July 5, 1965. Lexington, Kentucky. After a night of heavy drinking with her husband and another couple, 39-year old Mary Marrs Cawein returns home. When morning hits, Mary is found dead in her bedroom chair and an autopsy would reveal she was murdered after ingesting carbolic acid. Suspicion immediately falls upon Mary’s husband, Dr. Madison Cawein, who had conducted affairs with two other women during their marriage. However, the case is further complicated by strange actions from Madison’s former mistress and the jealous husband of his current mistress, causing them to also become potential suspects. So who was actually responsible for the death of Mary Marrs Cawein? This week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” almost resembles a soap opera, as we chronicle a very bizarre whodunit which has been dubbed the “Carbolic Acid Cocktail Murder”.

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Additional Reading:

http://www.kyforward.com/mary-cawein’s-murderer-was-‘clever’-smart-and—so-far—has-eluded-justice-for-46-years/

http://www.kyforward.com/part-two-mary-cawein’s-unsolved-murder-has-all-the-juicy-elements-of-a-mystery-novel/

http://www.kyforward.com/mary-cawein’s-murderer-was-‘clever’-smart-and—so-far—has-eluded-justice-for-46-years/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/justice-story-hed-article-1.2456294

The Reading Eagle (Sep. 4, 1966)

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

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