S3 Ep113: Mistletoe and Murder: The Carnation Christmas Murders
Once Upon A Crime | True Crime
Esther Ludlow
4.6 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2018
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Resources:
The State of Washington v. McEnroe and Anderson, Certification for Determination of Probable Cause, Dec 28, 2007.
Natalie Singer, Seattle Times, "Court papers tell of victims' terrifying last moments," Dec 29, 2007.
Steve Miletich, Jennifer Sullivan, Sara Jean Green and Sonia Krishnan, Seattle Times, "Carnation slaying suspects: a history of arguments, paranoia," Dec 28, 2007.
Levi Pulkkinen, Seattle News, "Man admits to Carnation killings in bid to dodge death sentence," www.seattlepi.com, Jan 9, 2014.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast details true crime cases. |
| 0:03.0 | It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence. |
| 0:06.8 | It is not intended for children. |
| 0:08.7 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:18.3 | Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. |
| 0:22.0 | The holidays are upon us, and for most, it's a time of celebration, friends, and family. |
| 0:28.1 | While the holidays can be stressful at times, I hope you're looking forward to gatherings with |
| 0:32.8 | those you love, sharing a time to appreciate one another, and reflect on how much those special |
| 0:38.4 | people in your life mean to you. But the holidays sometimes bring out the worst in people. |
| 0:44.8 | Whether due to a problematic prior family history, jealousy, greed, or any other number of reasons, |
| 0:51.7 | the holidays can turn disastrous or even deadly. |
| 0:56.1 | I'll be sharing two episodes with you this month about murderous crimes that were committed |
| 1:00.8 | over the Christmas holidays. Then for the third and final episode of the year, |
| 1:05.6 | I will bring on a much requested, returned guest to help me dive into a case investigation. |
| 1:11.2 | I'm looking forward to it, and I think you will all enjoy it. |
| 1:15.0 | But first, to kick off the series, Missalto and Murder, |
| 1:19.0 | I'll tell you about a case where almost an entire family was wiped out on Christmas Eve. |
| 1:24.5 | For no apparent reason. This is chapter one, the Carnation Christmas Murders. |
| 1:35.6 | On December 26, 2007, Judith Anderson was expected to arrive at the United States Post Office |
| 1:42.3 | where she worked as a male carrier in the town of Carnation, Washington. Carnation was a rural |
| 1:48.1 | town of just 2,500 residents, located some 30 miles east of Seattle, and incidentally, |
| 1:54.6 | about half that distance from Lake Samamish State Park. Lake Samamish was made infamous as one |
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