The Watkin’s family moved into their new home and their first project was ripping out the old, brown, ugly carpet. Rip. Rip.
Wait, what is that? They found a hole in the ground. Strange. Inside that hole a little treasure. Jewelry and a roll of undeveloped film.
They had it developed and it showed 112 pictures. A series of photo sequences leading up to the gruesome torture and murder of a young woman.
They called the FBI. The FBI could do nothing. They knew the killer but he was untouchable. He was protected by law. Why?
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “Double Jeopardy” - by Bob Hill
(An amazing deep dive on this case that will honestly leave you upset, emotional, and frustrated.)
Show: “American Justice: Mel Ignatow”
https://murderpedia.org/male.I/i/ignatow-mel.htm
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17916032/the-courier-journal/
https://www.wave3.com/story/8932145/ignatows-son-reacts-to-his-fathers-death/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17915920/the-courier-journal/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98157251/ignatow-timeline/
https://web.archive.org/web/20050515031028/http://www.ky
post.com/opinion/weath093097.html
DISCLAIMER: Some links are listed in the source material but the material may never be discussed in the podcast (I just wanted to list them because they gave me a deeper picture of the case in full). If there are un-verifiable sources (ie Reddit) - they are typically referred to as un-verified sources, opinions, and or theories in the podcast and not treated as fact.