The Delphi Murders: A Heathen for the Defense? An Interview with Troth President Lauren Crow
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🗓️ 4 June 2024
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Summary
Richard Allen's defense team has crafted an alternate theory centered around an alleged cult of "Odinists" who killed Liberty German and Abigail Williams as part of some kind of pagan sacrifice. The theory has garnered much press attention and general criticism. But heathens — those who practice pre-Christian Germanic faiths, many of whom are inclusive and anti-racist — are upset by the theory, which they feels maligns their faith.
As president of the Troth — an inclusive, anti-racist, pro-LGBTQ heathen organization — Lauren Crow has seen firsthand the impact that the defense's strategy has had on the heathen community.
So she was pretty surprised when she got a call from defense attorney Andrew Baldwin in mid-April.
Here's a link to The Troth: https://thetroth.org/
Here's The Troth's statement on the Delphi case: https://thetroth.org/position-statement/odinist-ritual-defense-indiana-murder-case/
Check out Lauren's Heathen History podcast here: https://www.heathenhistory.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Content warning. This episode contains discussion of murder. |
| 0:05.0 | One weekend day this April, Lauren Crow, the president and CEO of the heathen organization, The Troth, got an interesting voicemail. |
| 0:15.6 | Hi, my name is Andy Baldwin. I'm an attorney. |
| 0:18.3 | Any of us would have likely been surprised to get a message like that. |
| 0:23.4 | But it was especially shocking to Lauren. |
| 0:26.4 | You remember of course that Baldwin is a defense attorney for Richard Allen, and he helped craft |
| 0:31.6 | the first Frank's memorandum in that case. |
| 0:34.0 | And that memorandum is where the public first became aware of the claim |
| 0:39.0 | that a group of Odinus was responsible for the murders of Liberty German and Abigail |
| 0:44.2 | Williams. |
| 0:45.2 | Lauren has been highly critical of that memorandum. She shared her views on it on the |
| 0:50.5 | Troth's website on court TV and here on the murder sheet. She has |
| 0:55.4 | spoken eloquently and quite publicly about the negative impact the |
| 0:59.7 | sensational claims in the memorandum have had on the members of her community. |
| 1:04.0 | So why on earth was Baldwin contacting her now, |
| 1:08.0 | more than six months after the release of the memorandum, |
| 1:11.0 | and just a little more than a month before the date the trial was then the about Ossetru or Odinism or heathenism on the Delphi case. |
| 1:27.0 | Today on the murder sheet we will play the rest of Baldwin's message. |
| 1:31.0 | We'll hear what Lauren thought of it all, and will give her an opportunity |
| 1:35.9 | to tell us the effect the defense claims have had on her community. |
| 1:41.8 | My name is Anya Kane. I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin Greenley. I'm an attorney. |
| 1:46.5 | And this is the Murder Sheet. We're a true crime podcast focused on original |
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