Old Timey Crimey #122: Elizabeth Van Lew - "Library Horse"

This week, we talk about a woman who was loyal to her country during a time of deep division, and who was one of the most successful "spies" of the Civil War--but don't let her hear you call her a spy. 
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Sources: 
Cate Lineberry. Smithsonian. 
Mike Gorman. Civil War Richmond. 
The American Civil War. 
Histprofdave. Ask Historians subreddit. 
National Park Service. 
Intelligence Knowledge Network.
Kimberly J. Largent. Ohio State U.
William Gilmore Beymer. Harpers Monthly via Civil War Richmond. 
Lois Leveen. The Atlantic. 
Newspapers.com:
NY Times. 
Thad Morgan. History.com. 
Kathy Weiser-Alexander. Legends of America
David Smith. The Guardian. 
 
Music: 
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Old Timey Crimey #114: The Princes in the Tower (Pt 2) - "Princeducken"

We continue to delve into one of history's greatest mysteries--what happened to the young would-be king of England after his uncle sent him and his brother to the tower? We finish up this two-parter with a discussion of theories and bones. Featuring special guest, Hugo-nominated fanzine editor Chris Garcia!
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Music: 
Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-waveLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources:
Ben Johnson. Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Princes-in-the-Tower/
Meilan Solly. Smithsonian Mag. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-richard-iii-order-deaths-his-nephews-they-slept-tower-london-180976930/
Rebecca Starr Brown. https://rebeccastarrbrown.com/2017/03/02/edward-ivs-marriage-to-elizabeth-woodville-in-context/
Historic Royal Palaces. https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-princes-in-the-tower/
Matt Lewis. History hit. https://www.historyhit.com/what-led-to-george-duke-of-clarences-execution-by-wine/
“George Northcroft.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Northcroft#Orthodontics
English Monarchs. https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_12.htm#menu
Magalshi. Adventures of a Tudor Nerd. https://adventuresofatudornerd.com/tag/anthony-woodville/
Matthew Lewis. The History Press. https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/what-if-the-princes-in-the-tower-survived-into-tudor-england/
David Crowther. The History of England. https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/the-1483-timeline/
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society. https://www.mkheritage.org.uk/wdahs/docs/edward.html
Bruce Heydt. British Heritage. https://britishheritage.com/history/pretender-throne-perkin-warbeck
Leanda de Lisle. Tudor Times. https://tudortimes.co.uk/guest-articles/lady-margaret-beaufort-hero-or-villain
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/did-richard-iii-really-kill-princes-in-tower-debate-historians/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/02/historian-bolsters-case-that-richard-iii-murdered-the-princes-in-the-tower/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princes-tower-will-ultimate-cold-case-finally-be-solved-after-more-500-years-10466190.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower
https://www.livescience.com/richard-iii-nephew-murders.html
Croyland Chronicles
Chronicle of London
The usurpation of Richard the Third: Dominicus Mancinus ad Angelum Catonem de occupatione Regni Anglie per Ricardum Tercium libellus
History Extra Podcast: Princes in the Tower
 

Old Timey Crimey #109: Velma West - "Log Cabin"

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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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
 

Old Timey Crimey #108: Violet Gibson - "Trains and Ladies"

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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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
 

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:
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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 #87: Amelia Dyer - "SOCIETY"

Amber and Kristy talk about one of the most prolific serial killers, and how she turned a profit with her murders. Kristy also gets mad at society. SOCIETY. 
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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:
 
Tony Rennell on Murderpedia. “The baby butcher: One of Victorian Britain's most evil murderers exposed.” 
Wikipedia. “Typhus.” “Amelia Dyer.” “Poor Law Amendment Act.” 
Wikitree. “Amelia Elizabeth (Hobley) Dyer.” 
Little Falls Weekly Transcript via LOC. 
Sarah Lee. BBC. “Amelia Dyer: The Victorian nurse who strangled babies."BBC. “Victorian baby killer Amelia Dyer evidence found in loft.” 
Donna Patricia Ward. History Collection. “The Horrifying Truth of Britain’s Baby Butcher Amelia Elizabeth Dyer Revealed.” 
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/amelia-dyer-34349.php
https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1836
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=9197.93&From=GBP&To=USD
https://allthatsinteresting.com/amelia-dyer
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39330793
 

Old Timey Crimey #78: Jolly Jane Toppan - "Vegan Caramel"

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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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:
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

Old Timey Crimey #76: Alger Hiss - "Ideo-la-la-la-logies"

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
PBS.org
History.com
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