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S5 Ep15: The Repairman's Ruse: The Kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll

S5 Ep15: The Repairman's Ruse: The Kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll

Update: 2025-06-091
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When Berry Stoll returned from work on Oct. 10, 1934, the scene greeting him was pure chaos: His maid was tied up, his wife was missing and a terrifying pool of blood covered one of the beds. Alice Speed Stoll had been kidnapped by a smooth-talking, well-dressed man who claimed to be a phone repairman. What followed was a tense and twisted saga of ransom demands, narrow escapes, and a desperate manhunt that captured the country’s attention and embarrassed the FBI.



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S5 Ep15: The Repairman's Ruse: The Kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll

S5 Ep15: The Repairman's Ruse: The Kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll

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