286. MURDER: The Death of Helen Mintiks

**We’re dealing with some mic issues in this episode, gang. Just a warning. Perfection is boring. Helen Mintiks was an incredibly talented woman, murdered by a man because she said no. There’s bonus content, ad-free episodes, and other perks on our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/witchesmagicmurdermystery   Podcast Store: https://witches-magic-murder-mystery-podcast-store.myshopify.com   Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WitchesMagicMurderMysteryPodcast   Support our sponsors!  YAMAN: Go to YA-MANUSA.com to experience the future of beauty, and use code WMMM for a 20% discount. TYMO: Get 30% off your first order at tymobeauty.com with the code WMM30. (Only two m’s!!) Sources:   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192289131/helen_karen-mintiks#:~:text=Helen%2C%20the%20youngest%20of%20three,study%20violin%20with%20Douglas%20Stewart. https://www.insideedition.com/how-real-life-phantom-opera-murdered-young-violinist-met-1980-53647 https://www.oxygen.com/new-york-homicide/crime-news/helen-mintiks-killed-in-nyc-met-opera-house https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-murder-of-helen-hagnes https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/28/nyregion/confession-details-given-as-opera-murder-trial-starts.html https://www.violinist.com/blog/cattigara/20207/28370/ https://www.classicfm.com/artists/new-york-met/violinist-helen-mintiks-murder-opera-house/ https://www.insideedition.com/how-real-life-phantom-opera-murdered-young-violinist-met-1980-53647 https://www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/remembering-helen-hagnes-after-40-years/10938.article https://archives.law.virginia.edu/dengrove/writeup/murder-met-craig-crimmins-trial-murder-violinist https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/crimmins-craig.htm https://pix11.com/news/murder-at-the-met-revisiting-the-1980-murder-of-violinist-at-lincoln-center/ https://www.music.utoronto.ca/our-people.php?fid=170 https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/where-craig-crimmins-now-whereabouts-explored-ahead-murder-big-apple-premiere All Witches, Magic, Murder, & Mystery episodes are a mix of Kara and Megan’s personal thoughts and opinions in response to the information that is publicly available at the time of recording, as well as, in some cases, personal accounts provided by listeners. In regard to these self-reported personal accounts, there can be no assurance that the information provided is 100% accurate.  If you love the Trash Witch art (see our Patreon or the Podcast store), Tiffini Scherbing of Scherbing Arts created her. Like her Scherbing Arts page on Facebook, or follow her on instagram at @scherbingarts76! She can create anything you need.  TikTok: @wmmmpodcast Instagram: @witchesmagicmurdermystery Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/465405701297488/ Email all your weird stories: [email protected] Get to know us better:               Kara: @many_adventures_of_kara on Instagram             Megan: @meganmakesjokes on TikTok, @megan_whitmer on Instagram  WMMM Podcast P.O. Box 910674 Lexington, KY 40591 Music credit: Chloe’s Lullaby (podcast theme) by Robert Austin. Available on Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, Bandcamp, and Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices