Specimen #51: Peggy Beal

On June 3rd, 1922, hotel staff found Frank Anderson dead, and his lover, Marie “Peggy” Beal, unconscious with a gunshot wound to the chest. Investigators discovered a note at the scene stating Peggy was the culprit. Peggy Beal substantiated this claim as she recovered in the hospital. But why did she do it? Tune in to listen to Peggy’s motive and the media mayhem that followed Frank’s death. 

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Sources:

• “Illinois Girl Slays Lover In Missouri Hotel.” Springfield News-Sun, Sat, Jun 03, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/824012320/
• “Love Affair Ends in Tragedy At K.C. Hotel.” (AP) The Wellington Daily News, Sat, Jun 03, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/63280132/
• “Marie Beal, Unrepentant, Says She Has Saved Other Broken Hearts.” (United Press) Trenton Evening Times, Mon, Jun 05, 1922, Page 15, https://www.newspapers.com/image/7140322/
• “Peggy Marie Beal; War Nurse Who Shot Lover, Now Expected to Live.” (AP) The Ponca City News, Mon, Jun 05, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/608074231/
• “Romance Has A Tragic End.” (AP) Lincoln Nebraska State Journal, Mon, Jun 05, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/334854163/
• “No Regret For Killing Lover.” Pratt Daily Tribune, Mon, Jun 05, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/366786344/
• “Compliment Girl For Slaying of Frank Anderson.” Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, Tue, Jun 06, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/133500875/
• “Former Mate of Miss Beal Communicates.” The Enid Daily News, Tue, Jun 06, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/608562997/
• “Father Refuses to Take Body of Slain Son Home.” Kansas City Weekly Journal, Thu, Jun 08, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025214928/
• “Girl Tells Story of Love Laboratory.” The Oklahoma News, By N.E.A Service, Thu, Jun 08, 1922, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/582235514/
• “Now She Would Live.” Parsons Daily Republican, Sat, Jun 10, 1922 ·Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/366177854/
• Kilgallen, James, “Man Naturally Is Polygamous.” The Charlotte News, Sun, Oct 01, 1922, Page 30, https://www.newspapers.com/image/61775083/
• “Slayer of “Perfect Lover” Sees Shadows of Death Chair Fade.” Midland Empire News, By Central Press, Thu, Oct 12, 1922, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/409261416/
• “Marie “Peggy” Beal Goes To Trial For Murder.” (United Press), The Taylor Daily Press Tue, Oct 17, 1922, Page 1,  https://www.newspapers.com/image/51070541/
• “Peggy Beal, Who Killed Perfect Lover, Acquitted.” Daily News, Tue, Oct 24, 1922, Page 37, https://www.newspapers.com/image/410498332/
• “Womanhood on Trial, Says Victim of Perfect Lover.” Daily News, Sun, Oct 22, 1922, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/410491034/
• “Women Are More Clever.” By Judge Florence E. Allen and “Just Because They Are Women.” By Thomas Lee Woolwine, Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, Wed, Nov 29, 1922, Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/678078899/
• “Will You Help Louis Beal, Who Stole in Vain to Join Mother, Win Heart’s Desire.” News Journal, (Mansfield, Ohio) Sun, Oct 21, 1923, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/292081106/
• Wooster, Taylor, “Brutal Attacker of Young Bride Evades Manhunt Armed Girl Locks Self In, Fearing Maniac’s Return.” The San Francisco Examiner, Thu, May 20, 1926, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/45749480