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On January 4th, 1935 a man named Roland T. Owen was murdered in the President Hotel  in Kansas City, Missouri. Before long the investigation into who killed Roland T. Owen turned into a more pertinent question, "who was Roland T. Owen"? The twist and turns of the case left the police stunned and to this day his murder and what he was doing in Kansas City have remained a mystery.

Listen to the full story of his case on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters!

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Sources
https://kchistory.org/blog/mystery-room-1046-pt-1-roland-t-owen

https://kchistory.org/blog/mystery-room-1046-pt-2-love-forever-louise

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133934437/14770876

https://www.al.com/news/erry-2018/09/56ecbe55ac9479/the-mystery-of-what-was-in-the.html

https://www.historicmysteries.com/roland-t-owen-murder-room-1046/

https://www.27east.com/arts/taking-a-dive-jeffrey-sussmans-new-book-explores-boxing-and-the-mob-1328302/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owney_Madden#The_Cotton_Club

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/story/0,3604,244097,00.html

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