S5 Ep201: Artful Crimes, Volume 2: The Murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

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🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A contemporary artist is murdered in broad daylight in Washington D.C. Conspiracy theories about who was responsible begin to swirl after her close connection to John F. Kennedy is revealed.

Resources:
“The Last Painting of Mary Pinchot Meyer” by Maria Hummel for Counterpoint, June 5, 2019.
https://crimereads.com/the-last-painting-of-mary-pinchot-meyer/

“The forgotten female artist who may have been murdered by the CIA” by Alina Cohen for Artsy.net, May 16, 2019.

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-forgotten-female-artist-murdered-cia

“Dovey Johnson Rountree, Barrier-Breaking Lawyer Dies at 104 by Margalit Fox for The New York Times, May 21, 2018.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/obituaries/dovey-johnson-roundtree-dead.html

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.3	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.1	It is not intended for children.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.1	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:23.5	It feels good to be back in the studio getting new episodes out for the month of April.
0:28.2	This month I'll be revisiting a series I did back in season one of the podcast, Artful Crimes.
0:34.4	In this series, I'll bring you true crime cases connected to the world of art and artists.
0:39.6	In this episode, an up-and-coming artist who is connected to a high-profile politician
0:44.8	becomes the victim of a violent crime.
0:47.5	First, a little history to put this case into context.
0:51.2	On November 22, 1963, our 35th president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
0:57.9	was shot dead as he wrote in a convertible and waved a crowd who came to see his motorcade
1:02.7	drive to Dallas, Texas.
1:04.8	Twenty-four-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested 45 minutes later after shooting and
1:09.8	killing a police officer who'd stopped to question him.
1:13.4	He denied shooting Kennedy, insisting he was a patsy.
1:17.6	The next day, Oswald was shot and killed by Dallas resident Jack Ruby as he was escorted
1:22.8	through the basement of the Dallas police headquarters to be transported to jail.
1:27.8	Immediately after Kennedy's assassination, questions were raised about who was actually
1:32.5	responsible for his murder.
1:34.9	Was Oswald solely responsible or was he a patsy, like he said, framed by powerful enemies
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