The Body That Turned to Soap After 3 Years Underwater

The Lake Crescent Lady of the Lake mystery left a murdered woman preserved as soap after three years underwater. Hallie Illingworth vanished December 22, 1937 from the Lake Crescent Tavern while her husband Monty claimed she ran off with a sailor. When fishermen found her blanket-wrapped body on July 6, 1940, the icy, ultra-oligotrophic 624-foot lake had turned her fat to adipocere, and a matching rope and dental plate led to his second-degree murder conviction. The documentary examines the forensic science, the trial, and whether the unexplored depths still hide others.