222. Together Forever: Barbara and Patricia Grimes
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222. Together Forever: Barbara and Patricia Grimes
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Life in America in the 1950s often conjures up images of an idyllic suburban life. Fueled by unprecedented economic growth after the lean and stressful years of World War II,...
show moreBut look closer, and there are cracks in that façade. The polio epidemic terrified families of the early 1950s, the Cold War raged, and there was little room for divergent views in what had become a homogeneous society. And crime? It existed, even if television shows tried to pretend that it didn’t.
Elvis Presley rocked America socially and literally with his huge hit Heartbreak Hotel in January 1956. Less than a year later, Presley would have a legion of fans and a new movie called Love Me Tender. And it was on a freezing cold night in December of 1956 when two teenage sisters, Barbara and Patricia Grimes, disappeared off South Archer Avenue in Chicago after having seen Love Me Tender for the twelfth time at the Brighton Park Theatre. Their disappearance and subsequent story would be hailed as the crime that stole Chicago’s innocence. It just shone a light on the less than Leave-it-to-Beaver reality.
This case is still open, so if anyone has any information regarding the Grimes sisters case, the Cook County Sheriff’s dept has a page where you can submit information. Link below.
https://www.cookcountysheriff.org/case/819/
Theresa Grimes is the only sibling left of Barbara and Patricia, and she is in her 80s. It would be amazing if she could see her little sisters get justice.
Research and writing by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by OctoberpodVHS & OctoberpodAM
Producer Music & Editing by Nico at We Talk of Drea
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLOjBEarKY&ab_channel=WGNNews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhaptd2v5bw&ab_channel=WGNNews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Grimes_sisters
https://gizmodo.com/the-hideous-chicago-triple-child-murder-that-was-finall-1728039519
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372809377/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372809377/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371134987/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372098382/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371481073/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371506269/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372089264/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1 (funeral details)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371489418/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371506299/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1 (Bedwell's confession details)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371686309/?terms=Barbara%20Patricia%20Grimes&match=1 (4 Quizzed in Grimes Case)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371483321/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371483354/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20 (Detailed breakdown of "sightings")
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372095078/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371314373/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372098303/ (details of the girls last day)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372573261/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372573297/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371102964/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/370612530/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1 (clothing)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/370647278/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1 (classmate IDs Bennie)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/370615583/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/371130799/ (13 Questions)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372600722/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372185966/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://thehauntedlibrarian.com/tag/edward-bennie-bedwell/
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/murders-of-barbara-and-patricia-grimes
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f975edb6e81564dce78f544/t/61f14af66fb7342a62c01bd1/1643203320769/Teen-Cleared.pdf
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/death-and-the-maidens/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372217973/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://theoremfact.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/the-grimes-sisters/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372755194/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372755194/?terms=%22Barbara%20Grimes%22%20&match=1 ("crossed on both her feet")
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5501564/barbara-jeanne-grimes
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/bonnie-leigh-scott
https://www.newspapers.com/image/372577214/?terms=Charles%20Leroy%20Melquist&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/111564966/?terms=max%20fleig%20chicago&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/643903658/?terms=max%20fleig%20chicago&match=1
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-films/the-grimes-sisters-murders/will-detectives-discovery-help-solve-grimes-murders/
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-films/the-grimes-sisters-murders/did-investigators-overlook-a-crucial-lead-in-girls-murders/
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-films/the-grimes-sisters-murders/sisters-killings-blamed-for-chicagos-loss-of-innocence/
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