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Friday Oct 29, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #137: Helen Duncan - “Crafty Science”
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
We finish off Spookyween with a discussion on Helen Duncan, also known as Britain's Last Witch, and how she attracted the UK military's ire for one of her seances.
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Sources:
The Scotsman
HMS Barham Explosion & Sinking
Wiki: HMS Barham
Ben Johnson on Historic UK
The Statues Project
Debbie Wojciechowski on Medium Debbie
Charlotte Hodgman on History Extra Magazine
Laura Brown in Scots Magazine
Ectoplasm
Newspapers.com:
Boston Globe
Evening Standard
The Guardian
Severin Carrell in the Guardian
From ectoplasm to 'dead' aunts - the story of Scotland's last convicted witch
Helen Duncan
Helen Duncan Official Site
A British Woman Was Convicted Under a Witchcraft Law During WWII
The Helen Duncan Story, Clan Duncan Society - Scotland UK
Music:
Plucky Daisy by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4226-plucky-daisyLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Breaktime by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3457-breaktimeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #136: France‘s Teen Werewolf - “Indecent Headdress”
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Jean Grenier, a teen boy in 17th century France, had a troubled home life. When he left home to try to survive on his own, no one could have guessed he'd make history as the youngest person ever convicted of lycanthropy.
Also, Amber explains how a headdress can be indecent, and we discuss the devil's proclivities.
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Sources:
Jan Machielsen on Not Even Past.org and on Taylor & Francis Online
The Cultural Construction of Monstrous Children: Essays on Anomalous Children From 1595 to the Present Day by Simon Bacon and Leo Ruickbie
Wikipedia: Witch’s mark
Lapham’s Quarterly
Gary Zabel’s essay Witchcraft and the Occult, 1400-1700
Richard Payne Knight – Pierre de Lancre’s Full Account of the Witches’ Sabbath
Not Just the Tudors
Music:
Plucky Daisy by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4226-plucky-daisyLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Dark Impression by Horst HoffmannLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/8409-dark-impressionLicense: 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/
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #134: The Hammersmith Ghost - “Perfectly Dead”
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Spookyween continues with an examination of the Hammersmith Ghost, which terrorized people in a London village until someone paid the ultimate price. Plus, Kristy tells Amber the creepy, ridiculous details of an old superstition, the Dead Man's Hand.
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Sources:
Jane Alexander in Londonist
Claire Feikert-Ahalt on LOC Blog
Apparitions: or, the mystery of ghosts, hobgoblins, and haunted houses, by Joseph Taylor
Sara Luehmann on Hammersmith & Fulham
BBC.
Newgate Calendar
Wiki: Hammersmith
Ross Macfarlane at the Wellcome Library.
British and Irish Legal Information Institute.
Old Bailey Online.
George Dillard on History of Yesterday.
The Murder of the Hammersmith Ghost — 1804 | by Jed Graham | Genius in a Bottle
Frank Baker MD in The American Anthropologist Journal
Newspapers.com: The Times
Music:
Headless Horseman by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6740-headless-horsemanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Old Timey Crimey #133: Haunted Dolls - ”Disembodied Voices”
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Spookyween commences with an examination of dolls that just so happen to be surrounded by weird activity. It's a total coincidence, clearly. Also a coincidence: that the podcast host wouldn't allow us to upload episode art.
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Sources:
The Robert The Doll Website.
Wiki: Richard Steiff, Teddy Bear, The Living Doll
Historic Houston
Haunted Rooms
Ella Morton. Slate.
Scott Eyman on Sun Sentinel.
Melissa Bastek on Horror Obsessive
Demonic Dolls: True Tales of Terrible Toys by John Harker
Old City Ghosts
LOC: Key West Citizen
Megan Grant on Bustle.
Brie Schwartz on Redbook.
Claire Reid on Ladbible.
Annabel Fenwick Elliott on the Daily Mail.
Xavier Piedra on The Lineup.
Bri Stokes on Buzzfeed.
Aaron Sagers on Den of Geek.
Harold the Haunted Doll.
Melissa Mason on Pedestrian.
Amy's Crypt.
Music:
Headless Horseman by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6740-headless-horsemanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
A special treat for you this weekend--a surprise look at what we're doing over on Patreon. For this inaugural Mini Crimey, Kristy tells Scott all about a little girl named Mary Edens, a horrible fire, and a mystery that endured for decades. We also introduce a man with a truly fantastic name as well as a HUGE...sense of integrity.
Plus: how to build the perfect death trap, Milton Berle shows up, and Scott plays to his strengths.
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Sources:
Jay Grelen. “Journalist Honors Pledge to Family of Missing Girl.” The Oklahoman. https://oklahoman.com/article/2679856/journalist-honors-pledge-to-family-of-missing-girl
“Babbs Switch Fire.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbs_Switch_fire
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Old Timey Crimey #36: Pauline Picard - "Is this yours?"
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
This week we're looking at the tragic and unforgettable case of Pauline Picard, a toddler who disappeared from France in 1922--and then came back. Or did she?
Plus: reminiscing about childhood roaming, book talk, and frog talk.
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We have a shiny new Patreon--come be a private dick! Or a gumshoe, or a flatfoot. If a one-time donation is more your style, you can paypal us at oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com.
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And remember, if you've been hanging on to a random human skull for a while, maybe just donate it to the local theater.
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Sources:
“The Mysterious Disappearance of Little Pauline Picard.” The Occult Museum. http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/mysterious-disappearance-little-pauline-picard/
“Two Girls, One Slain, Resemble Lost Child.” New York Times, retrieved from https://www.whaleoil.net.nz/2017/07/photo-of-the-day-1093/#more-320894.
Kenova22. “Cold Case: What happened to Pauline Picard in 1922?” https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7b1hh9/cold_case_what_happened_to_pauline_picard_in_1922/
Renee Reeves. “The Bizarre Case of Pauline Picard.” Morbidology. https://morbidology.com/the-mysterious-case-of-pauline-picard/
Wikipedia
Ozy.com
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Friday Oct 04, 2019
We're starting off our month-long Halloween series with a fit of the vapors! Our first Halloween episode will take us to the mad, mad world of Mattoon, Illinois in 1944, where the "Phantom Anesthetist" attacked dozens of people with...well, we still don't know. But we have theories and rampant speculation, as always.
And don't miss several seriously random fun facts involving fast food restaurants, popular comic books, and well-known children's writers. Plus helium voices and a truly beautiful Broadway song commemorating this week's topic.
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Thanks for listening, and remember: just, you know, don't gas people.
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Sources:
Bsonstott. “Information on Farley Lewellyn.” Reddit: Unresolved Mysteries. https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6pcuva/information_on_farley_llewellyn/
Bellows, Alan. “The Mad Gasser of Mattoon.” Damn Interesting. https://www.damninteresting.com/the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon/
Carlson, Debbie. “The Mattoon Mad Gasser – Looking Back At A Textbook Case Of Mass Hysteria.” BELT Magazine. https://beltmag.com/the-mattoon-mad-gasser-looking-back-at-a-textbook-case-of-mass-hysteria/
Cox, Ray. “Botetourt's Mad Gasser reports of 1930s discounted as mass hysteria.” The Roanoke Times. https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/botetourt-s-mad-gasser-reports-of-s-discounted-as-mass/article_0aa70661-bb5e-5b6d-a424-c836062e99ff.html
“Flit Gun.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flit_gun
Grubin, Don and Madsen, Lars. “Lie detection and the polygraph: A Historical Review.” Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. Vol. 16 Issue 2. P. 357-359.
Klickna, Cindy. “The Case of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon.” Illinois Times. https://illinoistimes.com/article-70-the-case-of-the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon.html
MacGowan, Doug. “The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Illinois.” Historic Mysteries. https://www.historicmysteries.com/the-mad-gasser/
“Mad Gasser of Mattoon.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon
“Mattoon, IL.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattoon,_Illinois
Mio, Leslie. “The Mad Gasser of Mattoon.” Eastern Illinois University. https://www.eiu.edu/localite/gasserhome.php
Morphy, Rob. “Mad Gassers of America.” Mysterious Universe. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/06/mad-gassers-of-america/
Slocum, Jake. “6 Famous Unsolved Mysterious with Really Obvious Solutions.” Cracked. https://www.cracked.com/article_16671_6-famous-unsolved-mysteries-with-really-obvious-solutions.html
“Victims of Gas Prowler Now 25.” Charleston Daily Courier. https://www.eiu.edu/localite/9-9-44.JPG
“The Mad Gasser of Mattoon.” American Hauntings. https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/madgasser?rq=mad%20gasser
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Old Timey Crimey #25: Albert Fish Part 1 - "We're so sorry"
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Scott and Kristy take a trip through Traumatown as they take a look at the infamous Albert Fish, a man to whom few proclivities were too extreme.
We'll talk about some truly gruesome stuff, all while wondering: Why don't people's voices ever tell them to do GOOD things?!
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Sources:*
Schechter, Harold. Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer! Pocket Books. 1998.
"Albert Fish Parts I-III." Last Podcast on the Left.https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YdFTNOHBD7qXdyixrz8EF?si=Pm_MU4lWRLSFs8CkvlLsLw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Mk8lkiS9IugdzmigLl9gf?si=Wumwn6ZwSTa2Z82m7Pg1Bg
https://open.spotify.com/episode/63Ej9kVU2mE74Jlqoc2Vzh?si=BqHwEt2qRNa6REvSXzZ4aA
Cummins, Dan. Timesuck podcast. "141 - Albert Fish: NY Killer and SUPER Creep." https://open.spotify.com/episode/5V19j6vxfvpgiUpq5v9Fao?si=qnISj7b2S-KQysG2qgj-kA
Hendrie, Phil. http://www.philhendrieshow.net/wednesday-november-30-2005-2/
*Scott misspoke during the episode and attributed his information to the wrong podcast, which explains the disparity between what we said and what you see here.