UNSOLVED: The Pencil Factory Murder 1
Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House
4.6 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In 1913, 13-year-old Mary Phagan was strangled to death in the basement of the National Pencil Company factory in Atlanta. Although the evidence pointed to a factory worker as the killer, the site’s superintendent Leo M. Frank became the main suspect in Mary's murder. Murder: True Crime Stories is a Crime House Original. For more, follow us on Tiktok and Instagram @crimehouse
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, Carter Roy here. |
| 0:04.4 | If you're loving murder, true crime stories, you need to check out Crimes of, the newest show from Crime House. |
| 0:11.7 | Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season, from crimes of the paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. Their first season is |
| 0:23.3 | Crimes of Infamy, the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains. Crimes of is a |
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| 0:41.0 | New episodes out every Tuesday. This is Crime House. |
| 0:57.0 | When we try to unravel a murder, it's easy to break it down into a binary, the victim and the killer. |
| 1:09.0 | It's understandable. We need to know who the victim was, why they were chosen, |
| 1:14.9 | and how they lived their lives. And we need to understand the killer to get inside their mind and |
| 1:21.4 | try to fathom how they could commit such an unspeakable crime. But when you break down a murder, there's another incredibly important |
| 1:30.3 | aspect at play, the circumstances, because murder and the ensuing investigation doesn't happen in a vacuum. |
| 1:40.9 | After Mary Fagan was killed, the circumstances around her death, the time, and the place, |
| 1:48.0 | played a massive role in the ensuing investigation. |
| 1:52.0 | And because of those circumstances, an innocent man may have been punished. |
| 2:11.0 | People's lives are like a story. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end. But you don't always know which part you're on. Sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon, |
| 2:17.1 | and we don't always get to know the real ending. |
| 2:20.3 | I'm Carter Roy, and this is Murder True Crime Stories, a crime house original. |
| 2:27.3 | Every Tuesday, I'll explore the story of a notorious murder or murders. |
| 2:32.3 | I'll bring awareness to stories that need to be heard with a focus |
| 2:37.5 | on those who are impacted. At Crime House, we want to express our gratitude to you, our community, |
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