Episode #84: The Murder in Room 1046 & the 1935 Zodiac Back

3/30/2026: On today’s episode, Valerie shares the story of the mysterious unsolved murder of a young man who checked into a Kansas City hotel early in 1935, and the bizarre details of his stay, his murder, the crime scene, and the disturbing investigation that followed. The letters and phone calls received in the aftermath of the crime only served to deepen the mystery. Next, in the 1935 Zodiac Back, Any Jo dives into the astrology of the day, including Pluto in Cancer and the WPA’s Federal Theater Project, the upheaval associated with Uranus in Taurus and a 1935 book called Astronomy, and the spirituality of Neptune in Virgo. Plus! A Moon Moment hinting at what’s to come in 2026.

Cover Photo: Artemus Ogletree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLg69r5VR64

Hilton President Kansas City

Hilton President Kansas City

Hotel President registration card signed by Roland T. Owen

Kansas City Public Library

Victim in room 1046 murder | Kansas City Public Library

Kansas City Journal Post, January, 1935

Grave of Artemus Ogletree

Jan 5 1935 Eclipse Chart

Kelly Schultz, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, leads a team composed of three other researchers that is trying to grow meat. (The above illustration is of store-bought meat, not lab-cultivated meat.)

Federal Theater Project Graphic

Sources/Photo Sources

Intro Sources:

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The Body. in Room 1046 Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Artemus_Ogletree

https://kansascitymag.com/the-owen-case/

https://fox4kc.com/news/unsolved-murder-in-1935-the-unusual-guest-at-a-kansas-city-hotel/

https://www.aetv.com/articles/the-case-of-room-1046-remains-unsolved-90-years-later

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172315577/artemus-w_-ogletree

The Body. in Room 1046 Photo Sources:

https://www.guestreservations.com/hilton-president-kansas-city/booking?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=973793184&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=973793184&gbraid=0AAAAADiMQMaarhTFd2HYcUjYuExVoG49s&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmunNBhDbARIsAOndKpl8TM82VBw59efN7cFMBp65yEKPTHfhF0lprHfLhd19WLXgZlJ5ADsaAsmMEALw_wcB&ctTriggered=true

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMIogqfxC5RPZqhLdLyY_g11p95D-wVz5oFkRca=s1360-w1360-h1020-rw

https://kansascitymag.com/the-owen-case/

https://fox4kc.com/news/unsolved-murder-in-1935-the-unusual-guest-at-a-kansas-city-hotel/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172315577/artemus-w_-ogletree#view-photo=287636398

https://kansascitymag.com/the-owen-case/ 

1935 Zodiac Back Sources:

https://www.nylon.com/life/uranus-in-taurus-explained 

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/monthly-astro-calendar-january-1935

https://www.scribd.com/doc/234325351/Nikola-Tesla-A-Machine-to-End-War-Liberty-Magazine-1935

https://www.planetary.org/articles/3288

https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-19350414 

https://www.selfgazer.com/blog/neptune-in-virgo-traits-meaning 

http://mindfire.ca/The%20Planets%20Through%20the%20Signs/Neptune%20Through%20the%20Signs/Neptune%20in%20Virgo.htm  

https://astrolibrary.org/interpretations/neptune/ 

https://patrickwatsonastrology.com/planets-in-signs/neptune-in-the-signs/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_in_science

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/progress-in-this-age-of-science-1935-06/

https://theskylive.com/solar-eclipse?id=1935-12-25#eclipse-animation

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/41091-astronomy-in-the-1930s/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Solar_System_astronomy

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/reaching-toward-space-37458291/

1935 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

https://news.lehigh.edu/cultivating-lab-grown-meat

https://www.thenationalbookreview.com/features/2020/11/1/essay-can-we-save-american-theater-by-reviving-a-bold-idea-from-the-1930s

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/horoscope-chart4def-700__radix_5-1-1935_05-35.png?fortune_asp=1&vertex_asp=1&chiron_asp=1&lilith_asp=1&uzel_asp=1&dum_1_new=277&dum_10_new=188.317&no_domy=&dum_1=277&dum_2=305.28&dum_3=335.84&dum_4=8.317&dum_5=40.05&dum_6=69.32&&p_slunce=283.96&p_luna=284.1&p_merkur=287.02&p_venuse=295.336&p_mars=191.5&p_jupiter=227.55&p_saturn=325.4&p_uran=27.49&p_neptun=164.485&p_pluto=115.2&p_uzel=302.02&p_lilith=138.87&p_chiron=65.39&p_fortune=276.87&p_spirit=277.15&&p_vertex=180&r_uran=ANO&r_neptun=ANO&r_pluto=ANO&r_uzel=ANO&r_chiron=ANO&tolerance=&tolerance_paral=1.2&nocache=16&&domy_cisla=0&barva_planet=0&barva_stupne=0&barva_pozadi=0&barva_domy=1&barva_vzduch=1&