Season 4, Episode 21: The Reverend and the Choir Singer: The Hall-Mills Murders (Unsolved)
Episode description
New Brunswick, NJ, 1922. Edward Wheeler Hall, a Reverend, and Eleanor Mills, a member of his church choir, are found dead under a crabapple tree on a secluded road, also known as Lovers Lane. Both Edward and Eleanor were married to other people. Because of the brutality of how Eleanor was killed led police to believe that a woman was involved who had a lot of hatred for Eleanor. Despite multiple arrests and a sensational murder trial, no one has ever been convicted of the Hall-Mills murders. Both of the victim's spouses were investigated, but both had alibis. However, Frances Stevens Hall, Edward's wife, had a lot of money and it's been speculated by some that she paid for her alibi. Hall's wife, Frances Stevens Hall, and her brothers stood accused of murder, and the papers could not stop writing about the case. In the end, they were acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence. Did they get away with murder?
Sources:
https://crimereads.com/the-murder-of-edward-hall-and-eleanor-mills-new-jerseys-original-crime-of-the-century/
https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/a-sensational-murder-trial-in-the-newly-founded-new-yorker
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