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Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

The Real-Life Laura Palmer: The Unsolved Murder of Hazel Drew

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

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True Crime

4.6 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

 

On a warm summer night in 1908, 19-year-old Hazel Drew disappeared from Troy, New York. Her body was found days later, and the brutal details of the crime sparked a century-old mystery.

Join us as we explore the unsolved murder that inspired the fictional character of Laura Palmer from the cult classic TV series, Twin Peaks. We dive into the bizarre clues, conflicting timelines, and a tangled web of suspects that left investigators with more questions than answers. From the mysterious letters found in her trunk to her complicated secret life, this true crime case has all the elements of a classic whodunit.

Listen now to uncover the real-life mystery behind the case and decide for yourself who killed Hazel Drew.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

On a warm summer night in July of 1908, a young woman disappeared from the streets of Troy, New York,

0:06.1

and a few days later, her body turned up in a pond miles away. Her skull was crushed, and her throat

0:11.5

was wrapped with the string from a corset. The woman's hat and one of her gloves rested on the

0:16.5

water's edge. According to the police, this was a cold-blooded murder and the newspapers reported that

0:21.9

the woman fought for her life. This is the story of Hazel Irene Drew, a case that has left

0:27.3

more questions than answers and inspired decades of speculation.

0:37.3

Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I am doing well. I am enjoying the very slight change of temperature we got here in central Florida.

0:55.2

Yes.

0:55.7

My husband sent me a screenshot of the weather and tomorrow morning like it starts at 70 or

1:01.2

something, the cool or whatever.

1:03.6

And I was like, this is so Florida to be like, can you believe the temperature drop in here?

1:09.5

But yeah, I welcome it with open arms. This is the first time I've

1:13.5

been able to record not in a closet in like a month, two months, because it's not actively

1:19.7

raining outside. So I'm loving it. Yeah. I know. And, you know, some people listening,

1:25.5

you're probably like, oh, they're talking about the weather again.

1:51.1

I want you guys to know, it is not just us. I feel like a lot of people in Florida are fascinated by the weather and get very excited when things start changing. You know, when the seasons start changing. I literally last night before I went to bed, I was just browsing Facebook scrolling and I scrolled past a post from our local community group and it was literally just a person that was like, everyone go outside right now. The weather just changed.

2:00.9

So like, I mean, these are, this is a very exciting topic of conversation. For those of us that are down here and are used to experiencing sweltering heat.

2:02.8

It's a big W for us.

2:03.3

Yes.

2:07.5

And there is like a tropical something going on, but like we haven't had anything this year.

2:08.4

Knock on everything.

2:09.7

Knock on all the wood.

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