Tea Time Crimes
The Trick-or-Treat Murder
Episode Summary
In 1957, Betty Fabiano and her husband, Peter, spent the night handing out Halloween candy in their idyllic Sun Valley neighborhood. After the doors were locked and the house was dark, a lone trick-or-treater knocked on the door. When Peter opened the door, a bowl of candy in hand, he was shot dead with a single bullet to the chest. To solve this crime, the investigators must navigate through a tangled web of lies and manipulation.
Episode Notes
In 1957, Betty Fabiano and her husband, Peter, spent the night handing out Halloween candy in their idyllic Sun Valley neighborhood. After the doors were locked and the house was dark, a lone trick-or-treater knocked on the door. When Peter opened the door, a bowl of candy in hand, he was shot dead with a single bullet to the chest. To solve this crime, the investigators must navigate through a tangled web of lies and manipulation.
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Sources:
- https://thevintagewomanmagazine.com/mid-century-halloween-murder/
- https://www.insider.com/murders-halloween-night-2018-10#peter-fabiano-died-in-what-police-said-was-a-crime-of-passion-in-the-late-50s-6
- https://www.dailynews.com/2011/01/31/valley-retrospective-the-1950s/
- https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/17-bits-of-nostalgia-from-1957.htm
- https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/160268614/?terms=joan%20rabel&match=1
- https://klakstrom.medium.com/the-trick-or-treat-murder-of-peter-fabiano-151eb6a3983d
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/53n88a/the-bizarre-lesbian-murder-scandal-that-rocked-1950s-la
- https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/unreturned-love-killed-on-halloween-true-crime-e6255ad408d9
- Los Angeles Mirror - December 7th, 1957 - Page 3
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/694253811/?terms=paul%20fabiano&match=1
- The Los Angeles Times - Saturday, November 02, 1957
- The Los Angeles Times - Wednesday, November 13, 1957
- The Los Angeles Times - Friday, November 22, 1957 Page 20
- https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/381246155/?terms=peter%20fabiano&match=1
- The Los Angeles Times - Saturday, December 07, 1957
- https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/381280046/
- Valley Times - Saturday, December 07, 1957 Page 2
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/580886681/?terms=joan%20rabel&match=1
- Valley Times - Saturday, December 07, 1957 Page 2
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/580052134/?terms=joan%20rabel&match=1
- The Los Angeles Times - Saturday, April 19, 1958
- https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/381012808/?terms=peter%20fabiano&match=1