119: Kate Middleton's Topless Photos & William Wallace

Published: April 29, 2020, 11 a.m.

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William Wallace was on a wild goose chase. He\\u2019d been told to go to 25 Menlove Gardens East, in Liverpool, for a business meeting. But no matter how hard he tried, or how many people he asked for directions, he couldn\\u2019t find the address. Dejected, he headed back home. But when he got home, he couldn\\u2019t get in. He complained to his neighbors, then went to the back of his house to try his key again. This time, the door opened. He went inside to discover his wife, Julia had been beaten to death. Suspicions quickly turned to William. He seemed to be the only person with a motive, but he also had a strong alibi.
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Then Kristin tells us about the summer of 2012, when the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and her husband Prince William went on vacation to Provence, France. They stayed at a friend\\u2019s house on a 640-acre estate. At one point, the couple went out on their balcony in their swimsuits. Kate took off her top, to get a little sun. The couple had every reason to think they were alone. Little did they know that half a mile away, members of the paparazzi were hiding out, snapping pictures of the couple via long range lenses.
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And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
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\\u201cThe Watershed Significance of Kate Middleton\\u2019s Topless Photo Lawsuit,\\u201d by Elise Taylor for Vogue.com\\n
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\\u201cDuchess of Cambridge topless photo case: Closer ordered by French court to pay 91,700 in damages,\\u201d by Maya Oppenheim for The Independent
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\\u201cKate Middleton Topless Photos: Duke and Duchess Reveal Anger at \\u2018Grotesque\\u2019 Invasion,\\u201d Huffington Post UK
\\n\\u201cKate Middleton Topless Photos Lawsuit Against French Magazine Ends in Payout For Royal Couple,\\u201d by Julia Glum for Newsweek
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\\u201cDeath of Diana, Princess of Wales,\\u201d Wikipedia
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\\u201cThe Princess and the Paparazzi: How Diana\\u2019s Death Changed the British Media,\\u201d by Kate Samuelson for Time Magazine
\\n\\u201cDiana Sues Over Gym Photos,\\u201d BBC
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\\u201cCourt awards Duchess of Cambridge Damages Over Topless Photos,\\u201d by Kim Willsher for The Guardian
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In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
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\\u201cThe Killing of Julia Wallace: An Impossible Murder\\u201d TheUnredacted.com\\n
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\\u201cThe "Impossible" 1930s Murder That Still Fascinates Crime Writers\\u201d by Deanna Cioppa, Mental Floss
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\\u201cThe \'impossible\' murder that rocked Liverpool and remains unsolved 80 years on\\u201d by Emilia Bona, The Liverpool Echo
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\\u201cWilliam Herbert Wallace\\u201d wikipedia.org\\n
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