Ep. 185 - The Murderous Postmistress of West Palm Beach: The Crimes of Lena Clarke

It’s 1921, and 35-year-old Lena Clark has a problem. There’s money missing from her post office, but she’s about to point the finger of a former mail carrier, Fred Miltimore. Fred was more than just a coworker, though, and Lena is more than meets the eye. This case has murder, fortune telling, crystal balls, snakes, lies, snarky reporters, past lives (allegedly), even more lies, and a wayward preacher’s daughter. 

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Episode Source List:

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2022/01/09/lena-clarke-mysterious-murderous-postmistress-west-palm-beach/9084494002/

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2019/04/17/post-time-lena-clarke-was-west-palm-beachs-killer-postmistress/5375480007/ 

https://palmbeachpast.org/2021/07/going-postal-1920s-style-the-strange-case-of-lena-clarke/ 

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1921-08-08/ed-1/seq-3/

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024827/1921-08-14/ed-1/seq-7/ 

https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/the-murdering-postal-woman-lena-clarke-1921/ 

https://www.newspapers.com/image/313585521/?terms=lena%20clarke&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/410910479/?terms=lena%20clarke&match=1 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23950611/lena-marietta_thankful-clarke     

https://www.bridgebum.com/joseph_bowne_elwell.php
https://mru.ink/the-unsolved-locked-room-murder-of-joe-elwell-1920/