In May 1932, wealthy Elvira Barney and Michael Scott Stephens host a party. Next morning, Stephens is found dead and Barney will face trial. Robert Hoolhouse was hung for the murder of Margaret Dobson, in 1938, but did he get a fair trial?

In June 1931, model Starr Faithfull was found on a beach in Long Beach, New York. Despite a verdict of drowning she was badly bruised. Sept 1900; Mary Hood's body washed up on Yarmouth beach. Police later learn her to be Mary Jane Bennett.