Tea Time Crimes

A Deadly Photograph: Olga Rocco and Pearl Lusk

Episode Summary

Young Pearl Lusk has just lost her job and her dating life. So when handsome Allen La Rue offers her a very cool spy gig, she jumps on the opportunity. Her first assignment is to trail and photograph a supposed jewel thief, Olga Rocco. And that’s where everything goes wrong. Grab your favorite holiday drink while you listen to this captivating case with our special guest, Mary Kate!

Episode Notes

Tea of the Day: Boozy Hot Chocolate

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Mary Kate’s website: https://www.marykateboylan.me/

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233

Sources:

Reporting At Wit’s End - Tales from the New Yorker by St. Clair McKelway
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1953/08/08/the-perils-of-pearl-and-olga
The Post-Standard - 01 Jan 1947, Wed ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/35931477/
The Free Lance-Star - 02 Jan 1947, Thu ·Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/866579956/
The Philadelphia Inquirer - 23 Mar 1947, Sun ·Page 133 https://www.newspapers.com/image/172633630/
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - 07 Jan 1947, Tue ·Page 16 https://www.newspapers.com/image/772816622/
Daily News - 31 Dec 2000, Sun ·Page 182 https://www.newspapers.com/image/480903552/
The Plain Speaker - 06 Jan 1947, Mon ·Page 9 https://www.newspapers.com/image/140355497/
Daily News - 26 Feb 1947, Wed ·Page 285 https://www.newspapers.com/image/445121033/
The Atlanta Constitution - 09 Nov 1947, Sun ·Page 98 https://www.newspapers.com/image/398181318/
https://www.actionagainststalking.org/the-impact-of-stalking
https://www.cawc.org/news/stigma-and-domestic-violence/