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364: Murder In Room 1046

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Probst finds Owen bound, beaten, and stabbed in room 1046, claiming he just slipped in the bathtub.
This episode explores the unsolved 1935 murder of a man using the alias Roland T. Owen in room 1046 of Kansas City's Hotel President. Through witness accounts and eerie details, it traces the victim's mysterious actions, the gruesome crime scene, and decades of cold case twists including anonymous tips and a mother's identification.

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A hotel-room murder case told with careful chronology and a steady sense of dread.

Room 1046 at the Hotel President gives this episode its frame: a man checks into a Kansas City hotel, a Do Not Disturb sign goes up, calls go unanswered, and the room ends in something grim.

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You want a hotel murder mystery that keeps the clues and the panic side by side.

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