Episode
The Valerie Percy Murder: The Crime That Shook Kenilworth
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- Echoes of the Unknown
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- Jun 30, 2026
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- 1186
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Summary
In today's episode, we're traveling to Kenilworth, Illinois, where a brutal murder shattered the illusion that privilege and prominence could guarantee safety. In 1966, inside an elegant mansion, the daughter of a U.S. Senate candidate was murdered in her bedroom. Her stepmother glimpsed a shadowy figure standing over her bed, but the intruder vanished into the darkness. It's one of Chicago's greatest unsolved murder mysteries.