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What if the most shocking murder in 1897 Vermont wasn't a crime of passion—but a calculated act by a woman who refused to lose? The Dark and Disturbing Case of Annie Wheeler takes us to Montpelier on May 29, 1897, when eighteen-year-old Mildred Brewster shot seventeen-year-old Annie Wheeler point-blank behind the ear during a jealous rage over a man named Jack Wheeler. Mildred then turned the gun on herself, but survived with the bullet lodged in her skull. The trial that followed shocked the nation: Mildred's defense argued insanity, presenting evidence that Jack Wheeler had seduced her under a promise of marriage and left her for Annie. The jury believed her—and she was sent to an insane asylum instead of prison. But the story didn't end there: the case became a campus ghost legend at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where Annie's spirit is said to haunt the tower of College Hall. Press play and separate the murder from the myth. New episode every week—subscribe and leave your review. 🎧
