The Demon of the Belfry
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It was called the Crime of the Century in San Francisco, California. Everyone was shocked. The papers couldn’t get enough. How could a nice Sunday school teacher, a man attending medical school, kill two women in the church? Listen as we discuss The Demon in the Belfry, William Henry Theodore Durrant. We discuss his life before the crimes, the crimes themselves, then talk about his family, particularly his sister, Maud Allan, who found fame and controversy years later.
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