Hello all, this episode is about the 1939 new year's eve murder of Harvey Hess. His killer tried to use what we would know as the 'gay panic' defence. Luckily, in this case, that didn't fly.

Take a listen and learn about this lesser known case and hear what it was like in the world in 1939, Germany crop up, can you guess why?

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Sources

https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1939.html

“Motiveless Murder Confronts Police” - Clovis News Journal, 1Jan1940, p. 8. 

“Senator’s Aide Murdered on New Year Trip” - The Morning Post, 1Jan1940, p. 1. 

“School Board Clerk Quizzed in Slaying of Senator’s Secretary” - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2Jan1940, p. 4.

“Probe Murder” - The Evening Herald, 4Jan1940, p. 2.

“Police Ponder Hess Murder” - Delaware County Daily Times, 4Jan1940, p. 1. 

“Handyman Confesses New Year’s Eve Killing of N.J. Senator’s Aide” - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3Feb1940, p. 2. 

“Philadelphia Jails Suspect in Slaying” - The Pittsburgh Press, 4Feb1940, p. 7. 

“Handyman Arrested in Choir Singer’s Death” - Mount Carmel Item, 5Feb1940, p. 2. 

“Pleads Not Guilty” - The Evening Herald, 23Feb1940, p. 1. 

“Expect Hairs From Dog Will Figure in Trial” - The Evening Herald, 9Apr1940, p. 5. 

“Chair Demanded in Hatry Trial” - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10Apr1940, p. 

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“Hatry’s Guilty Plea Ends Murder Trial” - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 11Apr1940, p. 8. 

“Hatry Gets Chance to ‘Tell Truth’” - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 12Apr1940, p. 25. 

“Hatry Describes Killing of Singer” - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 13Apr1940, p. 17.

Music

The Murdered Dancer - Luella Gren

Memento Mori - Alec Slayne

Confidentiality - Dream Cave

Walker Street - Dream Cave

Without Me - Autumn Cheek

The Unveiling - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen

Partners in Crime - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen

Trans Siberian Express - Luella Gren

Playing by Hollywood's Rules - Golden Age Radio

Never Complain, Never Explain - Howard Harper-Barnes

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