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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

THE MURDER OF MAGGIE HUME-Victoria Hester and Blaine Pardoe

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2015

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

On August 16, 1982, an unidentified attacker brutalized and strangled Maggie Hume at her apartment in Battle Creek, Michigan. The daughter of a beloved local football coach, her seemingly senseless murder sparked intense scrutiny that lingers today. Award-winning author Blaine Pardoe and his daughter, Victoria Hester, crack open three decades of material on this mysterious tragedy, exposing dark secrets and political in-fighting that tore at the Battle Creek legal system for years. Compiled from documents, videos and interviews, this book presents the facts and clues of the case to the public for the first time. THE MURDER OF MAGGIE HUME-Cold Case in Battle Creek-Victoria Hester and Blaine Pardoe


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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

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and the authors that have written about them.

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Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, The Night Stalker, BTK, every week, another fascinating author,

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bringing about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history, true murder,

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with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zufanski.

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Good evening.

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On August 16, 1982, an unidentified attacker brutalized and strangled Maggie Hume at her

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apartment in Battle Creek, Michigan.

0:59.8

The daughter of a beloved local football coach, her seemingly senseless murder sparked intense

1:05.6

scrutiny that lingers even today.

1:09.0

Award-winning author, Blaine Parto, and his daughter, Victoria Hester, crack open three

1:13.8

decades of material on this mysterious tragedy, exposing dark secrets and political infighting

1:20.4

that tore at the Battle Creek legal system for years.

1:25.0

filed from documents, videos, and interviews, this book presents the facts and clues of

1:30.7

the case to the public for the very first time.

1:34.2

The book that we're featuring this evening is The Murder of Maggie Hume, cold case in Battle

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Creek.

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With my special guest, journalist and authors, Victoria Hester and Blaine Parto.

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Welcome to the program and thank you for a greenness interview, Victoria Hester and Blaine

1:50.0

Parto.

1:51.0

Thank you for having us on the show, Dan.

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Yeah, thank you.

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