This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

This episode contains explicit language. It is not intended for children. Listener discretion is advised.

So far in this podcast, we've found that murder comes in all forms. There are female killers,

killer couples, and kids who kill.

We've also seen that murder doesn't take a holiday or a vacation.

Finally, even the rich and famous aren't exempt from murder.

In this series, Millionaire Murders, all share stories of wealthy people who were targeted for their money.

Some fell victim to greed, revenge, or even notoriety.

In our first chapter, you'll learn how a privileged child of a self-made millionaire

decided he wanted his family fortune for himself and took matters into his own hands.

This is chapter one, spoiled son, Dana Ewell.

Dale Ewell was born into a farming family during the Great Depression.

One of five children born to Austin and Mary Ewell, he knew the value of hard work from an early age.

Everyone in the family worked on the 200-acre farm that yielded oats, soybeans, corn, wheat, and even cattle and hogs.

Dale's older sister Betty later would recall that there was always enough to eat, if not much money.

Dale Ewell would later be compared with his father Austin.

Words like hardworking, ambitious, competitive, and cutthroat would be used to describe the character of both men.

Having lived through hard times, Austin Ewell would teach his son to see to himself and his family first.

The lesson Dale learned from him was, take what's yours and let others spend for themselves.

While tending the fields in livestock, Dale Ewell would be fascinated by airplanes he'd see flying overhead.

It signified freedom and money to him.

An airplane could take you anywhere you wished, but you couldn't fly unless you could afford to.

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