MLB Star Martin Bergen, Killed His Wife and Children With an Axe

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Episode 25: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. Today on our series 'Men Who Kill Their Wives', we are going to go way back to the year 1900, when a horrific murder-suicide took place by a professional baseball player. On January 19th, 1900, Marty Bergen, characterized as the best catcher in baseball history, killed his wife Harriet and his two children, three year old Joseph and six year old Florence, with an axe. After killing his family, Marty then used a straight razor to forcefully cut his own throat. What led this MLB Player to kill his entire family? Listen in to learn more...

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