A True Crime podcast with a hint of horror and mystery. Join Payton Moreland as she delves into a different case each week, breaking down the facts and pondering on the age old question, “Why do people do what they do?”. Payton also periodically discusses conspiracy theories, hauntings, and all things spooky… so go ahead and walk with her every Wednesday further Into The Dark.
episode 60: 60. The Power Couple Murder Mystery
In this episode, Payton dives into the case of Joan and John Hill, a glamorous couple at the height of Houston society, who become entangled in one of the city's most notorious murder mysteries in the 1960s.
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Case Sources:
Blood and Money by Thomas Thompson
ABC13 - https://abc13.com/texas-true-crime-river-oaks-murder-mystery-joan-robinson-hill-john/13235480/
Texas Archive of the Moving Image - https://texasarchive.org/2015_02478
San Antonio Express News - https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/joan-hill-poisoned-eclair-17872258.php
PBS - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/etc/cali.html
New York Daily News - https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/05/30/texas-doctor-who-killed-wife-with-poisoned-pastry-was-eventually-gunned-down-in-murder-for-hire-as-sordid-story-later-became-made-for-tv-movie-starring-sam-elliott-and-farrah-fawcett/
Casemine - https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914c4f2add7b049347d0da0
UPI - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Blood-money-and-toxic-shock/8198343890000/
Johns Hopkins Medicine - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/toxic-shock-syndrome-tss
The National Library of Medicine - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6306933/
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