In 1937, three girls left home for a day at the park and never returned. Their disappearance sparked a frantic search, a shocked community, and a murder case that moved with remarkable speed. This episode traces the investigation intothe deaths of Melba Everett, Madeline Everett, and Jeanette Stephens, the arrest of Albert Dyer, and a trial shaped almost entirely by his confessions.

Everett, Pamela. Little Shoes: The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That BecameAmerica’s First Celebrity Crime. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2018.

People v. Dyer, 9 Cal. 2d 317 (Cal. Sup. Ct. 1938).

“Three Little Girls.” Time, July 12, 1937.

Contemporary newspaper reporting, including coverage from the Daily Breeze and Los Angeles–area papers (1937).