It was the dawn of the Jazz Age in the United States. And on September 14, 1922, in the town of Somerset, New Jersey, a strange and dramatic murder of two ill-fated lovers would soon attract the gaze of the entire nation.

Join Brianna as she delves into the murder case of Edward Wheeler Hall, an Episcopal priest, and a member of his choir, Eleanor Mills in what would be known as the Hall-Mills murder.

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Source Material

• Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby by Sarah Churchwell
• The Hall-Mills Murder Case: The Most Fascinating Unsolved Homicide in America by Mary S. Hartman
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