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Friday Feb 19, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #101 - Lizzie Borden Part 2: "Flea Rags"
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
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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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/
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #78: Jolly Jane Toppan - "Vegan Caramel"
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Hellooooo, nurse! No wait...go away, nurse, go away! This week, Scott, Amber, and Kristy talk about Jolly Jane Toppan, a nurse who cared about her patients in quite the opposite way a nurse should.
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Sources:
Kate Hickey. IrishCentral.com. “The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane.” New England Historical Society."Jolly Jane Toppan, the Killer Nurse Obsessed With Death." Measuring Worth.comCrime Museum. “Jane Toppan.” Boston Female Asylum Records, transcribed by Ann S Lainhart.. Joseph P Healey Library Digital Collections. “Jane Toppan.” Emily Allen, Alana Averill, Emmeline Cook. Department of Psychology, Radford University. Harold Schechter. Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer. Atropine. K. McLendon & CV Preuss. National Institutes of Health. Jennifer Myers. Lowell Sun. “For 10 years, ‘Jolly Jane’ Poured Her Poison.” Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162743788/elizabeth-stanford-brighamhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162740485/ann-c-toppanBianca Myrtil. Film Daily. Amanda Sedlak-Hevener. Ranker. “13 Disturbing Facts About Jane Toppan, AKA 'The Angel Of Death.” St. Paul Globe on LOC. Chronicling America « Library of Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_ToppanAllthatsinteresting.com by Katie Serena. Deadly women wiki
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #76: Alger Hiss - "Ideo-la-la-la-logies"
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Was it treason? Was it a friendship gone wrong? Or was it MORE than friendship? The world may never know. This week we talk about Alger Hiss who maaaaybeee committed espionage but maaaaybeee didn't.
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Sources:
John Lowenthal. “Venona and Alger Hiss.” http://algerhiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lowenthal.pdf
FBI.gov. “Alger Hiss.” https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alger-hiss
A Tissue of Lies: Nixon vs. Hiss. Morton & Michael Levitt.
Wikipedia. Alger Hiss, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss. International Juridical Association, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Juridical_Association. Navy V-12 program, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-12_Navy_College_Training_Program#Notable_graduates
James Thomas Gay. History net. “Was Washington official Alger Hiss a Communist Spy?” https://www.historynet.com/the-alger-hiss-spy-case-mayjune-98-american-history-feature.htm
Historynewsnetwork.org
CIA.gov
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Janny Scott. New York Times. “Alger Hiss, Divisive Icon of the Cold War, Dies at 92.” https://web.archive.org/web/20091224132157/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/16/nyregion/alger-hiss-divisive-icon-of-the-cold-war-dies-at-92.html
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #66: Francis Tumblety - "The Joe Exotic of Medicine"
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Scott, Kristy, and Amber delve into the weird, wild shenanigans of Francis Tumblety, the Joe Exotic of medicine. This guy started in porn, moved on to "medicine," and finished up as...possibly Jack the Ripper. (But probably not Jack the Ripper.) Thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ Don't forget to come see us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Insta. Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Tumbletyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_P._BlackburnFrom LOC Chronicling America: Magnolia Gazette, Alexandria Gazette, NY Herald, New Ulm Weekly Review, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Evening Star, Evening Journal, Evening World (NY), The Sun (NY), New York Tribune, St. Louis RepublicR. Michael Gordon. “The American Murders of Jack the Ripper.” https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/3TECJxTxXfwC?hl=en&gbpv=0Jack the Ripper Tour. “Is This the Face of a Killer?” https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/the-face-of-jack-the-ripper/Casebook.org. “Francis Tumblety.” https://www.casebook.org/suspects/tumblety.htmlhttps://www.jack-the-ripper.org/francis-tumblety.htm
Friday May 22, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #62: Theo Durrrant Part 2 - "Pizza and..."
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
This week, we delve into the aftermath of the discover at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Featuring apparating pocketbooks, horrifying Easter egg hunts, and Barbie's dream church.
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Sources:
"Devil You Know: The Lurid Affair of the Sunday School Strangler" by CJ March
Jason Lucky Morrow. Historical Crime Detective. “Psycho-Sexual Killer Theodore Durrant, 1895.” http://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/killer-theodore-durrant/
Isaac Milton Kalloch. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73022598/isaac-milton-kalloch
Gary Kamiya. “1895 murders - was Mission District church cursed?” SFGate. https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/1895-murders-was-Mission-District-church-cursed-4908303.php
Katie Dowd. “The tale of the 'Demon of the Belfry,' San Francisco's forgotten Jack the Ripper.” SFGate. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Theodore-Durrant-Demon-of-the-Belfry-SF-murders-10418597.php#item-85307-tbla-10
“Maud Allan.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Allan
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Bonus Epsiode - Old TINY Crimey #17: Lavinia Fisher
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Kristy tells the tale of the cartooniest of murder scenarios. But what's truth, what's legend, and what's conspiracy?
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 Jan 10, 2020
Old Timey Crimey #43: The Murder of the Century - "Ducktectives"
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Friday Jan 10, 2020
You wouldn't expect to find Santa's sack floating in the East River in NYC, but three boys certainly found a sack, and it held quite the surprise. Their discovery would lead to a sensational murder trial, a race for clues between reporters and detectives, and a circulation war that would define journalism for decades to come. Join us for the trial of the century!
Plus: Scott's multiple psychic crime predictions, 19th century bro behavior, and a method of body identification that's not fit to print.
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Sources:Paul Collins. The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars. Broadway Books, 2011.