Mansion Murders: Chateau Carolands
Once Upon A Crime
Esther Ludlow
4.6 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
An heiress builds a grand mansion as a showplace on a hill in the San Francisco Bay Area. But, it would become a white elephant and an eyesore during its long history. And, in 1985, it became a house of horrors for two young women.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence. |
| 0:07.0 | It is not intended for children. |
| 0:09.0 | Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of What's Upon A Crime. |
| 0:20.0 | Happy New Year. We're halfway through joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. |
| 0:22.8 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:24.0 | We're halfway through season six |
| 0:25.8 | and kicking off the new year with a new series. |
| 0:28.4 | The public has always been fascinated by the lifestyles of the wealthy. |
| 0:32.1 | There have even been whole television shows |
| 0:33.8 | dedicated to taking an inside look at those who are privileged to have the best of |
| 0:37.8 | everything, the most expensive cars, designer clothes, and the biggest most |
| 0:42.2 | opulent homes. |
| 0:44.0 | I too take a keen interest in how the other half lives. |
| 0:47.1 | However, as you can imagine, when the lifestyles of the rich and famous meet true crime, |
| 0:52.2 | that's when my interest is really peaked. |
| 0:55.0 | In this month's series, Mansion Murders, I'll be detailing crimes that occurred in some of California's |
| 1:00.1 | most beautiful and expensive residences. |
| 1:03.0 | First up, an heiress in the early 1900s endeavors to build the largest home ever constructed |
| 1:07.8 | in California. |
| 1:09.3 | But the project can be set by problems from its inception. Decades later, it will become the setting of a double |
| 1:15.2 | kidnapping and murder. This is the story of Chateau Carolans in Hillsboro, California. Harriet Pullman was born in 1869 into the prosperous Pullman family. |
| 1:38.8 | Her father George Pullman was a 19th century industrialist who built his fortune as the |
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