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Foul Play: Crime Series

S22 Ep3: The Hall-Mills Murders

Foul Play: Crime Series

Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

True Crime, Society & Culture, News, Daily News, History

4.4986 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This is episode 3 of the Hall-Mills Murder story. Be sure to listen to episodes 1 and 2, where we learn about Edward Wheeler Hall and Eleanor Mills and uncover deeper details of their love affair and families.

As the clock struck 12, the imposing figures of the officers could be seen marching towards the door of Frances Hall's secluded mansion. Tension filled the air as they prepared to place the most powerful woman in town under arrest for the brutal murder of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills.

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0:00.0

I've got 15 years of memory and nearly 37 years of searching for Kevin.

0:06.0

Suddenly the week's turned into months, now the years are gone into decades.

0:09.0

When a loved one goes missing, can you ever stop searching for them?

0:13.0

Until we have any solid evidence, we'll hold on to that hope.

0:18.0

It's the hackneyed expression that times a great healer was for us.

0:21.0

It's actually makes things worse.

0:24.0

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0:27.0

wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:35.0

This is Episode 3 of the Hall Mills Murder Story.

0:40.0

In Episode 1 and 2, we learned about Edward Wheeler Hall in Eleanor Mills,

0:46.0

and uncovered deeper details of their love affairs and families.

0:53.0

As the clock struck 12, the imposing figures of officers

0:58.0

could be seen marching towards the door of Francis Hall's secluded mansion.

1:08.0

Tensions filled the air as they prepared to place the most powerful woman in town, under arrest,

1:15.0

for the brutal murder of Edward Hall in Eleanor Mills.

1:20.0

The news broke the next morning.

1:23.0

Right there, splashed across the front page of the Somerset Messenger,

1:28.0

where the words, Francis Hall arrested for the murder of husband Edward Hall in Eleanor Mills.

1:36.0

The news sent shockwaves throughout the entire community.

1:41.0

It was the talk of the town, the subject of hushed whispers and heated debates.

1:48.0

The public had assumed, of course, that it was Francis, acting out of pure jealousy and rage.

1:56.0

But to have their thoughts validated was an entirely different matter.

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