Mary & Bill: An Ohio Cold Case
We Saw the Devil: A True Crime Podcast
Robin Coleman
4.2 • 968 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Justin Glanville, on the other hand, decided to get to the bottom of the brutal murders of his parents' close friends, Mary Petry and William Sproat. A 53-year-old cold case, it wouldn't be a small undertaking.
Investigative journalist Justin Glanville joins me for this episode to discuss his podcast, Mary & Bill: An Ohio Cold Case, where he documents his efforts working with the surviving siblings of both Sproat and Petry, and the Columbus Police Department, as their efforts lead them closer to an answer for the question "Who did it?"
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| 0:00.0 | Sunny spaces, smiling faces, happy places. |
| 0:06.0 | But every sunny space holds a shadow. |
| 0:09.0 | Behind every smile are sharp teeth, and every happy smile are sharp teeth. |
| 0:13.0 | And every happy place has something sinister lurking just below the surface. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to We Saw the Devil, the podcast diving deep into the chilling realms of true crime. |
| 0:25.4 | Join your host Robin as she unravels mysteries that have left investigators baffled and armchair |
| 0:30.8 | sloths obsessed. |
| 0:33.0 | Be forewarned, dear listener, |
| 0:35.0 | we saw the devil is not for the faint of heart. |
| 0:38.0 | Our unflinching exploration will take you to the darkest corners of the psyche |
| 0:42.0 | and through the unimaginable depths of human darkness |
| 0:45.2 | to unearth stark secrets to the harsh light of day. Nothing will be left untouched. |
| 0:51.2 | Are you ready? Are you sure? We saw the devil. |
| 0:57.0 | Hello everyone. Happy Tuesday. I hope your weeks are off to a fantabulous start. |
| 1:05.0 | I am here with a very special episode this week. |
| 1:07.9 | I had the pleasure of sitting down with Justin Glanville, an investigative reporter |
| 1:11.9 | out of the Cleveland, Ohio area to discuss his |
| 1:14.5 | podcast, Mary and Bill, an Ohio cold case. |
| 1:18.6 | Now, this podcast explores the 1970 Columbus, Ohio murder of Mary Petrie and William aka Bill Sprote. |
| 1:27.2 | It is a 53 year-long cold case. 53 years and what makes this podcast so unique is that |
| 1:37.0 | Justin's father was friends with Bill Sproat when the murders occurred. Not only that, that his father was actually considered a potential suspect |
| 1:46.7 | and it took several weeks for him to kind of be checked off the list. |
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