The Pendragon Murder - July 6 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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SUMMER MERCH IS OUT NOW! https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Our New Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ July 6th: Richard Baldwin Killed(1982) Sometimes a simple murder investigation can uncover something strange and unusual. On July 6th 1982 a man was killed and, in investigating the men who commited the crime, police uncovered a strange motive worthy of a fantasy novel. Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hoover-crossan-david.htm, https://www.marinij.com/2009/01/16/killer-gets-15-more-years-for-marin-coup-attempt/, https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1841618.html, https://apnews.com/article/5617d57d8899b1324f2273acf10b25bf, https://www.ocregister.com/2007/09/14/murder-conviction-tossed-for-man-linked-to-marin-takeover-plot/, https://thekevinmooreshow.com/richardbaldwinmovie/, https://abc7news.com/archive/5962596/ 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.
0:02.6	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...
0:12.0	A cop of murder.
0:15.0	Sometimes a simple murder investigation can uncover something strange and unusual.
0:26.2	On July 6, 1982, a man was killed, and, in investigating the men who committed the crime,
0:30.7	police uncovered a strange motive worthy of a fantasy novel.
0:36.2	So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:39.9	On the night of July 13, 1982, a tugboat operator in Marin County, California, came across the
0:46.8	body of 36-year-old Richard A. Baldwin, bound at the neck and ankles with television cable,
0:52.9	rope and duct tape, wrapped in a plastic
0:55.1	tarp and bamboo screen, and weighed down with a small motor.
1:00.1	Richard Baldwin, prior to receiving a skull fracture and being stabbed in the heart, owned a
1:05.1	vintage auto restoration shop in San Rafael, and, as police would soon find out, had been dead for about seven days,
1:13.9	placing his time of death at July 6, 1982. Just three days later, 29-year-old Mark Richards
1:20.8	was arrested while in the company of two 17-year-old boys, Cross and David Hoover and a boy
1:26.2	known only as Andrew, and they were brought in for
1:29.0	questioning. According to the investigators, Crosson, Crossy, to his friends, had been bragging for
1:35.4	days about how he and Mark clubbed and stabbed Richard Baldwin to death inside of his auto shop. Mark,
1:42.2	who had actually been a friend of Richards, and who had employed the young
1:45.7	men involved in his murder. In searching their homes, police found several guns and a trash bag
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