The Annihilator: The Murders

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Investigators in 1896 Austin, Texas make a horrific discovery in Eugene Burt’s basement. It’s a sad ending for a once happy family. But now Burt’s on the run and his brothers are panicked. Will the police track down a murderer who is falling apart?

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0:00.0	Aaron here, co-host of Exactly Right Science explainer show This Podcast Will Kill You.
0:04.3	Our new season is out now and each episode is packed with fascinating stories of health and
0:08.8	disease and comes with a themed quarantine recipe. This season topics range from RSV to altitude sickness
0:14.4	and lupus. Follow this podcast will kill you wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes on Tuesdays.
0:19.7	In the aftermath of a shocking crime, people always ask why? Why would someone do something like that?
0:25.6	I'm Candice DeLong, host of the podcast Killer Psychie, where every week I explain the thoughts,
0:31.2	motivations and behaviors of the most violent figures in history. Listen to Killer Psychie on Amazon
0:37.3	music or wherever you get your podcasts. This story contains adult content and language. Listener
0:43.6	discretion is advised. How are you? Well I'm excited. Listen, when are you? How does it work?
0:56.5	Well, I've got some photos that I can show you along the way. Locations or people,
1:03.2	the map of the locations we're going to be. So where is that from? The Austin History Center?
1:09.4	This is like you can just go online and find maps from 1872 or 1886. This is I think from 1896.
1:20.5	So we're right here. This is where we are right now. You can tell because there's the Millet Opera House
1:27.0	right over there. We're going to be heading up Brazos in this direction towards St. Mary's
1:33.4	and then head down 10th Street right there and talk about the old courthouse that used to be there
1:40.4	and then walk over to the jail. Let's do it. So do I follow you?
1:46.3	Local historian Monica Ballard and I are on 9th Street in downtown Austin, Texas,
1:51.4	talking about Eugene Bert. He was at the center of one of the city's most gruesome crimes.
1:57.2	Here's a reminder of the story. In 1896, 29-year-old Eugene Bert was packing up and planning to leave the city
2:08.2	where he had spent his whole life. He and his wife Annie had argued the night before. He wanted to
2:14.6	escape his string of bad business decisions as well as his angry brothers by moving the family to
2:20.5	Dallas. But Annie was close to her mother and her sister in Austin and she didn't want to leave.
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