Today we’re going to tell you about a couple named Casper and Florence Bennett.

On the surface, they seemed very ordinary. They lived in Lorain, Ohio—a quiet, working-class city where people knew each other and their lives moved at a steady predictable pace. Florence was described as warm, devoted, and someone who took pride in her home. Casper, her husband, was more reserved—a man who kept to himself. Nothing about them, at least from the outside looking in, suggested that their life together would end in tragedy. Then, on December 20th, 1963, everything changed.

Join us for Beneath the Surface. That day, Casper Bennett told police he had come home and found his wife dead in the bathtub. The water, he said, had been scalding. He claimed it was a terrible accident… that something must have gone wrong. At least for a moment, you might have believed Casper’s story. Because accidents happen. People slip. Things go wrong. But almost immediately, something did not sit right with investigators. The scene, the circumstances, and the story itself were just off. And as they began to take a closer look at this quiet couple, the question was impossible to ignore:

Was this really a tragic accident that no one could have prevented? Or was there something else hidden just beneath the surface—waiting to be uncovered? Because sometimes, the most unsettling stories do not come from strangers…they come from inside the home.

Sources

The Edge of Innocence by David Miraldi