Madeline Murray O'Hare was America's best-known atheist,

principally responsible for abolishing prayer in public schools.

Madeline, you either liked or you hate her.

In 1995, Madeline Murray O'Hare mysteriously disappeared from her Texas home, along with her son John Murray and granddaughter Robin.

Over $600,000 of their organization's money disappeared along with them.

What is it not to love about this story? It involves greed. It involves gold. It involves the most hated woman in America.

This is a sexy story, and we should tell it.

It was a local newspaper reporter playing forensic detective who helped solve the case.

For the time, Madeline Murray O'Hare was often called the most hated woman in America.

Mr. Withers, is this a form of harassment?

No, ma'am. I am creating the record.

No, you're not creating the record.

You are wasting my time.

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When you're done reading that, call me.

I'll be in the ladies' room.

Is it your understanding that you have brought new documents today?

Call me in the ladies' room when you are done.

She was an avowed atheist who achieved fame in 1963 by opposing prayer in public schools.

She took her case all the way to the United States Supreme Court and won.

She founded the non-profit group, the American atheists, as well as a magazine,

preaching the gospel of strict separation

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