The Murderous Line Between Fact and Fantasy - March 5 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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March 5th: Theresa Katherine Foster Born (1930) While press coverage can be invaluable, especially for shows like this, reporters and how they choose to write a story can greatly affect an entire case. On March 5th 1930 a young woman was born who would become the center of a vicious media storm. One that, in the eyes of many, was the reason an innocent man was sent to prison for her murder. https://victimsofhomicide.fandom.com/wiki/Theresa_Foster, https://www.westword.com/news/the-case-of-the-kidnapped-coed-5115041, https://www.westword.com/news/theresa-foster-murder-fact-vs-fiction-read-the-1948-autopsy-report-5885807, https://www.al.com/live/2010/05/jamie_letson_convicted_of_1980.html, https://www.dailycamera.com/2010/11/28/roy-spores-murder-has-never-been-solved/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.9	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	While press coverage can be invaluable,
0:47.8	especially for shows like this,
0:49.8	reporters and how they choose to write a story
0:52.3	can greatly affect an entire case. On March 5,
0:57.0	1930, a young woman was born who had become the center of a vicious media storm. One that,
1:04.6	in the eyes of many, was the reason an innocent man was sent to prison for her murder. So if you like your coffee hot,
1:13.0	but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
1:18.9	On November 9th, 1948, 18-year-old engineering student from the University of Colorado,
1:25.9	Teresa Catherine Foster, born March 5th, 1930, attended a
1:30.9	rosary service on the campus. Shortly after 10 p.m., service complete, Teresa made her way downtown
1:38.6	walking a well-lit, well-traveled road to the faculty members' home she worked at in exchange for free lodging.
1:47.0	When the professor's family woke the following morning, they realized that Teresa never made it back home and called the police.
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