The Trail Went Cold - Episode 71 - Lulu Courchesne

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

October 18, 1987. Rochester, New Hampshire. 34-year old Alene “Lulu” Courchesne is found strangled to death next to a turnpike outside of town. Even though Lulu is engaged to someone else, she had gone out on a date the previous night with a man named Rick McCue. Rick is eventually charged with Lulu’s murder and found guilty at trial, even though compelling evidence seems to point to the brother of Lulu’s fiancée. After allegations of jury misconduct cause his conviction to be overturned, Rick receives a new trial and is acquitted in 1993, but no one else is ever charged with Lulu Courchesne’s murder. Did Rick McCue actually commit this crime, or did the real perpetrator get away with it? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” examines a controversial murder case which has yet to find a complete resolution after 30 years. Additional Reading: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Rick_McCue http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/96/96SM067.pdf https://www.leagle.com/decision/1991228134nh941215 “The Trail Went Cold” is now on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing alongside other true crime podcasts at a “A Canadian Crime Podcast Event” on July 22 at The Hideout in Toronto. For more information on the event and to purchase tickets for only $10, please visit here. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	October 18th, 1987 Rochester, New Hampshire.
0:07.0	34-year-old A-lean Lulu Corps, Shane, is found strangle to death next to a turnpike outside of town.
0:13.7	Even though Lulu was engaged to someone else, she had gone out on a date the previous night with a man
0:18.7	named Rick McHugh. Even though there is very little evidence against him, Rick is eventually charged with Lulu's murder and found guilty at trial.
0:27.0	However, after allegations of jury misconduct caused the conviction to be overturned, Rick receives a new trial and is acquitted in 1993.
0:37.4	Even though compelling evidence seems to point towards the brother of Lulu's fiance,
0:42.0	no one else is ever charged with her murder.
0:45.2	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah.
0:53.0	Oh, uh, uh, and uh, and uh, and uh, uh, uh,
1:04.0	uh,
1:05.0	uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of the Trail went cold.
1:28.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we'll be examining a crime which possibly led to a wrongful conviction, the 1987
1:35.5	murder of Aileen Lulu Corchene.
1:38.6	This is a case which was featured as a final appeal segment on unsolved mysteries in 1993.
1:44.2	As you might know, the final appeal segments examined cases which were technically
1:48.3	solved and ended in a conviction, but there was some doubt about whether the right person was in prison for the crime.
1:55.0	In this particular case, a man named Rick McHugh had received a life sentence for Lulu's murder,
2:00.0	but even though he had gone out on a date with the victim shortly before she was killed,
2:05.0	there was very little evidence to prove he actually did it.
2:08.0	I've covered a couple of Unsolved Mysteries final appeal stories on this podcast,
2:12.0	including Tommy Ziegler and John Bragnan. the
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