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Episode 544: The Career Girl Murders (Part 1)

2024/3/7
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Elena和Ash讨论了1963年发生的“职业女孩谋杀案”,受害者Janice Wylie和Emily Hoffert是两位年轻的职业女性。她们的死亡不仅是一起悲惨的犯罪事件,也反映了20世纪60年代美国社会中存在的性别歧视、种族偏见以及社会对女性脆弱性的刻板印象。案件中,警方的调查受到了种族偏见的影响,警探Eddie Bulger因其种族主义言行而被撤职。受害者Janice Wylie来自富裕家庭,拥有优越的教育背景和自信的性格,她在Newsweek工作,追求职业独立,这在当时并不常见。Emily Hoffert则是一位来自中西部地区的教师,为了事业发展而搬到纽约。她们的死亡引发了人们对女性在追求职业独立时所面临的风险的担忧。 Elena和Ash分析了案件调查中存在的不足,警方最初将调查方向集中在受害者Janice Wylie的社交圈,并对她的性取向持有偏见。案件调查中,警方未能有效地收集和分析证据,导致案件侦破进展缓慢。凶手George Whitmore的作案动机和作案过程也充满了谜团。Elena和Ash指出,警方的预设叙事和种族偏见严重影响了案件的调查和审判,导致正义的迟延。她们呼吁人们关注性别平等、种族平等以及警务改革的重要性。

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On August 28, 1963, Patricia Tolles returned home from work to find her New York City apartment ransacked, a bloody knife in the bathroom, and her roommates, Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie, nowhere to be found. Patricia went to the lobby and called Janice’s father, Max Wylie, who came over immediately and searched the apartment, finding the bodies of his daughter and Hoffert in one of the bedrooms. Labeled by the press as the “Career Girl Murders,” the murders of Wylie and Hoffert shook the relatively quiet Upper East Side neighborhood and left many residents—particularly young women—feeling vulnerable and afraid. 

Thank you to the wondrous Dave White of Bring me the Axe Podcast for research!

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