The Starved Rock Murders /// Part 3 /// 738

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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The Starved Rock Murders /// Part 3 /// 738 Part 3 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com In 1960 three women were brutally beaten to death in the canyon of a state park in Illinois. The Starved Rock state park was a travel destination for many. After the murders the park became the stuff of nightmares for many. The name Starved Rock is equally as intriguing as the homicide case itself. It hints at both mystery and violence. This week in the Garage we take a trip back to 1960 to discuss a case that is still making headlines today. This was both cold blooded murder and evil so cold in the frigid snowy St. Louis canyon of the Illinois State Park. Beer of the Week - Devil’s Paint Box by Tangled Roots Brewing Company Garage Grade - 3 and 3 quarter bottle caps out of 5 Check out the Garage Sale store page and sign up for the TCG mailing list on our website www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Listen to True Crime Garage "Off The Record" where TCG goes beyond the headlines and gives you the behind the story information in the cases that you want to hear about. Now available on Apple Podcast Subscriptions and to everyone everywhere on Patreon. Follow True Crime Garage on X @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain

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0:00.0	The Oh, Oh, Well, it should come as no surprise to everybody reviewing this case that Chester Weager was
1:01.8	found guilty when he was taken to trial in 1968.
1:05.0	Now, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
1:07.0	Well, it depends on which camp you are in, because there are many people out there who believe that he is innocent.
1:15.2	There are many people out there that believe he is absolutely responsible for
1:19.7	the heinous brutal murder of three innocent women. This case is so interesting to me because of the
1:29.6	mystery that still surrounds it, even though we have this case that's been technically adjudicated and a person found guilty,
1:36.9	we have all of these questions that remain. So why does this case that is over 60 years old and adjudicated still lead to so much discussion and debate all of these decades later?
1:49.0	Well, for many reasons, and we are hoping that we can address as many of those as possible with other suspicions,
1:56.3	speculation, and things that may or may not point toward Chester Weager being a good guy, bad guy, or guilty of this crime here in this episode.
2:07.6	Well, and like we said before, he confesses to the crime.
2:11.5	Then he later says, well, that confession
2:15.2	is a bunch of horseshit.
2:18.4	And go back to 1960, Captain.
2:20.4	1961, you're going to have a jury of 12 of his peers who ultimately convict him.
2:27.2	And we got to remember how difficult it's going to be in 1961 for a jury to hear that he confessed. Not only written
2:36.8	confession, sign statements, I did this, I killed three people, but now you
2:40.7	also have me on camera.
2:42.1	Reenacting the crime. but now you also have me on camera.
2:43.0	Reenacting the crime.
2:45.0	Reenacting the crimes.
2:46.0	And as I pointed out in episode two, to me,
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