Episode Summary
This year’s Halloween’s special is the story of a woman whose tragic murder almost went unsolved… until a tip came in from the last person police expected.
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Episode Info
Teresita Basa (left) and her murderer Allan Showery (right)
Episode Source Material
- Unsolved Mysteries: Voice from the grave (season 2, episode 19).
- Chicago Tribune: Did voice from the grave name killer?, by John O’ Brien and Edward Baumann.
- Chicago Tribune: Woman found slain in burning flat.
- Ebony: Accused of murder by a voice from the grave, by John O’Brien and Edward Baumann.
- The mammoth encyclopedia of the unsolved, by Colin Wilson.
- Chicago Tribune: A Chicago murder solved by a ghost, by Margaret Roberts.
- Chicago Tribune: ‘Voice from grave’ case ends a mistrial, by John O’Brien.
- Chicago Tribune: Note leads to suspect in murder, by Phillip Wattley.
- Chicago Now: Teresita Basa killed today in 1977 – Did she solve her own murder?, by Ray Johnson.
- The Washington Post: ‘Voice from the grave’ evokes a murder trial, by Rob Warden.
- Chicago Tribune: Victim’s spirit identified killer, detective says, by John O’Brien.
- Chicago Tribune: $30 robbery is called motive in ‘voice from grave’ slaying, by John O’Brien.
- Chicago Tribune: ‘Voice from grave’ accusation repeated, by John O’Brien.
- Kenosha News: ‘Spirit’ voice feared she was next victim, by UPI.
- Chicago Tribune: Suspect denies his confession, by John O’Brien.
- Chicago Tribune: Conflicting words of suspect are told, by John O’Brien.
- The Capital Journal (Salem, OR): Murder victim’s ghost identifies killer, by Associated Press.
- Chicago Tribune: Officer says ‘voice’ revealed key clues, by John O’Brien.
- Chicago Tribune: Guilty plea in ‘voice from grave’, by John O’Brien.
- Chicago Tribune: ‘Her spirit spoke through my lips’, by John O’Brien.
- The (Sunday) Pantagraph: ‘Voice from the grave’ case leads to book, by Elaine Graybill.
- Reddit: I dreamed about a woman who died 43 years ago.