In September 1922, the bodies of an Episcopal priest and a married choir singer were found posed beneath a crabapple tree on a quiet lane outside New Brunswick…In September 1922, the bodies of an Episcopal priest and a married choir singer were found posed beneath a crabapple tree on a quiet lane outside New Brunswick, New Jersey. Their torn-up love letters had been scattered around them like a verdict. Edward Hall was the most respected minister in town, and Eleanor Mills was one of his most devoted parishioners. The affair between them had been the worst-kept secret in the congregation for years, ignored by neighbors and tolerated by spouses, until someone decided it was time to end it. In Part 1 of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy traces the years-long affair that divided a small New Jersey community, the two very different marriages it tore apart, and the final days before two lovers met whoever was waiting under that tree.

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