Southern Mysteries Classics The Kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 918 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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One of the biggest news stories in October 1934 was the kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll from her home in Louisville, Kentucky. Seven days later she was set free but her kidnapper remained on the run. Who kidnapped Alice and why? Want more Southern Mysteries? Support this independent podcast on Patreon. Learn more and join today at patreon.com/southernmysteries Episode Sources Money for Mrs. Stoll Is Ready Authorities Refuse to Reveal ‘Definite Leads’. Healdsburg Tribune, Number 290, 11 October 1934. (Viewed April 2020) <https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HT19341011.2.4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1> Robinson v. United States, 144 F.2d 392 (6th Cir. 1944). US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - 144 F.2d 392 (6th Cir. 1944), July 31, 1944 (Viewed April 2020) <https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/144/392/1547644/> The bizarre story of a kidnapped Louisville heiress held captive in Indianapolis, IndyStar.com. (Viewed April 2020) <https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2019/12/20/alice-speed-stoll-kidnapping-went-louisville-indianapolis/2674240001/> Video out takes with family spokesperson, University of South Carolina Libraries Digital Collections. (Viewed April 2020) <https://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A26483> Robinson, Stoll, Kidnapper, Caught, The Indianapolis times. October 17, 1934 (Viewed April 2020) <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015313/1934-10-17/ed-1/seq-3/> Joyful After Kidnap Acquittal, Healdsburg Tribune, October 24, 1935. (Viewed April 2020) <https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=HT19351024&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1> Episode Music Alone with My Thoughts by Esther Abrami. Licensed under Creative Commons

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Shannon Ballard. If you are new to Southern Mysteries, this is an independent historical true crime and mystery podcast.
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0:58.3	Hope you enjoy this Southern Mysteries classic that was originally featured in May 2020.
1:07.0	One of the biggest news stories in October 1934 was the kidnapping of a wealthy young woman from Louisville, Kentucky.
1:20.0	Headlines told of G-Men searching for the prime suspect who demanded a $50,000 ransom for the woman's safe return.
1:29.0	Seven days later, she would be set free, but her kidnapper remained on the run.
1:35.0	Welcome to Southern Mysteries.
1:39.0	I'm your host, Shannon Ballard.
1:42.0	This is the mystery of the kidnapping of Alice Speed Stahl.
1:49.2	The oldest museum of art in Kentucky is the Speed Art Museum in Louisville.
1:54.4	Locals call it the speed, but at the time of its construction in 1927,
1:59.6	it was the J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, a memorial to Hattie Bishop Speed's husband, who was a prominent
2:07.5	businessman, art collector, and philanthropist.
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