Episode 127: The Hammer Man Strangler (Case of Harvey Carignan)
The wife of high-powered influential Harry Piper was kidnapped.
A random note was left - “We want $1 million dollars to be paid in 50,000 unmarked $20 bills.” The family paid it.
It would be two full days till Virginia was found chained up to a tree. Alive.
She never saw the kidnapper’s face.
After three long years the police presented her with a few audio clips. She perked up. “That’s him! My kidnapper! I’m sure of it! I remember his voice.”
If this were true Virginia was lucky to be alive.
She was listening to the voice of a serial killer.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “The Want Ad Killer” - by Ann Rule
https://web.archive.org/web/20180622005114/http://crimefeed.com/2017/09/a-look-back-at-the-want-ad-killer/
https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/carignan-harvey.htm
https://coms.doc.state.mn.us/publicviewer/OffenderDetails/Index/100736/Search
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