Denver Spiderman Attic

On stage karen and georgia cover the killer john agrue and theodore edward coneys the spiderman of denver.

Denver spiderman attic.

It looked like the case would go unsolved until a year later police heard strange noises coming from a tiny crawl space in the attic. This is the story of the denver spider man and the murder that perplexed denver police for nearly a year. Theodore coneys the spiderman of denver 1941 theodore coneys was born november 10 1882 in petersburg illinois to t. The denver spiderman and his moncreiff place murder.

The doors and windows to the house showed no signs of forced entry and were locked when neighbours discovered the body. He was the murderer. The killer had been inside the house the whole time. Coneys earned the name denver spiderman because he waited five weeks in a denver man s attic before the man eventually discovered him.

Dolly was married to fred william oesterreich but this did not stop her. The victim s name was philip peters. Sadly he was not a masked vigilante protecting the people of the mile high city swinging from webs after being bitten by a radioactive spider. Coneys a canadian immigrant who owned a hardware store in petersburg and his wife.

And the panels which appeared to go to the attic via the ceiling had been sealed shut. This week s my favorite murder comes to you live from the boulder theater. Theodore edward coneys november 10 1882 may 16 1967 known by the nickname denver spiderman an american drifter who committed a murder in 1941 and subsequently occupied the attic of the victim s home for nine months. The story of otto in the attic dolly oesterreich 33 was an unsatisfied house wife when she met 17 year old otto sanhuber.

In a nutshell in 1941 a man was found murdered in his house with all the windows and doors locked. The 73 year old denver man had been temporarily living alone in his house his wife was in the hospital recovering from a broken hip so his neighbors had offered him a meal and some company.