Harry Kirby, Part Two: His Other Crimes

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

1925 - Winthrop, Maine. Harry Kirby didn't resist arrest. He was finally apprehended while on the run for the brutal murder of Aida Hayward and the attempted murder of Emma Townes, who had survived his gunshots and lay recovering in a hospital bed. But Harry's past was finally starting to catch up with him, and as people close to him are interviewed for the robberies and other crimes he was also accused of, a darker past began to unravel, revealing other victims he'd left in his wake. Could Harry Kirby be the key to solving other murders in New England and beyond? This is part two of the Harry Kirby Story, the murder of Lillian White and the tragedy in Winthrop. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England and small town USA.
0:19.1	I'm Kristen Cevy.
0:21.0	You can connect with me at murdersheetold.com or on Instagram at MurderSheToldPodcast.
0:31.0	This is part two of the Harry Kirby story.
0:34.5	If you haven't listened to part one, I suggest going back and starting with that one first.
0:39.6	This episode contains a description of suicide.
0:42.4	If this is a trigger for you, please listen with care.
0:49.4	They had it timed perfectly.
0:51.8	As soon as the jailer left his post for supper, they sawed through the final threads of steel
0:57.0	that were holding them in their cells.
0:59.4	They convened in the hallway and began their work on the window bars.
1:03.3	They knew there was no turning back.
1:05.4	The damage to their cells was obvious, and nothing that they could do with their rudimentary
1:09.8	tools would fix the missing bars back into place.
1:13.6	If they were caught, their tools would be taken.
1:16.4	They would be separated, and any hope for escape would be extinguished.
1:20.8	They worked with urgency, using bar soap to dampen the noise and lubricate the blades
1:26.0	as the teeth of the saws took bite after bite out of the window bar steel.
1:30.9	They had worn blisters on their hands from working with the awkward little blades.
1:35.2	Blood from the fingers made them hard to grasp.
1:38.2	The minutes wore on, but their progress was swift.
1:41.4	In inside of a half an hour, they had breached the window, poking their heads out over the
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