Your Town: Crime Podcast

On this episode, we bring you the Demon Doctor of Dartmouth, and the worst crime to rock Hanover.  https://hanoverhistory.org/timeline-of-hanover-new-hampshire-history/  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover,_New_Hampshire  http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2012/07/dartmouths-demon-doctor.html?m=1  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Dartmouth_College_murders   

This week we go to Brewton, Alabama. We bring you two historic crimes. One goes back to the Revolutionary War.  https://www.cityofbrewton.org  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewton,_Alabama#History http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1258 

In this episode, Jason talks about a murder that happened over 100 years ago. Shannon brings us a creepy serial killer.  https://www.howellcountynews.com/history/two-murders-over-dog-fight https://mountainviewmo.com

This week we travel to West Valley City, Utah. We talk about Ted Bundy, Susan Powell, and a serial killer we just learned about.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Valley_City,_Utah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/a47711/who-is-ted-bundy-serial-killer/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Susan_Powell      

This we we go to Bowling Green, KY. We talk corvettes and about jealous ex boyfriend.  https://www.bgky.org/history/early-history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky

This week we travel to Spearman, TX. Our story brings us a beautiful woman, two doctors, and a man with low self esteem and dreams of grandeur.  http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/SpearmanTexas/SpearmanTexas.htm https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hansford-county https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/buried-city  http://www.museumoftheplains.com  

This week the dart hit Ketchum, ID. A small town with links to big Hollywood names.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchum,_Idaho https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2703.html

This week we travel to Robinson, Illinois.  https://cdn.website-editor.net/020d9c979f77483189db333592c7de7f/files/uploaded/History%2520of%2520Crawford%2520and%2520Clark%2520counties%252C%2520Illinois.pdf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson,_Illinois

We visit historic Thomasville, NC this week for a murder, followed by a crime spree.  https://www.google.com/amp/s/hickoryrecord.com/hdr/zahra-baker-was-murdered-9-years-ago-her-killers-murder-sentence-ends-in-6-years/article_db096b2c-8664-5357-9218-941e194ffbab.amp.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomasville,_North_Carolina https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/thomas-john-warwick https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p15012coll8/id/11084/  

This week we take you to historical, Leesburg, VA.   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leesburg,_Virginia https://youtube.com/user/VisitLoudounHD

This week we go to Fort Meade, Florida. We talk about the Seminole Wars, an interesting way to ski, and a crazy crime spree.  https://fortmeadeflmuseum.com/home https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theledger.com/article/20100627/News/608084304%3ftemplate=ampart https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Meade,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Wars https://backpackerverse.com/the-ghost-lights-of-heard-bridge-road-in-fort-meade/  

Bozeman, Montana is a beautiful town with a rich history and only one unsolved murder. We try to cover it all in this weeks episode. https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/BozemanTrail/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozeman,_Montana https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bozemandailychronicle.com/100/newsmakers/nelson-story-hero-scoundrel-legend/article_89773f86-268b-11e0-aca5-001cc4c002e0.amp.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cloud    

This week, we go to our largest city to date. Detroit has got a bad wrap in the last few years, but it looks like things are changing for the better. We talk music, cars, and crime.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.freep.com/amp/2903425002 https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/murphy-donald.htm  

This week we talk about Delhi, New York.  Post Office mural- https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/down-rent-war-around-1845-mural-study-delhi-ny-post-office-35972   https://www.dcnyhistory.org/books/mundel.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi,_New_York https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Rent_War https://www.dcnyhistory.org/antirent.html  

This week we go to Happy Camp, CA. A beautiful small town in Northern California.  https://jeffersonbackroads.com/2014/02/history-of-happy-camp-california/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_state) https://youtu.be/nBTKF8_tTh4 https://youtu.be/bYJBT6el9ss  

This week we hit Warm Springs, Nevada. http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/ghost-town-of-warm-springs-nevada.html?m=1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warm_Springs,_Nevada Top Secret Tourism: by Harry Helms https://www.amazon.com/dp/1932595236/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_9CRBN4EXJJ6M0FPVTVY2  

This week we visit the small town of Escalante, Utah. A stop for outdoor enthusiasts who are heading into the beautiful Utah backcountry.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalante,_Utah https://www.brycecanyoncountry.com/blog/post/history-of-escalante-utah/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom%C3%ADnguez–Escalante_expedition#Silvestre_Vélez_de_Escalante https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g56980-Activities-Escalante_Utah.html

This week we take you to Hancock, Maryland. It's a small town on the Potomac River. We give a an overview of the town and its history. We also bring you a true crime from the area.  http://washingtoncountyhistoricaltrust.org/hancock-md/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc6.htm

This weeks town is St. Cloud, MN. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Pierz https://www.visitstcloud.com https://wjon.com/pearl-lake-family-was-murdered-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/  

Click on the links below to learn more about Natchitoches! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana https://youtu.be/4HC24V8qJEA https://www.natchitochesla.gov https://www.thecrazytourist.com/most-beautiful-places-to-visit-in-louisiana/

https://www.menloparkmuseum.org https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey http://edison.rutgers.edu/tesla.htm https://www.edisonnj.org  

This week is a bonus episode all about Thomas Edison, the namesake of Edison, NJ. Come back next week for the rest of the town's history, and a true crime story.  Thanks to The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park for all of the information read in this episode. https://www.menloparkmuseum.org/history# To listen to the recording of Thomas Edison's “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, visit. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/edison-reading-mary-had-a-little-lamb-1927    

https://www.mfcity.com/community/page/city-history https://m-f.town/history/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman_massacre https://vacationidea.com/oregon/best-things-to-do-in-milton-freewater-or.html  

To learn more about Jellico, click on the links below. https://www.jellicocity.com https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellico,_Tennessee https://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/discovery.html https://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/disaster.html  

Elizabethtown has a history predating the Revolutionary War. We talk about that history, and a murder for hire.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethtown,_North_Carolina https://www.wect.com/story/23158941/a-moment-in-history-the-battle-of-elizabethtown-during-the-revolutionary-war/ https://www.ncpedia.org/listening-to-history/adell-mcdowell https://bladenonline.com/legends-and-lore-of-the-mcdowell-house/ https://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Elizabethtown_NC.html

This week we take you to beautiful Eureka Springs, Arkansas.  https://www.eurekasprings.com https://www.eurekasprings.org https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Springs,_Arkansas https://www.ksmu.org/post/healing-springs-illegal-gambling-history-eureka-springs-arkansas#stream/0

This week we travel to Pima, Arizona. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pima,_Arizona https://www.eacourier.com/lifestyle/history-of-pima-s-founding/article_0bb0df60-fb67-11e5-a0fd-03ea1b12055f.html https://www.thecrazytourist.com/14-best-things-to-do-in-pima-az/  

This week we visit the beautiful town of Pinedale, Wyoming.  https://www.visitpinedale.org https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinedale,_Wyoming https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/wagon-wheel-project http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2011/07/EarlyHistoryoftheCow.htm https://youtu.be/T3lmJp5jCGY      

We visit Oconto, WI for episode 7. Check out the links below to learn more about this hopping town.  https://cityofoconto.com http://www.ocontoctyhistsoc.org  http://www.ocontoctyhistsoc.org/plague-of-frogs

Please visit Hilton Head Island's official website. https://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov If you have any information about cold cases near Hilton Head, visit the website below. https://www.bcso.net/cold-cases https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina    

This week we visit Redding, CA.  https://www.visitredding.com https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redding,_California https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_the_Ruggles_brothers

This week we take you to Rome, New York. Quite a bit of early American history took place in this town. We'll also take you back to the 70's for this weeks true crime. 

This week we talk about Clarksdale Mississippi.  https://www.visitclarksdale.com  http://www.deltarising.com/Delta_Rising/home.html  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksdale,_Mississippi 

This week, we talk about Broken Arrow, OK.  https://www.brokenarrowok.gov https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Arrow,_Oklahoma https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-broken-arrow-ok/

For the first episode, we visit Andrews Texas.  http://www.cityofandrews.org/index.php https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrews,_Texas https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/blog/2019/06/company-seeks-bring-high-level-radioactive-waste-west-texas-sierra-club-will

Introducing Your Town: Crime. We throw a dart at a map of the US, and dive into what makes that town interesting… and what secrets it may be hiding.   yourtowncrimepodcast.com