# High Grade Imbecile

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Podcast: [Murder In The Hudson Valley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/murder-in-the-hudson-valley-336854)
Published: 2025-12-23T20:00:07+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2210

## Resource

In 1914, high school teacher Lydia "Lyda" Beecher was murdered by one of her students in Poland, New York. The trial dubbed the student a "high grade imbecile."

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