The Murder of Martha Moxley (Part 2)
6/4/202656 min
On October 30, 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley failed to return home after a night out with friends in Belle Haven, an exclusive wealthy enclave in Greenwich, CT. The following morning, Moxley’s badly beaten body was discovered underneath a tree, just a few hundred feet from her house, triggering one of the most notorious murder mysteries in the state’s history.
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References
Associated Press. 1975. "Parents guarding children in Greenwich murder area." Connecticut Post, November 10: 2.
—. 1998. "1975 murder case before grand jury." Hartford Courant, July 12: 22.
—. 1998. "Fuhrman book on 1975 slaying points to Kennedy relative." Hartford Courant, May 10: 28.
Brown, Marian Gail. 2002. "Verdict shocks court observers 27 years after Moxley slaying." Connecticut Post, June 8: 1.
CNN. 2007. Moxley case: Excerpts from the Sutton Report. December 17. Accessed November 26, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel11/index.html.
—. 2002. Moxley Case: Who was Martha Moxley? Accessed November 21, 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel9/index.html.
Connecticut Post. 1975. "Girl, 15, found murdered at her Greenwich home." Connecticut Post, November 1: 1.
Ellement, John, and Lisa Prevost. 2000. "Skakel is arrested in '75 Conn. murder." Boston Globe, January 20.
Gaines, Judith. 1998. "Grand juror to probe '75 Conn. murder." Boston Globe, June 18.
—. 1991. "Police taking a fresh look at 1975 murder of Conn. teen-ager." Boston Globe, October 7.
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Lang, Joel. 1997. "Martha's murder." Hartford Courant, May 18: 10.
Levitt, Leonard. 2004. Conviction: Solving the Moxley Murder . New York, NY: Regan Books.
Mahony, Edmund. 2020. "No retrial for Skakel." Hartford Courant, October 31: 1.
Merchant, Robert. 2016. "Skakel murder conviction reinstated." Connecticut Post, December 31: 1.
Ondek, Richard. 1976. "Prosecutor says family impedes murder probe." Connecticut Post, March 26: 1.
Owens, David. 2013. "Freed on bail." Hartford Courant, November 22: 1.
2003. Mugshots: Michael Skakel. Performed by Single Spark Productions.
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Tofig, Dana. 1999. "Suspect's lawyer seeks to suprress comments." Hartford Courant, May 27: B7.
Tuohy, Lynne. 2002. "A life, a death revisited." Hartford Courant, May 8: 1.
—. 2000. "Kennedy nephew facing arrest in killing." Hartford Courant, January 19: 1.
—. 2002. "No apology, no remorse." Hartford Courant, August 30: 1.
—. 2002. "One final chance to make their cases." Hartford Courant, June 4: 1.
—. 2002. "Prosecution puts on its rebuttal." Hartford Courant, May 30: 1.
Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022)
Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023)
Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley
Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsAsh Kelley· Host0:00
Hey, weirdos. I'm Ash.
Alaina Urquhart· Host0:01
And I'm Elena And this is Morbid. [gentle music] This is morbid.
Ash Kelley· Host0:18
Morbid in the afternoon.
Alaina Urquhart· Host0:20
Um, and I'm trying to think of, uh... I saw, 'cause, like, last time I think we were like, "Okay, like, set your timers 'cause we're about to start- Oh, yeah ... the episode. I saw some funny ass people being like, "It starts at 69 seconds."
Ash Kelley· Host0:33
Oh.
Alaina Urquhart· Host0:33
So like it starts at, oh, .03 seconds.
Ash Kelley· Host0:36
[laughs] So now you're never gonna know- That was funny ... when it stops.
Alaina Urquhart· Host0:39
[laughs] So, so I think you guys are funny. Uh- You guys are funny. But I don't think we have a ton of business. Um, just some, the, the normal stuff. If you guys haven't bought tickets to the live show at Radio City- What are you doing? ... June 27th, buy tickets to it, 'cause I'm telling you, it's gonna be a blast. We've, we've really nailed some stuff down.
Ash Kelley· Host0:58
Yep, we're reeling it in.
Alaina Urquhart· Host0:59
It's gonna be fun. We have some fun merch.
Ash Kelley· Host1:01
Yes.
Alaina Urquhart· Host1:01
Um, we have a special guest.
Ash Kelley· Host1:03
Special guest.
Alaina Urquhart· Host1:03
And it's just gonna be a really fun time.
Ash Kelley· Host1:05
Special effects from Romania.
Alaina Urquhart· Host1:06
Yeah. So- Literally ... so get your butt there And then you can just wander around New York. Yeah, all night.
Ash Kelley· Host1:11
[laughs] Yep.
Alaina Urquhart· Host1:11
Actually, don't because I've been se- I mean, you shouldn't anyway, but like- Yeah, that was always just a joke to begin with ... have you seen... I keep seeing these reports on the news the last couple days of- I don't watch the news ... people are, like, they're getting film of, like, in the middle of the night, people are just going into manholes, and then some people are, like, crawling out of manholes. It's just, like, a group of men-