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The episode cited the book repeatedly as the primary source for the 1924 trapper murders, using it to provide background on the investigation, the second search effort, and the foxskin transaction. The host highlighted the author's detailed analysis of the case, including the prominent family of the young woman, the press coverage, and the later police lineup. Overall, the book was presented as an essential reference for understanding the mystery.
Episode: The Trappers
The book was cited repeatedly as the primary source for details about the 1924 lavalake trapper murders, providing background on the investigation, the second search effort, the foxskin transaction, and later analysis of the case.
In fact, according to Melanie Tupper's book, The Trapper Murders, and coverage by the Bend Bulletin, Hervey and Owen had been informed before heading out to the cabin that food for the foxes had been delivered around January 13, 1924.
Melanie Tupper's book, The Trapper Murders, refers to this search effort as the second search effort conducted for the men, since, you know, Hervey and Owen had technically been to the cabin first on their own.
According to Melanie Tupper's book that I've mentioned a few times already, on April 19th, just a few days into law enforcement's investigation, authorities learned that four of the five missing fox skins ... had been sold to a fur trading business in Portland called the Schumacher Fur Company.
Melanie Tupper wrote in her book The Trapper Murders that the young woman in that case came from a prominent family and after the trial concluded the whole thing was written about by the press at the time as sort of a laughable matter.
Melanie Tupper explained in her book that when Charles was brought back to Oregon in March 1933 he was questioned about the Trapper murders and put in a police lineup; the Portland police officer who 10 years earlier had identified him from a photograph could no longer pick him out.