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Friday Sep 17, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #131: Victor Licata - ”Dope Evil”
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
One night of horrifying violence that would have a reverberating effect on American attitudes toward marijuana for decades. Plus a rant, some snark, and reminiscing about the DARE program.
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Sources: Paul Guzzo in the Tampa Bay Times, and also here, Inside Detective Magazine via Reefer Madness Museum, JAMA Psychiatry, Earl Perkins in Thursday Review, Laura Smith on Timeline, Assassin of Youth via Herb Museum, Crimedoor, Mara Bovsun on NY Daily news
Wiki: Ybor City. Assassin of Youth. Decriminalization of Marijuana.
Newspapers.com:
The Brainard Clipper, Knoxville Journal, Anniston Star, El Paso Times.
Chronicling America:
Times-News
Music:
Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Headless Horseman by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6740-headless-horsemanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #127: Brooke Hart - "Beep Beep"
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
A young man is kidnapped, and an entire town loses its mind.
Listen to Kristy and Chris over on Short Story, Short Podcast.
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Sources:
Swift Justice: Murder and Vengeance in a California Town by Harry Farrell
Findagrave.
Nor Call Media Museum.
Newspapers.com:
Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
San Francisco Examiner
Brooklyn Times Union
Oakland Tribune
California Digital Newspaper Collection:
San Jose Mercury News
Amanda Sedlak-Hevener on Ranker
Bob Calhoun on SF Weekly.
Scott Herhold on Mercury News.
Carl Nolte on SF Gate.
Timothy Hughes on Rare and Early Newspapers.
Jack Major on Major Smolinski
Wikipedia.
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #126: Jessie Costello - "Jawdropper"
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
The woman who captivated America--and more importantly, twelve American men with a taste for barbershop quartets.
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Sources:
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe.
New England Historical Society.
Peabody. Wiki.
Findagrave.
Jack Major. Major Smolinski.
Undine. Strange Company.
Stephanie Almazan. The Lineup.
CDC 1C, CDC 2
Ontario Beekeepers’ Association.
Salem News.
Newspapers.com:
Rutland Daily Herald (RDH) 1. RDH 2. RDH 3. RDH 4. RDH 5. RDH 6. RDH 7. RDH 8, RDH 9, RDH 10, RDH 11
North Adams Transcript
LOC:
Waterbury Democrat
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #124 - Timey After Timey in Pennsylvania
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Friday Jul 30, 2021
In the first official Timey After Timey, Amber talks about Irene Schroeder's bonkers crime spree in the 1930s, and Kristy discusses the murder of Laurie Show in the 1990s.
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Sources:
Irene Schroeder
https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/schroeder-irene.htm
https://www.wvgenweb.org/marshall/dague-schroeder.pdf
https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local_news/schroeder-dague-executed-85-years-ago-today/article_bdeb542a-2c5d-5e61-851b-3d27c442d92d.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99299417/irene-schroeder
The book Family & Lies: Before there was Bonnie and Clyde There Was Gramma and Glenn by DJ Everette
Laurie Show Murder
Paul Smith. Fox43
Keith Schweigert. Fox43.
Niki T. Ingram. Philadelphia Bar. (review of book)
Jed Reinert. Lancaster Online.
Lambert v Blackwell et all. Judyrecords.
Murderpedia.
Ted Anthony. Herald-Journal
Laura Fries. Variety.
Tom Jicha. Sun Sentinel.
Kristal Hawkins. TruTV.
The Stalking of Laurie Show on YouTube.
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #123: Charley Ross - "Tea Party"
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
The kidnapping that changed kidnapping in America.
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Sources:
Heather Thomas. Library of Congress Blog.
PBS: Whyy.
Findagrave.
Thomas Everly. Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies.
Carrie Hagen. SmithsonianMag.
Carrie Hagen. We Is Got Him: The Kidnapping that Changed America
Ryan Fin. Medium.
Meaghan Good. The Charley Project.
Jason Lucky Morrow. Historical Crime Detective.
History.com.
USHistory.org.
Newspapers.com:
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Yonkers Statesman.
Chronicling America:
NY Herald.
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #109: Velma West - "Log Cabin"
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
She's not just a small town girl living in a lonely world, and she won't take the midnight train going anywhere. She will, however, take the roadster to a bridge party in Cleveland.
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Other Shows:
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ
Detectives by the Decade: https://linktr.ee/detectivesbythedecade
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Music:
Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Secret of Tiki Island Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Mark Gribben. Malefactor’s Register. http://malefactorsregister.com/wp/nightclub-girl-in-a-curfew-town/
Wikipedia. Perry, OH. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry,_Ohio#Demographics. Gene Malin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Malin
Mark Gilson. “The Historic Nursery Belt of Lake County.” Gardenopolis Cleveland. https://www.gardenopoliscleveland.org/2018/06/the-historic-nursery-belt-of-lake-county-part-1/
Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/west-velma.htm
Richard Raponi. Cleveland Historical. https://clevelandhistorical.org/index.php/files/show/1879
Sarah Pruitt. History.com. https://www.history.com/news/gay-culture-roaring-twenties-prohibition
Natalie Zarrelli. Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-the-early-20th-century-america-was-awash-in-incredible-queer-nightlife
Cindy. Scandals and Sweets. https://scandalsandsweets.com/velma-west-iron-flapper-a-sad-ending-to-a-sad-life/
Mark J. Price. Beacon Journal. https://www.beaconjournal.com/article/20140622/news/306229547
Newspapers.com: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Brownsville Herald, News-Journal, The Circleville Herald, Times Herald
https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22edward+west%22&p_province=us-oh&dr_year=1926-1927
LOC: Brownsville Herald. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063730/1927-12-26/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1926&index=0&rows=20&words=Velma+West&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1928&proxtext=%22velma+west%22&y=10&x=11&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/west-velma.htm
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #108: Violet Gibson - "Trains and Ladies"
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
A woman born into privilege tries to change history and comes closer than anyone else to doing so--and she doesn't even travel in time! That we know of.
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Other Shows:
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ
Detectives by the Decade: https://linktr.ee/detectivesbythedecade
Music:
Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Secret of Tiki Island Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources:
"Dear You," short story about Gibson: https://accenti.ca/dear-you/
Kate Hickey. “The Irish woman who shot Mussolini in the face.” Irish Central. “https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-woman-shot-mussolini
Wikipedia – Edward Gibson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibson,_1st_Baron_Ashbourne. Mortification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortification_in_Catholic_theology. Bellamy Salute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute. Mussolini. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini. Assassination Attempts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Benito_Mussolini
Frances Fahy. “Violet Gibson: The Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini.” Italics Magazine. https://italicsmag.com/2021/01/29/violet-gibson-the-woman-who-shot-mussolini/
Council Grove Republican, The Plain Speaker, The Age, Albuquerque Journal, Yonkers Herald via Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/343683720/?terms=%22violet%20gibson%22&match=1
Society of Saint Francis. “Saint Francis and Brother Ass.” http://www.franciscanarchive.org.uk/1996jan-angelossf.html
Nora McGreevy. Smithsonian Mag. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1926-irish-woman-shot-benito-mussolini-and-almost-altered-history-forever-180977286/
Michael Sheils McNamee. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56111443
NYTimes Magazine on Twitter. https://mobile.twitter.com/NYTmag/status/657618681204244480
Brian Koberlein. Forbes Magazine. https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberlein/2015/10/23/why-its-impossible-to-go-back-in-time-and-kill-baby-hitler/?sh=499e972229c0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Gibson
https://www.openculture.com/?p=1088130
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1134640?seq=1
https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/loscaa/violet_gibson_the_irish_woman_who_shot_benito/
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-woman-shot-mussolini
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1926-irish-woman-shot-benito-mussolini-and-almost-altered-history-forever-180977286/
https://www.pri.org/stories/2021-03-17/woman-who-shot-benito-mussolini-was-forgotten-decades-ireland-wants-change
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/ancestor-database/violet-gibson
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/a-shot-to-nothing-an-irishman-s-diary-on-the-dublin-woman-who-tried-to-assassinate-mussolini-1.2603844
https://www.irishpost.com/violet-gibson
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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Other Shows:
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ
Detectives by the Decade: https://linktr.ee/detectivesbythedecade
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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/