Found on EBay: The Ma Duncan Trial

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Rare (or r@re) is terribly overused on EBay, but this time it’s accurate. A LP from clandestine recordings made at the murder trial of Elizabeth “Ma” Duncan, has been listed. Bidding starts at $5. The Duncan case (she was convicted of killing her daughter-in-law for really bizarre reasons) is one of the strangest killings of the era.

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I work at the Los Angeles Times
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5 Responses to Found on EBay: The Ma Duncan Trial

  1. Eve Golden says:

    “alleged demons of incest . . .dramatically violent parricide . . . mad desire for revenge . . .” Goodness! Was anyone hurt?

    (I seem to remember the Alleged Demons of Incest opened for the New York Dolls at CBGB’s in ’82 . . .)

  2. Eve Golden says:

    I was being “wry,” dear.

  3. Sounds like something you wood BID on, LH?

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