What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.

And you're listening to Going West. Hello, everybody. Hope

you're doing well today. We're going a little bit back in time. This might be the oldest case.

A little bit. We're going a lot of bit back in time. We're going 100 years back. And this might be the

oldest case that we've covered on Going West. But I don't know. I just feel like there's something

about like autumn and winter that make me want to read

spooky old stories sometimes.

So we've got just one for you today.

And there's some scandal involved, like a church scandal.

Yeah.

And it's actually considered perhaps the first sensationalized true crime case in U.S. history due to all the scandal and mystery surrounding it.

Pretty wild. So without further ado.

All right, guys, this is episode 544 of going west, so let's get into it.

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The The other On a quiet September morning in 1922, two bodies, one, a respected minister, the other, a singer in his choir, were found beneath a crabapple tree in New Jersey.

Both had been thoughtfully posed under that tree, surrounded by ripped up love letters, igniting rumors of romance, betrayal, and scandal throughout the town, and begging questions that still remain today.

These are the murders of Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills, otherwise known as the Hall Mills murders.

Thank you. known as the Hall Mills murders. Edward Wheeler Hall-Huller Hall was born on Juneth, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York to parents Fannie

and Edward Senior Hall or Edward Hall Sr. As a teen, he was known for his flair for public speaking,

competing on multiple debate teams, and he also sang in the prestigious choir of his church.

After graduating from high school, Edward attended Hobart College, located in Geneva,

which is in upstate New York, later graduating cum laude from Hobart College in 1902.

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