Locked Evidence, Open Secret: The Typewriter That Ransomed a Town
Locked Evidence, Open Secret: The Typewriter That Ransomed a TownA typewriter locked inside a sheriff's evidence room for eleven years was used to type a ransom note that demanded $50,000 and gave a 72-hour deadline - how could a machine catalogued as untouched be used to threaten a 62-year-old woman's family, and who actually accessed it? The note was typed on an IBM Selectric Prestige Elite with two microscopic defects that matched the ransom letter; what happened between the lock and the typing is the central mystery.In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events from the Wednesday…
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