Rhinelander v. Rhinelander

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 39.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Alice and Leonard Rhinelander had only been married for a few weeks when his family lawyer came to their house and took Leonard away with him. The next time Alice saw her husband was a year later, in a courtroom. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. 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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1:10.4	How did Leonard Rhinelander and Alice Jones meet?
1:15.6	They had a meat cute. They had the 1920s version of a meat cute.
1:26.1	He was driving on a road near her house and had car trouble.
1:31.2	And actually I should say it was a meat, cute, once removed because he actually met her sister Grace first.
1:35.9	It was September of 1921.
1:38.7	Grace Jones struck up a conversation with Leonard and his friends.
1:42.9	The next day, Leonard met her older sister, Alice.
1:47.3	And from then on, they were as inseparable as they could be.
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