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EPISODE · Aug 4, 2021 · 39 MIN

Jean Ellroy // 132

from Going West: True Crime · host Dark West Productions

In 1958, a 43-year-old woman was found murdered in Los Angeles the morning after being seen at a drive-in with an unknown man. Many years later, her son became a true crime novelist and started investigating his own mothers case to see if he could find out what really happened to the woman who was taken from his life when he was only 10 years old. This is the story of Jean Ellroy.BONUS EPISODESpatreon.com/goingwestpodcastCASE SOURCEShttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/who-killed-jean-ellroy-1.104505https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-30-ls-40260-story.htmlhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20398937/geneva-odelia-ellroyhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3705804/armando-lee-ellroyhttps://venetianvase.co.uk/2020/03/15/the-mystery-of-jean-hillikers-first-marriage-solved/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137490834_4https://venetianvase.co.uk/2012/02/25/lee-earle-ellroy-the-early-life-of-james-ellroy/https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-geneva-jean-ellroy-murder-james-ellroys-mother.4356997/https://unsolved.com/gallery/jean-ellroy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/05/23/murder-close-to-the-heart/255762b4-9611-4276-8e8b-159c1b133090/https://venetianvase.co.uk/2019/08/16/zasu-pitts-and-jean-ellroy-kindred-spirits/http://tomahfamilies.com/Tomah%20Family%20Trees/Woodard,%20Daniel/b22087.html Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In 1958, a 43-year-old woman was found murdered in Los Angeles the morning after being seen at a drive-in with an unknown man. Many years later, her son became a true crime novelist and started investigating his own mothers case to see if he could find out what really happened to the woman who was taken from his life when he was only 10 years old. This is the story of Jean Ellroy. BONUS EPISODES patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES https://www.irishtimes.com/news/who-killed-jean-ellroy-1.104505 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-30-ls-40260-story.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20398937/geneva-odelia-ellroy https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3705804/armando-lee-ellroy https://venetianvase.co.uk/2020/03/15/the-mystery-of-jean-hillikers-first-marriage-solved/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137490834_4 https://venetianvase.co.uk/2012/02/25/lee-earle-ellroy-the-early-life-of-james-ellroy/ https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-geneva-jean-ellroy-murder-james-ellroys-mother.4356997/ https://unsolved.com/gallery/jean-ellroy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/05/23/murder-close-to-the-heart/255762b4-9611-4276-8e8b-159c1b133090/ https://venetianvase.co.uk/2019/08/16/zasu-pitts-and-jean-ellroy-kindred-spirits/ http://tomahfamilies.com/Tomah%20Family%20Trees/Woodard,%20Daniel/b22087.html

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