Poster Boy

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 39.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On July 17th, 1889, the residents of Clayton County, Iowa woke up to news of the worst crime in their history. A Civil War veteran John Elkins and his young wife Hattie had been murdered in their bed in a grisly attack. Their two children escaped to raise the alarm. But something was off. There were no suspects. There were no clues. To quote the local newspaper, the whole thing was “surrounded in a veil of mystery." Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.9	closest to him in life. Now why he did that I don't know.
1:27.0	John and Hattie Elkins were murdered in their bed in the middle of the night on July 17,
1:35.9	1889. John was 45, a Civil War veteran. Hattie, his third wife, was 23. They lived in rural Iowa.
1:44.0	The only survivors to the whole thing was a young boy and a young baby.
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1:56.2	Iowa.
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