UI #60 - Ivory Soap Murders

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2013

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Easter Sunday 1937 murders of Veronica Gedeon, her mom Mary, and Frank Byrnes in NYC launched an intense nationwide hunt for the killer. There were few clues to go on, but two bars of soap provided police with the conclusive evidence that they needed. Also learn about the first product to bear the Duncan Hines name, a phone sicko that scared parents, a death from Smokey the Bear, and women who were tricked into removing their hair. Retrosponsor: Mother's Best Flour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.
0:09.0	Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better like sneaking some chili into the gravy
0:15.3	for some extra oomps or building a playlist that will even get your none up on the table.
0:21.6	Or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max. Christmas better with
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0:49.3	excludes Northern Ireland and Wush Club Card required.
0:51.8	Welcome to the Useless Information Podcast,
0:55.0	my collection of fascinating true stories
0:56.9	from the flip side of history.
0:59.6	My name is Steve Silverman,
1:00.6	and today's story is titled, The Ivory Soap Murders. But before we do that, let's start
1:06.8	with today's question of the day. And for today's question of the day, I was thinking about
1:11.9	cake mixes. Now if you go to the typical
1:14.7	supermarket here in the United States you'll see that three brands dominate the
1:19.2	ready mix cake mixes. Those are Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, and Pillsbury. Of course, all these brands
1:26.7	all got to start selling something at some time in history. So my question for you is which product was the first to bear the Duncan Hines name.
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