Murder in Marblehead // 150

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In November of 1950, a coastal Massachusetts schoolteacher was found murdered while a treacherous nor’easter hit this small town. In one of the biggest mysteries of Essex County, a minsters daughter’s life and secrets are picked apart in hopes of finding her vicious killer. This is the story of Beryl Atherton, also known as the Murder in Marblehead. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES https://www.newspapers.com/image/433573691/?terms=beryl%20atherton&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/442997294/?terms=beryl%20atherton&match=2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/442997216/?terms=beryl%20atherton&match=1 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141244236/beryl-marguerite-atherton https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89857737/daisy-frances-atherton https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89857724/warren-lester-atherton https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/egd5e5/brutal_slaying_of_marblehead_school_teacher/ https://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/10/30/1950_slaying_case_still_gripping/ https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ma-beryl-atherton-47-marblehead-27-nov-1950.103841/ https://newengland.com/today/living/new-england-history/murder-marblehead/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/433573499/?terms=beryl%20atherton&match=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on to Crime fans? I'm your host Heath.
0:16.2	And I'm your host, Daphne.
0:17.6	And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.2	Thank you so much everybody for tuning in today.
0:22.4	I think a lot of us have like certain styles of cases that really peak our interest.
0:27.6	And for me it's these older, like, dark winter cases.
0:31.5	And this one happens to take place in one of my favorite New England towns.
0:36.2	So that really peak met interest.
0:38.0	Actually, I was just there last week.
0:39.4	I was in Massachusetts and it was amazing and this town is just beautiful.
0:45.0	And this case is such an intriguing mystery to the area.
0:49.4	So thank you so much Jason M for sending this case suggestion in a few months ago.
0:54.2	I can't believe I hadn't heard of it before, but really appreciate you.
0:57.5	Thank you for sending it in.
0:58.5	Yeah, and by the way, it's our 150th episode.
1:02.7	I wanted to do something special for it, but I just, it came so fast now that we're doing
1:06.9	the two episodes a week and I don't, I didn't know what the hell to do.
1:09.6	Yeah, so I guess we're just going to have to do something crazy for, uh, episode 200.
1:13.9	Yes, absolutely.
1:15.0	So thank you guys so much for bringing us to 150 episodes.
1:20.0	Here's to 150 more.
1:21.4	All right, guys, this is episode 150 of Going West, so let's get into it.
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