# The Valerie Percy Murder: The Crime That Shook Kenilworth

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Podcast: [Echoes of the Unknown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/echoes-of-the-unknown-7231698)
Published: 2026-06-30T12:04:16+00:00
Episode link: https://echoesoftheunknownpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-valerie-percy-murder-the-crime-that-shook-kenilworth/
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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.

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