Episode #40: The Career Girls Murders & the 1963 Zodiac Back

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Aug 29, 2024
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8/28/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie tells the heartbreaking story of the murders of Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie in their 3rd floor Manhattan apartment, on the same day that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. She outlines the exhaustive search for a suspect by New York’s 73rd precinct, the details of the eventual case against an unlikely young man, and how the historic events of that day helped crack the case for good. Next, Amy Jo presents the positions of the outer planets for 1963 and what some of those aspects may have meant for those living through our year. We reflect on some of the Zodiac Back lessons we’ve learned throughout Season 1 and finally Amy Jo tells us what we can expect in the month of September. Thank you for listening to Season 1. We love you, and we ain’t a’woofin!

Cover Photo: The victims: Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie, brutally slain in August of 1963.

Martin Luther King Jr., Washington DC, 8/28/1963
Photograph by Frank Hurley/New York Daily News/Getty Images; Photo illustration by Sean McCabe.
Patricia Tolles Getty Images
Max Wylie Getty Images
George Whitmore Jr. with his mother after his release from the Queens House of Detention for Men. AP
Photo by William Jacobellis/New York Post
Richard Robles in the East 104th Street police station — on January 26, 1965 — being booked on a homicide charge. AP
Richard Robles
Mercury Retrograde cycle
Pluto in Capricron Graphic, ChaniNicholas.com
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