Episode 171: The Ballad of Laura Law

Targeted for her political beliefs, Laura Law was murdered in her living room in Aberdeen in 1940.  The biased non-trial that followed sought to blame her husband, Richard.  Who killed Laura Law? Sources https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65545068/lea_laura-law#:~:text=Laura%20and%20her%20husband%20Richard,has%20not%20yet%20been%20solved. https://www.newspapers.com/image/773677872/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675458/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675458/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678276/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679631/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679690/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G986-2F7/lea-laura-luoma-1914-1940 https://unionsong.com/u107.html https://medium.com/journal-of-precipitation/lets-remember-laura-law-who-was-found-murdered-on-this-day-in-1940-january-5-221beb4438d8 https://www.historylink.org/File/9260?source=post_page-----221beb4438d8--------------------------------------- https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679756/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773674202/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773666875/?match=1&terms=%22Laura%20Law%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675072/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773675993/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773677150/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678182/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679989/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773667792/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773673972/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773674135/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/773678842/?match=1&terms=%22Dick%20Law%22%20AND%20%22inquest%22 "Census of Population and Housing". census.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen,_Washington#cite_note-15 https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/inquest#:~:text=An%20inquest%20is%20a%20judicial,not%20limited%20to%20while%20incarcerated.