Post Mortem | Murder by Clown
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Was a clown costume the perfect disguise to get away with murder? Correspondent Peter Van Sant and Producer Ruth Chenetz discuss the bizarre murder case that took investigators nearly 30 years to make an arrest. We’ll hear what it was like for Peter to stop by Mike Warren’s house for an interview, where the neighborhood dog decided to participate in the discussion. Plus, they talk about evidence that may have been mishandled and the risk that could have led to an acquittal for Sheila Keen-Warren.
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| 0:12.5 | digging up the cold case of her murdered great-grandmother. |
| 0:15.7 | And did I mention that I'm looking into whether the murderer |
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| 1:01.0 | Start now with a subscription to 48 hours plus on Apple Podcast I'm CBS News correspondent Anne Marie Green and it's time to answer |
| 1:24.9 | your biggest questions about our latest episode, Murder by Clown. And it's |
| 1:30.0 | really appropriate. It is Halloween. There will be plenty of people |
| 1:34.4 | knocking on your door dressed in costumes. Some of them may be clowns. |
| 1:39.0 | Trick or treat. I know. So joining me today, 48 hours correspondent Peter Van Sent, who you just heard, and producer |
| 1:46.5 | Ruth Chenitz, who reported on and produce this episode. Welcome. Will you be opening up your doors and giving out candy this Halloween? |
| 1:55.0 | Not to any clowns. I will not, but we're on the slab ready for the post-mortem. |
| 2:01.0 | So before we get into post-mortem, I want to ask you guys, are you |
| 2:04.9 | afraid of clowns? Do you like clowns? I think it really depends whatever you are. |
| 2:10.3 | You know, I grew up with like Bozo and Ronald McDonald and I think younger |
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