THE UNSOLVED MURDERS OF JEANNETTE DEPALMA AND ARNOLD SCHUSTER

THE UNSOLVED MURDERS OF JEANNETTE DEPALMA AND ARNOLD SCHUSTER

Author: Forgotten News Podcast March 21, 2023 Duration: 38:52

Two mysterious deaths - 20 years apart:

Jeanette DePalma (1972) (06:10)

Arnold Schuster (1952) (21:56)

Listen, and hear their stories.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Jeanette DePalma murder:

The Unsolved Case of Jeannette DePalma, Weird N.J. (Issue #22, 1997).

Pollack, Jesse, Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey. The History Press (2015; (2022 Revised ed.)

Muscavage, Nick. "What happened to Springfield teen found dead in 1972?". NJ Courier News (08-26-2019).

The Mysterious Death of Jeannette DePalma, YouTube (2022).

Arnold Schuster murder:

Maeder Jay, The shocking murder of police tipster Arnold Schuster, New York Daily News (08-14-2017).

Baldwin, Jennifer, The Mysterious Murder of Arnold Schuster, The Crime Log, (webpage, 07-20-2021).

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VOICES:

Jeanette DePalma murder:

Narrator Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

Arnold Schuster murder:

Narrator - Jessica, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

Albert Anastasia - Joe Stofko, free-lance professional voice artist.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host IntroNina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source:  G.K. Chesterton, The Sign of the Broken Sword (a Father Brown mystery)  (fiction, 1911).

Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org.⁠

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