2020-02
2020-02
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #49: The Lindbergh Baby - "Spite-Powered Flying"
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
This week, we look at the kidnapping case that rocked the nation--the Lindbergh baby.
Plus, a disappointing frog war and a whole new career path: wood examiner!
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Sources:
Michael D'Antonio, Los Angeles Times.
Crime Museum.
Katie Serena, All That's Interesting.
“Lindbergh Kidnapping.” FBI.gov. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping
“Hopewell, NJ.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell,_New_Jersey
“Charles Lindbergh.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh
“Charles Nungesser.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nungesser
“Anne Morrow Lindbergh.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Morrow_Lindbergh
Katie Serena. “The Tragic Story of The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping.” https://allthatsinteresting.com/lindbergh-baby-kidnapping
“Testimony of Dr. John F. Condon. “ Famous Trials. https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1406-condontestimony
“The Go-Between: Charles Lindbergh Jr.” True Crimecast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7w3kfHu1PdvYuB8TF6QbWO?si=TdJauBkFT_uoiTPKbcfxzg
David Johnson. “Lindbergh Kidnapping Remembered.” Infoplease. https://www.infoplease.com/history/us/lindbergh-kidnapping-remembered
“Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped From Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton.” New York Times. Retrieved from https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1402-nytimes2
“Charles Lindbergh.” Biography. https://www.biography.com/historical-figure/charles-lindbergh
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #48: Leopold and Loeb - "Remix Justice"
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
This week, we look at Leopold and Loeb, whose plan to commit "the perfect crime" was imperfect in so, so many ways. Like--a lot of ways.
Plus: More Shakespearean insults, paint thinner madness, and murderer eyeballs.
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Sources:Nina Barrett. “Leopold and Loeb: 90 years later, finding the truth.” Crimereads.com
“Leopold and Loeb’s Criminal Minds.” Smithsonianmag.com
“Excerpts from the Psychiatric ("Alienist") Testimony in the Leopold & Loeb Hearing.” University of Missouri Kansas City http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/leoploeb/psychiatrictestimony.html
“The Leopold and Loeb Trial.” PBS.org. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/monkeytrial-leopold-and-loeb-trial/
“The Trial of Leopold and Loeb.” Crime Archives. http://www.crimearchives.net/1924_leopold_loeb/html/chronology.html
Annemarie Mannion. “Touch of History.” Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-10-15-9310150189-story.html
Jeremy Lybarger. “Reopening the Case Files of Leopold and Loeb.” The Paris Review. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/26/reopening-the-case-files-of-leopold-and-loeb/
Kendall. “Nathan Leopold’s Home.” The Chicago Crime Scenes Project. http://chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/2009/09/nathan-leopolds-home.html
“Leopold and Loeb.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb
“Vintage Threads: Automobile Lap Robes.” Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum. http://fountainheadauto.blogspot.com/2014/11/vintage-threads-automobile-lap-robes.html
Professor Douglas O. Linder. “The Leopold And Loeb Trial: An Account.” Famous Trials. https://famous-trials.com/leopoldandloeb/1741-home
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #47: Dr. William Minor - "Deformations and Charbonnay"
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
This week, we take a look at Dr. William Minor, a man whose demons drove him to a terrible crime, and whose search for redemption, while rocky, led to a monumental contribution to humanity. Plus: a video game mystery, spelling be parties, and the triumphant return of English Pub Names! And remember: apostrophes, dammit. Make sure to come to our FB group, Twitter, or Insta and give us some much needed brain bleach. And you'll be our heroes if you give us a 5-star review!
Don't forget about our Patreon, where you can get some cool bonuses for supporting the show. Thank you to Best Fiends for sponsoring this episode. Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Sources: Reilly, Lucas. “The Murderer Who Helped Make the Oxford English Dictionary.” https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/504609/murderer-who-helped-make-oxford-english-dictionary John D McDermott, “Were They Really Rogues? Desertion in the Nineteenth-Century U S Army.” Nebraska State Historical Society. https://history.nebraska.gov/sites/history.nebraska.gov/files/doc/publications/NH1997Desertion.pdfNebraska History 78 (1997): 165-174 Thomas Minor. Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Minor William Chester Minor. Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chester_Minorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness#Battle St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elizabeths_Hospital “Battle of the Wilderness.” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Wilderness Ella Lonn. “Desertion of the Civil War.” University of Nebraska Press. Royburt M, Epstein Y, Solomon Z, Shemer J. “Long-term psychological and physiological effects of heat stroke.” Physiology and Behavior, Volume 54, Issue 2. “About.” OED. https://public.oed.com/about/ “Dr. William Chester Minor.” Findagrave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9991/william-chester-minor Jenny Blair. “A tortured soul finds redemption in words.” Yale School of Medicine Magazine.https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/a-tortured-soul-finds-redemption-in-words/ “George Merrett.” My Heritage. https://www.myheritage.com/names/george_merrett Natalie Zarrelli. “How the Oxford English Dictionary Went from Murderer’s Pet Project to Internet Lexicon.” Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-the-oxford-english-dictionary-went-from-murderers-pet-project-to-internet-lexicon “The Professor and the Madman: Postscript.” Erenow.. https://erenow.net/biographies/the-professor-and-the-madman/12.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/berkshire/article_1.shtml ForgottenNewsmakers.com