#306 Otto In The Attic

It was August 22, 1922, in Los Angeles, and German immigrant Fred Oesterreich was in the middle of a heated argument with his wife, Walburga “Dolly” Oesterreich. Without warning, when Fred turns around he’s face to face with a man he knew a decade ago, back in Milwaukee, and he’s holding two pistols. Fred didn’t hear the man come in, and most importantly, why was he here in the first place!?  Check out Patreon and our other shows!: Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Sources: Book: “The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told” by Jack Rosewood https://strangeco.blogspot.com/2013/12/ottos-in-attic-or-hell-dolly.html https://historic-horrors.com/2025/05/22/the-man-in-the-attic-a-forgotten-crime-of-passion-from-los-angeles-roaring-twenties/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5t1qis/til_an_la_woman_hid_her_lover_in_the_attic_for/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-married-woman-who-kept-her-lover-in-the-attic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGu6ZdWM2Wg&t=581s

Episode 418 of the True Crime Guys podcast, hosted by True Crime Guys, titled "#306 Otto In The Attic" was published on March 19, 2026 and runs 33 minutes.

March 19, 2026 ·33m · True Crime Guys

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It was August 22, 1922, in Los Angeles, and German immigrant Fred Oesterreich was in the middle of a heated argument with his wife, Walburga “Dolly” Oesterreich. Without warning, when Fred turns around he’s face to face with a man he knew a decade ago, back in Milwaukee, and he’s holding two pistols. Fred didn’t hear the man come in, and most importantly, why was he here in the first place!?  Check out Patreon and our other shows!: Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com   Sources: Book: “The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told” by Jack Rosewood https://strangeco.blogspot.com/2013/12/ottos-in-attic-or-hell-dolly.html https://historic-horrors.com/2025/05/22/the-man-in-the-attic-a-forgotten-crime-of-passion-from-los-angeles-roaring-twenties/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5t1qis/til_an_la_woman_hid_her_lover_in_the_attic_for/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-married-woman-who-kept-her-lover-in-the-attic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGu6ZdWM2Wg&t=581s

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