127. Smells Like Murder Before Home Room - Who Killed Hal Arthur? - a podcast by Melissa Morgan

Hal Arthur was pretty much what anybody would want from a high school teacher.  One of the most respected and beloved instructors at Grant High School in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, Mr. Arthur was a real hero - something every teacher should strive for.  A true advocate and helper of his students, Hal Arthur gave his own time and resources to make sure all kids in his charge had every opportunity to succeed.  He even set up a travel agency to make it easier to take his Jewish (and non-Jewish) students on educational trips to the Holy Land.  But just shy of his 61st birthday, on March 24, 1989, Mr. Arthur was getting ready to go to work in the dark at 6:00 am - when he was shot four times outside his car, killed instantly by an assassin whom to this day the police say they can't be sure of.  Oh, but they have an idea.  And the primary - almost certain - culprit is one of the nastiest characters anyone ever dreamed of running across.  Just 16 years old when Hal Arthur was executed, he went on to become one of the most awful organized crime figures at a very young age.  Oh, he finally got nabbed for that activity, but to date no one has pinned the gruesome murder of a truly lovely and important soul - Hal Arthur - on this monster - or anyone else.  Listen in as Melissa retells the tragic, heartbreaking tale and asks - does someone out there know what actually happened - and if so, isn't now the time to come forward?

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