INFAMOUS: The Bricca Family
When the Bricca family is found murdered in their home, rumors and speculation follow every turn of the investigation. Although a suspect seems clear from the start, a lack of evidence and closure leaves Cincinnati residents on edge through the mid-late 60s.
For even more detail on this case, check out JT Townsend’s book, Summer’s Almost Gone: The Haunting Case of the Bricca Family!
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Episode Source Material
- Townsend, J. T. (2018). Summer’s Almost Gone. True Crime Detective Press.
- Cincinnati Magazine (Cincinnati, OH): Death on a Quiet Street, by Jack Heffron. Published April 1, 2008. Accessed August 8, 2024.
- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH): Bridgetown couple and child knifed to death in home. Published September 28, 1966. Accessed August 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH): Family of three knifed to death; rape is suspected. Published September 28, 1966. Accessed August 9, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH): 30 items to be tested in triple slaying. Published September 29, 1966. Accessed August 9, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- Sidney Daily News (Sidney, OH): Hair specimen does not match victims, by UPI. Published October 7, 1966. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati enquirer (Cincinnati, OH): Strange fingerprints found by FBI on Bricca property. Published October 16, 1966. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH): Bricca slayer believed white man, Published October 22, 1966. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH): Bricca Probe narrowed to one suspect. Published November 3, 1966. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH): Briccas’ neighbor cleared by police, by Robert Elkins. Published November 15, 1966. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH): Bricca case probe stymied, by Bob Elkins. Published March 28, 1967. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH): Sheriff snubbed killings tips – police, by George Hahn. Published March 3, 1977. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH): Retired Cincinnati detective back to try to crack toughest murders, by Associated Press. Published October 12, 1987. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH): ‘The crime that stunned the city’, by Janice Morse. Published March 30, 2013. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- WCPO (Cincinnati, OH): Coroner sending evidence from Bricca murder scene to FBI for DNA testing, by Suzanne Murray. Published April 30, 2013. Updated May 1, 2013. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- WCPO (Cincinnati, OH): Horrific Bricca family murders still unsolved 50 years later, by Greg Noble. Published September 27, 2016. Updated September 28, 2016. Accessed August 12, 2024.
- WCPO (Cincinnati, OH): From The Vault: Who killed Bricca family? Fifty years later, one name stands out, by Greg Noble. Published September 29, 2016. Updated January 25, 2020. Accessed August 12, 2024.
- WCPO (Cincinnati, OH): Who killed the Bricca family? Local historian explores cold case in new book, by Evan Millward. Published December 13, 2018. Accessed August 12, 2024.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH): Mystery endures 52 years after Bricca slayings, by Amber Hunt. Published December 16,2018. Accessed August 12, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
- WLWT (Cincinnati, OH): Bricca murders: A new push to solve Cincinnati’s infamous cold case, by Sheree Paolello. Published February 19, 2020. Accessed August 12, 2024.
- 700WLW (Cincinnati, OH): Bill Cunningham talks Bricca Murders 2/20/20. Aired February 2, 2020. Accessed August 12, 2024 via ListenNotes.
- FOX 19 (Cincinnati, OH): Detectives continue investigating brutal Bricca family murders five decades later, by Jessica Schmidt. Published May 16, 2022. Accessed August 13, 2024.
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