EPISODE · Jun 18, 2025 · 10 MIN
Murder in the Military: The Mysterious Death of Lieutenant Lee Hartley
from The Ocean is Scary Podcast
A US Navy lieutenant who mysteriously fell ill and died while deployed on the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean. An autopsy later revealed he was poisoned with a lethal toxin, arsenic, administered over months. The case became one of NCIS's most notorious cold cases, with his wife, Pamela Hartley, eventually charged with his murder years later. Lieutenant Lee Hartley (1982).#murder #truecrime #ocean #killer #poison #ocean #navy #scary #mystery #florida #coldcaseMusic: Darkest Child Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A US Navy lieutenant who mysteriously fell ill and died while deployed on the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean. An autopsy later revealed he was poisoned with a lethal toxin, arsenic, administered over months. The case became one of NCIS's most notorious cold cases, with his wife, Pamela Hartley, eventually charged with his murder years later. Lieutenant Lee Hartley (1982).#murder #truecrime #ocean #killer #poison #ocean #navy #scary #mystery #florida #coldcaseMusic: Darkest Child Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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