Denver Spiderman Attic

In a nutshell in 1941 a man was found murdered in his house with all the windows and doors locked.

Denver spiderman attic.

Dolly was married to fred william oesterreich but this did not stop her. Theodore edward coneys november 10 1882 may 16 1967 known by the nickname denver spiderman an american drifter who committed a murder in 1941 and subsequently occupied the attic of the victim s home for nine months. It looked like the case would go unsolved until a year later police heard strange noises coming from a tiny crawl space in the attic. On stage karen and georgia cover the killer john agrue and theodore edward coneys the spiderman of denver.

The denver spiderman and his moncreiff place murder. And the panels which appeared to go to the attic via the ceiling had been sealed shut. This is the story of the denver spider man and the murder that perplexed denver police for nearly a year. Spider in the attic may 23 2011 dan lewis uncategorized 0 on october 17 1941 philip peters did not show up for dinner at his neighbor s house.

Sadly he was not a masked vigilante protecting the people of the mile high city swinging from webs after being bitten by a radioactive spider. Coneys earned the name denver spiderman because he waited five weeks in a denver man s attic before the man eventually discovered him. The killer had been inside the house the whole time. The 73 year old denver man had been temporarily living alone in his house his wife was in the hospital recovering from a broken hip so his neighbors had offered him a meal and some company.

The doors and windows to the house showed no signs of forced entry and were locked when neighbours discovered the body. The housekeepers terrified. Theodore coneys the spiderman of denver 1941 theodore coneys was born november 10 1882 in petersburg illinois to t. He was the murderer.

This week s my favorite murder comes to you live from the boulder theater. Coneys a canadian immigrant who owned a hardware store in petersburg and his wife.