A Bomb, A Murder: Setting the Scene

On September 30, 1976, a vehicle explosion rocked downtown Anchorage. When the dust settled, Muriel Pfeil was trapped in the driver’s seat. Dead.

An Anchorage native, she owned the most successful travel service in Alaska. Her messy divorce was well known in the community. She'd just received a three-quarters of a million dollar settlement. The final step in her divorce -- the final custody agreement concerning her three and half year old son -- seemed close at hand. Now this?

For our opening episode, we go behind the scenes to the heart of the crime. Was this an accident or something more sinister? To answer that, we need to look more closely at the explosion that killed her. An eyewitness comes forward with a surprising insight. As someone who'd spent years on road crews in Fairbanks, Doug Pope recognized that a targeted explosion had taken her life. One that sent the steering column straight into her chest. Her death was the work of an expert.

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