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Welcome to True Crime Brewery, Tie Grabbers. I'm Jill. And I'm Dick. On the morning of October 24,

1961, Martin Risch left for Logan Airport to catch an early

flight for an overnight business trip in Manhattan.

Later that afternoon, the police were called out to his family home, which was in Lincoln,

Massachusetts.

A neighbor reported that the Rish's four-year-old daughter, Lillian,

had returned from a play date after finding the kitchen covered in blood. Her mother, Joan,

was nowhere to be seen, but her two-year-old brother David was safe in his bed. So join us at the

quiet end for vanished in blood. After Joan Risch was reported missing,

there was speculation throughout the country about what could have happened to this wealthy young

mother and homemaker. Early theories were that she staged her death to escape a life she no longer

wanted, or maybe she'd undergone a botched abortion,

or maybe she'd been assaulted, abducted, and murdered. But today we're going to go over the

events of October 14, 1961, as well as a little bit about the years before and the years

since Joan disappeared. And the beer for today is called Breakfast Exorcism. It's brewed by clown shoes, great name

for a brewery, in Boston. Now, this is an American imperial stout, big 11%, so we will be careful

with it. But these guys make some very nice stouts. Yes, yes, they do. I like clown shoes a lot.

A good one. And they have some really cool artwork and beer names. Yes, they do. Those beer are sitting

in the sniffter that we have. It's pitch black with a teeny teeny tan head. The aroma is all booze and coffee. Very strong.

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