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Podcast: True Crime Recaps
Episode: The Candy Heiress Who Vanished and the Mob Behind It
Description: Helen Brach was the wealthy heiress to the Brach candy fortune, living a life of privilege in Chicago. In February 1977, she traveled to the Mayo Clinic for a routine medical visit and was expected to return home shortly afterward. Instead, she vanished.Her houseman claimed she returned home briefly before leaving for Florida, but investigators quickly noticed inconsistencies in his story. Suspicious purchases appeared soon after, including a large meat grinder and an unusually thorough cleaning of her home.As detectives dug deeper, they uncovered a web of financial fraud and organized crime...