True Crime Podcast about the Martha Moxley murder in 1975.

On Halloween 1975 the small elite community of Belle Haven, Connecticut, was transformed from a safe gated neighbourhood to a town of fear and suspicion when Martha’s body was discovered. Martha, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, had been out with friends for Mischief Night, but failed to return home for her curfew. In the morning a search party was formed to try and locate her. One of her friends on route to join the search found Martha on her parents’ property, she had been savagely beaten and stabbed.

This is the story of how her killer was eventually tried in 2002, and despite being found guilty, is now free. Why did it take over 25 years to identify the killer? Was a prominent family protecting one of their own? Or did the police investigation focus on the wrong suspect?

Episode 1 of a deep dive on this case hosted by TJ, a criminologist, with 'assistance' from her Golden Retriever/Saluki cross, Morty.

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Chapters

00:00 Mystery on Walsh Lane

02:47 Understanding Belle Haven: A Gated Community's Dark Side

03:37 The Moxley Family: A Background of Normalcy

07:39 The Skakel Family: Connections and Controversies

11:23 The Night of the Murder: Events Leading Up to Tragedy

16:04 Eerie Events: The Night of October 30, 1975

21:35 The Search Begins

23:29 Discovery of the Body

28:56 Investigation Challenges

References:

American Justice – Season 8 episode 12 – A Murder in Greenwich: The Martha Moxley Case.

A Season in Purgatory by Dominic Dunne

Conviction. Solving the Moxley Murder by Leonard Levitt.

Greentown by Timothy Dumas

Murder and Justice: The case of Martha Moxley. Documentary series