The Bathing Beauty’s New Hammer

The Brutal Murder of Alberta Meadows

Episode 120 tells the story of Clara Phillips, a former Hollywood bathing beauty and chorus girl, who decides she wants to have a chat with a young lady whom she believes is canoodling with her husband. She stops and buys a brand new hammer on the way. Yeah. That’s not gonna end well. This episode is filled with a lot of poignant stories of the incident from a variety of points of view, including a daring escape from justice.

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