Welcome back to the second and final episode of Fast Times at Upper Merion High and the story of the Main Line Murders.

Get ready for craziness, for today’s episodes has more twists and turns than a python in a pretzel factory, and enough sex and drugs to make a hippie blush.

When we last left you things were really heating up in the elite upper-class Philadelphia suburb of Main Line as English teacher Bill Bradfield’s cult of nerds began infighting and the Prince of Darkness, Dr Jay C. Smith ramped up his nefarious criminal ways and today it all boils over into cold-blooded murder.

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REFERENCES:

Echoes in the Darkness by Joseph Wambaugh. Bantam, September 1, 1987. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553269321

Principal Suspect: The True Story of Dr. Jay Smith and the Main Line Murders by William C. Costopoulos. Camino Books, Inc. July 25, 2014. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1933822969

Engaged to Murder: The Inside Story of the Main Line Murders by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel. Independently published September 3, 2020. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8677251047

Court Frees Jay Smith | Death Penalty Information Center

Long before high school English teacher Susan Reinert was found dead, naked and beaten in the hatchback of her Plymouth Horizon, it was obvious that the staff of Upper Merion High were out of control and engaged in debauchery of all sorts.

The principal, Dr Jay C. Smith, whom staff and students alike referred to as the Prince of Darkness, had a penchant for bestiality, robbery and drug dealing.

The chair of the English Department, Bill Bradfield, a self-professed poet obsessed with fascist writer Ezra Pound, was known to be carrying on wild affairs with students and staff alike.

In the end five people would end up murdered or missing, including two children, in a bizarre case that’s come to be known as the Main Line Murders.

Buckle up and get ready for one hell of a ride, it’s Fast Times at Upper Merion High.

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Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

REFERENCES:

Echoes in the Darkness by Joseph Wambaugh. Bantam, September 1, 1987. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553269321

Principal Suspect: The True Story of Dr. Jay Smith and the Main Line Murders by William C. Costopoulos. Camino Books, Inc. July 25, 2014. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1933822969

Engaged to Murder: The Inside Story of the Main Line Murders by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel. Independently published September 3, 2020. ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8677251047

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Amelia Dyer, the Ogress of Reading, is believed to be responsible for the murder of up to 400 infants, delighting in their struggles as she strangled them to death, in late Victorian England.

Amelia, who was part of an underground network of baby farms, left dead babies in her wake everywhere she went, buried in gardens, tossed into weeds, thrown into the river.

Happy Holidays! It’s a doozy, listener discretion is advised.

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“How'd You Like To Spoon With Me?” by Florie Ford courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Deed - CC0 1.0 Universal - Creative Commons

“Maple Leaf Rag (1899, Z. Brewster-Geisz version)” and Original Rags (1900, piano roll) by Scott Joplin courtesy of the Free Music Archive. CC0 1.0 Universal - Creative Commons

“Rites” “Baltic Levity” “Angevin 70”and “Cattails” by Kevin MacLeod courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Deed - Attribution 3.0 Unported - Creative Commons

RESOURCES:

Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders by Angela Buckley. Manor Vale Associates, March 24, 2016 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0993564003 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0993564000

The Baby Farm Murderer: The Story of Amelia Dyer, the Victorian Serial Killer by Stephen Jakobi. Pen and Sword True Crime. March 2026 ISBN: 103610916X ISBN13: 9781036109165

Amelia Dyer - Wikipedia