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The Shooting of the Century PT 1

March 11, 2026·59 min·5 clips
Paul Holes spots a red flag in Ann Woodward's story that doesn't match the crime scene evidence.
Kate and Paul investigate the 1955 shooting of wealthy playboy Billy Woodward by his wife Ann on Long Island's Gold Coast. They analyze the crime scene, ballistics evidence, and Ann's conflicting statements while exploring the high-society world of the Vanderbilts and Astors. The episode ends with the central question: was it an accident or murder?

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An 18-foot hallway turns the Woodward residence's layout into the episode's central question.

The Woodward residence sits at the center of this episode because the case turns, in part, on space: an 18-foot hallway between Billy's room and Anne's room inside a 12-room home.

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