Olga Rocco - Attacked

Episode 90 of the Crime Over Coffee podcast, hosted by Crime Over Coffee, titled "Olga Rocco - Attacked " was published on August 26, 2021 and runs 26 minutes.

August 26, 2021 ·26m · Crime Over Coffee

Summary

In 1946, Olga Rocco was shocked to have a violent interaction with 19 year old Pearl Lusk after exiting the subway in New York City. Especially since, to her knowledge, she had never met the girl. Listen in as Abby and Ericka tell you about this intense plot to get recover a jewel. Sources: https://www.cracked.com/article_21610_the-6-most-unnecessarily-complicated-murder-plots.html https://www.nytimes.com/1947/01/07/archives/rocco-killed-by-the-police-in-catskills-where-cameragun-plotter.html https://uselessinformation.org/pearl-lusk-x-ray-camera/ http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/x_ray_camera https://www.nytimes.com/1947/02/26/archives/cameragun-victim-leaves-hospital.html https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/alphonse-rocco-body-after-gangster-was-felled-by-fusillade-news-photo/185492998 https://paranoiastrikesdeep.blogspot.com/2012/03/strange-story-of-pearl-and-olga.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1953/08/08/the-perils-of-pearl-and-olga https://gizmodo.com/the-tragedy-of-the-gangster-the-gullible-girl-and-the-1710651039

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