfield's arrest and conviction. What was going on with Dr. J. Smith while Bill was being
1:29.2	nabbed, tried, and convicted? We're going to start by telling you about a guy called Raymond Martray. In
1:36.0	1981, when grizzled old grump detective Joe Van Nort was still alive and working the
1:40.9	case, God rest his soul.
1:43.0	Right, Katie.
1:44.0	God rest his soul.
1:45.0	R. I.
1:46.0	R.I.
1:47.0	Martre had written Van Norte a letter.
1:49.0	He said he was in jail with J. Smith, and he had some info for them about the Reinert murders if they were interested.
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