Ep.60 - A Halloween Murder Mystery: The Murders of Elizabeth Platzman and Ron Sisman

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On October 31, 1981, a neighbor found the bloody bodies of 20-year-old Elizabeth Platzman and 39-year-old Ron Sisman in Sisman's New York City apartment. The couple both suffered a severe beating and died from shots to the head.  Before leaving, the killer ransacked the apartment and even tore up the furniture. What happened at 207 West 22d Street?

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https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/02/nyregion/police-seek-motive-in-deaths-of-student-and-a-photographer.html

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