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Morning Cup of Murder

The Mysterious Murder of Betsy Aardsma - November 28 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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November 28th: Betsy Aardsma Killed (1969) College is a time of growth, independence, and change. It’s meant to be a beautiful time with memories that last forever and not one that leaves behind a body and fear. On November 28th 1968 a young woman with a wonderful life ahead of her was brutally killed on her college campus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Betsy_Aardsma, https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/cold-case-spotlight/unsolved-murder-penn-state-student-betsy-aardsma-haunts-community-52-n1284867, http://themurdersquad.com/episodes/who-killed-penn-state-student-betsy-aardsma/, https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/betsy-aardsma-murder-mystery-still-surrounds-death-of-penn-state-student, https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/52-years-later-unsolved-murder-235300602.html, https://www.zodiacciphers.com/betsy-aardsma-murder.html, https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-murder-in-the-library-the-killing-of-betsy-aardsma-c916f7634785 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.8

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

A cup of murder.

0:14.4

College is a time of growth, independence, and change.

0:18.5

It's meant to be a beautiful time with memories that last forever, and not one that leaves behind a body and change. It's meant to be a beautiful time with memories that last forever,

0:22.2

and not one that leaves behind a body and fear. On November 28, 1968, a young woman with a wonderful

0:30.1

life ahead of her was brutally killed on her college campus. So if you like your coffee hot,

0:36.7

but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with

0:39.8

a morning cup of murder. Elizabeth Ruth Arzma, Betsy to those who knew her, was the second of

0:47.2

four children born to middle class parents in Holland, Michigan. Though raised in a religious and

0:52.3

quite conservative household, Betsy developed more

0:55.2

liberal ideals and showed a deep concern for the underprivileged. After graduating high school

1:01.2

with honors in 1965, she enrolled in Hope College that fall with plans on becoming a physician

1:07.0

and cemented her reputation as an intellect, a feminist, and just an overall fascinating

1:13.7

individual.

1:15.4

Moving to the University of Michigan the following year and studying art and English while

1:20.2

living with three female roommates, by her senior year Betsy was dating a medical student named

1:25.5

David Wright, who, by all accounts, was her first

1:29.2

serious boyfriend. After graduating with honors in the summer of 1969, Betsy made plans to join

1:36.1

the Peace Corps, but, told by David that he couldn't guarantee his loyalty if she traveled for such

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