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When Kansas City businessman Robert McClure Snyder ordered the construction of Ha Ha Tonka Castle, he thought he was building the ultimate vacation home. In a way, he was. Robert spared no expense for his massive home. Construction began in the early 1900s, and at one time, boasted a construction crew of 200 people. But the Ha Ha Tonka dream home ultimately became a nightmare for the Snyder family.

Then, Kristin horrifies us with the story of Dr. Geza de Kaplany. Geza felt certain that his wife, Hajna Piller, was cheating on him. He didn\u2019t have any evidence, but that didn\u2019t shake his certainty. So what did Geza do? He loaded up a suitcase with a butcher knife, three bottles of acid, and restraints, and waited for his wife to come home.

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.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201cThe Acid Doctor,\u201d by David Krajicek The Daily News
\n\u201cGeza gets life, wants to atone,\u201d The Oakland Tribune
\nThe book, \u201cDoctors Who Kill: Profiles of Lethal Medics,\u201d by Carol Anne Davis
\n\u201cMother of DeKaplany\u2019s son called,\u201d Oakland Tribune
\n\u201cState rebuttal \u2014 De Kaplany sane,\u201d Oakland Tribune
\n\u201cDramatic \u2018pretty girl\u2019 De Kaplany photo,\u201d Oakland Tribune
\n\u201cDe Kaplany shifts to guilty plea,\u201d Oakland Tribune
\n\u201cDe Kaplany yells at psychiatrist,\u201d Oakland Tribune
\n\u201cDoctor held after acid scars,\u201d Milwaukee Sentinel
\n\u201cGeza de Kaplany,\u201d wikipedia entry
\n\u201cSlashed bride better,\u201d Associated Press

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cJames A. Reed: Legendary Lawyer; Marplot in the United States Senate\u201d by J. Michael Cronan
\n\u201cThe tragic story of the mansion and the Snyder family\u201d by Paul Johns, The Christian County Headliner
\n\u201cMOzarks Moments: The senator, the seamstress, the gangster and Ha Ha Tonka\u201d by Paul Johns, Bolivar Herald-Free Press
\n\u201cThe Lake on Trial\u201d by Michael Gillespie, lakehistory.info