The Ghosts of Greenwich

48 Hours

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3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The night before Halloween in 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was beaten to death. The murder weapon? A golf club. Decades later Michael Skakel, the well-connected cousin of Bobby Kennedy Junior, was found guilty, but did he actually commit the crime? “48 Hours" Correspondents Troy Roberts and Lesley Stahl report. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 10/26/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A new true crime podcast from Tenderfoot TV in the city of Mons in Belgium, women began to go missing.
0:06.9	It was only after their dismembered remains began turning up in various places that residents realized.
0:12.8	A sadistic serial killer was lurking among them.
0:16.1	The murders have never been solved.
0:18.1	Three decades later, we've unearthed new evidence. Le Mestre,
0:22.5	season two, is available now. Listen for free on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever
0:28.8	you get your podcasts. After four days of deliberation and 27 years after the crime,
0:49.4	Mr. Skakel, do you have anything to say?
0:51.6	Mr. Skakel, do you have anything to say?
0:53.4	Anything to say, Mr. Skakele? Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel convicted do you have anything to say? Mr. Skakel, do you have anything to say? Anything to say, Mr. Skakel?
0:55.0	Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel convicted in the murder of Martha Moxley.
0:59.0	What's him? That's him.
1:01.0	Michael, did you kill her?
1:03.0	I know Michael Skakel, and I know he didn't commit the crime.
1:09.0	Martha was an extremely popular, attractive girl.
1:13.6	She liked everybody and everyone liked her.
1:16.6	Typical teenager in probably the best sense of the term.
1:20.6	Martha was found dead under a pine tree adjacent to their home.
1:26.6	You know, we knew Michael had done this.
1:30.3	Absolutely, no doubt.
1:32.3	The instrument used in the striking of the Moxley Girl was a golf club.
1:40.3	We know that.
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