Melody Ermachild, private eye / interviewed by Philip Maldari

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Program Title:
Melody Ermachild, private eye / interviewed by Philip Maldari
PRA Archive #: 
AZ0580
Description: 

Melody Ermachild, a forty-year old mother, describes how she got started doing private investigation, who she worked for, the kind of work she does (interviews, research, research in libraries, skip tracing, polling juries), some of the famous cases she's worked on (Geronimo Pratt, Larry Layton/Jonestown, Hell's Angels), and her opinions about the nature of the American judicial system. Ermachild also shares her appreciation of good jurors and her gratitude at having a female role model in her boss, Sandra Sutherland, at Palladino & Sutherland. A fascinating interview conducted by Phil Maldari. Includes phone-ins. KPFA, 1981.

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Date Recorded on: 
May 1981
Date Broadcast on: 
KPFA, May 1981
Item duration: 
1 reel (40 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
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Guest
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1981
Rights Summary: 
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email:  americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.



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