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On Easter Sunday of 1937 a mentally deranged man named Robert Irwin would go to the home of the Gedeon family. He would go there seeking one of the daughters Ethel Gedeon, whom he was in love with. After not having the feelings reciprocated and finding out Ethel was married. Robert Irwin murdered the mother Mary Gedeon and the sister Veronica Gedeon. He then killed an innocent man who was renting a room at the boarding house. 

The murder became greatly sensationalized after lurid photos of Veronica Gedeon were found by the press. The young woman was a model in the big city and was often photographed in flimsy clad. 

A nationwide manhunt took place to find Robert Irwin but he would turning himself in after confessing to a Chicago newspaper. He was then turned into the New York Police Department. His trail would center on his mental health. This case prompted many reforms in New York States Mental Health Laws. 

In this episode we go into Robert Irwin's backstory and discuss the lasting effects of his murder.