Episode 159: The Shooting of the Century PT 2

In this concluding part of a two-parter, Paul and Kate return to 1955 Long Island high society to follow the case of Billy Woodward. After a confession and a surprise witness, the elements of the case and all that surround it become truly something to behold.

Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4buCoMc

Sources:

“Ann Woodward Plans Return to Privacy.” The Evening Sun. November 26, 1955.

 “Ann Woodward’s Version of Shooting Supported.” Morning Pioneer. November 8, 1955: P1. 

Bracker, Milton. “Turfman Killed by Wife in Dark.” New York Times. October 31, 1955: P1.

Braudy, Susan. This Crazy Thing Called Love: The Golden World and Fatal Marriage of Ann and Billy Woodward. Random House, 1992.

Brown, Chip. “The Lives They Lived: William Woodward III, b.1944; Manhattan Gothic, Final Chapter.” New York Times. January 2, 2022.

Cameron, Christopher. “Inside the Murder that Scandalized NYC — and Led to Truman Capote’s Downfall.” New York Post. June 28, 2023.

Darwish, Meaghan. “‘Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans’: What’s Fact & What’s Fiction in the FX Series?” TV Insider. March 14, 2024.

“Feud: Capote vs. the Swans review — the starriest TV show in living memory forgets to be fun.” The Guardian. April 17, 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/17/feud-capote-vs-the-swans-review-the-starriest-tv-show-in-living-memory-forgets-to-be-fun

Homans, John. “The Woodward Affair.” New York Magazine. March 30, 2012. https://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/ann-woodward-2012-4/

 Magsino, Isaiah. “Who Was Ann Woodward?” Town & Country Magazine. February 2, 2024. https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a46573658/feud-capote-vs-the-swans-ann-woodward-true-story/

Mason, Dancy. “Disgraced Facts About Ann Woodward, The Lost Swan of New York.” Factinate. February 22 (no year). https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-ann-woodward

Montillo, Roseanne. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, The Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century.

O’Neill, Jim and Bob Greene. “Wirths’ Lawyer Tears Down New Tale.” Newsday (Nassau Edition). November 9, 1955: P5.

Piccotti, Tyler. “Ann Woodward.” Biography.com. February 8, 2024. https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ann-woodward

“The Shooting of the Century.” Life Magazine (November 14, 1955): 35–45.

“Sunken Orchard.” American Aristocracy. N.d. https://americanaristocracy.com/houses/sunken-orchard

Taylor, Elsie. “Who Is Ann Woodward? The Scandalous True Story of the New York Socialite Who Shot Her Husband.” Vogue. January 31, 2024. https://www.vogue.com/article/who-is-ann-woodward-the-scandalous-true-story-of-the-new-york-socialite-who-shot-her-husband

Yardley, Jim. “Heir to a Fortune, and to Tragedy; Suicide Ends the Life of a Wealthy, and Haunted, Man.” New York Times. May 8, 1999: P1.

Woo, Elaine. “W. Woodward; Scion of Rich Family Plagued by Tragedy.” Los Angeles Times. May 8, 1999.