The Clever Killer - February 26 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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February 26th: George Joseph Cvek Executed (1942) Cleverness can get someone incredibly far in life. It can also be used for evil. On February 26th 1942 a very clever young man was executed for murdering a newlywed. And, though she was the only one of his victims to lose her life, at least as far as the investigation tells, she was far from his only victim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Joseph_Cvek, https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cvek-george.htm, https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/aspirin-bandit-article-1.290117, https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/16/archives/cvek-tells-court-he-killed-in-anger-strangled-mrs-pappas-after-she.html, https://www.inquisitr.com/3849931/catherine-pappas-egyptian-beauty-murdered-in-bronx-home-after-cup-of-tea-with-handsome-gentleman-on-a-crime-to-remember/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders.
0:31.8	15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.6	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	A cop of murder...
0:44.3	Cleverness can get someone incredibly far in life.
0:48.6	It can also be used for evil.
0:51.8	On February 26, 1942, a very clever young man was executed for murdering a newlywed.
0:59.6	And though she is the only one of his victims to lose her life, at least as far as the investigation
1:04.9	tells, she was far from his only victim. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and
1:13.6	start your day with a morning cup of murder. In the year 1941, Catherine Pappas was living
1:21.7	blissfully as a newlywed after marrying successful coffee importer John P Pappas, in Alexandria, Egypt.
1:28.8	Called Kitty by her friends and family, the 29-year-old wife was newly immigrated from Egypt
1:34.1	and living in an apartment on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.
1:38.6	According to her husband, a man 20 years older than her, Kitty was a bit of a homebody,
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