Love, Lies and Ammunition: Louise and William Thoresen

When a young woman falls in love with a wealthy heir, she thinks she is marrying into a life of privilege and adventure. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a relationship filled with infidelity, abuse, fear, a crap ton of weaponry, and so many mysterious murders that there is a possible link to the Zodiac Killer.

Sources:

1. Thoresen, Louise, and E. M. Nathanson. It Gave Everybody Something to Do. M Evans & Company, 1974.

2. “Chicago Tonight | The Murder of Valerie Percy: ‘Cloud Over Kenilworth’ Remains | Season 2016 | PBS.” PBS: Public Broadcasting Service, 15 Sept. 2016, https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-tonight-murder-valerie-percy-cloud-over-kenilworth-remains/.

3. “Valerie Percy Murder: Suspect William Thoresen Revealed in 1966 Kenilworth Mystery | ABC7 Chicago | Abc7chicago.Com - ABC7 Chicago.” ABC7 Chicago, https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9405395/. Accessed 22 May 2026.

4. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193178696/william_erness-thoresen. Accessed 22 May 2026.

5. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117445135/louise-thoresen. Accessed 22 May 2026.

6. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193178695/richard_ehrman-thoresen. Accessed 22 May 2026.

7. New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/24/archives/it-gave-everybody-something-to-do-by-louise-thoresen-with-e-m.html. Accessed 22 May 2026.

8. Time Magazine. Accessed 22 May 2026.

9. Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129173076/judith_mae-andersen. Accessed 22 May 2026.

10. New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/06/archives/the-way-she-tells-the-story-its-a-manhaters-dream-alleged-motives.html. Accessed 23 May 2026.

11. Arizona Daily Star, 14 Nov. 1970.

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