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True Weird Stuff

Hammer Time

True Weird Stuff

Now! Media

Science, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.9661 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Hammer Time

Love is a beautiful thing, but jealousy is an ugly monster. That's why American showgirl Clara Phillips stalked her imagined rival and beat her to death with a hammer...because she loved her man so much.

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0:00.0

Hey, stay with us through the end of the episode.

0:02.3

We're going to go behind the scenes and give you some more details about this truly shocking story.

0:10.2

It had been a bad day for Armour Phillips.

0:13.4

The creditors were closing in.

0:15.3

Doors that once opened to his easy charm were closed.

0:19.3

Slam closed in more than one case, his comfortable life,

0:23.3

the big house, the fancy suits, the promise of more to come, and even more after that,

0:29.9

all slipping away. Armour's American dream of striking it rich off the Los Angeles oil boom

0:35.7

of the 1920s was fading fast and he was in trouble.

0:40.9

But all wasn't lost. He still had his beautiful young bride, Clara. That must be her now.

0:47.7

Returning from some errand, heels clacking briskly on the tile floor. And then she appeared in the doorway of the study,

0:56.9

covered from hairline to heels and blood.

1:00.6

Bits of bone and gore spattered all over her dress.

1:05.1

Smiling brightly, Clara announced,

1:07.7

Darling, I have killed the one you love the most in this world.

1:12.1

Now, I'm going to cook you the best supper you've ever had.

1:16.1

And they got a small beam of light against me.

1:18.1

Oh, real, right.

1:23.3

I'm going to.

1:25.3

Yeah.

1:26.5

What are? What are? No, no, no. When you think of Los Angeles, you probably think of Hollywood, the

1:43.0

movie business, the entertainment industry.

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