The Missing Candy Heiress and the Chicago Horse Mafia

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Jun 29, 202634:21Society & Culture

In 1977, candy heiress Helen Brach – one of the richest women in America – vanishes. Detectives consider the many people who might have wanted to get their hands on her money. Ultimately, the primary suspect that emerges...

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