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The Unsolved Murder of Bertha Schippan - January 1 2022 - Happy New Year!

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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January 1st: Bertha Schippan Killed(1902) Some cases are doomed to remain unsolved. This is especially true when the murder takes place long before forensics became what it is today. On January 1st 1902 a young girl was killed in her home and an unlikely suspect emerged from her own family. Despite this, her case remains unsolved to this day. MERCH IS OUT NOW!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @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: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com 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: Wikipedia, Reddit, abc.net.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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savings or investments with HSBC UK or Premier status abroad. There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

1:02.8

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. We have a weird homicide.

1:09.0

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

1:12.4

A cop of murder.

1:14.3

Some cases are doomed to remain unsolved.

1:18.1

This is especially true when the murder takes place long before forensics became what it is today.

1:24.0

On January 1st, 1902, a young girl was killed in her home and an unlikely suspect emerged from her own family.

1:32.1

Despite this, her case remains unsolved to this day.

1:36.5

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:46.4

Bertha Japan was the youngest of seven children born to the windish immigrants,

1:51.6

living under a thatched roof in the South Australian town of Toedah.

1:56.0

Her family was a close-knit one who held their Lutheran customs and their German language close to their

2:01.8

hearts. On January 1st, 1902, Bertha's parents left their log home to visit some relatives in

2:08.4

Eden Valley about 13 miles away from Toida. In a time of horse and buggy, the trip would take most

2:15.0

of the day and left Bertha and her older sister, Mary,

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