The Chaotic Life Of Albert Schmidt - October 19 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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CHECK OUT MERCH: https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Listen to our spin-off show! The Cryptid Catalog: (Scary stories for kids) Hosted by Korina Biemesderfer and Killian Biemesderfer https://open.spotify.com/show/7vwn8JNkTPOmxwRoHsVDc1 Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written, and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on Instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode was collected from: Website: https://morningcupofmurder.com/ October 19th: Albert Schmidt's First Victim’s Cause of Death Determined (1888) People talk and, sometimes, it's that idle chit chat that can land someone in hot water. On October 19th 1888 a cause of death was determined and became the first of what would be 3 murders attributed to one man. A man who was seen in the company of his victims and connected to their crimes by witness statements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schmidt_(serial_killer), https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91028246, https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/7202981/the-wagga-murderer-hung-for-one-blamed-for-three/, https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/SCHMIDT_Albert, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.7	When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:13.0	People talk, and sometimes it's that idle chit-chat that can land someone in hot water.
0:21.2	On October 19, 1888, a cause of death was determined
0:25.1	and became the first of what would be three murders attributed to one man,
0:30.5	a man who was seen in the company of his victims
0:33.2	and connected to their crimes by witness statements.
0:37.1	So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,
0:40.4	sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:44.5	Little is known about the life of Albert Schmidt prior to his first murder.
0:49.3	In fact, we don't even know what day or year he was born in.
0:53.1	All we know is that he was a native of Potsdam, Germany,
0:56.1	and arrived in Queensland, Australia,
0:58.1	in either 1881 or 1882.
1:01.7	Later known as the Wagga murderer,
1:04.5	the first to fall victim to this mysterious man
1:06.7	was found headless and snagged along a log
1:09.2	in the Murrambidgee River
1:10.6	by a man named Richard Whitaker
1:12.4	on October 17, 1888. Immediately notifying the police, a constable Nixon was dispatched to investigate
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