Tiger Girl Murder! Part One
Don't Know Beach About History: Short Histories of Long Beach
English - March 10, 2021 19:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBHistory long beach california history long beach history southern california long beach public library public libraries Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Pike Mummy!: The Unbelievable Tale of the Dead Body in the Fun House
Next Episode: Tiger Girl Murder! Part Two
On July 12, 1922, two young women spent the day in a Long Beach speakeasy, drinking and commiserating about their unfaithful husbands. That evening, on a remote road in Los Angeles, one of those women would beat a romantic rival to death with a hammer. The brutal murder case became one of Southern California's very first trials of the century, with the accused becoming the object of almost cult-like fascination in the public.