What the record says
Helen Marie Brach (née Voorhees; born November 10, 1911 – disappeared February 17, 1977) was an American multimillionaire widow whose wealth had come from marrying into the E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company fortune; she endowed the Helen V. Brach Foundation to promote animal welfare in 1974. Brach disappeared on February 17, 1977, and in May 1984 she was declared legally dead, as of the date of her disappearance. An…
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Podcast episodes
- Helen Brach // 109Going West: True Crime · 2021
- The Missing Candy Heiress (The Mystery Of Helen Brach)American Hauntings Podcast · 2023
- Helen Brach Part 1 | The Missing HeiressCrimelines® True Crime · 2021
- Helen Brach Part 2 | The Missing HeiressCrimelines® True Crime · 2021
- Helen BrachDisappearances · 2022
In the Internet Archive
- Crimes of the 20th century : a chronologyText · 1991
- Mystery of the Candy Heiress : MSNBCW : January 9, 2016 1:00am-2:01am PSTVideo · 2016
- Hot blood : the money, the Brach heiress, and the horse murdersText · 1996
- The Mystery of the Candy Heiress : MSNBCW : July 30, 2011 3:00am-4:00am PDTVideo · 2011
- The Mystery of the Candy Heiress : MSNBCW : January 15, 2012 10:00am-11:00am PSTVideo · 2012
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