True Crime: Alaska

Leland E Hale

Leland E. Hale is a true-crime author best known for his true-crime classic, "Butcher, Baker." Hale's latest book -- Kill Brother, Kill Sister -- dives deep into the tangled web of two intricately related murders, committed nearly a decade apart. His podcast digs into the details of those crimes, starting with a deadly car bombing in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

Episodes

  1. 4H AGO

    Scotty Kidnapped: Hawaii

    I start this episode with a question: Is it possible for someone to kidnap their own child? Now, of course, the answer is “yes.” It even has a name. Or multiple names. Depending on the jurisdiction, it’s considered custodial interference. Or abduction. Or, sometimes, just plain kidnapping. But… There’s always a but. Depending on where you look, the question starts to get muddy. Immediately so. And, if you go back far enough, you can find almost anything… Here, for instance, is a passage from a famed English legal scholar, William Blackstone’s Commentaries, a refuge for anyone seeking a backward-looking view of reality. "The legal power of a father – for a mother, as such, is entitled to no power, but only to reverence and respect; the power of a father, I say, over the persons of his children ceases at the age of twenty-one: for they are then enfranchised by arriving at years of discretion, or that point which the law has established, as some must necessarily be established, when the empire of the father, or other guardian, gives place to the empire of reason. Yet, till that age arrives, this empire of the father continues even after his death; for he may by his will appoint a guardian to his children." In his authoritative pronouncement on English law, William Blackstone describes custody of children under the age of twenty-one as "the empire of the father." No one else need bother. That, my friends, is patriarchy at its finest.  Chapters (00:00:02) - Neil McKay's Disturbing Behavior(00:00:39) - Can You Kidnap Your Own Child?(00:02:38) - Neil McKay's Case for Full Custodial(00:16:29) - David Talbot Was Confirmed in Hawaii

    24 min

  2. 5D AGO

    One Year On

    One year on, the Muriel Pfeil murder had birthed two parallel investigations. One, of course, was the investigation into Muriel’s murder. The second was the inquiry into Neil Mackay’s fitness to assume custody of Scotty Mackay. And fitness was the operative word. Muriel had already set the ground rules by openly declaring Neil Mackay unfit for parenthood. But both investigations were fraught. And it was sometimes hard to say which brought the bigger circus. The custody case was itself a growing cast of characters. Scotty’s lawyer. Scotty’s maternal aunt and uncle. His maternal grandmother. Scotty’s paternal aunt and uncle, with whom he now lived. His father, a controlling presence, always lurking, always fighting, one gladiator after another. As one of the psychiatrists on the case noted, “Scotty has more than seven parent figures in his life right now. That’s too much for a child.” He added, “it’s amazing he isn’t a basket case by now,” adding that the child has been moved around so much he began carrying his suitcase with him to breakfast. Neil Mackay’s biggest obsession – other than his son – was the money being expended on Robert Wagstaff – his legal representative during the custody process. Well, not just that. Wagstaff also wanted the experts to weigh in on Mackay’s fitness for parenthood AND also hear from anyone who could speak to Muriel Pfeil’s homicide. The latter was a reach, and Wagstaff knew it. He also knew it would make him few friends among the Neil Mackay partisans. He said it anyway. Even put it in writing. “Whether or not Neil S. Mackay was involved in the death of Muriel Pfeil, or who else might be involved,” Wagstaff told the court, “is relevant to the best interests of Scotty Mackay, here being litigated.” At a minimum, he was convinced Neil Mackay was not fit to have custody of his son. That his condition – make that conditions, plural – was not temporary. In Wagstaff’s estimation, Mackay would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. And he only wanted one thing. Scotty. The animosities were mutual. Mackay said Wagstatt was in “fairyland, that he lived in a “make-believe world.” Neil Mackay also thought – was convinced – that he’d identified Wagstaff’s core motivation. Was also convinced it that underlying motivation was sufficient to get Wagstaff off the case. Now that’s animosity. Here he is, spreading the love, early on in their “relationship.” Mr. Wagstaff knows just as well as everyone else that the bottom line of this proceeding is the estate of Muriel A. Pfeil, deceased. There are assets available. Wagstaff is not adverse to make material misrepresentations to any court and he is not adverse to withhold information which would be to the benefit of Scotty . In fact, Mr. Wagstaff is not adverse to do anything so long as he can make money at it. Mr. Wagstaff has a money-making machine so long as he is the attorney for Scotty. Simply stated , he is not representing the best interests of Scotty; if he were. he would certainly be protecting Scotty's rights rather than hiding behind a bush. Mackay was just getting started. His aim here was to permanently remove Robert Wagstaff from Scotty’s care. Remove all obstacles was his theme song. One sometimes got the sense that he'd been singing this song for quite awhile. Chapters (00:00:00) - The Child's Right to an Independent Attorney(00:11:40) - Muriel Files Murder: One year without a clue(00:21:17) - Kill Brother, Kill Sister: Robert Hansen

    24 min

  3. APR 14

    In The Courts

    One of the biggest challenges – risks? – of writing about true-crime are the parts that dig deep into the legal process. I’m thinking of a comment someone made about an early version of my book, “What Happened In Craig.” The comment? “The trial was boring.” Problem was, there were two trials in that book! Unfortunately, in this episode I’m about to go there again. Into the minutia of the legal process, that is. Because wouldn’t you know it… for all the horror of Muriel Pfeil’s stunning homicide, the first place to see any “action” related to her murder was… an affidavit filed in the court by Neil Sutherland Mackay on October 7, 1976, seeking to modify his custody and visitation rights. This affidavit was all about Neil Pfeil Mackay. Also known as… Scotty. His son. By October 14, 1976, the case of Muriel Adele Mackay, Plaintiff versus Neil S. Mackay, Defendant, had been assigned to Judge Allen T. Compton. Seems mundane and strange all at once. After all, everyone knows Muriel is dead. But remember: child custody is never far from the forefront here. In an act of judicial courtesy, however, Judge Compton contacted Scotty’s father, Neil, and told him he’d been assigned to his case or, actually, cases plural. As part of that communication Judge Compton told Mackay that he was going to appoint a guardian ad litem for Scotty. That is, provide Scotty with his own legal representative, independent of anyone representing Neil Mackay or his uncle, Robert Pfeil. It wasn’t long before Compton received a telephone call from Neil Mackay. In a letter to the presiding judge, Compton memorialized that phone call as follows: Shortly after I arrived at home late that morning, I received a telephone call from Mr. Mackay. He advised me that he was going to exercise his right to peremptorily challenge me in the above referenced cases... He was somewhat concerned about the timeliness of the challenge and asked that I honor the “informal request,” since that is allowed by the rule.  Timeliness. That was the official reason. As in, Mackay did not want to wait any longer. Let me say that, over time, the timeliness rationale revealed itself to be something of a Trojan Horse. It is also my sense, based on emerging evidence, that the term “Guardian Ad Litem” scared the hell out of Neil Mackay. I say that because the next judge, the replacement judge, made good on the promise to provide Scotty with his own legal representation. Neil Mackay fought that appointment with every tool in his toolkit. But of course, in the immediate instance, Mackay did not know what the future held. https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/days-in-court/ Chapters (00:00:01) - In the Elevator With True Crime(00:01:01) - Neil McKay vs Judge Alan T. Compton(00:14:34) - Judge Roy Madsen(00:23:10) - What is a Guardian Ad Litem?

    25 min

  4. APR 9

    What About Scotty?

    You have no doubt noticed that Scotty has… sort of disappeared from our narrative. Yeah, you know, the “adults in the room” have taken over. Not that he has been forgotten. In fact, he’s at the center of things. But in that odd “he’ just a child” sort of way. With that said, I can add this: At this point in our story, Scotty is a mess. Here’s what psychiatrist Dr. Barry Mendelsohn -- someone who’d examined him previously – here’s what said of Scotty after he examined him in the days and months Muriel’s death: “A major area of anxiety [for Scotty] is in relation to the loss of [his] mother. He has a strong sense of loss and a magical expectation that his mother will return. He has a desire to join his mother.” There’s more: “Scotty showed anxiety in his play with other children. Anxiety over dirty play – in dirt. Anxiety relating to the death of his mother… Some anxiety in his play. Playroom sessions – direct play. Would play games, drawing and sand tray technique. Done with little direction. It’s a useful tool. Usually say, ‘what would you like to do.’ And this was a play activity he liked.” Mendelsohn continues: [He] played in playroom with a castle. He knocked everything down, said, “things are bombed and on fire.” Things are bombed and on fire. [A] child of this age ascribes causation to self. [The] notoriety of this case – Scotty listens for his name on TV and feels a great deal of responsibility. [The] absence of his father is seen as something, “I did.” Children of this age mirror what is going on around them. [Scotty is a] confused child. Mendelsohn felt compelled to add some qualifiers. As in… “Statements by Scotty not always a reflection of the way Scotty feels. He’s open to what people say to him. He’s searching for stability. There are discrepancies in terms of his behavior. We’re into the area of what people do to confuse small children. These [things he is saying] are feelings of Mackay. Mackay is egocentric – he has clear ideas about people.” And then there was this. Said because Dr. Mendelsohn had seen Scotty before. Had seen him during the divorce. Before the murder. “He hasn’t always been this way. I first met him in 1974 – his health was good. Initially his health was good – before his mother’s death.” Blog Page: https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/what-about-scotty/ Chapters (00:00:02) - Scotty's Confessions(00:04:07) - Does Scotty Know His Mother's Death?(00:13:38) - Neil McKay's Psychiatrist Interview(00:18:19) - Robert File on Muriel McKay's Death

    27 min

  5. APR 7

    The Sullivan Connection

    If you’ve been paying close attention – as I hope you have been – you’ll recall my mention of Fairbanks, Alaska. I’ve only been there once, but I’m reminded of what some acquaintances once told me. Asking if I’d ever been to Alaska, I answered “yes – Anchorage.” They scoffed. “If you haven’t been to Fairbanks, you haven’t been to Alaska.” And it’s in this town – Fairbanks – that Neil Mackay meets someone who will play a prominent role in his life. Her name is Jean Sullivan. You could call her a connector. I’d even call her a fixer. Oh and, of course, none of this would be possible without the ever-increasing importance of Fairbanks. Not just locally. Globally. It’s both Alaska’s second largest city and the city closest to the Prudhoe Bay oil fields, 500 miles to the north. Conveniently, there’s also a rail line that connects Fairbanks to the deep-water port in Seward – 500 miles to the south. So… location, location, location put Fairbanks at the center of Alaska’s growing oil boom. And, by 1976, they were only one year away from the start of production. And it’s this part – this place – the oil patch – that ultimately connected Neil Mackay to… Jean Sullivan. You can say it was just another chapter in Alaska’s boom and bust cycle. Gold. Timber. Fish. Mining. And then… Oil and gas. It goes deeper. Because the possibility of great fortune attracts… Everyone. By July of 1976, it was the criminal underbelly in Fairbanks that really showed its cards. First there was the mysterious disappearance of Fairbanks Teamster Jack Martin, better known as “Red.” And then, only days later… Another one. This one hitting Teamster Harry Pettus. They were both out of the NorthStar warehouse in Fairbanks. A building that held millions of dollars in equipment and supplies destined for the North Slope. What was that about? The Fairbanks Daily News Miner speculated: Drug trafficking on the pipeline. Theft or embezzlement of equipment. Maybe an in-house power struggle. Missing Teamster Pettus, for example, was a job foreman and the No. 2 Teamster at the North Star warehouse. Martin was a warehouseman – and job steward. Positions of power. Soon there would be answers… Sort of…

    26 min

  6. APR 2

    Lucky Break

    There’s an old saying… Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than smart… It is, of course, an inverted version of a more popular saying, which puts “smart” in the lead position. We won’t quibble here… Except to point out that two months after Muriel’s murder, authorities got the biggest break in the case so far. It seemed to come from an unexpected place. Not Anchorage. Not Fairbanks – where another vehicle explosion had caught the eye of investigators – but Seattle. Nearly 1500 air miles to the southwest of Anchorage. On November 19, 1976, the Seattle Times broke a frontpage story under the subhead “Travel agent killed.” The headline read: “Suspect quizzed in bombing.” This was the first break worth writing about. It brought with it a sense of cautious optimism. The details were tantalizing. As the Seattle Times story noted: A Marine Corps fugitive, arrested here last week for suspicion of burglary, is being questioned by Alaska authorities in connection with the fatal car bombing of an Anchorage travel agent September 30, The Times has learned. The marine, 18… has said he was paid $5,000 to plant a bomb which killed Muriel Pfeil, 41, the owner of Anchorage’s Professional Travel Services, according to King County police sources. At the time of the bombing, Alaska authorities told The Times, the murder could have been part of a nation-wide effort by organized crime to gain control of travel agencies. The agency is one of Alaska’s most successful. The marine, arrested by Seattle police Saturday… is being held without bail in the county jail. Chapters (00:00:00) - Marine Suspect in Travel Agent Bombing Arrest in Seattle(00:10:54) - What Makes a False Confession?(00:14:53) - Why Do Criminals Confess to Crimes They Didn't Commit?(00:15:57) - What Kind of False Confessions Are There?(00:21:41) - The True Crime of Anchorage

    27 min

  7. MAR 31

    Closer To Home (Mostly)

    The first line of suspects in Muriel’s murder – the ones we talked about in the previous episode – can be roughly placed in the “speculative” bucket. Even, you might say, the deeply speculative bucket. As in… One by one, most of these folks eliminated themselves from consideration. And then back in Fairbanks… In mid-November of 1977, another abandoned vehicle was destroyed by an explosion. The wrecked station wagon had been left alongside the road when it was bombed at 1:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Troopers in Fairbanks were investigating what was now the second successive car bombing in the city. An exhausted Police Lt. Ralph Christianson, of the Anchorage police, compared the characteristics of the two Fairbanks bombings, and reluctantly noted, “The only real similarities are that both vehicles were station wagons, and they were both bombed.” Christianson confirmed that four investigators were working fulltime on the case and that interviews of possible witnesses continued. The officer added that his agency has been going through travel manifests between Fairbanks and Anchorage. They were looking for possible suspects. “We’re also considering using a polygraph to test certain people who may be involved,” Christianson said. He declined to name any possible suspects. “We’re still interviewing possible witnesses,” in Anchorage, Christianson said. That was because, besides the businesspeople located in the area surrounding the parking lot, many windows of the Captain Cook Hotel, located a short distance away, overlooked the bomb site. “We’re still tracking many of those people down,” he said. Other investigators were still sifting through evidence, much of that at a secure Anchorage Police garage. And so it went. Indeed, there were some interesting leads coming in. One of them was word that during her European sojourn, Muriel Pfeil had a relationship with Joachim Peiper.  Formerly a lieutenant colonel in an armored division of the Waffen SS during the Second World War -- we’re talking full on Hitler stuff here -- Peiper was ultimately held responsible for a massacre of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. On 17 December 1944, Peiper’s armored battalion encountered a convoy of 30 American vehicles near Malmedy, Belgium. The American Battalion was quickly overcome and captured – then ordered to stand in a meadow before the Germans opened fire on them with machine guns. Eighty-four soldiers were killed. Their bodies left in the snow. It was characteristic, apparently, of Peiper’s aggressive style of command. So… At war’s end, Peiper was put on trial before a military tribunal… And convicted as a war criminal... During the summer of 1976, Joachim Peiper was residing in a lodge in France. Townspeople, having previously learned his identity, warned him to leave. He refused. And so on Bastille Day, July 14, 1976, he was murdered when his lodge was blown up by what some characterized as a “high velocity explosive.” [Except the details are incorrect – Peiper’s house was fire-bombed. It was Muriel Pfeil who was killed by an explosive device.] Less than two months later, on September 30, 1976, Muriel Pfeil was murdered in Anchorage. Were they related? Chapters (00:00:00) - Murrell's Murder: The Speculations(00:07:04) - Muriel File's Killer Was Formerly a War Criminal(00:16:07) - Northstar Terminals: Criminal Pasts of Workers

    25 min

  8. MAR 26

    Too Many Suspects

    “Whodunnit?” Okay, this is the obvious question, right? “Whodunnit?” That’s what everyone wants to know. So let’s start to unravel that question… And see how far we get. One thing up front: I’m going to stipulate that we’re talking premeditated murder. You don’t just casually walk up to a car and fill it with a bomb. It’s not a situation where, hey, somebody gets mad and grabs a gun and then says… “I’m sorry Your Honor, the gun just kinda accidentally went off.” No. This is the kind of murder that forces us to ask about motive: “Who benefits? Who benefits from this?” And there’s one thing we’ll eventually realize… If we didn’t know it right away: There seems to be a “prize” on offer. His name is Neil Pfeil “Scotty” Mackay, the offspring of Muriel Pfeil and Neil Mackay. A child whom his father, Neil Mackay, regards with a complex set of emotions. Part of it included his “claim” on the boy. And I use the word “claim” fairly broadly. The theory of the case – and I emphasize THEORY… Is that whatever Neil Mackay’s feelings were toward his son, Muriel Pfeil had stood in his way. She had actively blocked any semblance of possession whatsoever. Remember: her last act before dying was to block expansion of Neil’s custody rights for two years, until Scotty, then three years old, turned five. The guy was losing power. The guy had lost control – if, indeed, he ever had it. He’s going to wrestle it back the best way he knows how. Because it’s also clear that the courts are also in his way. But… If she – if Muriel – is eliminated, if she is gone, if she is dead, then he – the presumptive father – can stand there and say, “I'm the father, I'm the surviving father, give me my child. He's mine.” Okay, sounds too simple, right? Or too stupid. Go straight to jail, Neil. Go straight to jail. Right? Well, the complication, of course, is that getting from that theory of the case to proof that Neil Mackay actually did it is not quite so straightforward. You expected that, didn’t you? Because, as soon as they start investigating – they meaning the Anchorage police – the realm of possible suspects starts to expand. In fact, as the investigation moved forward, the cops ended up with about seventeen suspects. Seventeen. That's too many. I mean, what you want is to narrow the list down to the one person or persons who are directly responsible. Right? Chapters (00:00:00) - Neil McKay vs. Scotty(00:08:47) - The Bombing of Mural File(00:18:15) - Neil McKay in the Murder of Muriel

    25 min

  9. MAR 24

    Star Cursed Love

    There were always questions about Muriel Pfeil’s marriage to Neil Mackay. The age difference, for one. She was 33 when they married; he was 45. A twelve-year gap. Let's put that in other terms. He participated in World War II while she watched it from grade school. Now, that's not an impossible difference. Her own parents were separated by thirteen years. So yeah, she had an example. But often – perhaps too often – what we run into is an older, successful man wants nothing more than a trophy wife. Someone who makes him look good. And as far as I can tell, there was nothing about Muriel Pfeil that wanted to be a trophy wife. In fact, my most profound sense is that she wanted a marriage of equals. That's what she experienced in her own life, between her parents. Love and respect. Her mother a school teacher who became a school principal. Her father a man who worked his way up from hard-working immigrant to prominent citizen, member of the city council, owner of land and apartments and a downtown department store.  So Muriel had, I don't know if I want to say expectations, but she had lofty examples of the kind of man she wanted to be with, her father being one of them. But maybe there was something else? Opposites attract… Or maybe the hard charger mentality that they shared? And then there was the “wouldn't we be the power couple of all power couples” angle. Because remember, in those days Anchorage was not much more than an overgrown small town. Still is, to some degree. And with that all the attendant social stratification and elites and hoity-toity gossip brigades. So, in that context, let's not put the age difference too high in the equation. https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/star-cursed-love/ Chapters (00:00:01) - Muriel Pfeil's Marriage to Neil Mackay(00:11:15) - Muriel Pfeil's Turn of Fate(00:17:18) - The Life of Neil Sutherland Mackay(00:27:43) - Mackay Divorces First Wife(00:30:38) - Soon Mackay Marries Muriel

    35 min

  10. MAR 19

    Why A Car Bomb?

    ERRATA: Fixed duplicate audio issue. When we think of car bombs we often think politics. Of war by another name. The Irish Republican Army, fighting for independence. Of the Middle East and the warfare in that region. The Lebanese Civil War. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Iraqi insurgents. There’s also organized crime. By 1974, in fact, Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland, Ohio – had become the leading site for car bombings in the U.S. The main cause? A gang war between Italian crime families and a group of Irish-American gangsters. And here’s the key revelation: Wherever you find them, car bombs are a preferred method of assassination because the evidence is often destroyed in the explosion, leaving police with no leads. And death? A sure thing. Instantaneous. That's actually part of the attraction. The bomb thoroughly destroys everything in its wake. But here's the rub: Rigging a car bomb is a complex operation. It's not like, say, a handgun where a sponaneous outburst can lead to homicide. Car bombs are the opposite. They take planning, plus time. And caution -- the bomber, if not careful, can end up as the victim.  That said, Anchorage police quickly turned up at least one break: another car bombing in Fairbanks. More than three hundred miles to the north. A practice run? Maybe? Maybe not. It was, actually, the first among several. It's that old adage in which we start to see a pattern just because we're looking for it. You know the one: "I just bought a Volkswagen and suddenly every car I see is... A Volkswagen."  There was, in fact, another complication. On the day of her murder, Muriel Pfeil was ferrying her three and half-year-old son between home, preschool and daycare. And yet. And yet he was not in the car when the explosion occurred. Was not harmed. Ok, so that tells us -- or seems to tell us -- that Muriel was the sole target. And that tells us... Well, it might give us the name of our chief suspect. All eyes quickly turned to Neil Mackay, the boy's father. And the estranged ex-husband of Muriel Pfeil. That starts to raise the old "who benefits" question.  Except… What about the bit where Neil Mackay did not seem to know where Scotty was, much less whether he was safe or not? Was that all for show? https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/why-a-car-bomb/ Chapters (00:00:00) - Muriel Bombing: The Case of Car Bombing(00:08:33) - The Bombing of Muriel's Office(00:16:22) - Muriel's death: The Coroner's Inquest(00:22:58) - How the Bomb Was Set Up

    25 min

  11. MAR 17

    Grace Under Pressure

    Among the dozens of phone calls made that day in September, two stand out. One to Robert Pfeil, Muriel's brother. He was in his garage. And, with his wife Marianne, they rushed to the crime scene. Suddenly, this devoted family man had a lot on his plate. At the crime scene, he talked briefly to investigators. Mentioned Neil Mackay. There was a tacit agreement. The cops would talk to Muriel's ex-husband.  But Robert Pfeil's immediate concern lay elsewhere. Lay with Scotty, Muriel's son by way of Neil Mackay. Bob had promised his sister he'd spend her inheritance down to the last nickel to keep that man away from Scotty. Bob immediately went into a full-court press on that promise. Picked Scotty up from his daycare. Called Muriel's attorneys. Readied the case for custody and, perhaps, full adoption. https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/grace-under-pressure/↗ Across town, Neil Mackay received the same news almost simultaneously. But... There was a but. While worried about Scotty, he didn't know where his kid was. First he was worried that he was in the car. While that proved to be false, he still had no idea of the his child's whereabouts. Muriel had kept his daily routine from him, fearing the father and protecting the child. Worse yet, asked by police to describe his whereabouts that day -- especially in the interval during the car bomb -- Mackay and his legal secretary came up with differing accounts. Something about when he left his office. And then he returned. One of them was off by an hour. And within that hour... The bomb went off. If, as police then thought, it was a remote control bomb... Then Neil Mackay could have been out and about... And that was incriminating.  https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/grace-under-pressure/ Chapters (00:00:02) - The bombing that killed Muriel McKay(00:04:44) - Bob and Marianne McKay: Premonitions of Neil McKay's(00:15:04) - Was Neil McKay Right About His Story?

    26 min

  12. MAR 10

    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. MORE: https://lelandhale.com/wordpress/a-bomb-a-murder/

    22 min
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Leland E. Hale is a true-crime author best known for his true-crime classic, "Butcher, Baker." Hale's latest book -- Kill Brother, Kill Sister -- dives deep into the tangled web of two intricately related murders, committed nearly a decade apart. His podcast digs into the details of those crimes, starting with a deadly car bombing in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

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