140. The Philadelphia Poison Ring

Mission Spooky by Cord, Kayla and Kiki

Jun 1, 202501:23:37Society & Culture

In this episode, we explore one of the most chilling and bizarre murder-for-hire plots in American history: the Philadelphia Poison Ring. During the Great Depression and into the early 1940s, a quiet rowhome neighborhood...

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