Podcast:Going West: True Crime Published On: Wed Dec 20 2023 Description: In the summer of 1940, a woman’s blanketed and hogtied body surfaced in Lake Crescent, Washington, her body having turned to soap in a strange chemical transformation. After identifying her remains, it was revealed that she was a woman who went missing three years earlier, just days before Christmas. So who killed her, and why? This is the murder of Hallie Illingworth, otherwise known as The Lady of Lake Crescent. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20841050/hallie-brooks-illingworth 2. Stockton Evening and Sunday Record: https://www.newspapers.com/image/843766400/?terms=%22hallie%20illingworth%22&match=1 3. The Oakland Post Enquirer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1000413154/?terms=%22hallie%20illingworth%22&match=1 4. The Seattle Star: https://www.newspapers.com/image/773679708/?terms=%22hallie%20illingworth%22&match=1 5. History Link: https://www.historylink.org/File/8599 6. Washington History: https://www.washingtonhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1992-v6-n2-final.pdf 7. https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/life/back-when-part-2-lady-of-the-lake-murder-mystery/ 8. WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Spraker-127 9. Buffalo Courier Express: https://www.newspapers.com/image/973313909/?terms=%22hallie%20illingworth%22&match=1 10. My Olympic Park: https://www.myolympicpark.com/park/history/the-lady-of-crescent-lake/ 11. WNPF: https://wnpf.org/2019/02/05/a-dive-into-lake-crescent-history/ 12. Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/our-deep-lakes-incite-curiosity-and-conjure-legends/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices