Today is Tuesday, February 16, 2021.

On this day in 1929,

Ned Doheny, Jr., son of an infamous oil tycoon,

died in a mysterious murder suicide alongside his secretary, Hugh Plunkett, causing much speculation about his true motives.

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of today's crime,

listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of violence and suicidal ideation

that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Today we're covering the murder of Med Dohini Jr.

Let's go back to the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, on the afternoon of February 16th,

1929.

Ned Doheny and his wife, Lucy, walked the halls of their luxurious, 55-room mansion in the midst

of a tense conversation.

They were worried about the mental health of Ned's close personal friend and longtime secretary,

Theodore Hugh Plunkett.

While Hugh was normally an even keeled man, he had lately become nervous,

twitchy, and unpredictable. The Dohenies had explained away his odd behavior to the press in a

variety of ways. They claimed that Hugh's teeth were bothering him, that his marriage was failing,

and so on, but they kept the most likely

explanation to themselves. Ned's father, Edward Doheny, was being arrested for corruption

and bribery as a part of the infamous teapot dome scandal. Under Edward's direction, Ned

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