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Shattered Souls

Thinking Sideways: The Impossible Murder of Isidor Fink

Shattered Souls

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Education

4.34.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2018

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

In March 1929, Isidor Fink was shot to death in his Manhattan apartment. But the doors had been bolted from the inside, the windows nailed shut... and no gun, nor gunman, was there. Who killed Isidor Fink and how the hell did he do it?

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:57.2

Hey there. Welcome to another episode of Thinking Sideways. This week we're going to talk about

1:08.5

another mysterious mystery. But first, let me tell you my name. I'm Joe. And sitting across from me

1:16.1

to my right is... Devon. And Steve. My other right is Steve. Okay. There we go.

1:21.8

We're just both in front of you. Yeah, pretty much. Okay. So our mysterious mystery this week,

1:26.1

we're going to talk about the strange death of Isadora Think. I love this story. It's a cool story.

1:31.2

How long have we not done this one yet? I don't know why, but it's time for this. This is a classic,

1:36.6

really. It is. It really is. Probably a lot of you guys have heard of it already. This happened

1:40.6

in 1929 in New York City. I feel like it's one of those stories where we all kind of think,

1:45.2

oh yeah, I should do that. I'm not quite ready yet. Yeah. It's so classic. I'm not quite ready. I

1:50.3

have to hone my craft. Not quite ready yet. And Joe was just like, whatever I'm doing it.

1:55.6

Yeah, whatever. Oh, hey, this is a list. Okay, cool. I'll run to it.

1:58.4

Bye. Yeah. I just run over with a tank. Yeah. It's great.

2:02.8

Yeah, it's it's got, but it's got a lot of cool stuff. It's got some egg at the

2:05.7

Christie kind of twist too. And a nice murder. And it's like a locked room mystery. It's a locked room

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