Evelyn Throsby : Murdered by a Conman Husband in Landmark No-Body Case

When Evelyn Throsby married her fifth husband, friends and family worried something was wrong. What they didn’t know was that he was a conman skilled at manipulation, isolation, and deception.

Over time, Evelyn became increasingly cut off from the people who loved her. Her money disappeared. Eventually, she did too.

Months passed before those closest to Evelyn realized something far more sinister had happened.

In this episode of She Goes by Jane, we examine the disappearance and murder of Evelyn Throsby—a landmark case that helped shape how prosecutors pursue homicide convictions when a victim’s body has never been found.

We explore coercive control, financial exploitation, isolation within abusive relationships, and the devastating reality that someone can disappear long before they are officially declared missing.

📍 Los Angeles, California | May 16, 1955

📖 Featuring an original poem written in her honor, read by Nadia Hatta

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More about Nadia Hatta:
Nadia Hatta is best known for her recent role as ‘Mei Chen’ in the Netflix series AWAY, which has been listed in Netflix’s Top 10. She starred in Discovery Channel’s Golden Bell award-winning travel show, FUN TAIWAN, which reached over 2 billion views. Hatta can be seen recurring in the drama-mystery series HEAD ABOVE WATER. At MTV ASIA in China, she was a VJ and wrote, produced, directed, and hosted a seven-part miniseries on New York Fashion Week. Nadia has also starred in BA BI LUN MI WU as well as BABYLON FOG by acclaimed Chinese director, Lu Chuan. In 2012, she won Best Actor for A PART APART in National Film Challenge, USA. Nadia currently resides in Canada and has a BFA in Acting and Theatre from New York University’s famed Tisch program. She has also studied at Amsterdam’s International Theatre School and the Roy Hart International Arts Centre in France. While English is her native language, she speaks Mandarin with a native tongue and is fluent in French and Italian.