Murder in Independence: The Strange Case of Dr Hyde, 1909

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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    Colonel Swope told his family he wished to alter his will. He consulted his chief executor over this - and began making large bequests of his considerable fortune to charities. His 7 nephews and nieces stood to lose a fortune... Then his chief executor died after being treated by his physician - the next day Colonel Swope himself died. Then the entire house was struck with typhoid fever, threatening to kill all its occupants except one... The scandal led to an investigation, followed by the arrest and trial of Dr Bennett Clark Hyde for murder and attempted murder. The evidence was so compelling, he could hardly get away with it - could he?

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  • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
    @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  Рік тому +93

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    • @stefc1289
      @stefc1289 Рік тому +13

      Thank you for uploading these!! I have had a bad couple of days, and it was such a great thing today to find you'd uploaded a new video! :)

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      @Frenchblue8 Рік тому +11

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      @stefc1289 Рік тому +11

      @@Frenchblue8 Actually got some good news just now that offsets some of the bad news I got earlier. So doing better already. Thank you for your extra kindness that makes things even better. 💌

    • @primesspct2
      @primesspct2 Рік тому +5

      @@stefc1289 Well good!

    • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 Рік тому +7

      Your wonderful narration style gives me a Sundays at home vibe, watching black and white movies from the golden age of Hollywood.

  • @labwuh
    @labwuh Рік тому +24

    Thank you so much for this your narrative voice without background music is simply OUTSTANDING

  • @lynnedean713
    @lynnedean713 Рік тому +12

    This puts me in mind of of our own serial killer doctor in the early 2000s. I won't name him as he is not worthy of any title apart from "serial killer ". This Hyde chap, in a way, was even worse because he was trying to annihilate a whole family so the grief and tears would be so much greater. Poor Frances Hyde. How can she recover from that? A round of applause for the nurses. Very often, those on the ground floor of occupations will know more about what is going on than their learned bosses with exception of the latest nurse just jailed for killing babies. He sure was an evil man. The film "Kind Hearts and Coronets" springs to mind. Excellent story and impeccable delivery as usual, sir. Thank you\

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 Рік тому +3

      Lucy killed lots of babies BUT now there is a lot of wokeness trying to kill new borns.... post natal abortiosn they call it... pure evil

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Thank you, Lynne - I agree with all you say here. The nurses stood out: they said what others were beginning to suspect. Dr Twyman should have done better, really!

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy Рік тому +17

    What makes your essays so great is your professionalism as a researcher first and foremost.
    I have seen many other true crime channels that are entertaining, but few put in the effort you do to track down every nugget of information. Especially quotes from the people involved or information not easily googled or found on Wikipedia. For instance, it might be fairly easy to discover that Dr. Hyde was not popular with his inlaws, but I bet it was harder to track down the reports of what sort of person he was as a young man which is vital to putting together the fact that he might have had another motive other than greed...cruelty.
    All your essays are good but some have obvious points that give evidence of the hard work and professionalism that go into your essays. They all give examples of that really, but for the purposes of pointing out the quality of it all I have to seperate out the best examples. The information about the background of Dr. Hyde in this one is an example and the best example I think is your essay on Fatty Arbuckle.
    Americans are spoon fed the idea that Fatty Arbuckle was innocent. I never questioned that scenario until i watched your video essay about it. You tracked down tidbits of information not mentioned by any other show I've seen on the incident and trial. I won't ruin it for any new followers who haven't seen the Fatty Arbuckle video yet, but everyone familiar with the case will be able to say you brought light to aspects of the case often overlooked and indicative of his guilt.
    That you give yourself the most difficult job by choosing unproven cases is to your credit. That you don't rely on gut instinct or speculation over much while still making educated points based on human behavior, sets you apart.
    I know how embarrassing it is to be complimented publicly so I will temper it with the only real criticism I can make...your voice is perhaps too relaxing. I've on occasion been lulybied to sleep by it and had to start a video over.

    • @kayhathaway6956
      @kayhathaway6956 Рік тому +5

      VERY well stated.

    • @PeriLyons123
      @PeriLyons123 Рік тому +4

      Seconded (actually, thirded.) Beautifully and accurately said.
      And agreed about Fatty.. I always thought that because my idol Buster Keaton supported him,he was innocent… but sadly, no.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you very much indeed, Robert - what a wonderful comment: and thank you for taking the time and effort in expressing it too... Much appreciated!

  • @changeintheair9648
    @changeintheair9648 Рік тому +25

    Stupid, stupid Francis. How could she be so naive to believe once she inherited it all, Hyde would not kill her too and inherit the whole Swope fortune?

  • @tomaria100
    @tomaria100 Рік тому +11

    Mark, well done! Lately I learned of the Lucy Letby murders and trial. People in positions of such trust can be very dangerous. Oddly, as a child, Letby did not injure animals and as an adult doted on her pet cats.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Yes, a very strange case... The medical profession is one of those positions in society where we invest enormous trust in its members. 99.9% of the time I am quite sure that trust is well-placed - but how dangerous the 0.1% can be...

  • @ambushedimagination1931
    @ambushedimagination1931 Рік тому +12

    Missouri, my home state, never heard this story before. I enjoy all your material and especially your narration. Thank you

  • @ruthsimpson8436
    @ruthsimpson8436 Рік тому +12

    The use of cyanide and strychnine shows just how sadistic he was and wanted to see them suffer greatly before they died.

  • @Val_Emrys
    @Val_Emrys Рік тому +10

    One evil person sure can wreak long lasting havoc in an otherwise happy family and community.

  • @merlapittman5034
    @merlapittman5034 Рік тому +10

    What a horrible man! And he must have been extremely arrogant to believe he wouldn't arouse any suspicions when what he was doing quite evident. I really wonder why his wife stood by him - was she so abused and controlled that she felt she had no choice, was she acting out of fear of losing her good name and family social status, or was she as evil as he was and willing to do anything for the money?

  • @aadderr8364
    @aadderr8364 Рік тому +11

    An “unbelievable” and shocking story, sounding more like a tv movie or April Fool story. How on earth did he get away with it especially with all the family’s money. I would gave wanted to him to see him rot in prison.
    Thank you once again for another excellent, well researched programme!

  • @TheSpotleight
    @TheSpotleight Рік тому +10

    Thank you Mark! Enjoying this upload with my cuppa this afternoon

  • @bilindalaw-morley161
    @bilindalaw-morley161 Рік тому +6

    What a lovely surprise to wake up to! As always, thanks and kudos, Mark. A bored, hospitalised Aussie is very grateful😊

  • @normamoore7024
    @normamoore7024 Рік тому +10

    A new episode and on my Birthday! How wonderful. Now to give your soothing voice a good listening to!😊

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh - I am late to the party, but Happy Birthday! Hope it was a good one, Norma.

    • @normamoore7024
      @normamoore7024 11 місяців тому

      It was! Thank you kind Sir.🥰

  • @chandranautiyal4974
    @chandranautiyal4974 Рік тому +10

    Mark, thank you once again for such a great murder mystery documentary once again! I am resting in bed while down with COVID infection and watching this excellent murder documentary! Such a source of comfort at this time during my convalescence.

    • @marietomkinson5910
      @marietomkinson5910 Рік тому +3

      Hope you get well soon 🎉🎉. Marie from the UK

    • @chandranautiyal4974
      @chandranautiyal4974 Рік тому +2

      @@marietomkinson5910 Thank you Marie for your kind thoughts! God bless!

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      I hope by the time you read this, you will be fully recovered, Marie! Thank you and take care.

  • @felixthecat3n2
    @felixthecat3n2 Рік тому +9

    Another masterful production from the very best channel on UA-cam.. Thank you so much Mark!

  • @boris1932
    @boris1932 Рік тому +12

    What a strange case indeed. Such a evil and disgusting man. Greed is what really got him in the end. If he had not been consumed by it, he would have still been able to enjoy a great amount of wealth and prestige just by marrying into the family. But no that was not enough. He had to have more and more. Dr. Hyde sure shares a lot in common with H.H. Holmes who was also a doctor who conned women out of money and murdered too.

  • @mona_moalim
    @mona_moalim Рік тому +12

    So Frances went against her family and married this man who not only was of a shady past but killed 3 of her family members and she stood by him and exhausted all her inheritance to defend him to discover his true identity, eventually, and divorce him!! Too late I guess !! She was naive!!!

  • @rachelprovenzale5678
    @rachelprovenzale5678 Рік тому +10

    Another fascinating story as always. Thank you!

  • @truffles2721
    @truffles2721 Рік тому +10

    The lawyers got the money 💰.

  • @TheKulu42
    @TheKulu42 Рік тому +8

    When you summed up the case against Dr. Hyde, I imagined you addressing the jury and calmly -- and relentlessly -- presenting each point against him.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      That's good to hear - thank you. I always aim for a prosecutorial feel to the summing up - it suits the theme of the stories.

  • @RileyRampant
    @RileyRampant Рік тому +11

    This, as many of these cases, illustrates the power of money to baffle the course of justice. This was a slam-dunk case of mass murder.

  • @EstelleKirk
    @EstelleKirk 8 місяців тому +8

    Your channel is a real labour of love. You must spend so much time on original research and pulling together of facts. The opening sound track and your marvellous voice lull the listener into a relaxed but interested state. Thank you so much. When I can't sleep, your videos get me through the night. They are also so inspiring for anyone who's ambition is to write stories.

  • @nonosays
    @nonosays 11 місяців тому +12

    What an outrageous miscarriage of justice!
    If ever there was a slam-dunk case of multiple murder this was it.
    What a hash we humans can make of things if we try hard and long enough!

  • @bassfixer
    @bassfixer Рік тому +13

    Oh YES! I do love a Mark John Maguire weekend! ... THANK YOU MARK! 🫡

  • @creolelady182
    @creolelady182 Рік тому +10

    Hyde is a born certified USDA Grade A Psychopath. He used the same MO that William Hale used in the early 1920's where he systematically murdered a family of Osage Indians. He arranged for his nephew to marry one of the female heirs where they would have control over her oilfield=ds and money. It almost worked until the FBI did their investigation and Hale's nephew confessed of what his uncle did. By the way the Movie "The Killings of the Flower Moon" will be at the theatres in October

  • @sksksksl
    @sksksksl Рік тому +5

    That is some incredible story. As always, so well presented and researched. Many thanks!

  • @deepak2049
    @deepak2049 Рік тому +11

    So he was the first expert in biological warfare! Time and again, we see how worthless the jury system was...

    • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 Рік тому +6

      Expert? Perhaps, but supposedly a shipment of smallpox infected blankets were distributed to some Native Americans (Shawnee and Lenape), which is said to have wiped them out. So, the idea has been around for some time it seems.

    • @deepak2049
      @deepak2049 Рік тому

      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 I am not aware of that story..possibly it has been done before Hyde.. Expert, bcos he was a doctor, and he knew he has to incoluate just enough germs to get infected but not to die by the disease

  • @margaretbanks8969
    @margaretbanks8969 Рік тому +15

    Sure sign of a psychoph torturing animals.

  • @tracytracy622
    @tracytracy622 Рік тому +6

    Thank you for all your hard work. I truly enjoy listening to you ❤

  • @drmoss_ca
    @drmoss_ca Рік тому +7

    Another great one, Mark. Thanks! Not only did Hyde get away with it, it seems likely his wife was in league with him.

  • @lisameier5436
    @lisameier5436 11 місяців тому +9

    Have you considered reading Rudyard Kipling stories? Your voice matches the children's stories I read ( my imaginary narration has your voice) I'd liste,and play them for my kids and grandkids.

  • @eri7772
    @eri7772 Рік тому +7

    My favourite true crime channel :)

  • @lindakay9552
    @lindakay9552 Місяць тому +3

    This is really terrifying. My 7th great grandmother was named Margret Hyde Born 16 Aug 1702 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
    Died 6 Feb 1789 Franklin, New London, Connecticut, United States😮
    Our family kept moving west until we ended up in Washington state.
    I also have a 4th great grandma who was named Mary (Peggy) Keller Born 1799 Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
    Died 18 April 1878 Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA

  • @BeesWaxMinder
    @BeesWaxMinder Рік тому +6

    So close on the heels of the Lucy Letby case…
    "There is nothing new under the Sun"

    • @cpnlsn88
      @cpnlsn88 Рік тому +1

      Yes after a number of cases we re now more open to medical and nursing murderers and how utterly brazen they are.

  • @matthewdavis8199
    @matthewdavis8199 Рік тому +6

    Fantastically well done!

  • @richardlbowles
    @richardlbowles Рік тому +5

    Did I hear that Dr. Hyde bought potassium cyanide at a pharmacy? Why on Earth would a pharmacist sell cyanide to members of the public?

    • @Val_Emrys
      @Val_Emrys Рік тому +7

      Hyde was a doctor, not a nobody but I'm sure today's rules and regulations regarding controlled substances exist today because of the very real concern you raised.

    • @karendooks6244
      @karendooks6244 Рік тому +4

      In those days poison was common place, flypapers for instance could be soaked to extract the poison in them.

    • @richardlbowles
      @richardlbowles Рік тому +2

      @@karendooks6244 Oh yes. But surely prussic acid is an order of magnitude worse. It's like advising people to suck on the barrel of a loaded revolver as a cure for headaches.
      (To be fair, sucking on the barrel of a loaded revolver can indeed cure headaches ... permanently)

  • @billkarmetsky4003
    @billkarmetsky4003 Рік тому +6

    Brilliant top tp bottom, Mr. Maquire!

  • @davidfergusson4241
    @davidfergusson4241 8 місяців тому +9

    Role model of serial killer Dr Shipman.

  • @melmack2003
    @melmack2003 11 місяців тому +6

    What irony.....loved it!

  • @jb3868
    @jb3868 Рік тому +3

    Closing the video and then reopening it, as another commenter suggested solved the audio issue for me as well.

  • @Beechnut2U
    @Beechnut2U Рік тому +9

    I love your voice!❤

  • @cazza7034
    @cazza7034 Рік тому +10

    Oo really enjoyed this in bed with a hot cup of tea earphones on…… bliss. Thank You xx

  • @JayGideon-7
    @JayGideon-7 Рік тому +4

    Yeah - no sound.

  • @thegatesofdawn...1386
    @thegatesofdawn...1386 Рік тому +141

    Just because a person is intelligent and educated, it doesn't mean they are morally upright & not criminal.

    • @spinrash6000
      @spinrash6000 Рік тому +13

      Some people are high on watching people die. Trust me there are cases out there way worse. Back in those days many people die from medical treatment.

    • @jessicamilestone4026
      @jessicamilestone4026 Рік тому +7

      Absolutely spot on

    • @nikki7962
      @nikki7962 Рік тому +3

      So true

    • @maureenobrien4807
      @maureenobrien4807 Рік тому +1

      Actually,the opposite is usually true.

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Рік тому +7

      We’ve learnt the hard way that not all Drs can be trusted!
      Dr Shipman comes to mind!!

  • @jamesgraham6122
    @jamesgraham6122 Рік тому +26

    Torturing small animals as a child.. An oft-discovered incidence of a psychopath.

  • @Shadooe
    @Shadooe Рік тому +21

    “When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.”
    - Sherlock Holmes

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
    @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 Рік тому +18

    This would make an excellent movie and the name Hyde is already synonymous with the diabolical.

  • @finolaomurchu8217
    @finolaomurchu8217 Рік тому +19

    Mr. Maguire I listened to this last night on an unusually hot night in Dublin city. I fell fast asleep listening to your dulcet tones. Tonight I will try listen but have you ever thought of being a hypnotist? Amazing voice🧚‍♂️☘️

  • @staceyduncanbts486
    @staceyduncanbts486 Рік тому +14

    This is in my neck of the woods. Swope Park is a great place for families. Spent lots of time there and it’s also where the Kansas City Zoo and Starlight Theater are. I never knew there was such tragedy in the Swope Family.

    • @lionheartanddragon
      @lionheartanddragon Рік тому +3

      Me neither! What other mysteries are there about our KC history are we not aware of? Mr. Maguire, are there any other such stories from the same area? AMBA

  • @fuzzamajumula
    @fuzzamajumula Рік тому +15

    What a monster. He would have been right at home in Nazi Germany. His wife was foolish to marry him after what her mother discovered. She had no reason to be desperate, so I can't understand why she would have married him in spite of that knowledge. Her funding his defense and protecting him, lying for him, during his trials, makes her seem just plain stupid. I'm glad she came to her senses, eventually. However, I doubt her family ever forgave her. This man should have remained in prison after his first conviction. He was a sadist.

  • @tmtb80
    @tmtb80 Рік тому +14

    Swope Park, in Kansas City, is over 1800 acres, one of the biggest municipal parks in the US. Colonel Swope is buried there under a pretty cool giant monument.

  • @qrufus
    @qrufus Рік тому +17

    This is the first time i heard of a killer, being able to escape justice, because the prosecution couldn't financially afford to prosecute him. The irony was that the money Hyde killed for (and attempted to kill for) was spent on his prosecution and defense.

    • @aadderr8364
      @aadderr8364 Рік тому +4

      They could afford it, unbelievably they just didn’t want to spend the money by the sound of things. The only good thing from this is that he or his duplicitous wife would have been left proportionately much poorer and hopefully were cut off by the family.

    • @fuzzamajumula
      @fuzzamajumula Рік тому +2

      I'm happy he didn't get anything out of it, but his freedom. That was too much. He should have stayed in prison until his death. I hope the "apoplexy" that killed him was very painful.

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts4975 Рік тому +17

    As my dad would say, "Money allows you to be miserable, in comfort!"

  • @angelakyle4838
    @angelakyle4838 Рік тому +13

    All the traits of a psychopath.

  • @nevertimetotryagain
    @nevertimetotryagain Рік тому +13

    Wowww this hits close to home! My great-grandparents had just arrived in Kansas City at this time. And I went to the same med school as Dr Hyde. There's a hallway there with class pictures that goes way back - I dont remember if they go as far back as Dr Hyde's class, but it would be interesting to see! I'll have to look the next time I'm there.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Very interesting - yes, do have a look and see if they go back to his class...

  • @88aiko88
    @88aiko88 Рік тому +12

    Another great essay. I look forward to your videos and was so happy with this latest story. The nurses stood up to this monster. His wife divorced him for cruelty. What a horrible and sadistic human being.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Thank you so much - I quite agree. I take my hat off to the nurses who stood up. That can't have been easy, against a powerful doctor, who was also one of the family...

  • @petermckenzie5124
    @petermckenzie5124 Рік тому +13

    Sir MJM, I have been closely following your exploits and I know you are owed a few coffees. But, your work rate is prolific and I am so happy that you have put out as much material as you have. And, the depth of your essays leaves me aghast at his you receive nothing from YT. I am so grateful you continue to post here for your online family. God bless you and the family✌🏾☺️👍

    • @MsDormy
      @MsDormy Рік тому +7

      Nice post Peter- I so agree. MJM is so talented and generous! God bless him and you!

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you very much, Peter - how kind of you to say this. I am indebted to you for your comments alone and good wishes: thank you. They are sufficient!

  • @jasonmccallop6605
    @jasonmccallop6605 Рік тому +14

    Here is Kansas City we have an entire neighborhood called Hyde Park and an actual park called Swope Park right next to Hyde Park lol

  • @kathleenmckeithen118
    @kathleenmckeithen118 Рік тому +14

    What a cold blooded, psychopathic Dr. Hyde (Mr. Hyde) was. He was truly an evil man and, that his wife would stand by him as he murdered her family so obviously, shows she was an evil woman. Quite the pair the two of them made.
    Thank you, Mark, for another strange, true life tale.❤

  • @rodeastell3615
    @rodeastell3615 Рік тому +11

    Dr Hyde ... an evil man indeed and as guilty as sin. Thanks for posting.

  • @HalcyonLetters
    @HalcyonLetters Рік тому +11

    It seems like just when I'm starting to wonder when another episode will drop, one appears! This isn't the first story you've told us about a doctor committing murder for profit and getting away with it. Doesn't really do anything good for my dislike of going to the doctors!
    With all the lies she told and the strings she pulled to keep her husband's neck out of the noose; I don't blame anyone who thinks Frances was in on her husband plan. The only reason I don't is because she nearly went broke defending him. Still, she burned a lot of bridges. I'd be surprised if any member of her family was willing to welcome her back even after she separated herself from Hyde.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому +1

      I agree with you - I weighed up the possibility of his wife being in on it, but decided against it, though I'd be surprised if she didn't subsequently come to realise it after they had divorced.

  • @changeintheair9648
    @changeintheair9648 Рік тому +15

    So glad he was divorced and died of 'apoplexy." God has a sense of humor. So sad about the family members who died. Hyde was evil and had no problem plotting and trying to cary out the entire Swope family to gain their fortune. Surely - since he only married Francis to gain access to money - he would have killed her too.

    • @jakebailey6285
      @jakebailey6285 Рік тому +2

      He would have talked her into giving him power of attorney after she got her inheritance. Then sometime after that, he would have invited her to accompany him on a trip to a quiet retreat in the countryside....

  • @PollyAlice2000
    @PollyAlice2000 Рік тому +15

    What an incredible story! The audacity of this man, so hell bent on acquiring the fortune of his wife’s family, is just a testament to the power of greed.
    Another interesting case of justice denied. Thank you for this fascinating true story!

  • @chebbohagop
    @chebbohagop Рік тому +16

    I’m so happy to see a new story from Mark while I’m up in the air at 36,000 ft!!

  • @np1010
    @np1010 Рік тому +17

    Thank you for this interesting story. The Uncle was very generous not just to the family but also to the city.
    Hyde was a murderer no doubt, and his wife knew, but she was in love and / or infatuated. Either blinded her, or she was just as evil.

    • @fuzzamajumula
      @fuzzamajumula Рік тому +1

      Either way, she was stupid. I guess she found out.

  • @GlasUndMetall
    @GlasUndMetall Рік тому +15

    Mister Maquire this was one of the most fascinating cases I've heard. In particular that the nurses rose up and were the ones that put the brakes on. I'm a retired nurse. What they did, especially in that time, would have taken no little amount of courage. Even when I was nursing there was still a stigma around questioning any Dr. or his orders.

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 Рік тому +2

      Matrons in hospitals used to have a lot of power.... religious run hospitals also had great care..

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Exactly - in 1909 it must have been unthinkable for a nurse to question a doctor... They showed exceptional courage here...

  • @margaretburn713
    @margaretburn713 Рік тому +11

    Wonderful story telling. What a dreadful character Hyde was. Thank you for all the hard work that was put into this one.
    Best wishes from Australia.

  • @LoveMyDaisyGirl911
    @LoveMyDaisyGirl911 11 місяців тому +17

    Hello, i have been with this channel from almost the beginning .... Years and year's with your one of a kind voice, intelligence and many other special gifts you have Mark .... Thank you for all the studying, writing, narrating, drawings, research, editing, producing etc you do on every video! 47 video's to be exact. Not counting your other channels and work on those channels as well ( and yes I'm subscribed with you on both yout other channels ).... You're such an reserved educated person. Thank you for all your work, I'm honored to buy you a cup of coffee ☕.... Cheers to you Mark there are no other's like you anywhere on UA-cam 😊....

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому +7

      What a lovely comment! It has made me light up this evening after a drab day of endless work which has made me question why I do this! Now I know - again very many tanks and best wishes to you!

  • @janettemccubbin8246
    @janettemccubbin8246 Рік тому +15

    This story puts me in mind of the old film “Kind Hearts and Coronets”!

  • @bec9696
    @bec9696 Рік тому +13

    When a $7 million inheritance isn't enough to live an ample life!

  • @rebeccagable9629
    @rebeccagable9629 Рік тому +14

    What a sadistic psychopath. When he died, his victims finally got justice as God knew exactly what he did.

    • @snarkybuttcrack
      @snarkybuttcrack Рік тому +3

      yet did nothing to stop it

    • @julibugable
      @julibugable 11 місяців тому +1

      @@snarkybuttcrack God is not mocked, that which you sowed, you shall also reap. Think about it. God sees the long term. He is slow to anger and not willing that any should perish. The family were safe with him. The evil con artist was not. Hyde searched for a rich women to marry and found the richest, deceived her and got her to go against her family’s wishes. He was so successful that she believed him to love her. She could not bear the thought of being without him as the death sentence was probably the punishment in Kansas at that time. She did not love money and used it to get him free, and was even willing to lie for him thinking that they could be happy poor as long as they had each other. He was not happy and as she slowly began to realize it her complaints and his neglect now that she didn’t need to be appeased for money caused the abuse. Can you not see that that is God doing something. His worst punishment was living out the consequences of his own lies on a daily basis.

    • @italiantraditionalcatholic2390
      @italiantraditionalcatholic2390 11 місяців тому

      ​@@snarkybuttcrackshould a Holy God take revenge?

    • @KRoy-lx4xg
      @KRoy-lx4xg 32 хвилини тому

      ​@@italiantraditionalcatholic2390Could a holy God NOT execute justice?

  • @anne321
    @anne321 Рік тому +12

    Great to see a notification for another They Got Away With Murder. This was a fascinating case told impeccably. What a terrible & odious man Dr. Hyde was. He used & abused his position as a medical man & used innocent others such as nurse Keller to achieve his results.
    In my opinion his wife was either very naive or complicit in the plan to cause the deaths of her family in order to benefit financially. I agree that if the plan had been successful she too would have probably succumbed to a sudden & fatal illness at the hands of her husband. She eventually left him because of cruelty, but maybe also she had begun to fear that she may have become another victim, after all there was none of her inheritance left.
    I am in no doubt that Dr. Hyde definitely Got Away With Murder. How apt that his cause of death was given as being apoplexy?
    Thank you very much for posting this, Mark. Until next time. 💚✌️

  • @tb0ne2u
    @tb0ne2u Рік тому +10

    My aunt used to live in Independence and I've heard of Swope Park in Kansas City. Thanks for making this video. It was interesting to hear the story of the park's namesake. Such a sad and crazy story. I've never heard of a jury member trying to escape before.

  • @suemount6042
    @suemount6042 Рік тому +15

    I have no doubt that his wife knew

    • @fuzzamajumula
      @fuzzamajumula Рік тому +3

      She had to have. She lied through her testimony.

  • @themorgan1111
    @themorgan1111 Рік тому +10

    Greedy calous muderer...they were around then and are now sadly, what a manipulative persn can do, its crazy ...great story thankyou , wonderful as usual!!!! XXX

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Thank you, Louise - I agree with you. This man was a true villain.

  • @PeriLyons123
    @PeriLyons123 Рік тому +13

    What an out and out villian. An absolute b*sr*rd.
    One notes, wryly, that the women here- the nurses and Mrs. Logan- were both correct , and ignored.
    Sigh.
    Someone should make a series of this.. Gilded Age murders with an unimaginably evil dude.
    Thank you for your wonderful writing, research and voice acting. Truly appreciated.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Thank you very much, Peri - yes, I must say I admire the nerve of the nurses: it must have been extremely difficult to stand up and accuse a doctor...

  • @Grania52
    @Grania52 Рік тому +10

    Oh joy! And there's a thunderstorm on the way. Perfect.

  • @thegatesofdawn...1386
    @thegatesofdawn...1386 Рік тому +39

    Dr Hyde was actually a murderous Dr Jekyll. 😅 Horrors!

  • @firstowl6773
    @firstowl6773 Рік тому +13

    Another riveting story. Surprised to learn that blood letting was still being done in 1909.

  • @lisaalane7694
    @lisaalane7694 Рік тому +10

    To listen to now as I finish the days chores or wait till its dark and I can just close my eyes, listen, and sneak a peek now and then.....

    • @bec9696
      @bec9696 Рік тому +3

      That's what I do too! The time is always perfect for chores, or I listen as a bedtime story.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Sounds ideal!

  • @leemartin2990
    @leemartin2990 Рік тому +10

    Typically wonderful account by Mr. Maguire, expertly told. Dr. Hyde's post-trial life was very interesting. With his wife's fortune dissipated, he no longer was compelled to appear a loving and genteel husband. After the divorce, he lived a drastically different life as a bachelor, estranged from his children as well as his ex-wife. I read somewhere he became an exercise buff of sorts, working out and walking diligently and advising his patients to do the same. Though undocumented, I always suspected he may have developed hypertension during his years of trials, knew of its danger and began his exercise and power walking regime as a means of controlling his blood pressure naturally.

  • @WonderWhatHappened
    @WonderWhatHappened Рік тому +12

    I don't understand why they didn't charge him with something else after the murder charges were dropped. Surely he could of been convicted federally for giving Lucie Typhoid on her return trip to Independence. Very frustrating case.
    If I were rich I would not tell the details of the will to anyone, let them find out in probate.

    • @jakebailey6285
      @jakebailey6285 Рік тому +2

      I was wondering why he would disclose the beneficiaries of the will myself.

  • @jodyharnish9104
    @jodyharnish9104 Рік тому +11

    I lived in Kansas City, and I was familiar with Swope Parkway. I never heard this story, though!

  • @Teddyclaws
    @Teddyclaws 11 місяців тому +10

    Using both cyanide and strychnine seems like overkill, literally.

  • @indigobunting2431
    @indigobunting2431 Рік тому +12

    Beautiful, calm reading voice. Thank you.

  • @ohslimgoody
    @ohslimgoody Рік тому +9

    Well well, The Masetro, sounds like a story right out of Jeckle and Hyde. Oh by the way people with money normally get away with murder. For some reason people think right people don't commit crimes, duh how'd you think most of made there money, especially old money. Great job Masetro.

  • @teresabrown6523
    @teresabrown6523 Рік тому +9

    Long hot sticky day doing overtime, then home for a cool drink and look, a new tale! Perfect! Thank you yet again.🙂🥂

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you very much, Teresa - a month on it has probably cooled down somewhat!

  • @omarhamid3638
    @omarhamid3638 Рік тому +11

    Another great story! Thanks Mark. Reminds me of the old adage from Sherlock Holmes that a doctor is the worst of criminals when he is so inclined. Glad to see it didn't pay off for Dr Hyde in the end and Frances eventually came to her senses and divorced him.
    Can I humbly recommend for your consideration the Bravo case of 1876 and Ridgeley murder in 1919 as future stories for your channel.
    Many thanks and I look forward eagerly to the next one.

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому

      Thank you very much - I am familiar with both these cases, and have written the Bravo case up about 3 years ago... I just haven't ever done anything with it. I have a difficulty with it...

  • @grahamwalker9193
    @grahamwalker9193 Рік тому +11

    Another extremely well researched and delivered narrative.

  • @francislarv3012
    @francislarv3012 Рік тому +11

    Dr. Twyman. Woulda Coulda Shouda nipped this in the bud Could’ve been a contender.

  • @Bildgesmythe
    @Bildgesmythe Рік тому +10

    Cover up murders to avoid scandal. Damn

  • @sandrabourne9785
    @sandrabourne9785 Рік тому +12

    Brilliant story telling as always. Your wonderful voice is so addictive. 🤩

  • @ajkleipass
    @ajkleipass Рік тому +9

    Something about his alleged plot didn't make sense to me. Swope's will technically took effect upon his death, fixing the heirs in place. Any deaths after Swope's would trigger their own wills, not swelling the doctor's wife's inheritance. If they were unmarried, it would typically revert to the parent before a sibling.
    Of course, there's not much in the court cases that suggested this guy was a criminal mastermind, but he might have been well served with a bit of legal knowledge about wills.

    • @jakebailey6285
      @jakebailey6285 Рік тому +2

      Interesting point. Hadn't thought of that.

    • @Teddyclaws
      @Teddyclaws 11 місяців тому +1

      I don't think Dr Hyde was nearly as clever as he fancied himself to be.

  • @Buffalonie
    @Buffalonie Рік тому +13

    I had never heard about Hyde before!!! I learn so much from these videos.

  • @dorissoler1987
    @dorissoler1987 Рік тому +9

    His wife had to have known as the case is so clear it hurts !

  • @liplockednomore
    @liplockednomore Рік тому +9

    I was born and raised in Independence Missouri. ❤And I'm quite familiar with everything you've shared. Swope Parkwas a favorite hangout as a teenager. Over 50 years ago 😂

    • @TheyGotAwayWithMurder
      @TheyGotAwayWithMurder  11 місяців тому +1

      It is always interesting when the murder is in a place you are familiar with!

  • @rosemaryfranzese317
    @rosemaryfranzese317 11 місяців тому +13

    Psychopaths often end up being caught because of a major flaw in their character, they have no love or empathy for anyone and they assume everyone else is the same as them. The irony is that Hyde and his wife would have been extremely wealthy if he had not committed murder and just waited for the inheritance. People with this condition miss out on enjoying loving relationships because they don’t understand love. Hyde may have escaped a lengthy prison sentence but he ended up with much less than he would have had. The real sadness is that he killed three good people and caused suffering to many others

    • @woah6958
      @woah6958 11 місяців тому +2

      Psychopaths are also risk takers, lacking the self-preservation that is ingrained in most of us.

    • @katsiduzynski488
      @katsiduzynski488 7 місяців тому

      Narcissistic people project 'themselves' onto others with impunity. Hyde was clearly one. They also are never wrong in their own minds.

    • @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL
      @DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL 5 місяців тому

      @@woah6958 Psychopaths don't try to hide and obfuscate their crimes. Hyde was a sociopath, like most politicians. Albert Fish, the serial sadistic murderer, pedophile and cannibal was a true psychopath, because he freely admitted what he'd done and would send letters to the victims' families describing it. He was mercifully deleted from humanity in Sing Sing Prison in New York.

  • @jeynjohnston8085
    @jeynjohnston8085 Рік тому +11

    Was Dr. Twyman murdered, too?

  • @Rebwell
    @Rebwell Рік тому +11

    Always the BEST day when a new one of yours comes out ❤