A Day in June (2/6)
07/30/24 • 33 min
Episode 2 takes a closer look at the victims, especially at Eugen Siegrist, the owner of the cabin and most likely the main target of the assassination and we will look at the Friday, the day prior to the murder when some rather odd events occurred at Eugen's work place. We then try to establish a detailed account of the events as they could have enfolded on the fatal day in June.
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Episode 2 takes a closer look at the victims, especially at Eugen Siegrist, the owner of the cabin and most likely the main target of the assassination and we will look at the Friday, the day prior to the murder when some rather odd events occurred at Eugen's work place. We then try to establish a detailed account of the events as they could have enfolded on the fatal day in June.
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- Rudolph Isler
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Out in the Green (1/6)
On June 6, 1976 a 28 year old daughter finds her parents and aunt along with her two sons murdered at her father's remote weekend cabin in the Swiss countryside. All five victims showing at least one bullet hole in the forehead, hence were shot at point blank range. Apparently none tried to escape or intervene. Thirteen shell casings were found at the scene of the crime and the murdered couple's car, that the murderer/s used to escape, was located the same day 30 km away. The couple's son (20) became the prime suspect. Yet neither a motive nor the murder weapon could be found.
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Suspects and Motives (3/6)
Taking a close look at the arrest of Robert, the murdered couple's son, and his girlfriend Anita, whom the police considered the prime suspects. But them having ironclad alibis soon Roberts estranged cousin 'Johnny' entered the scene, not least because a few weeks prior to the murder he was seen at a Basel gun store buying ammunition.
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Swiss Murder Mysteries - A Day in June (2/6)
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Eugene and Elsa Siegrist, the owners of the cabin and 2 of the 5 victims, were married in 1943. They lived in Basel, one of the largest cities in the German speaking part of Switzerland, bordering Germany and France. In 1976, Eugene was 63 years old and working at one of the major pharmaceutical companies as a leading technical employee. Elza, his wife, 62, as it was common at the time, took care of the household and the 2 children, Esther, 28, an
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