Old Timey Crimey #102: The Lipstick Killer - “Cockroach Hats”

The infamous Lipstick Killer terrorized Chicago in the 1940s. But did the police and prosecutors have it all wrong? We come to a surprising consensus! 

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Music:

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
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Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod
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Sources:

Joseph Geringer. Crime Library. Accessed via https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/heirens-william.htm

Shirley Hemingway. Findagrave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38866965/josephine-alice-ross

Chicago Tribune, Daily Register. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30396988/chicago-tribune/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAVES

Evening Star, Detroit Evening Times. LOC. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1946-01-07/ed-1/seq-5/

Adam Higginbotham. GQ. https://www.gq.com/story/william-heirens-lipstick-killer-chicago

Katie Serena. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-heirens-lipstick-killer

Steve Mills and Ryan Haggerty. Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/chi-william-heirens-dies-known-as-the-lipstick-killer-20120306-story.html

http://justicedenied.org/billheir.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/us/william-heirens-the-lipstick-killer-dies-at-83.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heirens

Old Timey Crimey #101 - Lizzie Borden Part 2: “Flea Rags”

PART 2 of the infamous murders of Abby and Andrew Borden looks at the trial, the aftermath, some weird shit that happened because people are weird, and finally--THEORIES! 

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Music:

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
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Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod
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Sources:

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skeleton_in_Armor

Evening World via LOC

Deborah Allard. Herald News. https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20150601/NEWS/150609465

Professor Douglas O. Linder and law students. Famous Trials. https://famous-trials.com/lizzieborden

Chronology. Lizzieandrewborden.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145937/http://lizzieandrewborden.com/crimelibrary/chronologies/chronology1789-1892.htm

Diana Griffiths. The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies. https://ochm.medium.com/lizzie-borden-and-the-taunton-jail-d8224024666f

William F. Hanna. Old Colony History Museum. https://ochm.medium.com/lizzie-borden-and-the-taunton-jail-d8224024666f

Boston Globe. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430858491/?terms=Lizzie%20Borden&match=1

https://newengland.com/today/living/homes/lizzie-borden-house-fall-river/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/lizzie-borden/

https://www.biography.com/news/lizzie-borden-life-after-murder-trial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden

https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/lizzie-borden-trial-1892

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2019/07/21/how-did-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-become-a-household-name/ideas/essay/

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/lizzie-borden

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/borden-parents-found-dead

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/lizzie-borden/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/

https://www.livescience.com/lizzie-borden-house-for-sale.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81765/how-lizzie-borden-spent-her-life-after-being-acquitted

https://www.bustle.com/p/what-happened-to-lizzie-borden-after-the-murders-lizzie-gives-yet-another-take-on-the-story-11881038

Unresolved Mysteries, Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/kodcvs/whats_your_weirdest_theory/

Old Timey Crimey Interviews: Mark Russell - “Checkmate: The Wallace Murder Mystery”

Our very first interview episode! 

Kristy talks to Mark Russell, author of CHECKMATE: THE WALLACE MURDER MYSTERY. They talk about the details of the case, Buy it here: https://mangobooks.co.uk/products/checkmate-the-wallace-murder-mystery

Huge thanks to Trans-Atlantic History Ramblings for putting us into contact with Mark! https://radiopublic.com/transatlantic-history-ramblings-WDe0gw/episodes

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Old Timey Crimey #100: Lizzie Borden Part 1 - “Hysterical Decapitation”

PART 1 of the infamous murders of Andrew and Abby Borden looks at Fall River, life in the Borden household, the leadup to the murder and the murder itself, and arrest of Lizzie Borden for the murders of her father and stepmother. 

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Sources:

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skeleton_in_Armor

Evening World via LOC

Deborah Allard. Herald News. https://www.heraldnews.com/article/20150601/NEWS/150609465

Professor Douglas O. Linder and law students. Famous Trials. https://famous-trials.com/lizzieborden

Chronology. Lizzieandrewborden.com http://lizzieandrewborden.com/crimelibrary/chronologies/chronology1789-1892.htm

Diana Griffiths. The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies. https://ochm.medium.com/lizzie-borden-and-the-taunton-jail-d8224024666f

William F. Hanna. Old Colony History Museum. https://ochm.medium.com/lizzie-borden-and-the-taunton-jail-d8224024666f

Boston Globe. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430858491/?terms=Lizzie%20Borden&match=1

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/lizzie-borden

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/borden-parents-found-dead

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/lizzie-borden/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lizzie-borden-case-blood-evidence-48-hours/

http://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/borden-lizzie.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden

https://lizzie-borden.com/

https://www.factinate.com/people/45-dreadful-facts-lizzie-borden-fall-river-tragedy/

Music: 

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
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Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod
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Old Timey Crimey #99: Ned Kelly - “Unaccounted Meat”

Kristy, Amber, and Scott talk about famous bushranger Ned Kelly. Folk hero or villain? You decide. 

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Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
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Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
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