MoNo Encore: The Murder of Dr. W.D. Broadhurst w/ Patrick Gallagher

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

(Orig pub date: 2/15/22) In October of 1946, a chiropractor and rancher named Willis "W.D." Broadhurst was beaten with a wrench and finished off with a shotgun on a lonely eastern Oregon road. Investigators would soon accuse his wife Gladys of plotting the doctor's murder with the help of his young cowhand and her lover, Alvin Williams. Stunning details of her deception would be revealed during the trial, including accusations that she was a bigamist who had left multiple husbands in her wake. My guest is Patrick Gallagher, whose family connection to this story led him on a personal journey to learn more about this compelling and mostly forgotten case. His book, titled " 'TIL DEATH DO US...': A True Crime Story of Bigamy and Murder" is available for purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/TIL-DEATH-DO-US-Bigamy/dp/1952225167/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers podcast.
0:08.0	I want to invite you to join me on the voyages and journeys of the most famous explorers
0:11.9	in the history of the world.
0:13.7	These are the thrilling and captivating stories of Magellan, Shackleton, Lewis, and Clark,
0:18.4	and so many other famous and not so famous adventures from
0:21.5	throughout history. Go to Explorespodcast.com or just look us up on your podcast app. That's the
0:27.4	Explorers Podcast.
0:30.5	So the interview you're about to hear was first released on February 15th, 2022, the day after Valentine's Day.
0:40.1	There's not much by way of a love story here, by the way.
0:44.1	It's about as far from flowers and chocolates as one can get.
0:49.5	My guest was Patrick Gallagher, great guy, and it's an interesting story. It's one that's actually
0:57.4	stuck with me. Just like you, I'm sure, some of these interviews you remember really, really
1:04.0	well, some you don't. Same goes with me. Dr. Broadhurst, the victim in these events, did not, of course, deserve his fate.
1:15.9	But listening back to this, I found myself shouting into the void,
1:20.1	what are you doing, Doc?
1:22.9	Wake the heck up, and you'll hear what I mean momentarily.
1:27.4	Rest in peace, Dr. Broadhurst.
1:30.0	Away we go.
1:32.8	So a quick note about today's interview.
1:35.6	The architect of Dr. W.D. Broadhurst's brutal murder, Gladys Broadhurst, was obsessed with films, dark films. At a certain point in my
1:49.6	conversation with Patrick Gallagher, Leave Her to Heaven is mentioned, a 1945 movie that
1:57.1	Gladys absolutely loved. My guest summarizes the plot, but it's the plot of Gladys's
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