Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
On the morning of June 15, 1955, judge Curtis Chillingworth failed to turn up for a scheduled hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida. A carpenter arriving at his house that same morning found the door open and the house empty. Both Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie had disappeared, never to be seen again. It would take nearly five years for a chance boast to unravel the mystery behind the Chillingworths' disappearance and its mastermind: another judge, Joseph Peel.
Please note that this program was made in 1996. Peel died of his terminal cancer 9 days after he was paroled in 1982. Holzapfel died earlier in 1996 in prison. Lincoln, having converted to Islam and changed his name to David A. Karrim, died in 2004.
This is the full length episode. Previous uploads are TV recordings with 4 minutes cut.
On the morning of June 15, 1955, judge Curtis Chillingworth failed to turn up for a scheduled hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida. A carpenter arriving at his house that same morning found the door open and the house empty. Both Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie had disappeared, never to be seen again. It would take nearly five years for a chance boast to unravel the mystery behind the Chillingworths' disappearance and its mastermind: another judge, Joseph Peel.
Please note that this program was made in 1996. Peel died of his terminal cancer 9 days after he was paroled in 1982. Holzapfel died earlier in 1996 in prison. Lincoln, having converted to Islam and changed his name to David A. Karrim, died in 2004.
This is the full length episode. Previous uploads are TV recordings with 4 minutes cut.
