Betsy Aardsma
Description
In 1969, a college student was stabbed to death in the library while at least 5 people stood nearby, but none witnessed the attack. It’s been 50 years and one suspect has finally risen to the top of the list of who killed Betsy Aardsma.
Credits
Written, edited, and hosted by Charlie Worroll
Researched by Haley Gray
Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast
Support the Show
Patreon: patreon.com/crimelines
Sources
Books
Who Killed Betsy? by Derek Sherwood
Murder in the Stacks by David DeKok
Internet
https://www.newspapers.com/image/199812843/?terms=betsy%2BAardsma - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/22/15, Murder in the Stacks by Mark Wagenveld
https://www.newspapers.com/image/273276909/?terms=betsy%2BAardsma - The Morning Call, 4/14/15, Who murdered Betsy in the Penn State Stacks? By Margie Peterson
https://www.newspapers.com/image/200958354/?terms=betsy%2BAardsma - The Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/31/08, At Penn State, slaying still haunts by Derrick Nunnally
https://www.newspapers.com/image/520627334 - The Capital Times, 1/13/72, Kin of Murdered Woman Implore Courts to Spare Lives of All Killers by Marvin Cook
https://www.newspapers.com/image/96492967/ - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/25/09, Mystery of the girl in the stacks continues to intrigue public by Torsten Ove
https://www.newspapers.com/image/5234124/?terms=betsy%2BAardsma - Lebanon Daily News, 12/1/69, State Police Are Hunting Two Men In Coed’s Death by Unknown
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62972329/richard-charles-haefner