Blueprint for Murder, and the Architecture of Grief

Published: July 4, 2022, 7 a.m.

On a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon on the 15th of August 1914, in a house near Spring Green, Wisconsin one of the worst mass killings in the state\u2019s history occurred when 7 people were axed to death, immolated, and the house they were in burnt down.\nIt was a case that on its own would have made headlines - but it wasn\u2019t just any house that was burnt - it was the world-famous architectural treasure named Taliesin\xa0that was left in rubble, a house created by the internationally renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The victims were Wright\u2019s partner Martha Borthwick, and two children, her 9-year-old Martha, and 11-year-old\xa0John. Also slain were\xa0gardener David Lindblom, draftsman Emil Brodell, builder Thomas Brunkner, and Bruckner's 13-year-old son Ernest.\n\nPromo: True Consequences\n\nSources:\nhttps://www.messynessychic.com/2018/05/01/murder-in-the-blueprints-of-frank-lloyd-wright/\nhttps://www.americanhauntingsink.com/taliesin\nhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28519/taliesin-tragedy\nhttps://la.curbed.com/2015/10/28/9906764/sowden-house-george-hodel-black-dahlia\nhttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/wright-mare-massacre-frank-lloyd-home-article-1.1591522\nhttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86086068/1912-01-04/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1912&index=0&rows=20&words=Frank+Lloyd+Wright&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=Wisconsin&date2=1912&proxtext=Frank+Lloyd+Wright&y=18&x=12&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1\nhttps://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/carlton-julian.htm\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nhttps://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2017/04/murder-at-taliesin.html\nhttps://www.taliesinpreservation.org/\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices