I Fear You, Babe
I Fear You, Babe is a true crime podcast hosted by Dino Malvone, a New York-based storyteller who believes the most important part of any case isn't the crime — it's the person at the center of it.
Every Thursday, Dino goes deep on one case: the victim's life, the investigation, the failures, and the questions that remain. Every Monday, he covers what's moving in the true crime world right now — active trials, new arrests, verdicts, and developments that can't wait for a deep dive.
No gore. No sensationalism. No pretending to be a detective. Just careful research, honest storytelling, and a commitment to saying a person's name like it means something — because it does.
Before we talk about how they died, we talk about how they lived.
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I Fear You, Babe
14. Martha Moxley: The Night Greenwich Stopped Being Safe
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This is I Fear You, Babe. Before we talk about how Martha Moxley died, we talk about how she lived.
Martha Moxley was fifteen years old when she was murdered on Mischief Night in 1975 in the Belle Haven section of Greenwich, Connecticut. Her body was found the next day in the yard of a wealthy neighborhood, beaten and stabbed with a golf club taken from a nearby home.
What followed was not a lack of evidence, but a lack of urgency. Witnesses went unchallenged. Evidence aged. And for decades, the case stalled under the weight of privilege, hesitation, and silence.
In this mega episode, we trace the full timeline of Martha’s murder and the investigation that followed — from the night she disappeared, through the failed early inquiry, to the eventual conviction and its reversal decades later. We center Martha and her mother, Dorothy Moxley, and examine what happens when justice is delayed long enough to fracture truth itself.
Show Notes
Case Overview
- Martha Moxley was murdered on October 30, 1975, in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- The murder weapon was a Toney Penna golf club from the Skakel household.
- The case went cold for decades before charges were filed.
Legal Timeline
- One person grand jury convened in 1998
- Michael Skakel convicted in 2002
- Conviction overturned due to ineffective counsel
- Prosecutors declined retrial in 2020
Key Themes
- Wealth and influence in criminal investigations
- The cost of delayed justice
- Memory versus evidence in cold case prosecutions
- The emotional labor of grieving families
Sources & Further Reading
- Connecticut Supreme Court opinion: State v. Skakel
https://jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR278/278CR23.pdf - CBS News timeline of the Martha Moxley case
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/martha-moxley-murder-case-timeline - The New York Times coverage of the Skakel trial and appeals
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/martha-moxley - Justice for Martha Moxley Foundation
https://www.justiceformartha.org
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