The Story of United Airlines Flight 629

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🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In true crime headlines: Convicted murderer Robert Durst dies in prison at the age of 78. The three men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison. A good Samaritan died on New Year's Day while trying to help a man who fell onto subway tracks during a gang assault in the Bronx. Today in true crime: The story of United Airlines flight 629, which crashed over Colorado in 1955, killing all 44 souls on board. Thank you to Cat Person for sponsoring this episode! Go to catperson.com/murderminute and use code murderminute to save nearly 50% on your Starter Box with free shipping! This episode of Murder Minute is sponsored by June’s Journey! Do you love a good whodunnit? Then you’ll love June’s Journey! You play as June Parker, an amateur detective investigating a series of mysteries, full of twists and turns around every corner. You’ll put your powers of observation to the test, sharpen your sleuthing skills, and relish the thrill of solving the case. Download June’s Journey free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Download the Murder Minute app for daily true crime stories! For bonus true crime headlines, follow Murder Minute: on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murderminute/ On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@truecrimeheadlines For a live discussion of each week’s podcast episode, follow Mrs. Smitty on the Stereo app: https://stereo.com/mrssmitty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Murder Minute Podcast contains depictions of real-life true-crime stories, some details
0:08.0	may be disturbing, and listener discretion is advised.
0:14.8	This is Murder Minute.
0:15.8	I'm your host, Mrs. Smitty, and today is Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
0:23.6	Today on Murder Minute, I'm bringing you a story about a tragic plane crash that claimed
0:27.7	the lives of 44 people in 1955, but first, your true-crime headlines.
0:35.8	Convicted murderer Robert Durst has died in a California prison hospital at the age of 78.
0:41.9	The eccentric millionaire was the subject of the hit HBO docu-series The Jinks, which included
0:46.8	a hot mic moment where Durst stated that he, quote, killed them all, which was believed
0:52.4	to be in reference to the deaths of his first wife, Kathy McCormick Durst, who disappeared
0:57.2	in 1982 and whose body has never been found, and also his longtime friend, Susan Berman,
1:03.4	murdered in Los Angeles in 2000, and his neighbor, Morris Black, who Durst claimed to have
1:08.4	shot in self-defense.
1:10.8	Durst was tried and acquitted for the killing of Morris Black.
1:14.7	In October of last year, Durst was convicted of the murder of Susan Berman in 2000, for
1:19.4	which he received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
1:24.1	Durst tested positive for COVID-19 the day after he was sentenced and had been in failing
1:28.6	health for the last several years.
1:31.6	His cause of death was not immediately available, and will be determined by the San Joaquin
1:35.7	County coroner.
1:39.8	The three men convicted of the murder of a mod artery have been sentenced to life in prison.
1:44.6	Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael each received sentences of life without parole,
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