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Extra Sketches: Design & Murder

Episode Summary

A brutal massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin estate, where love, scandal, racism, paranoia, and murder intersect in a story that few have heard, involving the murder of his mistress, Martha Borthwick Cheney, at his beloved home he designed for their love.

Episode Notes

A brutal massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin estate, where love, scandal, racism, paranoia, and murder intersect in a story that few have heard, involving the murder of his mistress, Martha Borthwick Cheney, at his beloved home he designed for their love.

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Sources:

PBS.org — Wright at the Time 
History.com — The Massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Love Cottage’ by Christopher Klein
All That's Interesting — The Life and Death of Mamah Borthwick, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Controversial Lover by Jessica OConnor
Solved Murders Podcast Part 1 & Part 2 (2021)