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Friday Aug 11, 2023
OTC Presents: Murders on Lovers’ Lane Chapter 3 - The Survivor
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Chapter 3: The Survivor
Five weeks after the Indiana murders of Katherine Herbers and Howard Fisher, two more lovers are interrupted while trysting on a lonely road in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. This time, one of them survives.
The murderer leaves a survivor--and also a witness who lives a life of secrets...secrets that stayed uncovered for nearly a century, until now.
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Newspapers.com:
The Dispatch
Journal Gazette
Rock Island Argus
Chic Tribune
Effingham Daily Record
The True Republican
Tri-County Press
MyHeritage
Frances - Census
Martin Schuster - Census
Ivan - Census
Find A Grave
Muriel grave
John LaChance Grave
Frances Grave
Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
Naperville Clarion
Fort Worth News Sentinel
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Seven Off by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4339-seven-offLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Jul 28, 2023
OTC Presents: Murders on Lovers’ Lane Chapter 2 - The Bandit
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Chapter Two: The Bandit
The hunt for the Fort Wayne Lovers' Lane Killer goes on, focusing on the so-called "Bicycle Bandit" as police chase leads all over the state. An inquest reveals a few secrets, but a grand jury comes to naught. Just as the grand jury is winding down, though, word of another murder, strikingly similar, makes its way to Fort Wayne...
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Sources:
Esterwegen (wikipedia)
Newspapers.com:
The Herald-Palladium
Clinton Daily Public
Daily Sentinel-Tribune
Huntington Herald
Indianapolis Times, 2
Rushville Republican
Reno Gazette-Journal
The Star-Press
Evansville Press
Findagrave Howard, Findagrave Katherine
Ugh:
Ft Wayne News Sentinel, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Henry_fords_ghost on Reddit / Rails and trails
fakehistory.net
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Seven Off by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4339-seven-offLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Old Timey Presents: The Murders on Lovers’ Lane Miniseries - TRAILER
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Old Timey Crimey #189: Martha Grinder
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,1865: Everyone falls ill after eating food prepared by Martha Grinder, but no one can quite tell why.
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Sources:
Findagrave
Murderpedia
Martha Grinder – State Killings in the Steel City: The History of the Death Penalty in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Gazette
Pittsburgh Daily Commercial
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Comic Plodding by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3533-comic-ploddingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Old Timey Crimey #186: Extra, Extra - “The Art of Winking”
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Amber and Kristy dive into the old timey newspapers and find the strangest tales from the good ol' days: buried treasure, a heart patient gone berserk, a sword cane battle--and so much more.
Kristy Baxter's Old News on Post
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Friday Dec 16, 2022
Old Timey Crimey #184: Dr. Leonard Siever - “Murder Accident”
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Pasadena, California, 1933: A well-respected dentist is the central figure in a mysterious crime. When detectives delve into his private life, they find a Pandora's box of beautiful women that only adds to the mystery.
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Santa Cruz Evening News by Erskine Johnson
Daily News (LA)
San Pedro News Pilot
Joseph McNamara - Daily News
Los Angeles Times
Pasadena Independent
Pasadena Post
SF Examiner
Miami News
Fresno Bee
Herb Stinson – Los Angeles Mirror
Scottish Rite – Wikipedia
Findagrave
LOC
UCLA library digital collections
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Old Timey Crimey #178: Bertram Spencer - “Burglar School Dropout”
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Springfield, MA 1910: A series of terrifying burglaries ends in tragedy. Thanks Chris for the city suggestion!
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Springfield
Springfield MA police
Atlas Obscura
Boston Globe
Transcript-Telegram
Herald News
The Berkshire Eagle
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Comic Plodding by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3533-comic-ploddingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Old Timey Crimey #177: The Galapagos Affair - “One Cougar”
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Floreana, Galapagos, 1934: Three groups of people try to settle an island, but this island ain't big enough for all of them.
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The Empress of the Galapagos
Satan Came to Floreana by Dore Strauch, Translated by Nicolas Monemolinos
Floreana by Margret wittmer
NY Times by Steven Holden
SFGate by Mick LaSalle
Lithub by Mars van Grunsven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floreana_IslandWikipedia
In the Heart of the Sea: The tragedy of the whaleship essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
G Adventures
Culture Trip
RWWittmer.com
Newspapers:
The Commercial Appeal
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Comic Plodding by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3533-comic-ploddingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/