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The Trial Of Vera Stretz She was his dedicated love slave and "office wife," until he pushed her too far.Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 133 is the story of a scholarly young artist whose married fiance tries to take things too far. This story is performed by our late friend Emily Simer Braun, reading the reporting from Alice Cogan, ace reporter for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.More Femmes FataleBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

The Brownell-Bennett DismembermentsAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 300 recounts a grisly pair of murders that are uncovered when New York City residents begin finding stray body parts around Brooklyn. The reporting isn't terribly graphic, but there are a few ghastly descriptions. There's your trigger warning.Culled from the historic pages of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the New York Daily News, and other newspapers of the era.More Torso MurdersBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode!On this episode, Ellie takes us to her Chemistry class to learn about isotopes and radioactive "cures" for illness throughout the years. Then, Abby talks about an...interesting experiment on a poor innocent baby by some mad man who (incorrectly) assumed that babies were amphibious and couldn't drown.  Oh, you have follow up questions? Listen and find out what we're talking about! CW: Ellie: Medical trauma, illness, death, decayAbby: Animal cruelty, child abuseWe're Drinking: Abby: Gin and juiceEllie: Water (she wasn't feeling well in this one, folks!  Poor thing!) Sources: Ellie: CDC, EPA, JAMA Dermatology, WSJ, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the BBC, WaPo Abby:The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas MorrisFollow us on Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube: @queersforfearspodcastTwitter/X: @queersfearspodEmail: podcastqueersforfears@gmail.comTo support our show please subscribe, rate, and write reviews wherever you listen to our podcast.  If you're feeling super generous you can buy us a beer here without any additional commitments, or you can support us on Patreon monthly and get access to all of our spooky, gay BONUS CONTENT. 

Do you dare to pierce the Veil? On this penultimate episode of The Hidden Gods of New York City Series, we venture forth into the greatest portion of Long Island: Brooklyn. Here, we uncover the Liminality and Death aspects of the City, and look forward to the connection with those deities and spirits. Building towards the ritual working, Calling to the Dark, it is as educational as it is exciting. WE ARE GOING TO SALEM!Instagram: @beyondtheseaspodcastEMAIL ME: beyondtheseaspodcast@gmail.comTarot Collaboration: @thefeatherwitchnycWeekly Book: Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellPodcast website: https://beyondtheseas.buzzsprout.com/More info: https://www.kierandanaan.com/beyond-the-seasAuthor Interview CollaborationCrossed Crow Books (@crossedcrowbooks)Sources“The Ghost of Melrose Hall: Tragic Fate of the Fair Alva.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 13 October 1895. Print. Music"Songbird" by Doug Kaufman"Intimacy" by Ben Winwood"Pilgrim" by Some Were At Sea"As I Heard Them Play Their Symphonies" by The SoundKeeper"Irish Mountains" by Ben WinwoodCheers Magick Makers,Kieran

On the morning of March 20, 1927, nine-year-old Lorraine Snyder was awakened by the sound of gentle knocking at her bedroom door and when she opened it, she found her mother bound and gagged on the floor. According to the girl's mother, Ruth Snyder, someone had broken into the house in the middle of the night, knocked her unconscious and tied her up, then murdered her husband, Albert. Ruth claimed the motive was robbery, but investigators were immediately suspicious of her. Not only was there no sign of forced entry, but Albert's murder had been particularly brutal and appeared personal. A day later, when police found Ruth's supposedly stolen items hidden in the house, her story started to fall apart.The murder of Albert Snyder had everything depression-era Americans were looking for in a media distraction—sex, extramarital affairs, fraud, and murder. From the moment Ruth and her boyfriend, Judd Gray, were arrested for the murder of her husband, they were thrust into the spotlight and would remain fixtures on the front pages of the papers across New York up to and including the final moments of their lives.Thank you to the incredible Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research!ReferencesBeckley, Zoe. 1927. "Ruth Snyder to escape chair, is Zoe Beckley's forecast." Times Union, April 19: 1.Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1927. "Suspect is held after cops grill dead man's wife." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 21: 1.Brooklyn Times Union. 1927. "Hid lover in her home, then went to party." Brooklyn Times Union, March 21: 25.—. 1928. "Ruth and Judd die, she first, in sobs; each is forgiving." Brooklyn Times Union, Janaury 13: 1.MacKellar, Landis. 2006. The Double Indemnity Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York's Crime of the Century. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.New York Times. 1927. "Cross-examination of Mrs. Ruth Snyder on her last day on the stand." New York Times, May 4: 16.—. 1927. "Girl finds mother bound." New York Times, March 21: 1.—. 1927. "Gray's first story was full of denial." New York Times, March 22: 3.—. 1927. "Judge warned jury to avoid sympathy." New York Times, May 10: 1.—. 1927. "Mrs. Snyder and Gray found guilty in the first degree in swift verdict; both to get death sentence Monday." New York Times, May 10: 1.—. 1927. "Not a cruel killer, Gray writes in cell." New York Times, April 8: 25.—. 1927. "Says Gray was hypnotized." New York Times, March 26: 9.—. 1927. "Slayers indicted; Snyder case trial sought for April 4." New York Times, March 24: 1.—. 1927. "Slayers of Snyder face speedy trial; racant confession." New York Times, March 23: 1.—. 1927. "Slayers of Snyder hear doom unmoved; put hope in appeals." New York Times, May 14: 1.—. 1927. "Snyder jury hears Gray's confession accusing woman." New York Times, April 28: 1.—. 1927. "Snydwer was tricked into big insurance, state witness says." New York Times, April 26: 1.—. 1927. "Widow on stand swears Gray alone killed Snyder as she tried to save him." New York Times, April 30: 1.—. 1927. "Wife betrays paramour as murderer of Snyder, and he then confesses." New York Times, March 22: 1.Sutherland, Sidney. 1928. "Ruth and Judd die in chair, asking for forgiveness for sin." Daily News, January 13: 1.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EPISODE 45 - “Forgotten B-Leading Men of the Golden Age of Hollywood” - 07/22/2024 ** This episode is sponsored brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/BENEATH and get on your way to being your best self.” ** Sometimes, there is nothing quite like a good old B-movie. Maybe the production values aren't the best, and maybe the story is grittier than most, but these little gems have provided hours of viewing pleasure to so many. These films also had great leading men in them. Studly, sturdy, reliable actors who might not be GARY COOPER or CARY GRANT or CLARK GABLE, but were handsome and talented and knew how to beat up the bad guys and win over the lovely leading lady. As an homage to the leading men of the B's, this week, we'll take a look at the lives an careers of five of our favorites. SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Film Actors (1965); “Successor To Gable,” by Robbin Coons, September 30, 1943, Big Spring Daily Herald;  "John Hodiak Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack,” October 20, 1955, Los Angeles Times; “The Story of Bob Cummings,” September 2, 1950, Voice; “Skip E. Lowe 1987 interview with Robert Cummings,” December 17, 2016, by Alan Eicler, Youtube.com; “Robert Cummings on Honesty,” May 1959, by Bob Cummings, Guideposts; “Robert Cummings Is Dead at 82; Debonair Actor in TV and Film,” December 4, 1990, by Peter B. Flint, The New York Times;  “Dennis O'Keefe, Son of Vaudeville Performers Knows The Theatre,” July 7, 1939, The Times (Muncie Indiana); "O'Keefe Achieves Stardom; Seeks Director's Post,” October 12, 1944, Los Angeles Times. “Dennis O'Keefe, Screen Veteran, Is Dead at 60,” September 2, 1968, The Marion (Ohio) Star; “Bill Lundigan's Success Recipe,” March 29, 1942, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle; “The Life Story of William Lundigan,” March 24, 1951, Picture Show; “Actor William Lundigan Dies; Began Career in 1937,” December 22, 1975m by Ted Thackery, Jr. Los Angeles Times; "The Life Story of Alan Marshal,” January 11, 1941, Picture Show;  “Alan Marshal, Actor, 52, Dead; Stage and Film Performers Appeared in ‘Wagon Train',” July 10, 1961, The New York Times; Alan.kitmarshal.site; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  JOHN HODIAK: Maisie Goes To Rio (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Life Boat (1944); Sunday Dinner For A Soldier (1944); A Bell For Adano (1945;) The Harvey Girls (1946); Somewhere In The Night (1946); Desert Fury (1947); ROBERT CUMMINGS: The Virginia Judge (1935); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); So Red The Rose (1935); King's Row (1941); Saboteur (1942); Dial M For Murder (1954); DENNIS O'KEEFE: T-Men (1947); Raw Deal (1948); Saratoga (1937); Topper Returns (1941); The Story of Dr. Wassel (1944); Up In Mabel's Room (1944); Doll Face (1945); Brewster's Millions (1945); Cover Up (1949); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); WILLIAM LUNDIGAN: The Lady Fights Back (1937); Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939); The Old Maid (1939); Dodge City (1939); Santa Fe Trail (1940); A Shot In The Dark (1941); Apache Trail (1942); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); The Inside Story (1947); Pinky (1949); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); I'll Get By (1950); Love Nest (1951); I'd Climb The Highest Mountain (1951); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); ALAN MARSHAL: The Garden of Allah (1936);  After The Thin Man (1936); Night Must Fall (1937); Parnell (1937);  Conquest (1937);  Dramatic School (1939);  Four Girls in White (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939);  Irene (1940);  He Stayed For Breakfast (1940);  Lydia (1941);  The White Cliff's of Dover (1944); Bride By Mistake (1944); The Opposite Sex (1956);  House On Haunted Hill (1959); Day of the Outlaw (1959); --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the afternoon of March 28, 1937, Easter Sunday, Joseph Gedeon and his daughter, Ethel, arrived at the home of Gedeon's wife, Mary, for a planned Easter dinner. The Gedeon's had been separated for some time but had agreed to have dinner together as a family, which included their other daughter, Veronica, a moderately successful pulp magazine model. When they entered the apartment, it appeared as though no one was home; however, upon checking the bedroom where his daughter slept, Joseph Gedeon found the nude body of his daughter lying lifeless on the bed and immediately called the police.During an initial search of the apartment, investigators found the body of Mary Gedeon stuffed under her bed; like her daughter, she had been strangled to death. In a third bedroom, police also found the body of Mary's boarder, Frank Byrnes, who'd been stabbed several times in the head and neck with a long, thin implement. There was no sign of a forced entry, no sign of a struggle, and nothing appeared to be missing from the apartment. Given that Veronica had been found nude, and Mary was clothed but her underwear had been torn away, investigators assumed the murders were a sex crime.Still caught in the grip of the Great Depression, New Yorkers welcomed anything that could distract from the unpleasant realities of daily life and the salacious murder of a pulp magazine model—a sex crime, no less—was exactly what they were looking for. The story dominated the press, as reporters and tabloid journalists dug into Veronica's personal life and dating history and published lurid photos from her past. But when the killer was finally caught and the motive revealed, the story was far stranger and tragic than anyone had imagined.Thank you to the wonderful David White of the Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research!ReferencesBrooklyn Daily Eagle. 1937. "Cops question ex-lodger in triple murder." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 29: 1.—. 1937. "Doubts student is killer." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 6: 1.—. 1938. "Irwin's guilty plea." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 15: 10.Buffalo Evening News. 1938. "Irwin, ruled insane, sent to Dannemora." Buffalo Evening News, December 10: 1.2015. A Crime to Remember. Directed by Jeremiah Crowell. Performed by Jeremiah Crowell.New York Daily News. 1937. "3 murdered in model's flat." New York Daily News, March 29: 1.—. 1937. "Gray hair in model's hand chief clue in triple murder." New York Daily News, March 30: 1.—. 1937. "Willful Ronnie 'made fools of men,' dad says." New York Daily News, March 30: 3.New York Times. 1938. "139-year sentence imposed on Irwin." New York Times, November 29: 48.—. 1937. "Fingerprint clues found at scene of triple murder." New York Times, March 31: 1.—. 1937. "Gedeon gets bail." New York Times, April 3: 1.—. 1937. "Gedeon questioned again in murders; solution held near." New York Times, April 1: 1.—. 1937. "Irwin flown here; boasts of killings." New York Times, June 28: 1.—. 1937. "Irwin, wild-eyed, meets reporters." New York Times, September 1: 20.—. 1937. "Women jam court to glimpse Irwin." New York Times, Jukly 1: 56.People v. Robert Irwin. 1938. 166 Misc. 751 (Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, March 24).Schechter, Harold. 2014. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation. Boston, MA: New Harvest.United Press. 1937. "Sculptor hunted as triple killer in Gedeon cases." Buffalo Evening News, April 5: 1.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On the afternoon of March 28, 1937, Easter Sunday, Joseph Gedeon and his daughter, Ethel, arrived at the home of Gedeon's wife, Mary, for a planned Easter dinner. The Gedeon's had been separated for some time but had agreed to have dinner together as a family, which included their other daughter, Veronica, a moderately successful pulp magazine model. When they entered the apartment, it appeared as though no one was home; however, upon checking the bedroom where his daughter slept, Joseph Gedeon found the nude body of his daughter lying lifeless on the bed and immediately called the police.During an initial search of the apartment, investigators found the body of Mary Gedeon stuffed under her bed; like her daughter, she had been strangled to death. In a third bedroom, police also found the body of Mary's boarder, Frank Byrnes, who'd been stabbed several times in the head and neck with a long, thin implement. There was no sign of a forced entry, no sign of a struggle, and nothing appeared to be missing from the apartment. Given that Veronica had been found nude, and Mary was clothed but her underwear had been torn away, investigators assumed the murders were a sex crime.Still caught in the grip of the Great Depression, New Yorkers welcomed anything that could distract from the unpleasant realities of daily life and the salacious murder of a pulp magazine model—a sex crime, no less—was exactly what they were looking for. The story dominated the press, as reporters and tabloid journalists dug into Veronica's personal life and dating history and published lurid photos from her past. But when the killer was finally caught and the motive revealed, the story was far stranger and tragic than anyone had imagined.Thank you to the wonderful David White of the Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research!ReferencesBrooklyn Daily Eagle. 1937. "Cops question ex-lodger in triple murder." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 29: 1.—. 1937. "Doubts student is killer." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 6: 1.—. 1938. "Irwin's guilty plea." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 15: 10.Buffalo Evening News. 1938. "Irwin, ruled insane, sent to Dannemora." Buffalo Evening News, December 10: 1.2015. A Crime to Remember. Directed by Jeremiah Crowell. Performed by Jeremiah Crowell.New York Daily News. 1937. "3 murdered in model's flat." New York Daily News, March 29: 1.—. 1937. "Gray hair in model's hand chief clue in triple murder." New York Daily News, March 30: 1.—. 1937. "Willful Ronnie 'made fools of men,' dad says." New York Daily News, March 30: 3.New York Times. 1938. "139-year sentence imposed on Irwin." New York Times, November 29: 48.—. 1937. "Fingerprint clues found at scene of triple murder." New York Times, March 31: 1.—. 1937. "Gedeon gets bail." New York Times, April 3: 1.—. 1937. "Gedeon questioned again in murders; solution held near." New York Times, April 1: 1.—. 1937. "Irwin flown here; boasts of killings." New York Times, June 28: 1.—. 1937. "Irwin, wild-eyed, meets reporters." New York Times, September 1: 20.—. 1937. "Women jam court to glimpse Irwin." New York Times, Jukly 1: 56.People v. Robert Irwin. 1938. 166 Misc. 751 (Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, March 24).Schechter, Harold. 2014. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation. Boston, MA: New Harvest.United Press. 1937. "Sculptor hunted as triple killer in Gedeon cases." Buffalo Evening News, April 5: 1.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In Maryland 1878, Lillie Duer was reported to have accidentally shot her best friend and lover, Ella Hearn. As Ella fought for her life, the story of an accident quickly devolved into a suspicion of murder. Follow along as we pull apart the pieces of this love story gone wrong. The Anti-Violence Project: serves people who are LGBTQ; Hotline 1-212-714-1141, Bilingual 24/7National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800.799.SAFE (7233)Tea of the Day: Chai Imperial Theme Music by Brad Frank This episode was sponsored by Apex MagazineSources:“Maryland Items.” The Baltimore Sun, Tue, Nov 12, 1878, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/374433821/“The Peril of Playing with a Pistol.” Richmond Dispatch (From the Baltimore Evening Bulletin,Nov 11th), Wed, Nov 13, 1878, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/466177517/“A Young Girl Shoots Her Lady Friend.” The New York Times (From the Baltimore Bulletin, Dec 7), Mon, Dec 09, 1878, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20379374/“A Shooting Case.” The Daily Gazette (From the Phila Time to-day), Mon, Dec 09, 1878, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/466227782/“Fatal Result of Shooting in Pocomoke City.” Smyrna Times (Balt. Sun), Wed, Dec 11, 1878, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/882249754/“The Duer-Hearn Shooting Case in Worcester County, MD.” The Baltimore Sun, Wed, Dec 11, 1878, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/374434110/“A Girl's Abnormal Passion.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Fri, Dec 13, 1878, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50424222/Vassar, LGBTQ Studies, https://library.vassar.edu/lgbt/smashing“Remarkable Tragedy.” The Daily Gazette, Fri, Dec 13, 1878, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/466227881/“Shooting the Girl She Loved.” Intelligencer Journal, Fri, Dec 13, 1878, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/557099808/“The Hearn-Duer Mystery.” The Morning Herald, Fri, Dec 13, 1878, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/466248158/“The Duer-Hearn Tragedy.” The New York Times. Thu, May 15, 1879,Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20360812/Human Rights Campaign, “Common Myths about LGBTQ Domestic Violence.” by HRC Staff, October 18, 2017, https://www.hrc.org/news/common-myths-about-lgbtq-domestic-violenceBBC News, “Is violence more common in same-sex relationships?” By Joanna Jolly, BBC News Washington, November 18th, 2014, https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29994648“Miss Duer Indicted.” The News Journal, Thu, May 22, 1879, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/153959110/“Miss Duer Indicted.” Daily Republican (Snow Hill, MD), Fri, May 23, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/466346186/“The Duer-Hearn Tragedy.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Thu, May 29, 1879, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/167863491/“The Pocomoke City Tragedy.” The Baltimore Sun, Fri, May 30, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/372015387/“The Pocomoke Tragedy.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sun, Jun 01, 1879, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50349774/“Miss Duer's Trial.” The Philadelphia Times, Sun, Jun 01, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/52216542/“That Strange Tragedy.” Democrat and Chronicle, Mon, Jun 02, 1879, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/135237305/The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Tue, Jun 03, 1879, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50349793/“The Pocomoke City Tragedy.” The Baltimore Sun, Wed, Jun 04, 1879, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/372016807/“Pocomoke Tragedy.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sat, Jun 07, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/167864518/“Did the Doctors Kill Her.” The Philadelphia Times, Mon, Jun 16, 1879, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/52216783/“Pocomoke.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tue, Jun 17, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/167865564/“The Duer Trial.” The Philadelphia Times, Thu, Jun 19, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/52216813/“Lilly Duer's Crime.”The Daily Memphis Avalanche, Fri, Jun 20, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/587089362/“Miss Duer At Home.” The Baltimore Sun, Mon, Jun 23, 1879,Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/372022692/“Sentence of Lillie Duer.” Staunton Spectator, Tue, Jun 24, 1879, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/72176960/“Lillie Duer Finds a Husband.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tue, Nov 15, 1881, Page 8, https://www.newspapers.com/image/247854551/“Pocomoke City Jottings.” Democratic Messenger, Sat, Nov 19, 1881 ·Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/623918645/Reading Times, Wed, Jul 02, 1879, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/46437112/Detroit Free Press, Sun, Jul 20, 1879 ·Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1049404622/“Lillie Duer's Story.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sat, Jun 14, 1879, Page 1, https://philly.newspapers.com/image/167865277/Forgotten Stories, “Lillie's and Ella's Tragic Lover's Quarrel.” by ROGERSACHAR on FEBRUARY 24, 2013, https://forgottenstories.net/2013/02/24/lillie-and-ellas-tragic-lovers-quarrel/

An heiress has her hands full battling the tax man while flirting with a new aristocratic suitor.May 1933, Doris Duke finds herself with another potential aristocratic suitor the impoverished Earl of Warwick, but she has more potential trouble coming from the IRS trying to collect more taxes on her estate. Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” James “Buck” Duke, Edward E.T. Stotesbury, Eva Stotesbury, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Walker Inman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Donna Christina Torlonia (Cristina / Christiana / Cristiana,…), Elsie Moore Torlonia, Earl of Warwick Charles Guy Fulke Greville, William Rhinelander Stewart, Greta Garbo, Lili Damita, Amelia Earhart, Colony Club - Manhattan, New York City, Hollywood, Supreme Court, appeal, reject, Internal Revenue Service – IRS, tax evasion, Atlanta Penitentiary, Byzantine Empress Irene, French Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, British Queen Elizabeth I, Russian Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, chess set, Il Duce Benito Mussolini, Rachele Guidi Mussolini, Clara Petacci, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, mistress, wife, stepsister, dictator, World War II, California Railway Commission, gas rate cuts, Los Angeles, Chicago and Indiana radio stations, air waves, Jamaica ginger, ginger extract, Prohibition, jake, partial paralysis, *ginger paralysis (referenced not directly mentioned), castor oil extract, phosphate poisoning, Spain, Germany, Italy, Morrocco, jake walk, jake dance, jake leg, John Addis, A.C. Addis, Kansas wholesale grocers, President of Hub Corporation Harry Gross, The Untouchables TV Series Season 2, illusion, delusion, social media, retelling stories, supernova explosion, Baltimore bridge, right side of history, dark sides of history, chaotic times--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Proud Stutter by Maya Chupkovhttps://www.proudstutter.com/https://pod.link/1588336626 “Rock of Hope” documentary fundraiserCrowdfund Campaign Link: seedandspark.com/fund/rock-of-hope-film#storyHashtag: #RockOfHopeFilmInstagram: @mayachupkov, @misterjayjordanFacebook: mcsharoneX: @MayaSharonaLI: MayaChupkovYouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45lTDJNP7BA&t=2sShare, like, subscribe --Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: There Isn't Any Limit To My Love by Ambrose, Album It's Got To Be LoveSection 2 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sSection 3 Music: I Must See Annie Tonight by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Justice Patricia M. DiMango serves as one of three judges on Amazon Freevee's Tribunal Justice, created by Judge Judy Sheindlin. Most recently, Justice DiMango was a judge on the Emmy-nominated series, "Hot Bench." Justice DiMango was first appointed to serve as a Judge of the Criminal Courts for the City of New York by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. She became the first Italian-American woman ever appointed to that position. Thereafter, she was elected to the New York State Supreme Court bench in the 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts, and again was the first Italian-American woman elected to that position. Justice DiMango's reputation was that of a stern but fair judge combined with a balance of street smarts and legal knowledge. In the course of her judicial career she gained public recognition for handling high-profile trials, particularly those involving murders of young children, other crimes against children and hate-crime murders. She was also recognized for handling large volumes of serious felony cases from their arraignment through trial. Justice DiMango became further known for her efficiency in closing a vast number of cases in a fair and timely fashion. Her judicial acumens came to the attention of the Chief Judge of the State of New York and selected her to spearhead his initiative to reduce the backlog of felony matters in the Bronx. This initiative garnered front-page coverage in The New York Times. These assignments resulted in her appointment to the position of Administrative Judge of the New York State Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Brooklyn, Kings County. Upon her graduation from college, Justice DiMango was an elementary school teacher in the New York City Public Schools, focusing on special education of children with emotional and cognitive needs. During her teaching years and before law school, she received her Master's Degree. In addition to her Juris Doctorate, Justice DiMango holds a Master's Degree from Columbia University in Developmental Psychology and a Bachelor's Degree cum laude from Brooklyn College in both Psychology and Education.  Thereafter, she went on to receive her law degree from St. John's University where she graduated in the top of her class, and received awards and scholarships in recognition for her other academic achievements. In 2012, she received the Alumna of the Year Award from Brooklyn College and was also the recipient of the prestigious Rapallo Award. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Distinguished Judiciary Award from the Catholic Lawyers Guild and was named "Woman of the Year" by the New York State Supreme Court Officers Association. In 2014, she was named "Woman of the Year" by The New York State Court Officers Association. Additionally, she served as Master of Ceremonies for the NY State Broadcasters Association Awards. In 2015, Justice DiMango was the Grand Marshal of the Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade. She was also recognized as being the "Woman Of The Year" for the Home Reporter and Brooklyn Spectator's "Kings of Kings" event. Justice DiMango was also the honored celebrity speaker at The Greater New York Dental Association National Convention.  In 2016, she was named "Woman of The Year" by the Italian Charities of America. In 2019, Justice DiMango was selected to be the keynote speaker by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle for its "Champions of Justice" event honoring outstanding women in the court system. Justice DiMango has appeared on numerous television programs, including "The View," "Wendy Williams," "Rachael Ray" and "Steve Harvey" and can be heard on many talk radio shows and podcasts. She has also been featured giving legal insight on stories on "Entertainment Tonight," Fox News, "VH1," "Banfield" and "Inside Edition" among others. Upon her graduation from law school, she served five-and-a-half years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office. During her tenure there, she was given the extra responsibility of being cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She later worked as a law clerk in both Kings and Queens Counties to Supreme Court Justices Steven Fisher, Reinaldo Rivera and Luigi Marano. During this time, Justice DiMango volunteered as a Small Claims Court Arbitrator. Justice DiMango returned to her passion for education and became an Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Research and Writing and Forensic Psychology at St. John's University for approximately 10 years. Thereafter, she was an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York City Technical College teaching Criminal Law and Procedure. 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Tune in for the sister episode to last week. This case covers another woman sentenced to death via electric chair in New York, just like Martha Place. Meet Maria Barbella, who walked up to her lover, Dominico Cataldo, and slit his throat from ear to ear because he refused to marry her. However, there is much more to this story than the newspapers are willing to print. Grab a tea and travel back to 1895 New York with us.Content warning: This episode covers sexual assault Domestic Abuse Hotline: 1- 800-799-7233National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673Tea of the Day: Iron GoddessTheme Music by Brad FrankSources:“A Desperate Girl's Crime.” (Saturday's New York Sun) Fall River Daily Evening News, Mon, Apr 29, 1895 ·Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/590758305/“ ‘I have no tears left.'” The Boston Globe, Sat, Apr 27, 1895 Page 12, https://www.newspapers.com/image/430862206/“Maria's Crime Told in Court.” The Evening World, (New York) Thu, Jul 11, 1895 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/146735804/“Maria Barberi at the bar. On Trial for the Murder of Her Faithless Lover.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thu, Jul 11, 1895 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50411135/“Goaded Into Killing Him.” The Evening World, (New York) Fri, Jul 12, 1895 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/146735821/“The Barberi Murder Trial.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Fri, Jul 12, 1895 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50411148/New-York Tribune, Sat, Jul 13, 1895 Page 11, https://www.newspapers.com/image/149994722/“A Kind Hearted Prosecutor.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sun, Jul 14, 1895 Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50411201/“Maria Barberi is Guilty.” The New York Times, Tue, Jul 16, 1895 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20303295/“To Die on August 19th.” The Standard Union, Thu, Jul 18, 1895 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/542220914/“Murder Justified.” Boston Post, Sun, Jul 21, 1895 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/72251869/“Woman As Criminals.” The Daily Sentinel-Tribune, Sat, Aug 10, 1895 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/882581856/“Would Die for Her.” The Sentinel, Tue, Aug 13, 1895 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/343922149/The Boston Globe, Sun, Aug 18, 1895 Page 9, https://www.newspapers.com/image/431001031/“The Barberi Case.” The Buffalo Enquirer, Mon, Nov 16, 1896 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/325596108/“Pleased with jury.” The Boston Globe, Wed, Nov 18, 1896 Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/430773455/Library of Congress, “Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History.” https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/italian/tenements-and-toil/Smithsonian American Art Museum, “Tenement Life.” https://americanexperience.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tenement-Life_.pdf“Mary Livermore.” Boston National Historical Park, https://www.nps.gov/people/mary-livermore.htm“In Her Defense.” The Standard Union, Fri, Nov 20, 1896 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/542425165/“Maria Barberi's Family Tree.” Chicago Tribune, Sat, Nov 21, 1896 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/349857733/The Philadelphia Times, Sun, Nov 22, 1896 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/53387436/“Ill-Fated Ancestors.” The Boston Globe, Tue, Nov 24, 1896 Page 2, https://newspapers.com/image/430775593/“Maria Barberi's Story.” The Boston Globe, Wed, Nov 25, 1896 Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/430776058/“Barberi Testifies.” Carbondale Daily News, Thu, Nov 26, 1896 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/638800630/“Experts Give Testimony.” The Standard Union, Thu, Dec 03, 1896 Page 3, https://newspapers.com/image/542424980/“Maria Barberi is Free.” Chicago Tribune, Fri, Dec 11, 1896 Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/349883737/“Maria Barberi's Acquittal.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Fri, Dec 11, 1896 Page 6, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50337240/“Maria Barberi Not Guilty.” The Times, Fri, Dec 11, 1896 Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/79799997/“Maria Barber Lost?” The Daily Times, Fri, Dec 18, 1896 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/13040409/“Heroic Maria Barberi.” Intelligencer Journal, Thu, Dec 31, 1896 Page 6, https://www.newspapers.com/image/557171839/“Maria Barbella Married.” The New York Times, Thu, Nov 04, 1897 Page 10, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20443000/“To Mrs. Foster's Memory.”The New York Times, Tue, Feb 25, 1902 Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20394619/ People of the State of New York v Maria Barberi (Trial #53), In collection Criminal Trial Transcripts of New York County Collection (1883-1927), July 8 1895 (created), January 2015 (digitized), Lloyd Sealy Library, https://dc.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/3802

George Gustav Heye's work in curating a collection of Native American artifacts has enabled many people to learn about indigenous cultures. But his colleting practices and relationship to those cultures are complicated. Research: “Blaming It on the Women.” The Cincinnati Post. June 7, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/761237680/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 “Clinging to the Skeletons.” Hudson Observer. July 22, 1914. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1010104927/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20minisink Dunn, Ashley. “A Heritage Reclaimed.” New York Times. Oct. 9, 1994. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/09/nyregion/a-heritage-reclaimed-from-old-artifacts-american-indians-shape-a-new-museum.html “G.G. Heye Weds Again.” The Sun. July 12, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/466303140/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Gustav%20Heye%22%20 Haworth, John. “!00 Years and Counting: Reflections About A Collection, A Collector And The Museum Of The American Indian (Before There Was An NMAI).” American Indian Magazine. Spring 2016. Vol. 17, No. 1. https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/100-years-and-counting-reflections-about-collection-collector-and-museum-american-indian Jacknis, Ira. “A New Thing? The NMAI in Historical and Institutional Perspective.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, 2006, pp. 511–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4139027 Krech, Shepard, III, ed. “Collecting Native America, 1870-1960.” Smithsonian. 2010. Mason, John Alden. “George G. Heye, 1874-1957.” Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. New York. 1958. “Millionaire Banker and His Bride Direct the Excavation of an Indian Tomb in Nacoochee Valley.” Atlanta Journal. Aug, 15, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/970075438/?match=1&terms=%22dorothea%20page%22 “Mrs. Heye Asks $78,000 a Year for Alimony.” Times Union. May 13, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/557058568/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 “Mrs. Heye Asks Mere $78,000 as Alimony.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 13, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/55217487/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 “New York Broker Loses His Yacht in Making the Discovery, but Doesn't Care Much.” Daily Arkansas Gazette. Feb. 17, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/140551335/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 “New York – Mrs. Blanche A.W. Heye.” Times Herald. June 7, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/79945850/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 New Yorkers Divorced.” Los Angeles Times. Aug. 1, 1940. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385547238/?match=1&terms=%22george%20heye%22%20 “Search for Indian Relics Led to Romance for Millionaire.” The Washington Post. July 12, 1915. https://www.newspapers.com/image/28873246/?match=1&terms=%22dorothea%20page%22 “Should Keep Her Well.” Vancouver Daily World. May 13, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/64394965/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 “Sidelights on the Smart Set.” The Washington Post. Feb. 15, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/28902833/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 Small, Lawrence M. “A Passionate Collector.” Smithsonian. November 2000. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-passionate-collector-33794183/ “Tales of the Telegraph.” The Atchison Weekly Globe. June 5, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/479884327/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 Thompson, Bob. “Return of the Native.” The Washington Post. March 17, 2004. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/03/18/return-of-the-native/3dc64d4a-3f4b-4f69-92bc-0e0f466b0ea8/?_pml=1 “When application was made … “ Lancaster New Era. May 30, 1913. https://www.newspapers.com/image/559758414/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20 “Will Appeal Fine for Digging Indian Bones.” The Courier-News. July 30, 1914. https://www.newspapers.com/image/220103480/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Gustav%20Heye%22%20 “Would Arrest Man for Digging up Indians' Bones.” The Morning Call. July 4, 1914. https://www.newspapers.com/image/552564029/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Heye%22%20minisink Zarillo, John. “The Great Trolley Strike of 1895 - Part 1.” Brooklyn Public Library. Aug. 25, 2014. https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/08/25/great-trolley-strike-1895 Zarillo, John. “The Great Trolley Strike of 1895 - Part 2.” Brooklyn Public Library. Sept. 3, 2014. https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/09/03/great-trolley-strike-1895 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the evening of February 7th, 1898, William W. Place returned to his Brooklyn home, only to be brutally attacked by his wife, Martha Place. When police arrive at the scene, they discover that William is not Martha's only victim. Charged with murder, Martha faces the death penalty in a way no woman has before. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233Tea of the Day: Goodbye Anxiety Theme Music by Brad FrankSources:By Genevieve Carlton | Edited By Kaleena Fraga, “The Gruesome Crimes Of Martha Place, The First Woman To Die In The Electric Chair.” Published May 8, 202, Updated May 10, 2023, https://allthatsinteresting.com/martha-placeCreated by: O'side Native, Added: Dec 2, 2009, Find a Grave Memorial ID: 45028308 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45028308/martha-m.-placeArch Trauma Res. 2012 Summer; 1(2): 72–74., Published online 2012 Aug 21, “Ancient Legacy of Cranial Surgery” by Mohammad Ghannaee Arani, Esmaeil Fakharian, and Fahimeh Sarbandi, National Library of Medicine, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876527/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20French%20physician,mentally%20ill%20people%20(4)Find a Grave Memorial ID: 73243661, Created by: Tracy Smart, Added: Jul 12, 2011, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73243661/william-wallace-placeThe World, Tue, Feb 08, 1898, ·Page 1 & 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/3162367/, https://www.newspapers.com/image/3162420/The Brooklyn Citizen, Tue, Feb 08, 1898, Page 1,https://www.newspapers.com/image/541863059/“The Place Murder Case.” The New York Times, Wed, Feb 09, 1898, Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20309009/“To Defend Mrs. Place.” The Daily Times, Thu, Feb 10, 1898, Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/10502565/“Mrs. Place Gets Counsel.” The Daily Times, Fri, Feb 11, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/10502743/“Mrs. Martha Place Breaks Down in Jail.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Mon, Feb 14, 1898, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50374778/“Place Tragedy Inquest.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Fri, Feb 25, 1898, Page 12, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50375247/“For Killing Her Stepdaughter.” The Brooklyn Citizen, Tue, Jul 05, 1898,Page 9, https://www.newspapers.com/image/541896001/“The Conditions Were Desperate.” The Brooklyn Citizen, Wed, Jul 06, 1898, Page 9, https://www.newspapers.com/image/541896142/“Place Crime Retold.” Times Union, Wed, Jul 06, 1898,Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/555774140/“Martha Place Made Threats.” The Brooklyn Citizen, Thu, Jul 07, 1898,Page 10, https://www.newspapers.com/image/541896292/“Mrs. Place Denied She Murdered Ida.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thu, Jul 07, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50337561/“Mrs. Place Denies it.” Times Union, Thu, Jul 07, 1898, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/555774151/“Fate of Mrs. Place.” Times Union, Fri, Jul 08, 1898, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/555774160/“The Place Verdict Will Be Appealed.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sat, Jul 09, 1898, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50337635/“Mrs. Place To Die.” The Daily Times, Tue, Jul 12, 1898,Page 8, https://www.newspapers.com/image/11993145/“Mrs. Place's Sanity Being Examined.” Boston Evening Transcript, Mon, Mar 06, 1899, Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/735448800/“Doctors Decide Mrs. Place Sane.” Times Union, Tue, Mar 14, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/555773859/“She Was Sane.” The Buffalo Review, Wed, Mar 15, 1899, Page 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/354429882/“Mrs. Martha Place Must Suffer Death.” Buffalo Courier, Thu, Mar 16, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/363227588/“Mrs. Martha Place Resigned to Her Fate.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Fri, Mar 17, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50407980/“To Her Doom. Mrs. Martha Place Dies in Electric Chair.” The Boston Globe, Mon, Mar 20, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/430734785/“Mrs. Place, the first woman to die in the electric chair was executed this morning.” The Buffalo Enquirer, Mon, Mar 20, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/325653053/“William Place Married Again.” The New York Times, Wed, Aug 23, 1899, Page 12, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20317148/“Mrs. Martha Place Resigned to Her Fate.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,Fri, Mar 17, 1899, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/50407980/

Vivian Gordon's Final Caper Though the body was found in the Bronx, Episode 228 is a dark, twisting ride to the seedy side of Broadway near the end of Prohibition, with a heavy dose of family drama swirling around a tale teeming with underworld villainy and police corruption. There were plenty of people with a motive to murder Vivian Gordon. Was it the cops? The crooks? Or some combination thereof? It's a stumper.Told from the historic pages of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and other newspapers of the era.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

The Lawrence/Foster/Disbrow AffairEpisode 423 delves into a love triangle gone awry. When two sides of the triangle, including an expert swimmer and sailor, are found drowned dead in a Long Island bay, suspicion immediately falls upon the third, even though the coroner declares the whole thing an accident.Culled from the historic pages of The New York World, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The New York Tribune, and other newspapers of the era.Ad-Free EditionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

Emily Warren Roebling played a crucial role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband became disabled. It's a story of an engineering marvel and what mainstream U.S. society expected of women and disabled people in the 19th century.  Research: American Monthly Magazine. “Mrs. Washington A. Roebling.” Daughters of the American Revolution. 1892. https://archive.org/details/americanmonthlymv17daug/ Ashworth, William B. Jr. “Emily Warren Roebling.” Linda Hall Library. https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/emily-warren-roebling/ Bennett, Jessica. “Emily Warren Roebling.” New York Times. 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-emily-warren-roebling.html Bowery Boys. “PODCAST: The Brooklyn Bridge.” 1/11/2008. https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2008/01/brooklyn-bridge.html Brady, Sean. “The Brooklyn Bridge: Tragedy Overcome (Part 1).” The Structural Engineer. March 2015. Brady, Sean. “The Brooklyn Bridge: Tragedy Overcome (Part 2).” The Structural Engineer. April 2015. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Emily Warren Roebling". Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Dec. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Warren-Roebling. Accessed 9 January 2024. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Washington Augustus Roebling". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Jul. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Washington-Augustus-Roebling. Accessed 9 January 2024. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. “Mrs. Washington A. Roebling.” 3/1/1903. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53405737/ “Col. W.A. Roebling.” The Brooklyn Union. 5/16/1883. https://www.newspapers.com/image/541841261/ “Cost of Marrying a Foreigner.” The Buffalo Review. 8/27/1889. https://www.newspapers.com/image/354435395/ “Danger In It.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 10/1/1889. https://www.newspapers.com/image/50407904/ "Emily Roebling." Notable Women Scientists, Gale, 2000. Gale In Context: Science, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1668000367/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=0de2e1e2. Accessed 18 Dec. 2023. Flagg, Thomas R. "Brooklyn Bridge." Encyclopedia of New York State, edited by Peter R. Eisenstadt and Laura-Eve Moss, Syracuse UP, 2005, p. 223. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A194195370/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=a49d8b0e. Accessed 18 Dec. 2023. Hewitt, Abram S. “Oration. From: Opening ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn bridge, May 24, 1883. Press of the Brooklyn Job Printing Department. 1883. https://archive.org/details/openingceremoni00bridgoog “In the Dark.” The Brooklyn Union. 7/11/1882. https://www.newspapers.com/image/541767454/ “John Roebling Ferry Accident.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 6/30/1869. https://www.newspapers.com/image/60752419/ Juravich, Nick. “Emily Warren Roebling: Building the Brooklyn Bridge and Beyond.” New York Historical Society. 5/30/2018. https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/emily-warren-roebling-beyond-the-bridge Library of Congress. “Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge.” https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-12/ “Mrs. Roebling Dead.” New-york Tribune. 3/1/1903. https://www.newspapers.com/image/467730770/ New York Historical Society. “Life Story: Emily Warren Roebling (1843–1903).” Women & the American Story. https://wams.nyhistory.org/industry-and-empire/labor-and-industry/emily-warren-roebling/ Petrash, Antonia. “More than petticoats. Remarkable New York women.” 2002. “Battling Tetanus.” https://www.si.edu/spotlight/antibody-initiative/battling-tetanus Tiwari, Tejpratap S.P. et al. “Tetanus.” Centers for Disease Control. 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/tetanus.htm “With Women Lawyers.” The Woman's Journal 1899-04-08: Vol 30 Iss 14. https://archive.org/details/sim_the-womans-journal_1899-04-08_30_14/page/109/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24-year-old Ocey Snead was found dead in a bathtub in her East Orange, NJ home. A note near her body points to a suicide, but a simple visual inspection of the house says otherwise. As investigators dig deeper into Ocey's past, they quickly discover that the three women closest to her, her mother, aunt, and mother-in-law, seem to have a strange hold over Ocey. It's not long before everyone is asking, what really happened to Ocey Snead? Listen in for part two of two of this very strange case. Content Warning: This episode contains suicide ideation.If you, or someone you know is struggling, help is available. 988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineCall or Text 988SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357Tea of the Day: Chestnut TeaTheme Music by Brad FrankSources:Three Sisters in Black: The Bizarre True Case of the Bathtub Tragedy by Norman Zierold and narrated by Gabrielle de Cuirhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85942398/fletcher-wardlaw-sneadThe Kentucky Post and Times-Star - 09 May 1910, Mon · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/760480546/Detroit Evening Times - 06 May 1910, Fri · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/835273211/The Murfreesboro Post - 27 Oct 2014, Mon · Page 23 https://www.newspapers.com/image/694769134/The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 30 Nov 1909, Tue · Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/55381702/Times Union - 01 Dec 1909, Wed · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/556004272/The New York Times - 02 Dec 1909, Thu · Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/20470744/The Washington Post - 03 Dec 1909, Fri · Page 11 https://www.newspapers.com/image/28948838/St. Louis Globe-Democrat - 05 Dec 1909, Sun · Page 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/571543061/The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 06 Dec 1909, Mon · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/54453151/The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 07 Dec 1909, Tue · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/54453707/The Washington Post - 08 Dec 1909, Wed · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/28954399/The Washington Post - 12 Dec 1909, Sun · Page 22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/28958331/The Topeka State Journal - 16 Dec 1909, Thu · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/323200332/The Baltimore Sun - 18 Dec 1909, Sat · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/372957797/The Roanoke Times - 26 Dec 1909, Sun · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/911686526/The Morning Post - 10 Jan 1910, Mon · Page 8 https://www.newspapers.com/image/447369020/The Washington Herald - 07 Feb 1910, Mon · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/48229848/The Boston Globe - 12 Aug 1910, Fri · Page 9 https://www.newspapers.com/image/430842486/The Charlotte News -09 Jan 1911, Mon · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/58493450/The Roanoke Times - 09 Dec 1909, Thu · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/911685418/

24-year-old Ocey Snead was found dead in a bathtub in her East Orange, NJ home. A note near her body points to a suicide, but a simple visual inspection of the house says otherwise. As investigators dig deeper into Ocey's past, they quickly discover that the three women closest to her, her mother, aunt, and mother-in-law, seem to have a strange hold over Ocey. It's not long before everyone is asking, what really happened to Ocey Snead? Listen in for part one of this very strange case. Content Warning: This episode contains suicide ideation.If you, or someone you know is struggling, help is available. 988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineCall or Text 988SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357Tea of the Day: Apple Spiced Chai Theme Music by Brad FrankSources:Three Sisters in Black: The Bizarre True Case of the Bathtub Tragedy by Norman Zierold and narrated by Gabrielle de Cuirhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85942398/fletcher-wardlaw-sneadThe Kentucky Post and Times-Star - 09 May 1910, Mon · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/760480546/Detroit Evening Times - 06 May 1910, Fri · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/835273211/The Murfreesboro Post - 27 Oct 2014, Mon · Page 23 https://www.newspapers.com/image/694769134/The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 30 Nov 1909, Tue · Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/55381702/Times Union - 01 Dec 1909, Wed · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/556004272/The New York Times - 02 Dec 1909, Thu · Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/20470744/The Washington Post - 03 Dec 1909, Fri · Page 11 https://www.newspapers.com/image/28948838/St. Louis Globe-Democrat - 05 Dec 1909, Sun · Page 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/571543061/The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 06 Dec 1909, Mon · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/54453151/The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - 07 Dec 1909, Tue · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/54453707/The Washington Post - 08 Dec 1909, Wed · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/28954399/The Washington Post - 12 Dec 1909, Sun · Page 22 https://www.newspapers.com/image/28958331/The Topeka State Journal - 16 Dec 1909, Thu · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/323200332/The Baltimore Sun - 18 Dec 1909, Sat · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/372957797/The Roanoke Times - 26 Dec 1909, Sun · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/911686526/The Morning Post - 10 Jan 1910, Mon · Page 8 https://www.newspapers.com/image/447369020/The Washington Herald - 07 Feb 1910, Mon · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/48229848/The Boston Globe - 12 Aug 1910, Fri · Page 9 https://www.newspapers.com/image/430842486/The Charlotte News -09 Jan 1911, Mon · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/58493450/The Roanoke Times - 09 Dec 1909, Thu · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/911685418/

Lindsay is joined by Alex from Weird Distractions as they share some of the most haunted locations from their respective states/provinces. Lindsay shares the Wabasha Street Caves of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Alex shares The Keg Mansion and Restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Information on the Wabasha Street Caves pulled from the following sources: 2021 Llewellyn article by Rich Newman 2021 Minnesota Daily article by Macy Harder 2019 Historic Twin Cities article Atlas Obscura Explore Minnesota Historical Saint Paul article by Paul Nelson Trip Advisor Visit St. Paul Wabasha Caves Yoerg Brewery Information on The Keg Mansion pulled from the following sources: Narcity Toronto - I Dined At A 'Haunted' Mansion In Toronto & One Thing Gave Me Full Body Chills - by Katherine Caspersz - September 19th, 2022 ​​Ghost Walks website - Keg Mansion in Toronto | The Legend and Ghost of Lillian's Maid  Wikipedia - Keg Mansion Wikipedia - The Keg  Wikipedia - William McMaster  Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140418144/arthur-robinson-mcmaster: accessed 15 October 2023), memorial page for Arthur Robinson McMaster (7 Aug 1828–8 Jul 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140418144, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Betty & Dan (contributor 47676850) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle article - ‘Arthur McMaster of Ontario Dead' - July 10th, 1881 Wikipedia - Massey Family  Wikipedia - Lillian Massey Treble National Property Inspections website - HAUNTED PLACES SERIES: KEG MANSION - October 11th, 2021 City News Toronto - Man who fell through stained glass at Keg Mansion has died - by News Staff - February 17th, 2016 Vice article - I Work in a Haunted Steakhouse - by Nick Rose - October 27th, 2015 Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show.  You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Audible, or Goodpods! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October of 1961, police reported to the home of a 31-year-old Massachusetts woman after a neighbor spotted blood inside her house. When police began investigating, it felt clear that she had been met with foul play. But after finding library books on murders and disappearances similar to her own, suspicions were raised, begging the question: what really happened to Joan Risch  BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Joan's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196335677/joan-carolyn-risch 2. Martin's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172928385/martin-donald-risch 3. Anderson Independent-Mail: https://www.newspapers.com/image/812685762/?terms=joan%20risch&match=1 4. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: https://www.newspapers.com/image/52772631/?terms=harold%20bard%20josephine%20bard&match=1 5. A Kitchen Painted in Blood: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Kitchen_Painted_in_Blood/EbUEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR3&printsec=frontcover 6. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/swhph8/the_bizarre_disappearance_of_joan_risch/ 7. Medium: https://icestationpoetry.medium.com/into-thin-air-what-is-the-likeliest-explanation-for-the-disappearance-of-joan-risch-1bdd4953b4e 8. Wicked Horror: https://wickedhorror.com/features/february-2022-missing-person-of-the-month-joan-carolyn-risch/#:~:text=Joan%20graduated%20with%20honors%20from,Crowell%20Co. 9. Prabook: https://prabook.com/web/martin_donald.risch/406588 10. Uncovered: https://uncovered.com/cases/joan-risch 11. The Boston Globe: https://www.newspapers.com/image/433749083/ 12. Lost n Found Blog: https://lostnfoundblogs.com/f/into-thin-air 13. I Can't Believe It's Not Fiction: https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2017/07/05/joan-risch/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alexander Turney Stewart is known as the creator of the department store. He make a fortune in business, but the most interesting parts of his life story come at the end – including after he died.  Research: “Act of Congress Establishing the Treasury Department.” U.S. Department of the Treasury. https://home.treasury.gov/history/act-of-congress-establishing-the-treasury-department “A.T. Stewart's Body.” New York Daily News. Aug. 17, 1879. https://www.newspapers.com/image/329793880/?terms=%22Alexander%20T.%20Stewart%22&match=1 “Alexander T. Stewart.” New York Times. April 11, 1876. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1876/04/11/80328682.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Asbury, Herbert. “The Gangs of New York.” Wisehouse Classics. 2023 edition. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Alexander Turney Stewart". Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Turney-Stewart Brockett, L. P. “Men of our day; or, Biographical sketches of patriots, orators, statesmen, generals, reformers, financiers and merch, including ants, now on the stage of action: including Those who in military, political, business, and social life are the prominent leaders of the time in this country.” Ziegler & McCurdy. Philadelphia. 1872. DeRiggi, Mildred Murphy. “Alexander Turney Stewart.” Irish Lives in America. Royal Irish Academy. 2021. “The Decision in the Stewart Will Case.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Dec. 28, 1878. https://www.newspapers.com/image/50424282/?terms=%22Alexander%20T.%20Stewart%22&match=1 Fischler, Marcelle S. “An Immigrant's Vision Created Garden City.” New York Times. Nov. 15, 1998. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/nyregion/an-immigrant-s-vision-created-garden-city.html Hubbard, Elbert. “Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen, Volume 11.” New York. 1916. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23595/23595-h/23595-h.htm#A_T_STEWART Lenoir, Andrew. “The Nearly Solved Mystery Behind the Missing Corpse of One of the Richest Men Ever.” Atlas Obscura. Oct. 27, 2016. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-nearlysolved-mystery-behind-the-missing-corpse-of-one-of-the-richest-men-ever Resseguie, Harry E. “FEDERAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: THE A. T. STEWART CASE: A Century-Old Episode With Current Implications.” New York History, vol. 47, no. 3, 1966, pp. 271–301. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23162709 Resseguie, Harry E. “Alexander Turney Stewart and the Development of the Department Store, 1823-1876.” The Business History Review, vol. 39, no. 3, 1965, pp. 301–22. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3112143 “The Stewart Will Suit.” Boston Globe. June 26, 1878. https://www.newspapers.com/image/428231391/?terms=%22Alexander%20T.%20Stewart%22&match=1 “Stewart's Body Sought.” New York Times. August 21, 1881. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/08/21/102756034.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Walling, George Washington. “Recollections of a New York Chief of Police.” Caxton Book Concern. New York. 1887. (Kindle edition) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the morning of December 31, 1946, nineteen-year-old Pearl Lusk boarded a crowded subway train in Brooklyn. A few days earlier, she'd met a man named Allen in a bar who offered her a very strange, yet simple job: she was to follow a young woman named Olga and take a photo to determine whether she was wearing any stolen jewelry. That morning, as Pearl and Olga exited the crowded subway train, Pearl raised the camera in Olga's direction and pulled the wire to take a photo, but what happened next would put into motion a series of events that rivals fiction.Thank you to the wonderful Dave White for Research assistance!ReferencesAdams, Toni. 1947. "Troopers hunt and kill Alphonse Rocco." Kingston Daily Freeman, January 7: 1.Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1947. "Camera-gun suspect flees in stolen car." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 6: 2.Buffalo Evening News. 1947. "'Camera' shooting victim asks N.Y. City to pay her $200,000." Buffalo Evening News, February 14: 1.—. 1953. "Court frees city of liability for not averting shooting." Buffalo Evening News, April 22: 25.—. 1947. "Police press quest for spouse of camera-gun victim." Buffalo Evening News, January 2: 9.—. 1946. "Times Square Station is scene of shooting." Buffalo Evening News, December 31: 10.International News Service. 1947. "Estranged wife and family glad Ruocco is dead." Buffalo Evening News, Janaury 7: 1.Kingston Daily Freeman. 1947. "Victim of camera shooting guarded." Kingston Daily Freeman, January 2: 18.McKelway, St. Clair. 1953. The Perils of Pearl and Olga. August 8. Accessed August 10, 2023. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1953/08/08/the-perils-of-pearl-and-olga.New York Times. 1947. "Camera-gun victim files for $200,000." New York Times, February 15: 17.—. 1947. "'Camera-gun' victim loses a leg." New York Times, Janaury 3: 1.—. 1947. "Girl, dupe in plot, shoots woman with 'camera' gun." New York Times, January 1: 1.—. 1947. "Lusk girl freed; will leave city." New York Times, Janaury 11: 20.—. 1947. "Rocco killed by the police in Catskills." New York Times, January 7: 1.Smith, Delos. 1947. "Gullible girl hoaxed into plot on life of estranged wife." Daily Boston Globe, January 1: 13.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hi everyone! Thanks for bearing with me over the short summer break! It's good to be back and I've got a cracking episode to launch into the second half of the season. This one has it all, ghosts, murder... well alright, it's got ghosts and murder, but that's not bad! It is a darker one and has some fairly brutal murdery bits, but I don't think it's especially worse than what we've seen before. Little heads up though. I hope you enjoy! In the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, lies a 281 acre wooded parkland area known as Arnold's Arboretum. A beautiful botanical garden and research institution planted in naturalistic style, its serene park walks bely a history before its life as the arboretum, where dark events in its past stained the ground and transformed a popular picnic spot into an ugly memorial that few wished to visit. Several years later, these events in Boston found themselves tied into a story of a murderer that the contemporary press called “The most monstrous and inhuman criminal of modern times - or indeed any time,” though despite their shocking nature, they have somehow become largely forgotten, if not for a bizarre report of a ghost sighting that keeps the linked cases alive, sparking the public imagination. ------- This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp, check out betterhelp.com/darkhistories to get 10% off your first month. ------- SOURCES   Brent, Henry Johnson (1868) Was it a Ghost? The murders in Bussey's wood. An extraordinary narrative. Loring, USA.   Bangor Daily Whig & Courier (1865) A Terrible Tragedy In Roxbury. Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, Tuesday, 20 June 1865, p.3. USA   New York Daily Herald (1865) Horrible Tragedy In Roxbury. New York Daily Herald, Tuesday, 20 June 1865, p.8. USA   Hartford Courant (1865) Horrible Murder And Outrage. Hartford Courant, Tuesday, 20 June 1865, p.2. USA   The Burlington Free Press (1865) Tragedy In Roxbury. The Burlington Free Press, Wednesday, 21 June 1865, p.2. USA   The Enterprise & Vermonter (1865) Horrid Murder At West Roxbury, Mass. The Enterprise & Vermonter, Friday, 23 June 1865, p.2. USA   The Indianapolis Star (1865) The Roxbury Tragedy. The Indianapolis Star, Monday, 26 June 1865, p.2. USA   Boston Evening Transcript (1865) Coroner's Inquest In The Case Of The Murdered Children. Boston Evening Transcript, Tuesday, 27 June 1865, p.4. USA   Boston Evening Transcript (1865) Reward. Boston Evening Transcript, Wednesday, 28 June 1865, p.3. USA   The Buffalo Commercial (1865) Arrest Of The Supposed Murderer Of The Joyce Children. The Buffalo Commercial, Wednesday, 12 July 1865, p.2. USA   The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1865) AIsabella Joyce - The Late Boston Tragedy. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday, 14 July 1865, p.1. USA   Boston Evening Transcript (1865) The Recent Tragedy In West Roxbury. Boston Evening Transcript, Wednesday, 19 July 1865, p.4. USA   New York Daily Herald (1865) The Roxbury Tragedy. New York Daily Herald, Friday, 21 July 1865, p.8. USA   Boston Evening Transcript (1865) The West Roxbury Tragedy. Boston Evening Transcript, Monday, 24 July 1865, p.3. USA   DeWolfe, Byron (1872) Georgiana Lovering, Or The Northwood Tragedy. New Hampshire, USA.   Spirit of the Age (1874) Franklin B. Evans. Spirit of the Age, Thursday 26 February 1874, p.3, USA.   Brown, Janice (2004) Early History of Town of Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire. USA.   St Johnsbury Caledonian (1873) The New Hampshire Murder. St Johnsbury Caledonian, Friday 14 February 1843, p.2. USA.   Lewis, John B. (1896) Stratagems and conspiracies to defraud life insurance companies. J. H. McLellan, USA.   Schecter, Harold (2012) Psycho USA, Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of. Ballantine Books, USA.   Boston Evening Transcript (1872) A Young Girl Outraged And Murdered By Her Uncle. Boston Evening Transcript, Monday, 04 November 1872, p.1. USA   The Boston Globe (1872) The Northwood Tragedy. The Boston Globe, Friday, 08 November 1872, p.5. USA   The Argus & Patriot (1872) Summary Of News. The Argus & Patriot, Thursday, 14 November 1872, p.5. USA   North Star (1872) The Northwood Murder. North Star, Friday 29 November 1872, p.2. USA.   Boston Evening Transcript (1873) The Northwood, N.H, Murder. Monday 03 February 1873, p.4. USA.   Boston Evening Transcript (1873) The Murder Trial At Exeter, N.H.. Tuesday 04 February 1873, p.4. USA.   Boston Evening Transcript (1873) The Murder Trial At Exeter, N.H.. Wednesday 05 February 1873, p.4. USA.   Rutland Independent (1873) Confessions Of Evans. Rutland Independent, Saturday 08 February 1873. P.8. USA   For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

Deep in the Pacific Ocean, 350 miles off the coast of Central America sits a small, unimposing island, surrounded in natural beauty. One of the island's lesser known claims to fame is that its tropical climate and lost-world appearance were the original inspiration for Jurassic Park's fictional Isla Nublar. Better known, however, are the myths and legends that pertain to the hoards of pirate treasure, buried beneath the surface and lost for over two centuries. Hundreds, if not thousands, of expeditions have sailed to its isolated shores in the hope of uncovering the untold riches, with little to show for their efforts but the wild stories that have helped to continue the legend of the Lost Treasure of Lima for over two hundred years. SOURCES Pim, Bedford & Seemann, Berthold (1869) Dottings on the Roadside in Panama, Nicaragua and Mosquito. Chapman & Hall, London, UK. Montmorency, Hervey (1904) On the Track of a Treasure. Hurst & Blackett Ltd. London, UK. Plumpton, James (1935) Treasure Cruise. Witherby Publishing, London, UK. The Buffalo Commercial (1854) The Cocos Island Treasure. The Buffalo Commercial, 12 Dec 1854, p1. USA. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1854) The Cocos Island Treasures. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 12 Dec 1854, p2, USA. Smith, David (1932) El Dorado. Blackwood's Magazine  July-December 1932: Vol 232, The Leonard Scott Publication Co. NY, USA. Cooper, Stephen (2017) Cocos Island & The Treasure of Lima. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. The New York Times (1855) News from the Cocos Expedition. The New York Times, 9 Feb 1855, USA. Bangor Daily Whig & Courier (1855) The Buried Treasure at Cocos Islands. Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 13 Jun 1855, p2. USA. ------- This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh, check out hellofresh.com/darkhistories16 to get 16 free meals & free shipping. This episode is also sponsored by The Art of Crime Podcast, check it out anywhere you get your podcasts! ------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

Mrs. Patrick Campbell was a hugely famous actress in the early 20th century, though she hasn't really retained her iconic status. She quickly had a reputation as a stage diva with a sharp tongue, and originated one of the most beloved characters of the stage and screen. Research: Campbell, Mrs. Patrick. “My Life and Some Letters.” New York. Dodd, Mead. 1922. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/mylifesomeletter00camp Sudermann, Hermann. “Magda.” Lamson, Wolffe and Company. New York. 1895. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/34184/pg34184-images.html Woods, Leigh. “'The Golden Calf': Noted English Actresses in American Vaudeville, 1904-1916.” Journal of American Culture. 1992. https://www.academia.edu/47469417/The_Golden_Calf_Noted_English_Actresses_in_American_Vaudeville_1904_1916 Aston, Elaine. “Campbell [née Tanner], Beatrice Stella [performing name Mrs Patrick Campbell].” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Jan. 3, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32261 Whitaker, Alma. “Personal Reminiscences of Mrs. Patrick Campbell.” Los Angeles Sunday Times. Nov. 3, 1912. https://www.newspapers.com/image/380204798/?terms=Mrs.%20Patrick%20Campbell&match=1 Peters, Margot. “Mrs. Pat: The Life of Mrs. Patrick Campbell.” Bodley Head. 1984. “Famous Actress at Death's Door.” Salt Lake Tribune. Sept. 19, 1912. https://www.newspapers.com/image/76001747/?terms=Mrs.%20Patrick%20Campbell&match=1 “Mrs. Patrick Campbell Ill.” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Sept. 20, 1912. https://www.newspapers.com/image/54225938/?terms=Mrs.%20Patrick%20Campbell&match=1 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "problem play". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Jul. 1998, https://www.britannica.com/art/problem-play Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mrs. Patrick Campbell". Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Apr. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mrs-Patrick-Campbell “Mrs. Campbell, 75, Famous Actress.” New York Times. April 11, 1940. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/04/11/92937919.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Shaw, George Bernard. “Pygmalion.” 1912. Digitized March 1, 2003. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3825/3825-h/3825-h.htm Atkinson, J. Brooks. “Mrs. Campbell Returns.” New York Times. Feb. 8, 1927. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/02/08/110039988.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid... Unless you're Simeon Lee!Hercule Poirot's Christmas tells the story of rich tyrannical businessman Simeon Lee, who is brutally murdered on Christmas Eve, just as his relatives are gathering to spend a lovely family Christmas together at Gorston Hall.This Agatha Christie has everything you need for the cosy festive season: a creepy country house, uncut diamonds, shifty valets, fake moustaches and mysterious strangers from faraway places.In this Christmas special, we take an in-depth look at this classic mystery. We discuss the novel's very colourful cast of characters, the seasonal setting of the novel and one of Agatha Christie's most gruesome murders. We also consider why murder mysteries are so popular at this time of year, and what it is that makes the mystery genre so incredibly cosy.So grab a tasty mince pie, pour yourself a cup of mulled wine and join us as we go on a festive journey with our favourite detective, Hercule Poirot.Warning: this podcast contains spoilers for Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie, so please proceed with caution if you haven't read the book.References:'The Making of Toy Balloons and Pigs' (Sunday 17 September, 1905), Brooklyn Daily Eagle (can be accessed on the Brooklyn Daily Eagle's archive site through the Brooklyn Public Library at https://bklyn.newspapers.com/paper/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/1890/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On December 12, 1911, a missed milk delivery led to the discovery of four dead bodies on a farm near Albany, New York.  The possible murderer can't be found. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Forgotten Darkness Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1NsgqAha9Z3bMhBxg8FuM2tRLqwjH5-_F&usp=sharing Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “$1000 Reward For Murderer.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 16, 1911. “1911 Shocking Defreestville Murders Still Unsolved.” Albany Times-Union, April 10, 1966. “Another Morner Tragedy Reported.” Buffalo Enquirer, February 2, 1912. “Arrest Man at Williamstown.” Boston Globe, December 18, 1911. “Bloodhounds on Murderer's Trail.” Warren Times-Mirror, December 15, 1911. “Bloodhounds Trail Slayer of Family.” New York Times, December 15, 1911. “Caught As Slayer of Whole Family on Morner Farm.” New York Evening World, March 1, 1912. “Detectives Assert Murder Suspect is Guilty of Lesser Crime.” Meriden Record-Journal, August 29, 1912. “Dogs Lose Trail of Suspected Man.” Buffalo News, December 15, 1911. “Donato Has Not Been Caught.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 20, 1911. “Edward Donato a Man of Mystery.” Albany Evening Journal, December 22, 1911. “Funeral Resembles a Picnic.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 18, 1911. “Governor May Offer Reward For Murderer.” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, December 17, 1911. “Family of Four Brutally Slain.” Buffalo Commercial, December 14, 1911. “Foully Slays Whole Family; Find Bodies in Manure Pit.” Elmira Star-Gazette, December 14, 1911. “Held For Morner Murders.” New York Times, December 16, 1911. “Jesse Morner Has Narrow Escape.” Glens Falls Post Star, August 21, 1912. “Link Morner Case With Dorp Suicide.” Glens Falls Post-Star, November 11, 1912. “Massena Italian May Be Donato.” Ogdensburg Journal, May 17, 1912. “Morgan Williams Back Home.” Scranton Times, December 22, 1911. “Morner Estates.” Berkshire Eagle, October 24, 1914. “Morner Murder Suspect Freed.” Albany Argus, May 19, 1912. “Morner Suspect is Released.” Buffalo News, December 20, 1911. “Mrs. Williams Says Her Son is Innocent.” Scranton Tribune-Republican, December 20, 1911. “Murder Suspect Held, Albany Police Notified.” Buffalo News, December 15, 1911. “Police File Still Remains Open in Morner Murders, 35-Year-Old Mystery.” Albany Times-Union, December 29, 1946. “Police Think They Have Slayer of Morner Family.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 1, 1912. “Sheriff Says Donato is Man.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 19, 1911. “Sleuthing Isn't Profitable.” Rutland Daily Herald, February 10, 1912. “Spurned Love Caused Hatchet-Fiend to Murder Entire Morner Family.” Pittsburgh Press, December 16, 1911. “State May Offer Reward For Slayer.” New York Times, December 17, 1911. “State Offers $2000 Reward.” Rutland Daily Herald, December 19, 1911. “Still in Doubt as to Suspect.” Ogdensburg Journal, May 18, 1912. “Suspect Denies Bomb Threat in Extortion Case.” New York Daily News, July 2, 1933. “Suspect Released on Word of a Girl.” Buffalo Commercial, December 16, 1911. “Tatasciore Released By Authorities.” Meriden Record-Journal, September 7, 1912. “Think Morner Family Slayer is in Custody.” Elmira Star-Gazette, May 17, 1912. “Three Women and Man Murdered; Hunt Farmhand as Insane Slayer.” Syracuse Herald, December 14, 1911. “Tony Tash Agrees to Settle With Henry Wyman.” Bennington Banner, December 5, 1913. “Verdict For $900 Was Given To Tony Tash.” Bennington Evening Banner, June 14, 1913. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 - Ancestry.com Horatio D Mould - Facts (ancestry.com)

The second episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1953 features our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire. Directed by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay by Howard O. Sackler and starring Kenneth Harp, Frank Silvera, Steve Coit and Paul Mazursky, Fear and Desire was disowned by Kubrick and remained unavailable for decades following its premiere.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from A.H. Weiler in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1953/04/01/archives/the-screen-in-review-fear-and-desire-tale-of-war-fashioned-by-young.html), Jane Corby in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and Mildred Martin in The Philadelphia Inquirer.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at

Whether it be hidden messages transmitted around the world from the hundreds of operating number stations, or the bizarre illustrations on the sheepskin pages of a medieval manuscript, unsolved ciphers and codes have been a compelling source of mystery for centuries. In the annals of true crime, cold cases like the Zodiac killer and the Somerton man have inspired people from around the world to come together and take up the challenge of solving their peculiar riddles. From national intelligence agencies, to armchair enthusiasts, breakthroughs have been made by individuals from across the spectrum of experience. One similar case has largely managed to escape the limelight, however, that of a late 19th Century man whose true identity was never known, hanged for murdering his wife, who left the world a series of unsolved ciphers that promised to unmask the whole mysterious affair. SOURCES Farnsworth, Cheri (2010) “Adirondack Enigma: The Depraved Intellect and Mysterious Life of North Country Wife Killer Henry Debosnys” The History Press, UK. The Citizen Examiner (1882) “Debosnys the tramp…” The Citizen Examiner, Wed 15 Nov, 1882. P.4. Alabama, USA. The Buffalo Commercial (1882) “One Debosnys, confined in Essex…” TheBuffalo Commercial, Wed 15 Nov, 1882. P.1. New York, USA. The Tribune (1882) “A SIngular Story” The Tribune, Mon 7 Aug, 1882. P.1. Pennsylvania, USA. The Swanton Courier (1883) “Over the Lake” The Swanton Courier, Sat 20 Jan, 1883. P.3. Vermont, USA. St Albans Daily Messenger (1883) “A Remarkable Career” St Albans Daily Messenger, Wed 18 Apr, 1883. P.3. Vermont, USA. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1883) “Last Hours Of A Wife Murderer” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Fri 27 Apr, 1883. P.1. New York, USA. The Sentinel (1883) “Hangman's Day” The Sentinel, Sat 28 Apr, 1883. P.3. Pennsylvania, USA. ---------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.  

“The manifestations described in this story commenced one year ago. No person has yet been able to ascertain their cause. Scientific men from all parts of Canada and the United States have investigated them in vain. Some people think that electricity is the principal agent; others, mesmerism; whilst others again, are sure they are produced by the devil. Of the three supposed causes, the latter is certainly the most plausible theory, for some of the manifestations are remarkably devilish in their appearance and effect.” The opening lines of an account that describes an event that perplexed, excited and angered the citizens of the small, Canadian town of Amherst in the 19th Century. It probably comes as no surprise that the man who wrote them had a professional flair for dramatics, though the events were hardly short of drama to begin with. A young girl, haunted by demons, whose story book-ended a series of supernormal events with an assault and a conviction for arson. SOURCES Hubbell, Walter (1879) The Great Amherst Mystery. "Daily News" Steam Publishing Office, Canada. Prince, Walter F. (1919) A Critical Study of The Great Amherst Mystery. Journal of the American Society of Psychical Research, Vol. XIII. NY, USA. Carrington, Hereward (1913) Personal Experiences in Spiritualism. Read Books Ltd. UK. Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1897) Long Island's Hamlet. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 15 Dec. 1897, p.7, NY, USA. The Montreal Star (1881) Strange Doings. The Montreal Star, 25 May. 1881, p.3, Montreal, Canada. The Daily Expositor (1879) Esther Cox The Medium: Is She A Humbug? The Daily Expositor, 15 Jul 1879, p.1. Ontario, Canada. The Montreal Star (1879) The Amherst Mystery. The Montreal Star, 18 Jul 1879, p.2, Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Star (1879) The Amherst Mystery. The Montreal Star, 10 May 1879, p.3, Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Star (1879) The Amherst Mystery. The Montreal Star, 19 May 1879, p.3, Montreal, Canada. Ottawa Daily Citizen (1879) The Amherst Mystery Revived. Ottawa Daily Citizen, 7 May 1879, p.1, Ottawa, Canada. The Montreal Star (1879) The Amherst Mystery Further Developments. The Montreal Star, 25 Jan 1879, p.3, Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Star (1878) The Amherst Mystery A Puzzle For Scientists. The Montreal Star, 21 Nov 1878, p.3, Montreal, Canada. Ottawa Daily Citizen (1878) The Amherst Mystery. Ottawa Daily Citizen, 23 Nov 1878, p.1, Ottawa, Canada. The Montreal Star (1878) The Amherst Mystery. The Montreal Star, 13 Dec 1878, p.3, Montreal, Canada. Evansville Courier and Press (1888) A Wonderful Book. 23 Apr 1888, p.1. Indiana, USA. ---------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or via voicemail on: (415) 286-5072 or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.  

The White Star Line lost many ships over the years, most famously the Titanic in 1912.  But over its century of existence, it had only one ship vanish without a trace.  Did it sink in a storm?  Explode due to its volatile cargo?  This is the story of the Naronic. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES “Another Naronic Hoax.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 3, 1893. “Fears for Ocean Steamers.” Delaware Gazette and State Journal, March 9, 1893. “Is She Still Afloat?” Wilkes-Barre Record,March 8, 1893. “Nine Sailors Saved.” Wilmington Morning News, March 8, 1893. “No News of the Naronic.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 8, 1893. “No Tidings of the Naronic.” Wilmington Morning News, March 8, 1893. “Put Into Halifax.” Boston Globe, February 26, 1893. “Regarded as a Hoax.” Norfolk Virginian, March 31, 1893. “Rosseau Admits He Sent Dynamite to Liner.” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 16, 1905. “Rosseau, Dynamiter, Guilty, the Jury Says.” New York Times, March 28, 1905. “She is Lost.” Boston Globe, March 20, 1893. “The Naronic.” Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate (Aus.), August 30, 1893. “The Naronic's Boat Picked Up.” Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate (Aus.), January 18, 1894. ”The Naronic Mystery.” The Australian Star, March 27, 1893. “Thinks They Blew Up Maine.” New York Times, March 29, 1905. “To Dynamite British Ships.” Kendrick (ID) Gazette, January 20, 1905. “Toilers of the Sea.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 25, 1893. “What To Do With Cranks.” New York Times, January 17, 1905. “With an Infernal Machine Man Called at Kelly Home.” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 1905. What Happened to the Naronic? (titanic-whitestarships.com) NARONIC MYSTERY UPDATED. | Waratah Revisited Ever wonder what Frederick the Great is doing in Carlisle? - pennlive.com

In 1917, a New Jersey company began hiring young women to paint luminous marks on the faces of watches and clocks. As time went on, they began to exhibit alarming symptoms, and a struggle ensued to establish the cause. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Radium Girls, a landmark case in labor safety. We'll also consider some resurrected yeast and puzzle over a posthumous journey. Intro: Joseph Underwood was posting phony appeals for money in 1833. The earliest known written reference to baseball appeared in England. Sources for our feature on the Radium Girls: Claudia Clark, Radium Girls : Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935, 1997. Ross M. Mullner, Deadly Glow: The Radium Dial Worker Tragedy, 1999. Robert R. Johnson, Romancing the Atom: Nuclear Infatuation From the Radium Girls to Fukushima, 2012. Dolly Setton, "The Radium Girls: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark," Natural History 129:1 (December 2020/January 2021), 47-47. Robert D. LaMarsh, "The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women," Professional Safety 64:2 (February 2019), 47. Angela N.H. Creager, "Radiation, Cancer, and Mutation in the Atomic Age," Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 45:1 (February 2015), 14-48. Robert Souhami, "Claudia Clark, Radium Girls," Medical History 42:4 (1998), 529-530. Ainissa Ramirez, "A Visit With One of the Last 'Radium Girls,'" MRS Bulletin 44:11 (2019), 903-904. "Medicine: Radium Women," Time, Aug. 11, 1930. "Poison Paintbrush," Time, June 4, 1928. "Workers From Factory May Get Federal Honors," Asbury Park Press, June 27, 2021. John Williams, "Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Kate Moore's 'The Radium Girls,'" New York Times, April 30, 2017. Jack Brubaker, "Those 'Radium Girls' of Lancaster," [Lancaster, Pa.] Intelligencer Journal / Lancaster New Era, May 9, 2014. William Yardley, "Mae Keane, Whose Job Brought Radium to Her Lips, Dies at 107," New York Times, March 13, 2014. Fred Musante, "Residue From Industrial Past Haunts State," New York Times, June 24, 2001. Denise Grady, "A Glow in the Dark, and a Lesson in Scientific Peril," New York Times, Oct. 6, 1998. Martha Irvine, "Dark Secrets Come to Light in New History of 'Radium Girls,'" Los Angeles Times, Oct. 4, 1998. Marc Mappen, "Jerseyana," New York Times, March 10, 1991. "Radium Poisoning Finally Claims Inventor of Luminous Paint After Fight to Harness Terrific Force of Atom," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Nov. 25, 1928. "Two of Women Radium Victims Offer Selves for Test While Alive," [Danville, Va.] Bee, May 29, 1928. "Death Agony From Radium," [Brisbane, Qld.] Daily Standard, May 15, 1928. "To Begin Two Suits Against Radium Co.," New York Times, June 24, 1925. "U.S. Starts Probe of Radium Poison Deaths in Jersey," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 19, 1925. Listener mail: Carolyn Wilke, "How Do We Know What Ancient People Ate? Their Dirty Dishes," Atlantic, July 24, 2021. Chris Baraniuk, "The Treasure Inside Beer Lost in a Shipwreck 120 Years Ago," BBC, June 22, 2021. Fiona Stocker, "A Beer Brewed From an Old Tasmanian Shipwreck," BBC, Dec. 7, 2018. Mary Esch, "Taste of History: Yeast From 1886 Shipwreck Makes New Brew," AP News, March 15, 2019. National Collection of Yeast Cultures. "National Collection of Yeast Cultures," Wikipedia (accessed Aug. 29, 2021). "History of Missing Linck," Missing Linck Festival (accessed Sep. 3, 2021). "Missing Linck Festival Arrives … Finally!" The Gnarly Gnome, June 4, 2021. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Tim Ellis, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 3 - Find Out Why Chapter 5 Is Fitzgerald's Favorite Chapter! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love lit podcast.  This is our third episode featuring what some people consider to be THE Great American Novel, and after two weeks of symbolism and irony and politics and layers and layers of imagery and meaning, I am starting to see why people are so fascinated with this book.  It’s so dense.  There are so many ways to read it, and I guess that’s what’s kind of fun about it.  I liked reading it for the story, and I loved the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, although I know there are so many hard core Robert Redford fans out there that have taken me to task for that.  But, as I’ve read it this time, I’ve really enjoyed reading it for the political commentary.  I loved the discussion of the values of Thomas Jefferson and all the distortions or really perversions of the American Dream.    An idea that we mentioned and will come back to- although like I said, I don’t really like the term- American Dream because it seems to me to imply the notion of possibility or  self- improvement on the basis hard work, personal sacrifice and merit as uniquely American, which is most definitely is NOT.      Well, I won’t disagree with that.  Of course, that’s the dream of all the world.  We can look at the life of Paulo Neruda and his hope for Chile for an example we’ve featured on the podcast as well as Julia de Borges although very differently expressed.  But from a political standpoint,  what Fitzgerald criticizes is less the idea itself, as I told you, he’s a Thomas Jefferson fan as well, but, he challenges this myth that there is a place on earth that is free from the corruption innate in the human heart- that the United States of America is such a place. Regardless of the system of checks and balances inherent in any system, it is an illusion to believe that those who make it to the top of the social, economic and political worlds escape the damaging mercenary temptations inherent in those positions- whether they are born there or whether they build their wealth themselves- and, as I see it, as we read through this book- we see very clearly the lines blurring between right and wrong- legitimate and illegitimate- reality versus illusion and ultimately even good vs evil, if you want to see it in those terms.    And he does it so artfully.  He uses colors, and cars and geography and symbols of all sorts and throws all of these into a glamorous setting of his day.  The original readers saw this book as being modeled after their own modern moment.  This story, if it were set today, would include characters modeled after Kanye West, Tom Brady, Beyonce, and Bill DiBlasio, the music would likely be rap music- the technology would likely include tik tok, iphones, and Zoom.  In fact, if you really want to make a good comparison, F. Scott Fitzgerald was sort of the Shonda Rhimes of his day.      If you don’t know who that is, Shonda Rhimes, may be the most accomplished television producer and author of our day.  She is the head writer, creator and executive producer of shows everyone knows: Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, How to Get away with Murder and Scandal.  She wrote Crossroads the debut film of Britney Spears , her most recent being Bridgerton.    And Fitzgerald was like that.  Between 1919 and 1934 he made $400,000 mostly from short stories- think of that like tv episodes.  His work was fun, popular and glamorous, like Shonda Rhimes, so when the Great Gatsby came out- it wasn’t taken as the serious work of literature he meant it to me- and if you don’t get the meaning, the story in many ways falls flat.  One newspaper called it, ““Fitzgerald’s latest a dud” Ruth Hale of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said, “Find me one chemical trace of magic, life, irony romance or mysticism in all of The Great Gatsby, and I will bind myself to read one Scott Fitzgerald book a week for the rest of my life.”    Ouch, that sounds like one of those Edgar Allen Poe Reviews.      Well, it does, and the money speaks for itself.  He only made $7000 from the two printings of the book combined.  He himself knew it was a masterpiece and believed that all the way til his death.  He set out to write, using his own words, ‘something new, something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.”  And he absolutely did every bit of that.  In fact that was one of the things the critics didn’t like about it- it was too geometric to be a great novel- in their estimation.    What does that mean?  How can you be geometric?    Well, things in this book are just too tight- there is even one theory that he modeled the entire thing after a vaudeville show (which normally has 9 acts- and he has 9 chapters)- but in each act there’s a theme modeled after what the corresponding Act would be if it were a vaudeville show.      Do you think there is any validity to that? For those of you who are unfamiliar with that term- during the early part of the 20th century, America had these variety shows called Vaudveille that were really popular.  They basically were little circus like shows- with crazy characters and lots of music.  In a way, I can see it.  We’ve seen crazy characters for sure as well as lots of music.    I really don’t know.  Vaudeville was extremely popular at the time, and if you read the literature they make that case, but honestly, I have no idea, but it woldn’t surprise me.  Everything in this book is just so deliberate.  If you follow the vaudeville pattern- this week we’re going to look at chapters 4-5 which in Vaudeville world should include the act with absurd characters and chapter 4 does fit that bill.  Act 5’s by the way are characterizized by near misses and that works too, as we’ll see. But another remarkable thing about the structure of this book is that the moment when Gatsby and Daisy meet is exactly the smack dab middle of the book.      Are we ready to jump into the weeds of chapters 4-5?    Absolutely, the beginning of chapter  really introduces a long cast of characters, in fact the first two pages are nothing but names.  The most interesting to the story is Klipspringer who stayed at Gatsby’s so long he was nicknamed “the boarder”.  But the really interesting characters are not the guests or even the gangsters although meeting anyone who’s jewelry is made from human molars would generally draw my attention- but in this case, the mafioso is displaced by the deputant.    No doubt, and I know we don’t have time to get into the real colorful men of history who inspired these hilarious descriptions but if anyone is interested, look into the life of Herbert Bayard Swope who’s parties inspired Gatsby’s parties and the bootlegger Max Gerlach who is the model for Gatsby and George Remus who Fitzgerald actually met in Louisville- any Google search is just  fun  if you enjoy those kinds of things.      And Louisville is where we’re landing today- and it is in chapter 4 that we go back in time to meet  Daisy Fay of Louisville, Kentucky- a place where you’ve actually visited many times because it was also the location the College Board selected for many years for AP readers to congregate and grade the hundreds of thousands of essays from around the world every year.    So true, Louisville, Kentucky the fictional hometown of Daisy Fay, is a Southern City, today famous for the Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, and Kentucky bourbon.  Louisville is charming, historical and mythological and right in the middle is the Seelbach hotel-  The hotel Tom Buchanan descended upon from Chicago with an entourage 400 people on the weekend of his wedding.    Fitzgerald, and this is where you’re going to see a LOT of overlap between fiction and non-fiction, like Gatsby, was a soldier during WW1 and stationed, albeit only for a month near Louisville.  On the weekends, he, like a lot of soldiers, would escape Camp Zachary Taylor in his impeccable uniform he had tailor made from Brooks Brothers, enter into the Seelbach hotel as the handsomest man in the room and seek to charm and seduce.  Zelda, his wife, is not from Louisville, she’s from Alabama, another city, so you can see how he plays around with his past.  But she, like Daisy, refuses to marry him because “rich girls don’t marry poor boys.”  To quote Tom Buchanan.  Fitzgerald was stationed near Louisville in 1918, prohibition didn’t start until 1920 so he made good use of the opulent Seelbach bar so much so that he was thrown out of the Seelbach bar at least three times in the four weeks he was there.    Good Lord- well – Fitzgerald in his sober state, sets Jordan Baker’s retelling of Daisy’s past in October of 1917.  I want to point out a couple of things here which I find very interesting and things to think about.  So far, we’ve talked about Fitzgerald’s criticism of corruption and the American dream, we’ve talked about colors and irony, and dust and existential atheism- and all that is in this book- but now I want to change directions and talk about time and personal history, nostalgia and all those things that are beyond politics.  There is a lot of emotional content in this story, this bittersweet feeling of lost opportunity that everyone experiences as they get older in some way or another.  This is set up in the first four chapters with a lot that is happy and exciting- happy nostalgia so to speak- it really peaks in the famous fifth chapter, which was Fitzgerald’s personal favorite and the one he rewrote the most- and kind of turns to negative feelings for the rest of the book- I heard it described as a nostalgia hangover one time and that’s a funny but appropriate metaphor.  It also becomes extremely evident, if it hasn’t been before, that there is no attempt to be chronological – this chapter is very cinematic as it creates these montages of the past and present- New York and then Louisville.    I also want to point out that Fitzgerald, very progressively, changes narrarators and when we hear Daisy’s story, it’s not from the perspective of Nick- a female, Jordan, tells what some would call the female version of the Gatsby story.  Garry read how Jordan first meets Gatsby,     The largest of the banners and the largest of the lawns belonged to Daisy Fay’s house.  She was just 18, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.  She dressed in white, and had a little white roadster, and all day long the telephone rang in her house and excited young officers from Camp Taylor demanded the privilege of monopolizing her that night.  “Anyways, for an hour!”  When I came opposite her house that morning her white roadster was beside the curb, and she was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before.  They were so engrossed in each other that she didn’t see me until I was five feet away.  “Hello, Jordan,” she called unexpectedly. “Please come here.”  I was flattered that she wanted to speak to me, because of all the other girls I admired her most.  She asked me if I was going to the Red Cross and make bandages.  I was.  Well, then, would I tell them that she couldn’t come that day?  The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at  some time, and because it seemed romantic to me I remembered the incident ever since.  His name was Jay Gatsby, and I didn’t lay eyes on him again for over four years- even after I’d met him on Long Island I didn’t realize it was the same man.”    It’s so easy to reduce Daisy to the materialstic skank that stays with an awful man for the money because Nick looks at her like that by the end of the book, but I want to suggest, Fitzgerald is doing something so much more interesting than that.  She has a white childhood- nothing the color- but Daisy is Fitzgerald’s doppelganger.  I want to point out something many people have observed- neither Daisy nor Gatsby are every described physically.  Gatsby is described by his dress- Daisy is described by her voice- everything else we have to create in our imaginations.  They aren’t real- they are both dreams.  But while Gatsby goes away and keeps the dream alive for five years- Daisy’s dream of Gatsby dies early.  Notice that as she sits in that car, Jordan remembers it becaue of the way Gatsby looks at her- in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time.” What’s more dreamy than that- but the very next paragraph Daisy’s dream is over.  Read what Fitzgerald says,     “Wild rumors were circulating about her- how her mother had found her packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say good-by to a soldier who was going overseas.  She was effectually prevented, but she wasn’t on speaking terms with her family for several weeks.  After that she didn’t play around with soldiers anymore, but only with a few flat-footed short-sighted young men in town, who couldn't get into the army at all.  By the next autumn she was gay again, as gay as ever.  She had a debut after the Armistice, and in February she was presumably engaged to a man from New Orleans.  In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago, with more pomp and circumstance than Louisville ever knew before.  He came down with a hundred people in four private cars, and hired a whole floor of the Seelbach Hotel, and the day before the wedding he gave her a string of pearls valued at three-hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”    BTW- I looked up how much that would be today- and the estimates started around 4 million.    True- but the next part is what I want to highlight.  Let me read what Jordan says, “I wa a bridesmaid.  I came into her room half an hour before the b ridal dinner, and found her lying on her bad as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress- and as drunk as a monkey.  She had a bottle of Sauterne in one hand and a letter in the other. “Gradulate me,” she muttered.  “Never had a drink before, but oh how I do enjoy it.”  What’s the matter, Daisy” I was scared, I can tell you; I’d never seen a girl like that before.  “Here, deares”She groped around in a waste-based she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string of pearls. “Take ‘em down-stairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ‘em Daisy’s change her mine. Say “Daisy’s change her mind. “  She began to cry- she cried and cried.  I rushed out and found her mother’s maid, and we locked the door and got her back into a cold bath. She wouldn’t let go of the letter.  She took it into the tub with her and squeezed it up with a wet ball, and only let me leave it in the soap-dish when she saw that it was coming to pieces like snow.  But she didn’t say another word.  We gave her spirits of ammonia and put ice on her forehead and hooked her back into her dress, and half an hour later, when we walked out of the room, the pearls were around her neck and the incident was over.  Next at five o’clock she married Tom Buchanan without so much as a shiver, and started off on a three months trip to the South Beach.  I saw them in Santa Barbar when they came back, and I thought I’d never seen a girl so mad about her husband.  If he left the room for a minute she’d look around uneasily, and say, “Where’s tom gone…….let me skip down to the end of the paragraph…skipping over the part where Daisy spends hours rubbing fingers over his eyes…after I left Santa Barbara Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car.  The girl who was with him got into the papers, too, becaue her arm was broken- she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel.    Wow- well, there are eyes, cars and a lot of the stuff we’ve talked about before.    True- but there’s another really important thing to notice- WATER.  Water plays a huge role in the book- it’s between the eggs, in chapter 5 we’ll talk about the rain, but what does it mean- well- we’ve talked about this in several books- but water is the most primal of archtypes- it’s important in every religion as a sign of rebirth and renewal- which is what’s going on here.  Daisy got baptized the night before her wedding- she went under that icey water and let her letter from Gatsby disintegrate and she came up the ice princess- a woman so devoid of feeling that she exist in a world where she knows she’s nothing both an ornament,  a statue or a collector’s item- the golden girl.  Gatsy founded his vision on Daisy Fay- the fairy- the girl he described as “gleaming like silver safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor”. We’re going to see in chapter 5 that he literally glows in her presence.  But that girl came down to reality well before Gatsby every did.  You’re going to see next week that Gatsby has two baptisms himself, and one is in his backyard in the swimming pool.      Yikes- well after Fitzgerald destroys Daisy’s dream- he goes after Gatsby- at the end of chapter 4, Fitzgerald gives the narrator role back to Nick.  Jordan finishes her story by talking about how Gatsby’s house is across the water from Daisy’s house.  “But it wasn’t a coincidence at all. “Why not.” “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.”  Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night.  He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor.  “He wants to know , “continued Jordan” if you’ll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over.”  The modesty of the demand shook me.  He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths- so that he could “come over” some afternoon to a stranger’s garden.”  …Jordan ends her chat with Nick telling him he’s supposed to set it up but Daisy isn’t supposed to know about it…then Nick and Jordan make out in the car in quite possibly the most unromantic love scene I’ve ever read, “Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs, and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms.  Her wan, scornful mouth smiled, and so I drew her up again closer, this time to my face.    Isn’t there a cliché- if you can’t be with the one you love- love the one you’re with.    This is even worse than that- if you can’t find someone to love- be with a disembodied face.    Chapter 5 is the big meeting- the middle of the chapter- the chapter Fitzgerald told Max Perkins his editor, he loved the most.     It’s also where, from my perspective, this is where we see a lot of the mythical qualities stand out which makes me think Greek- as you know because Shakespeare did a lot with this- Empedocles, the Greek philosopher came up with the famous four-part theory kind of saying everything comes from air, water, earth and fire- and as we see Fitzgerald play around with all the traditional colors, I can’t help but see him play around with the traditional basic elements that the ancients thought created the world.      Great point- there everywhere- Daisy floats around, the valley of ashes is the earth, Manhattan is fire hot, and then there is all this emphasis on water- which we’re going to see water play such an important role in the most important parts of the story-.here in chapter 5, after Gatsby tries unsuccessfully to recruit Nick to work for the mob- which was a kind of funny exchange- we arrive at the famous moment where Gatsby and Daisy meet- and it is “POURING RAIN”- and rain means rebirth, regeneration- Gatsby- it’s also blistering hot- there are references t “pink clouds” after Daisy visits the mansion.  It’s all there all the elements that make for recreating the world- except as we know- this is all an illusion.   It’s all fake.  But let’s walk it back and go through this scene- with the archetypes in the back of our mind with the colors and the Greek elements- but they are the supporting details- the real focus of this chapter is on Gatsby’s absolute determination to walk back time.  Matthew Bruccoli wasTHE premiere American expert on F. Scott Fitzgerald, he died in 2008, but he wrote the preface which is in the authorized version of the book that most students at least in this country use- it has the blue face with eyes in the middle of the cover and red lipstick with the fire of the city below.  Anyway, in his preface, he says that Fitzgerald references time 450 – 87 direct references to the word itself- never mind the constant use of time symbolism.  That is really what I want us to focus on for the rest of this discussion because at the end of the day- what Gatsby wants to do is stop time.  He wants to walk back time.  When he walks in with his white suit and gold tie- he wants to recreate the moment Jordan told us about when he met Daisy this first time- except this time he’s an version of himself that would have been competitive with Tom or whatever image he has made up in his nmind.  Daisy with her “clear artificial note” says, “I certainly am awfully glad to see you again.”  And what does he do, he leans his head so far back that it rest against the face of a defunct mantlepiece clock.  As Gatsby talks the clock tilts dangerously at the pressure of his head and he has to turn and catch it before it crashes and breaks.   When Gatsby says, “I’m sorry about the clock.”  He IS sorry about the clock.  He’s sorry about the lost five years.     For Gatsby, his body is in the present but his mind is five years in the past.  I don’t really want to get Freudian but this does remind me of a Freud quote, Freud says, ““We call a belief an illusion when a wish-fulfilment is a prominent factor in its motivation” (Freud, 1962, p. 28)   Yes, and for Gatsby this is something money can buy- time is something you can create; something you can buy- like everything else that is for sale in this world.  If you’re rich enough you can buy everything- even time- even Daisy.      The scene where Gatsby takes Daisy over to his house in the movie version with Leonardo DiCaprio is so memorable.  And now that you mentioned colors- I tend to notice them.  There is a gold odor- whatever that could be- and a lot of purple which is made from blue and red- this scene is about the illusion of love.    Yep- now you’re tracking with Fitzgerald.  Here’s a good line, they are in Gatsby’s bedroom and he is evaluating everything in his house according to the measure of Daisy’s response to it.  Then it says this, “After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence.  He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity.  Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an overwound clock.” Now that is poetic language if you have ever read it!!!     The funniest scene to me is the one with the shirts.    I know.  It’s funny and I think we should keep reading.      Recovering himself in a minute he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets which help his massed suits and dressing gowns and ties, and his shrits, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high.  “I’ve got a man in England who buys me clothes.  He sends over a selection of things at the beginning of each seasons, spring and fall.”    He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, one by one, before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel, which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray.  While we admired he brought more and the soft rich heap mounted higher- shirts with stripes and scrolls and plaids in coral and apple-green and lavender and faint orange,with monograms of Indian blue.  Suddenly with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shrts and began to cry stormily.  “They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such- such beautiful shirts before.”    Why do you think she cries?  I have always found this strange.      Well, of course, I don’t know.  But it could be a couple of things- you know, like you mentioned about Daisy, the ice queen from the previous chapter- Daisy may be understanding what Gatsby doesn’t- that this is an illusion their relationship isn’t real.   It could be that Daisy is regretting marrying Tom and thinking about having a life with Gatsby.  But honestly, when I put on- my historical lens, I remember that this is the 1920s, WW1 destroyed for the people, and not just American people, but people in England, Germany, France and Spain- it destroyed for so many the values on which they had created their whole culture and identity. if I look at this book the way you’ve been wanting us to look at it- full of symbolism, mythology and meaning- I land on the idea that for many people up to that point, and even today, we believe that love and materialism are not connected.  People won’t love you because of your money, not really, and you can have love even if you don’t have money.  I mean, we can subscribe to those ideas- but what we see in Daisy is someone who, in her own words, is cynical- that’s the first thing she told us about herself.  This is the woman who literally wants her daughter to be a beautiful fool- and here’s she’s crying.  In general, cynical people don’t cry.  So why is she crying, one idea is because Daisy, like so many of her generation, finds the shirts and the materialism they represent the substitute for the innocent fulfilling love of her white past- the one she doesn’t believe in anymore- the one that doesn’t exist- it’s a beautiful moment that she shares with Gatsby- but she believes the shirts are safe real thing in the room- and that would make me cry too.      Well, it’s certainly possible that this encounter with the real Daisy instead of the one Gatsby had made up in his head is having a similar effect on Gatsby himself.  He says this, “If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay.” “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.”  Remember Green is the color of growth but also the color of money.    Daisy put her arm through his abruptly, but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said.  Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever.  Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemd very near to her, almost touching her.  It had seemed as close as a star to the moon.  Now it was again a green light on a dock.  His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.      Daisy calls then to the window just a little while later and we see that the rain is still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea.  “Look at that” she whispered and then after a moment, “I’d like to just get one of those pink could and put you in it and push you around.”    And this chapter which at face value is absolutely as romantic as this book will ever get ends with such cynicism, such irony- it’s very much the nihilism and post modernism so often seen in the 1920s.  Klipsinger is playing two songs that were super popular in the 1920s, you can listen to them on youtube.  The love nest was a very popular song about a house.  It literally says that the love nest is a small house on a farm but filled with warmth and love inside and is better than a palace with a gilded dome- yikes- this house is the gilded one.  The second song, the one actually quoted in the text is from a song called “Aint’ we Got Fun”.  The lines in the book read this, “One thing’s sure and nothing’s surer the rich get richer and the poor get- children”.      Both Daisy had Gatsby pursued love in their youth-  but they aren’t those people any more.  Daisy is the ice queen, and Gatsby created his own Daisy something he can literally purchase- and  that’s not love either, not really.  Fitzgerald’s sarcasm is in the song choice.  The chapter ends like this, “As I went over to say good-by I saw that the expression of Bewilderment had come back into Gatsby’s face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness.  Almost five year!  There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusions.  It had gone beyond her, beyond everything.  He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way.  No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.  As I watched him he adjust himself a little, visibly.  His hand took hers, and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a rush of emotion.  I think that voice help him most, with it fluctuating, feverish warmth because it oculdn’t be over-dreamed- that voice was a deathless song.    And of course Nick leaves them to go walk in the rain.    What do you think?   You don’t have the Jane Austen happy ending feeling do you?    No.  You really don’t.   

Today we celebrate a Swiss philosopher who loved nature. We’ll remember the famous Panama orchid hunter whose orchids were displayed on this day 93 years ago. We'll also learn about a fascinating discovery by a botanist who was exploring Death Valley on this day last year. We hear a thought-provoking excerpt about pruning as a metaphor for life. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about Mycelium - a network of fine white filaments beneath our feet. And then we’ll wrap things up with a beautiful Garden Museum that opened on this day in 1985.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. 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I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events May 11, 1881 Today is the anniversary of the death of the Swiss moral philosopher, poet, critic, and nature-lover, Henri Frederic Amiel. Henri used the garden as a metaphor for life. He wrote, “Before my history can teach anybody anything, or even interest myself, it must be disentangled from its materials, distilled and simplified. These thousands of pages are but the pile of leaves and bark from which the essence has still to be extracted. A whole forest of cinchonas are worth but one cask of quinine. A whole Smyrna rose-garden goes to produce one vial of perfume.” Henri also recognized the healing power of nature. On June 3, 1849, he wrote, “Come, kind nature, smile and enchant me! Veil from me awhile my own griefs and those of others; let me see only the folds of thy queenly mantle, and hide all miserable and ignoble things from me under thy bounties and splendors!” On April 29, 1852, Henri wrote about his spring garden. “I went out into the garden to see what progress the spring was making. I strolled from the irises to the lilacs, round the flower-beds, and in the shrubberies.  Reverie is the Sunday of thought; It is like a bath which gives vigor and suppleness… to the mind as to the body; the banquet of the butterfly wandering from flower to flower over the hills and in the fields. And remember, the soul too is a butterfly.” And also,  in this passage, Henri famously advised, “A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.”   May 11, 1928 On this day, Abel Aken Hunter shared some of his orchid collection at the Third Annual National Orchid Show held at Madison Square Garden. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported: "A mile of orchids, representing every known variety and worth more than $1,000,000 may be seen in the exhibit."  Abel Aken Hunter’s entry was specifically mentioned as, "Another extraordinary collection in the show was brought from the jungles of Central America by A. A. Hunter of Balboa, Panama."  In a biography of Abel’s older brother, it was mentioned that all the kids in the Hunter family were, "born naturalists, for they knew all the birds and many of the plants and insects around Lincoln, [Nebraska]." Incidentally, Abel studied botany at the University of Nebraska. And like many botanists of his time, he fit his passion for botany around his career. He’d been working for the United States Postal Service since he was 15 years old and Abel’s 30-year Post Office career facilitated his collecting efforts all through his life. In 1906, Abel transferred to the post office in the Canal Zone in Panama. The move was perfect for Abel; his pay jumped to $1,250 a month, and he was smack dab in the middle of a botanical paradise. The year 1910 brought a fateful friend to Abel: the amateur horticulturist and nurse Charles Powell. And although Charles was two decades older than Abel, the two men got on famously. In addition to their love of botany, they shared a passion for fishing. Once, while they were fishing, they spied an incredible sight. Abel is recorded as saying, "Look, Powell – orchids! Oodles of orchids! Treefuls of orchids! Let's get some of 'em." That day, they brought home a "boat-load of orchids," and the orchids made their way to collectors across the globe. A few years later, after the Canal work in Gorgona wrapped up, both Abel and Charles transferred to Balboa. In Balboa, Abel and Charles coordinated their vacation requests to accommodate their botanizing trips in Panama. In the meantime, Charles created a special relationship with the Missouri Botanical Garden and he sent them 7,000 plants. In return, MOBOT established a Tropical Station in Balboa and Charles Powell served as its first director. Abel succeeded him, and during their tenure, the Station became a jewel in the crown of MOBOT. By the mid-1920s, Abel was collecting with MOBOT experts like George Harry Pring, who recalled, "To obtain… new species it is necessary to climb the 'barrancas' [steep, rocky slopes], ford streams, cut one's way through the jungle, and hunt for the coveted orchid, and it is truly a hunt. Abel's sharp eyes detected almost everything within range." A week before Thanksgiving in 1934, the Director of Mobot sent a party of three researchers, including Paul Allen, down to work with Abel; their primary mission was to find where the Sobralia powellii orchid originated. Abel's gut told him it would be near the headwaters of the river they were exploring. For three days, they made their way through rapids and a tropical rainstorm. Nothing went their way and they were ready to give up. As they were standing at the edge of a natural pool near the crater of an ancient volcano, Paul decided to jump in for a swim. As he climbed out, Paul's journal records this fantastical moment: "Climbing out [of the pool] on the opposite side my astonished gaze was met by a plant with great milky white buds nearly ready to open. The long-sought prize, Sobralia powellii, had been found. Its native home was no longer a mystery." Paul Allen called this area "a garden of orchids" and would not disclose the exact location. Abel and Paul found hundreds of small orchids in this spot; incredibly, many were even new to Abel. It was a veritable orchid treasure trove. This trip was everything to Abel. He had been diagnosed with intestinal cancer and it would be his final orchid hunt. When it was clear he could not go on, Paul brought Abel to a hospital in Panama City, where he died on April 6, 1935. Paul Allen finished the expedition alone. After his death, Abel's wife, Mary, operated the station at Balboa for 18 months until, fittingly, Paul Allen was appointed Director. Paul Allen traveled to Balboa with his new bride, Dorothy. They had been married for ten days. As for Abel Aken Hunter, many orchids have been named in his honor, including the Coryanthes Hunteranum, or the Golden Bucket orchid.   May 11, 2020 It was on this day that a botanist discovered the wreckage of a CIA plane that crashed in January 1952 in Death Valley. The botanist was filming his hike in the valley - sharing the various specimens he encountered. I shared the film in the Facebook group for the show. In the film, the plane is initially seen in the distance. It’s only after the botanist researches the wreckage that the story of plane becomes clear. Air Live reported that, “It turned out the plane has been there for 68 years. In January 1952 [the] SA-16 Albatross was flying from Idaho to San Diego supporting classified CIA Cold War operations when its left engine caught fire over Death Valley, California and the plane began losing altitude and velocity. The pilot gave the order to evacuate the plane and all 6 people on board jumped out the back door! They parachuted and safely landed 14 miles north of Furnace Creek which they then hiked to.”   Unearthed Words Whether working in the yard or just going about the daily business of life, you are continually adjusting, trimming, touching, shaping, and tinkering with the wealth of things around you. It may be difficult for you to know when to stop. We are all torn between the extremes of taking care of things and leaving them alone, and we question whether many things could ever get along without us. We find ourselves with pruning shears in hand, snipping away at this or that, telling ourselves that we're only being helpful, redefining something else's space, removing that which is unappealing to us. It's not that we really want to change the world. We just want to fix it up slightly. We'd like to lose a few pounds or rid ourselves of some small habit. Maybe we'd like to help a friend improve his situation or repair a few loose ends in the lives of our children. All of this shaping and controlling can have an adverse effect. Unlike someone skilled in the art of bonsai gardening, we may *unintentionally* stunt much natural growth before it occurs. And our meddling may not be appreciated by others. Most things will get along superbly without our editing, fussing, and intervention. We can learn to just let them be. As a poem of long ago puts it, "In the landscape of spring, the flowering branches grow naturally, some are long, some are short.” ― Gary Thorp, Sweeping Changes: Discovering the Joy of Zen in Everyday Tasks   Grow That Garden Library Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets This book came out in 2005, and the subtitle is How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World In this book, Paul shares the power of mushrooms and how growing mushrooms is the best way to save the environment. As Paul explains, “The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called “mycelium”--the fruit of which are mushrooms--recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new soil.” Paul is passionate about using mycelium to tackle everything from toxic wastes and pollutants, silt in streambeds, pathogens in watersheds, pest control, and general forest and garden health.   This book is 356 pages of myco-restoration - using mycelium and mushrooms for restoration and environmental health. You can get a copy of Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $18   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart May 11, 1985 On this day the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Long Island City, Queens, officially opened to the public. It was the first American museum established by a living artist for the display of his own work. A modernist sculptor and designer, Isamu founded and designed the museum in a repurposed 1920s red brick industrial building. The two-story Museum contains approximately 27,000 square feet of exhibition space and includes a sculpture garden. The beautiful Zen Garden can also be spied from the staircase exit on the second floor. It was the Japanese-American artist, Isamu Noguchi who said, When the time came for me to work with larger spaces, I conceived them as gardens, not as sites with objects but as relationships to a whole. The art of stone in a Japanese garden is that of placement. Its ideal does not deviate from that of nature. And he also had two other sayings that can be applied to the work of garden designers. When an artist stops being a child, he stops being an artist. We are a landscape of all we have seen.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

*Fueled by revenge or madness, a Michigan farmer does the unthinkable — generations before it became in vogue*. *oooOOOooo--------oooOOOooo--------oooOOOooo------* *References:* From the newspaper archives of the Lansing State Journal, The Windsor Star, Wisconsin State Journal, San Francisco Call, Reno Gazette Journal, The Butte Miner, The New York Times, The Neosho Daily, The Battle Creek Enquirer, The Times Herald, The Forth Worth Record, The Bristol Herald, The Detroit Free Press, The Freeport Journal, The Grande Island Daily Indepependence, The Argus Leader, The News Pallad, The Escanaba Daily, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Daily Telegram, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Herald-Examiner, The Associate Press, United Press International. Transcript of the May 23-25, 1927 Clinton County, Michigan Coroner's Inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the Bath School Superintendent, Emory Eli Huyck, on May 18, 1927 in the Village of Bath, Michigan. http://www.msu.edu/ ~daggy/tbsd/bsdlrp.htm http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/history/disaster.htm http://harte.us.net/news/18.htm Bath Massacre, by Arnie Bernstein, Copyright 2009 American Murder: Criminals, Crime and the Media, by Mike Mayo, Copyright 2008 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-topic/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

YESTERDAY’S NEWS -- Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism...The Lawrence/Foster/Disbrow AffairEpisode 423 delves into a love triangle gone awry. When two sides of the triangle, including an expert swimmer and sailor, are found drowned dead in a Long Island bay, suspicion immediately falls upon the third, even though the coroner declares the whole thing an accident.Culled from the historic pages of The New York World, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The New York Tribune, and other newspapers of the era.***A creation Of Pulpular MediaAlso from Pulpular Media:Portals to Possibility, an improvised mock-talk show that proves you don’t have to be human to be good people. Visit pulpular.com/portals2 for a brand-new episode.Catastrophic Calamaties, Exploring the famous and forgotten disasters of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! Some listeners choose to support this podcast by checking in at the Safe House at www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian, to get early access, exclusive content, and whatever personal services you require.Some listeners don’t want to pledge monthly support but just want to send a few bucks this way. You can do that at www.buymeacoffee.com/crimehistorian. You can also subscribe to a $5 monthly or $50 annual membership!***Musical contributors include Nico Vitesse, Lucia La Rezza, Joyie, Danielle Mo, and Dave Sams.Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com.Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music.Media management by Sean Miller-JonesRichard O Jones, Executive Producer

Jack the Ripper is just one of many "Bad Jacks."  There was "Jack the Kisser," "Jack the Peeper," and "Jack the Smasher."  Then there was our Jack.  What was his obsession?  Click here to order your copy of Remember This?, a collection of 50 incredible but true stories about the world you only thought you knew."Remember This?" is a listener supported podcast made possible by the contributions of individuals and institutions who believe in the mission of providing thoroughly researched stories.  If you enjoy the "Remember This?" podcast, please donate by clicking the link above.  Individuals and institutions who donate to "Remember This?" ensure that we are able to continue sharing real stories about real people with a twist.  Donations of any size help advance this service.  Click here to donate.    Visit BradDison.Com for more Real Stories about Real People...with a Twist.Sources:1.  Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express, February 20, 1889, p.4.2.  The Brooklyn Citizen, January 21, 1891, p.1.3.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 28, 1891, p.6.4.  The Hope Pioneer (Hope, North Dakota), April 22, 1892, p.2.5.  The Des Moines Register, June 5, 1905, p.5.6.  The Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1914, p.13.7.  The Sacramento Star, April 28, 1914, p.8.8.  The Ottawa Citizen, January 3, 1947, p.21.9.  The News (Paterson, New Jersey), January 22, 1947, p.30.10.  The Birmingham News, July 27, 1947, p.10.

A Mother-In-Law’s RevengeYESTERDAY’S NEWS -- Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism...The Horrible Horner-Simpson AffairEpisode 404 is jam-packed with crazy when a fun-loving dentist is charged with the double-barrel shotgun murder of his father-in-law. The family dynamic seems to go off the rails in the lead-in to the trial, and there are a couple of interesting subplots to keep things going, including a long-lost relative and the sad story of the only eye-witness to the affair.Culled from the historic pages of the New York World, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and other newspapers of the era.***I want you to start living a happier life today. BetterHelp can be the way to find one. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting www.BetterHelp.com/historian .Download Best Fiends, like best friends without the R, for your device and join me in a fanciful quest in this challenging and cheerful puzzle game. ***A creation Of Pulpular MediaAlso from Pulpular Media:Portals to Possibility, an improvised mock-talk show that proves you don’t have to be human to be good people. Visit pulpular.com/portals2 for a brand-new episode.Catastrophic Calmaties, Exploring the famous and forgotten disasters of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! Visit catastrophiccalamities.com for new episodes twice a month.Some listeners choose to support this podcast by signing up for a premium account on Himalaya, the official podcast player of True Crime Historian, where you can get the first month free by using the promotional code HISTORIAN when you check out.Some listeners choose to support this podcast by checking in at the Safe House at www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian, to get early access, exclusive content, and whatever personal services you require.***Opening theme by Danielle Mo.Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com.Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music.Media management by Sean Miller-JonesRichard O Jones, Executive Producer

Called a “notorious quack,” Dr. Francis Tumblety was a peddler of fake medicines, an abortionist, part of the Lincoln assassination plot, or even Jack the Ripper – depending on who you believe. We’ll look at his career and crimes and whether or not he’s even viable as a Ripper suspect. Podcast Site: https://forgottendarkness.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDarkness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agable_fd/ Part of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/ My Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/forgdark/ Opening music from https://filmmusic.io. “Anguish” and "Dark Child" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Closing music by Soma. SOURCES Buffalo (NY) Evening Post, July 25, 1856. London Times, December 1, 1873. New York Herald, February 8, 1869. Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser, April 4, 1881. Saint John (New Brunswick) Morning Freeman, October 16, 1860. “Dr. Tumblety.” Buffalo Evening Courier and Republic, March 13, 1862. “Dr. Tumblety.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 23, 1888. “Dr. Tumblety’s Case.” Montreal Pilot, September 25, 1857. “Dr. Tumblety Has Flown.” New York World, December 6, 1888. “Dr. Tumblety in New York.” St. Thomas (Ontario) Weekly Dispatch, March 28, 1861. “Dr. Tumblety Kills A Man and Runs Away.” Detroit Free Press, October 7, 1860. “Dr. Tumblety Talks.” Troy (AL) Messenger, February 7, 1889. “Eccentricities of Dr. Tumblety.” Pittsburgh Dispatch, June 6, 1889. “Fortune Won By Herbs Root of Bitter Fight.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 28, 1903. “Herbs, Salts and Cider.” Brooklyn Eagle, April 27, 1890. “Inquest.” Saint John (New Brunswick) Morning Freeman, September 29, 1860. “Jack is Back.” Lansing (MI) State Journal, November 10, 2002. “Law Intelligence.” Montreal Pilot, September 28, 1857. “Legal Medicine – Tumblety Affair.” Le Courier du Canada, November 4, 1857. “Legal Medicine – Continuation of the Report of Mr. LaRue.” Le Courier du Canada, November 6, 1857. “Mendacity of Quacks.” Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. 91 (1875). “Police.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 6, 1864. “Police Court.” Montreal Pilot, September 26, 1857. “Recollections of a Police Magistrate.” Canadian Magazine, vol. 54 (November 1919 – April 1920). “The ‘American Doctor’ and His Patients.” Liverpool Mercury, January 19, 1875. “The Arrest of Dr. Tumblety, the Indian Herb Doctor, on a Charge of Attempting to Procure an Abortion.” Montreal Pilot, September 23, 1857. “The Assassination.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 4, 1865. “The Case of Mr. Tumblety.” Montreal Pilot, September 24, 1857. “The ‘Eccentric’ Dr. Twomblety.” New York World, November 19, 1888. “The Indian Doctor in Court.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 10, 1864. “The Missing Tumblety.” Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, December 3, 1888. “The Search for the Whitechapel Murderer.” Pall Mall Gazette, December 31, 1888. “The Tumblety Case.” Montreal Pilot, September 30, 1857. “The Whitechapel Murders.” Quebec Daily Mercury, November 22, 1888. “To the Editor of the Pilot.” Montreal Pilot, September 16, 1857. “Tumblety Arrested.” New York Evening World, June 5, 1889. “Tumblety is in the City.” New York World, December 3, 1888. “Tumblety is Missing.” New York World, December 2, 1888. “Watch Him.” St.Louis Evening Star-Sayings, December 3, 1888. Riordan, Timothy B. Prince of Quacks: The Notorious Life of Dr. Francis Tumblety, Charlatan and Jack the Ripper Suspect. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2009. Shelley, Thomas J. “Twentieth Century American Catholicism and Irish Americans.” In Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States (J.J. Lee and Marion R. Casey, eds.). Tumblety, Francis. A Few Passages in the Life of Dr. Francis Tumblety, the Indian Herb Doctor. Cincinnati: Published by the Author, 1866. https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-life-and-crimes-of-francis-tumblety/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Comstock https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34152435/ezra-j-reynolds http://jtrforums.com/archive/index.php/t-6440.html https://www.historicmysteries.com/dr-francis-tumblety/ http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=2880 https://abrahamlincolnatgettysburg.wordpress.com/tag/david-herold/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine https://stevenhager.net/2014/09/27/charles-dunham-is-a-key-to-the-lincoln-assassination/ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-fenian-invasion-of-canada

Because this episode comes out on Halloween, we thought it would be fun to delve into our archives to see how Brooklynites historically celebrated the holiday, and what superstitions we may have forgotten.

YESTERDAY’S NEWS -- Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told from historic newspapers in the golden age of yellow journalism... The Senator, The Embezzler, And The Girl They Loved Episode 356 takes a look at a scandalous murder and failed suicide attempt that leaves the perpetrator blind and a state senator defending not only his own honor, but that of the young lady who got the worst of the whole affair. Culled from the historic pages of the New York Daily News, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and other newspapers of the era. *** A creation Of Pulpular Media Also from Pulpular Media: Portals to Possibility, an improvised comedy about an alternate reality, where monsters are real--and hilarious!!! Visit pulpular.com/portals for a brand-new episode. Catastrophic Calmaties, Exploring the famous and forgotten disasters of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! Want to get a jump on the next episode of True Crime Historian? Why then, download the new podcast app Himalaya and get all new episodes a day early, then drop a buck in the tip jar for True Crime Historian. Or sign up for Himalaya Plus and for premium content and other special features. Or you can support your favorite podcaster at www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian. Just a dollar an episode reserves your bunk at the safe house and access to exclusive content and whatever personal services you require. *** Opening theme by Nico Vitesse. Incidental music by Nico Vitesse, Chuck Wiggins, and Dave Sams. Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com. Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music. Media management by Sean Miller-Jones Richard O Jones, Executive Producer

Author Rich Cohen joins Tim to talk about his latest book called The Last Pirate of New York. As the title would suggest, it's about the end of the days of pirates in New York, and the birth of the celebrity gangster, all in the story of one man, Albert Hicks and the grisly case in 1860 that changed the way Americans saw crime. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/Last_Pirate_of_New_York_auphonic.mp3   In the 1990s John Gotti was the face of organized crime in New York, following a long tradition of gangsters in the Big Apple. Long before him, there was Lucky Luciano and Tammany Hall. But where did it all get started? And who started it all? These are the kinds of questions that were on the mind of Rich Cohen as he dug deeper and deeper into New York's organized crime history. The end result was his book, “The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation.” The Scene on March 21, 1860 A boat adrift. The crew of the J.R. Mather saw it when the boats crashed into each other. Saw a darkened, lifeless boat but had to get back to port to fix their own damage quickly. Another boat came upon it less than an hour later. That boat was the Telegraph. They boarded the boat. The EA Johnson (an oyster sloop) was found on March 21st 1860. It was floating in New York's Lower Bay off Brooklyn. Its foresails were torn off during a predawn collision with the J.R. Mather. The scene was grisly. The crew had vanished, but down in the cabin, the crew found ax marks in the ceiling and the floor, a sailor's shirt with slash marks from a knife, and drawers and closets ransacked. Pools of blood ran from beam to beam as the ship swayed in the waves. Blood was everywhere. The Police detectives would find four amputated fingers and a thumb still clinging to the starboard rail. Newspapers and Public Reaction Word of mouth was extremely powerful and fast at that time. Word would spread through the ship crews and in the taverns and tenements. The shipyards and maritime life was centered in what is now the Financial District. The major newspapers that covered the crime were the New York Herald, New York Sun, Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the New York Times. The police followed the perpetrator's trail to him. Albert Hicks was described as stalky and strong and handsome. He was also described as having an unsettling look in his eyes. He was an alcoholic. Known as aloof and a mean drunk. He had a wife and a son who did not know of his alternate life. He was a career criminal known as a “pirate.” He would admit to committing crimes from New Orleans to Hawaii, always coming back to New York. He used an alias which was “William Johnson.” The Trial He was held in a large prison building called the Halls of Justice, but they were better known as the Tombs because they resembled the tombs of the ancient Egyptians. Corruption was rampant. Some prisoners had it pretty good thanks to bribes to the warden and jail guards. Hicks didn't have it that good. The trial at U.S. Circuit Court on Chambers Street drew standing room only crowds. Hicks became a prototype of an American archetype – the celebrity gangster. The U.S. marshal detaining Hicks at The Tombs prison was a corrupt politician and gambling kingpin who also ran the toughest gang in Five Points. Hicks confessed to stealing $150 in gold and silver coins; $26 in money; a watch from the captain and some clothes. After being found guilty and sentenced, Hicks was executed on Bedloe's Island. That island is better known as Liberty Island today, where the Statue of Liberty now stands. Links The Last Pirate of New York, by Rich Cohen (Amazon) A Walking Tour of New York, Circa 1860, Accompanied by the Last Pirate, Vulture "The Last Pirate of New York" Review, Wall Street Journal About this Episode's Guest Rich Cohen Photo Credit: Pascal Perich

Author Rich Cohen joins Tim to talk about his latest book called The Last Pirate of New York. As the title would suggest, it’s about the end of the days of pirates in New York, and the birth of the celebrity gangster, all in the story of one man, Albert Hicks and the grisly case in 1860 that changed the way Americans saw crime. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/Last_Pirate_of_New_York_auphonic.mp3   In the 1990s John Gotti was the face of organized crime in New York, following a long tradition of gangsters in the Big Apple. Long before him, there was Lucky Luciano and Tammany Hall. But where did it all get started? And who started it all? These are the kinds of questions that were on the mind of Rich Cohen as he dug deeper and deeper into New York’s organized crime history. The end result was his book, “The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation.” The Scene on March 21, 1860 A boat adrift. The crew of the J.R. Mather saw it when the boats crashed into each other. Saw a darkened, lifeless boat but had to get back to port to fix their own damage quickly. Another boat came upon it less than an hour later. That boat was the Telegraph. They boarded the boat. The EA Johnson (an oyster sloop) was found on March 21st 1860. It was floating in New York’s Lower Bay off Brooklyn. Its foresails were torn off during a predawn collision with the J.R. Mather. The scene was grisly. The crew had vanished, but down in the cabin, the crew found ax marks in the ceiling and the floor, a sailor’s shirt with slash marks from a knife, and drawers and closets ransacked. Pools of blood ran from beam to beam as the ship swayed in the waves. Blood was everywhere. The Police detectives would find four amputated fingers and a thumb still clinging to the starboard rail. Newspapers and Public Reaction Word of mouth was extremely powerful and fast at that time. Word would spread through the ship crews and in the taverns and tenements. The shipyards and maritime life was centered in what is now the Financial District. The major newspapers that covered the crime were the New York Herald, New York Sun, Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the New York Times. The police followed the perpetrator’s trail to him. Albert Hicks was described as stalky and strong and handsome. He was also described as having an unsettling look in his eyes. He was an alcoholic. Known as aloof and a mean drunk. He had a wife and a son who did not know of his alternate life. He was a career criminal known as a “pirate.” He would admit to committing crimes from New Orleans to Hawaii, always coming back to New York. He used an alias which was “William Johnson.” The Trial He was held in a large prison building called the Halls of Justice, but they were better known as the Tombs because they resembled the tombs of the ancient Egyptians. Corruption was rampant. Some prisoners had it pretty good thanks to bribes to the warden and jail guards. Hicks didn’t have it that good. The trial at U.S. Circuit Court on Chambers Street drew standing room only crowds. Hicks became a prototype of an American archetype – the celebrity gangster. The U.S. marshal detaining Hicks at The Tombs prison was a corrupt politician and gambling kingpin who also ran the toughest gang in Five Points. Hicks confessed to stealing $150 in gold and silver coins; $26 in money; a watch from the captain and some clothes. After being found guilty and sentenced, Hicks was executed on Bedloe’s Island. That island is better known as Liberty Island today, where the Statue of Liberty now stands. Links The Last Pirate of New York, by Rich Cohen (Amazon) A Walking Tour of New York, Circa 1860, Accompanied by the Last Pirate, Vulture "The Last Pirate of New York" Review, Wall Street Journal About this Episode’s Guest Rich Cohen Photo Credit: Pascal Perich

SERIAL KILLER CLIPSA reading of Yesterday’s News exploring one of History’s most prolific murderers. Mrs. Creighton’s Cocoa And Egg Nog Episode 307 is the epic tale of the serial killer Mary Frances Quevada Avery Creighton, who is generally credited with three poisonings, although she was acquitted in court on the first two. But 12 years later, she will find herself ensnared in a tangled web of adultery, pedophilia, and murder when she conspires with her live-in lover to poison his wife so that he can marry her teenage daughter. It’s a long and sordid tale, so settle in with your favorite beverage. Horror and indignation Culled from the historic pages of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and other newspapers of the era. *** A creation Of Pulpular Media Can’t wait for the next episode to drop? Download the new podcast app Himalaya and get all new episodes a day early, and drop a buck in the tip jar for True Crime Historian. Support your favorite podcaster at www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian. Just a dollar a month reserves your bunk at the safe house and access to exclusive content and whatever personal services you require. *** Opening theme by Nico Vitesse. Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com. Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music. Media management by Sean R. Miller-Jones Richard O Jones, Executive Producer

AN EYE FOR AN EYE -- A special edition of Yesterday’s News exploring the criminal justice system at its most extreme: Inflicting the Death Penalty... The Brownell-Bennett Dismemberments Episode 300 recounts a grisly pair of murders that are uncovered when New York City residents begin finding stray body parts around Brooklyn. The reporting isn’t terribly graphic, but there are a few ghastly descriptions. There’s your trigger warning. Culled from the historic pages of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the New York Daily News, and other newspapers of the era. *** A creation Of Pulpular Media Can’t wait for the next episode to drop? Download the new podcast app Himalaya and get all new episodes a day early, and drop a buck in the tip jar for True Crime Historian. Support your favorite podcaster at www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian. Just a dollar a month reserves your bunk at the safe house and access to exclusive content and whatever personal services you require. *** Opening theme by Nico Vitesse. Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com. Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music. Media management by Sean R. Miller-Jones Richard O Jones, Executive Producer

My guest today is Diana Bowers-Smith. Diana is the first archivist I’ve had as a guest on my podcast and after my conversation with her, I’d say its about time!! Diana works as an archivist in the Brooklyn Collection, Local History Division at the Brooklyn Public Library. Her recent investigative research settled the debate of the authenticity of the eagle statue that once marked the front entrance of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn’s main newspaper for over 100 years. Diana graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Art History, eventually moved back to NY and received two Masters from Pratt Institute, one in Art History and the other in Library and Information Science. There are numerous ways one can put a library science degree to work, but what was transformational for Diana was the public service aspect, at the heart of library science. Public service is as the heart of her devotion, as well as her genuine curiosity and refreshing thirst for knowledge. For example, listen to how Diana describes the history, lure and charm of Greenwood Cemetery! I learn something new whenever I am in her presence. Check out the show notes for links to Diana’s Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) work, her monthly blogs and check the BPL events calendar for the dates that Diana gives monthly tours of the Brooklyn Central Library - a national historic landmark. Last week, I featured guitarist, Perry Smith, Diana’s husband. You’ll hear how they both use their personal and professional platforms to help advance social justice and the causes they care about. Enjoy the podcast! Links: IG: @brooklyncollection Twitter: @brooklynology www.bklynlibrary.org/brooklyncollection the blog: brooklynology.org

Queens, 1930.  A serial killer shoots two men and sends bizarre coded messages to the press, nearly 40 years before the infamous Zodiac.  “3d parked car shooting laid to holdup man,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 20, 1930.“Another victim for New York's mystery slayer Thursday night,” Albuquerque Journal, June 20, 1930.“Deny harming balky witness in Nassau jail,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 10, 1933.“End of murders promised in new note by maniac,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 21, 1930.“Escaped L.I. inmate arrested in Phila. as maniac suspect,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 20, 1930.“First arrest made in hunt for crazy killer as third man is dying,” Canonsburg (PA) Daily Notes, June 20, 1930.“Girl is jailed as witness to grocer murder,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 16, 1930.“Gives final warning to seven more,” Belvidere (IL) Daily Republican, June 19, 1930.“Hunt killer as he looks for third victim,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 18, 1930.“Innocent man slain in robbery joke,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 11, 1930.McQueen, Kevin. New England Nightmares. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2018.“Mad slayer keeps Gotham police agog; 2 more dead,” Dubois (PA) Courier-Express, June 20, 1930.“Madman sought as chief pirate in yacht attack,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 14, 1931.“Make new arrest in 3X case, then let prisoner go,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 10, 1930.Morrow, Jason. Famous Crimes the World Forgot. Tulsa, OK: Historical Crime Detective, 2015.“Murderer tells cops he will strike again,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 10, 1937.“Necker killer eludes metropolitan police,” Kane (PA) Republican, June 21, 1930.“New York police fear red circle killer will return,” Eau Claire (WI) Leader-Telegram, October 6, 1937.Newton, Michael. The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes. New York: Facts on File, 2009.“Police suspect radio maniac as 3X slayer,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 23, 1931.“Sister of mad killer's victim ignores threat,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 22, 1930.“Suspect is held in recent murders near New York,” Corsicana (TX) Daiy Sun, July 9, 1930.“Suspect named by girl as Whitestone killer,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 14, 1930.“Youth admits he may be red circle killer,” San Mateo (CA) Times, October 11, 1937. Opening music by Soundeyet and Kevin MacLeod.Closing music by Soma.

This week we discuss upcoming plans from the city to convert the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to a temporary roadway for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway rehab plan, developments on a supertall skyscraper in Boerum Hill and the city's new Office of Nightlife.

rdYou are going to have to listen to this episode, if you want to find out what connects Jack the Ripper, Shakespeare, Winnie the Pooh - and New York City in 1891.      HISTORICAL REFERENCES:   Shakespeare / Jack The Ripper Mystery: Gardner, Charles W., The Doctor and The Devil (1894). Willemse, Cornelius, Behind the Green Lights (1931). Sante, Luc, Low Life (1990). Begg, Paul, The Forgotten Victims (2014). Tully, Jim, Prisoner 1167: The Madman Who Was Jack the Ripper. Sugden, Philip The Complete History of Jack the Ripper. Graham, Heather, Sacred Evil (2011) Shakespeare, William, The Merchant of Venice (1596). New York Times, April 25, 1891. New York Tribune, October 2, 1888. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 24, 1891. Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 25, 1891. Bismarck Daily Tribune – October 11, 1888. Boston Daily Globe on November 13, 1888. Police Blotter & Court News: Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 1, 1888. GUEST VOICES Jack The Ripper, Shakespeare and Winnie the Pooh: Carrie Brown / Shakespeare – Emma, co-host of S’laughter Podcast. NYC Police Inspector Thomas Byrne - Eoghan Maguire - Buddah0047 (twitter) and (mixer). Charles W. Gardner, Private Eye - – Sam Kulper of the Breakers podcast. NYC Police Recruit Instructor - Zane Sexton – from Shadowy Slicker podcast. Police Blotter & Court News: Police Blotter Narrator - Penny – of Murder She Spoke Podcast. Police Blotter Title Intro (voice) - Dennis Serra, host of Evil Podcast. Judge / Call to Order - John Doe, free lance actor and voice performer. Jack Kilroy (defendant) - Austin Beach of Audioblivious Productions. Municipal Judge (#1) - Scott Philips of Audioblivious Productions. Municipal Judge (#2) - Pete Lutz from the Pulp Pourri podcast, the Jake Dimes podcast, the Range Detective podcast; and the Save the Last Word for Me podcast. Outro Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host of the Forgotten News Podcast. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest I Knew A Guy SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org Gothic Music Ghost Piano Applause People Talking Gavel_-_3_Strikes_with_room_reverb Rimshot Tinkerbell Transition_Music OUTRO APHORISM: Source (paraphrase) – Chesterton, G.K., The Blue Cross (1910), reprinted in the Innocence of Father Brown, short story collection. T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!   HEY!  CONTACT US:   E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren   HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?!   PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES.   ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT! Just click on this PayPal link, to contribute. PAYPAL Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

In 1932 a quartet of Bronx gangsters set out to murder a friend of theirs in order to collect his life insurance. But Michael Malloy proved to be almost comically difficult to kill. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll review what one observer called "the most clumsily executed insurance scam in New York City history." We'll also burrow into hoarding and puzzle over the value of silence. Intro: In May 1856 Abraham Lincoln gave a fiery speech of which no record exists. Calvin S. Brown argued that Thomas De Quincey modeled the third part of his 1849 essay "The English Mail-Coach" deliberately on a musical fugue. Sources for our feature on Michael Malloy: Simon Read, On the House: The Bizarre Killing of Michael Malloy, 2005. Deborah Blum, The Poisoner's Handbook, 2011. Karen Abbott, "The Man Who Wouldn't Die," Smithsonian, Feb. 7, 2012. Isabelle Keating, "Doctor and Undertaker Held in 'Murder Trust,'" Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 12, 1933. "Insurance Murder Charged to Five," New York Times, May 13, 1933. "4 Murder Attempts Cited in Weird Insurance Plot," Altoona (Pa.) Tribune, May 13, 1933. "Murder Plot Seen in Another Death," New York Times, May 14, 1933. "Murder Inquiry Is Widened by Foley," New York Times, May 16, 1933. "Six Are Indicted in Insurance Plot," [Washington D.C.] Evening Star, May 17, 1933. "Indicted as Slayers in Insurance Plot," New York Times, May 17, 1933. "4 on Trial in Bronx Insurance Slaying," New York Times, Oct. 5, 1933. "4 Men Go on Trial in Old Insurance Plot," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Oct. 18, 1933. "Jury Weighs Fate of Four in Killing," New York Times, Oct. 19, 1933. "Four Men to Die for Bronx Killing," New York Times, Oct. 20, 1933. "Three Die at Sing Sing for Bronx Murder," New York Times, June 8, 1934. "Murphy Goes to the Chair," New York Times, July 6, 1934. "The Durable Mike Malloy," New York Daily News, Oct. 14, 2007. Max Haines, "Inept Gang of Murderers Found Barfly Michael Malloy Almost Indestructible," Kamloops [B.C.] Daily News, Feb. 23, 2008. Deborah Blum, "The Strange Death of Mike the Durable," Women in Crime Ink, March 23, 2010. Listener mail: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Fugen Neziroglu, "Hoarding: The Basics," Anxiety and Depression Association of America (accessed April 27, 2018). Scott O. Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz, "Hoarding Can Be a Deadly Business," Scientific American, Sept. 1, 2013. Ferris Jabr, "Step Inside the Real World of Compulsive Hoarders," Scientific American, Feb. 25, 2013. Homer and Langley's Mystery Spot Antiques: This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener David Marrero, who sent these corroborating links (warning -- these spoil the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen (14) years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle[8] and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since opening, it has become an icon of New York City and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964[7][9][10] and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.[11]Today's strip

Have you ever dealt with frustrating wrist pain or carpal tunnel or tennis elbow or golfer's elbow or climber's elbow - pain that is aggravated by typing and computer work? Have you ever wished you could walk one, five or ten miles while still being able to work on a book, a project, or a paper? Have you ever wished you could simply talk your thoughts into existence, and have them appear in your emails, documents, books and more? Then today's podcast episode is for you. -------------------- Before jumping into today's episode, let's take a look at folks who have abandoned traditional methods of simply sitting down to produce, create and be productive. The list of historical figures who have used standing desks is veritable “who’s who”. Here is just a brief snapshot of famous folks, writers, and inventors who leveraged the standing desk’s benefits throughout history. For example, Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa while he stood at his standing desk. Da Vinci also stood at his desk while sketching new inventions, including parachutes, flying machines, and armored vehicles. The standing desk also made its appearance in one of the world’s oldest colleges, the University of Cambridge, founded in 1209. Standing desks were first recorded as being used in the library in 1626, and the idea of writing while standing was placed at the epicenter of intellectual thought. Napoléon Bonaparte also used a standing desk and found it conducive to quick thinking and strategizing for battle. Thomas Jefferson also used the standing desk while composing documents, including the Declaration of Independence (he actually developed a six-legged adjustable standing desk, and was one of the first known people to use an adjustable standing desk). Charles Dickens' workspace where he penned such timeless classics as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. is described as having “books all round, up to the ceiling and down to the ground; a standing-desk at which he writes; and all manner of comfortable easy chairs.” Winston Churchill was often seen writing at his standing desk. Ernest Hemingway’s fashioned a standing desk out of a bookcase near his bed. Honest Abe Lincoln was never too far from his trusty standing desk. He used it to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation and is famously quoted as saying 'Verily, 'tis my standing desk that gave me the inspiration to end this wicked and iniquitous trade.' In addition to standing while writing, both dictating while writing is also something famous authors have done. For example, in her book , author Cindy Grigg reports: “Leo Tolstoy received one of the earliest dictaphone prototypes. To this he replied that the “Ediphone” was impressive but “too dreadfully exciting” for his methods. Instead, he seemed to favor dictating to his daughter Alexandra or even house guests. Fyodor Dostoyevsky reportedly struck a bargain with his publisher to pay off his and/or his brother’s debts. The deal required that the author submit his manuscript for The Gambler in short order. To do so, he employed stenographer Anna Grigorievna, who gave him collaborative feedback as well. He finished the manuscript in four weeks then married Anna. “Thomas Hardy dictated his wife Florence Hardy’s ‘biography’ about himself to her, seemingly to retain control of the account. Like many authors, Hardy also dictated once he became ill. Stricken with pleurisy, he spoke his last poem to his wife Florence. John Milton was blind when he created Paradise Lost, dictating the epic poetical work to his several daughters. This inspired paintings of him and his daughters by artists George Romney, Delacroix, and others. Alexander Dumas was rumored to never touch up his drafts, having served as a historian, which had given him practice in thinking about what he wanted to say before he dictated it. Michel de Montaigne , an acclaimed 16th-century essayist, dictated his journal and possibly other writings. Henry James referred to his hired transcriptionists as amanuenses, needing to contract such help at least partially due to rheumatism in his wrist. One of them, Theodora Bosanquet, recorded in her diary, “Indeed, at the time when I began to work for him, he had reached a stage at which the click of the Remington machine acted as a positive spur. He found it more difficult to compose to the music of any other make. During a fortnight when the Remington was out of order he dictated to an Oliver typewriter with evident discomfort, and he found it almost disconcerting to speak to something that made no responsive sound at all.” William Wordsworth was a kindred spirit to mobile writers such as myself. He ‘wrote’ Tintern Abbey mentally on a “ramble of four or five days…Not a line of it was altered, and not any part of it written down till I reached Bristol.'' Thanks to transcriptionist Isabella Fenwick, he also dictated The Fenwick Notes commentary about his poetry. Of his long poem The Excursion, Wordsworth mentions, “Something must now be said of this poem, but chiefly, as has been done through the whole of these notes, with reference to my personal friends, and especially to her who has perseveringly taken them down from my dictation.” Charles Dickens was rumored to act his characters out in front of a mirror, giving vocal dramatizations of dialogue and text. In 1882, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an interview with someone who claimed to be Dickens’ amanuensis, describing him this way: “‘Yes, I did shorthand work for Mr. Dickens for eighteen months. I did not take dictation for any of his novels, only his fugitive pieces…Most people seem to think Dickens was a ready writer. This is by no means the case. He used to come into his office in St. Catherine Street about eight o’clock in the morning and begin dictating. He would walk up and down the floor several times after dictating a sentence or a paragraph and ask me to read it. I would do so, and he would, in nine cases out of ten, order me to strike out certain words and insert others. He was generally tired out by eleven o’clock, and went down to his club on the Strand. A singular thing was that he never dictated the closing paragraphs of his story. He always finished it himself. I used to look in the paper for it, and find that he had changed it very greatly from what he had dictated to me. Dickens had a very odd habit of combing his hair. He would comb it a hundred times in a day. He seemed never to tire of it. The first thing he did on coming into the office was to comb his hair. I have seen him dictate a sentence or two, and then begin combing. When he got through he dictated another sentence.” Bram Stoker was himself a secretary and director of London's Lyceum Theatre, as well as a manager for Henry Irving. His own experiences may have influenced how several chapters of Dracula are dedicated to asylum director Dr. Seward recording dictations on a phonograph, to the chagrin of Mina Harker, who typed them up as soon as possible, believing the veracity and emotion of the audio to be too much for other readers to bear. “I have copied the words on my typewriter, and none other need now hear your heart beat, as I did.” Dictation is also mentioned in Stoker’s The Jewel of Seven Stars. Stendhal (the pen name for Marie-Henri Beyle) dictated The Charterhouse of Parma in seven weeks, 52 consecutive days--another kindred spirit to Marcel Proust dictated the Death of Bergotte to Celeste Albaret on his death bed, even though it was already finished, saying it needed to be written a second time. He supposedly explained, “I didn’t yet know what it’s like to die when I wrote it. I know it more now.” James Joyce found inspiration in a random happening while dictating Finnegan's Wake. While recording the story, Joyce was interrupted when someone came to the door and was welcomed with a phrase like, “Come in,” which Joyce thought worked well in the manuscript so he left it in his draft. Thomas Aquinas was apparently so skilled at dictation that he gave observers the impression he could speak on several topics at once to multiple scribes and even to dictate in his sleep.” In today's podcast, we're going to delve into how you too can be more productive, build endurance, maintain muscle, and burn more calories, all while writing from a standing desk and / or while dictating. ----------------------- My guest, is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers on the edge, as well as bestselling non-fiction for authors published under Joanna Penn. Joanna’s site for writers, has been voted one of the Top 10 sites for writers three years running. She is a professional speaker on creative entrepreneurship, digital publishing and internet marketing, and was voted one of The Guardian UK Top 100 creative professionals 2013. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Joanna developed chronic repetitive motion injuries in her wrist, and why ergonomic keyboards and an ergonomic computer mouse weren't working for her... -Why Joanna decided to go way above and beyond simply using a standing workstation or treadmill desk... -How Joanna is simultaneously working on multiple books while also training for an ultramarathon... -Whether you can really, truly be creative while standing or walking, and why it's a myth that you need to sit to write effectively... -The exact tools, microphones and software that Joanna has found to work very well for dictation... -A book that will teach you exactly how to dictate quickly and effectively... -How to  "train" your computer to recognize your voice and accent... -How to enhance productivity with ambient noise and focus apps... -And much more! Resources from this episode: - - - - - -Dragon Anywhere cloud software - - - (an author who dictates while walking 4+ hours per day) - - - - (this is a place where you can also get  or we talk about) - - - - - - Do you have questions, comments or feedback for Joanna or I? Leave your thoughts at  and one of us will reply!

http://wwwx.dowling.edu/library/new/GeneHorton.mp3 Stream in the player above or download audio. Gene Horton and friend. “You are on the Merrick Road, not far from Blue Point, the place that made the oyster famous. You look to the right and to the left, and, tacked to a tree, you see a sign and you try to read it, but the top of it has been shot off by a quail hunter. However, on the lower part you decipher, between the birdshot: ‘An inn what is an inn.' ” Welcome to Ye Anchorage Inn, as described in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1908. Your host is Capt. Bill Graham: huckster, artist, impresario, and roadside entrepreneur. He and his wife Molly ran the Inn from 1897 to 1920, creating a unique amalgam of tavern, hotel, hunting lodge, picnic ground, and Bohemian hot spot on the northwest corner of Montauk Highway and Kennedy Ave. Graham's clientele ranged from vaudevillians and silent movie stars to politicians, philosophers, and artists. Winsor McCay and Montgomery Flagg left sketches on the walls while early motorists made Ye Anchorage a must-see destination on their Long Island jaunts. Graham kept up a constant parade of promotional events, from his famous Sphinx statue (now in Bayport) to faux bullfights and horse raffles. He chronicled it all in his own personal magazine, The Log, full of stories, poems, artwork, and anything else he could think of. In this episode, Blue Point historian Gene Horton details the history of Will Graham, the Irish immigrant who became a part of the history of the Great South Bay. Drawing on his vast research and collection, Gene paints a vivid picture of the man and his times.   Further Research: Books by Gene Horton (via WorldCat.org) Gene Horton on The History of Blue Point (Dowling Library Omnibus podcast #6. Skip to 11:06) Casa Basso/Theophilius Brouwer (via Westhampton Beach Historical Society) Elbert Hubbard: An American Original (PBS)

Wed, Feb 27 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1000 (Part Two) EPISODE #1000 -- 'The Stanley Huntley Story' is so BIG that we have to present it in THREE PARTS! Today we present Part Two, Stanley Huntley's legendary 1879 interview with Sitting Bull in the Canadian wilderness for the Chicago Tribune, and the fascinating aftermath. Please note -- A major typographical error from the original publication of this story in 1879 has been corrected in this upload. There is a fascinating story behind this error, and you can read about it at the Mister Ron's Basement blog at http://misterronsbasement.blogspot.com/2008/02/episode-1000-erratum.html Part Three will concentrate on Huntley's brief tenure as the humorist for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, where he created the immortal Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke, and will also include the twists and turns of fate that sent his widow Florence Huntley into strange paths as an author. Time: approx ONE HOUR and two minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Tue, Feb 26 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #1000 (Part One) EPISODE #1000 -- 'The Stanley Huntley Story' is so BIG that we have to present it in THREE PARTS! Today, we offer Part One -- concerning Huntley's early years as a remarkable reporter in New York, St. Louis, Washington, DC, and as the owner-editor of the Bismarck Tribune in 1878-79 -- the wildest newspaper ever published! A minor error that was in the originally uploaded Episode has been corrected! Part Two will feature Huntley's legendary interview with Sitting Bull, and the aftermath, and Part Three will concentrate on his brief tenure as the humorist for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, where he created the immortal Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke, and will also include the twists and turns of fate that sent his widow Florence Huntley into strange paths as an author. Time: approx ONE HOUR and three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Sun, Nov 18 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #911 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories -- the first is an 1883 short, funny ditty about a dying man and his writer wife, called 'Of A Literary Bent'. Then we have a Spoopendyke story that was reprinted in a New Zealand newspaper in 1883, and credited to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (we couldn't find it there). This demonstrates the global popularity of the Spoopendykes back then, making it a true mystery why they fell into obscurity in the 20th century. It is called 'Turning the Seat.' Time: approx six and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Sat, Oct 20 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #883 SUNDAY SALAD offers THREE hysterical stories from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle -- the first, 'A Judicial Circus' from 1881, is actually an unsigned news article from the Eagle which seems, from every inclination, to be by Stanley Huntley himself. The second story, 'The Value of Truth, from the same edition of the Eagle, comes from Huntley's 'Salad' column, and also deals with crazy doings in a Brooklyn court. Finally, we offer a tale of the Spoopendyke family discovering Huntley's best-selling 1881 book about them in the 1882 tale 'Opposed to Publicity.' This is one of the best episodes we have ever done! Time: approx twenty-one and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Sat, Sep 22 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #855 SUNDAY SALAD offers a vulgar, irreverent, irreligious, and extremely funny story by Stanley Huntley called 'Harry the Indian Slayer' -- also Mr. Spoopendyke tries on a bathing suit in 'A Complicated Garment.' Both stories appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1880. Time: approx ten minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Sun, Jul 01 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #771 Today's SUNDAY SALAD features THREE stories -- the first one was written about Stanley Huntley in The New York Sun in 1885, called 'He Threw Away Four Queens.' From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, we have a fanciful poem by Huntley called 'As the Indian Regards It' from 1880, and the Spoopendykes bone out the weather forecast in 'A Lucid Description' from 1881. Time: approx fifteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Sat, Mar 31 2007 Mister Ron's Basement #682 SUNDAY SALAD presents a double shot of Stanley Huntley -- First, a truly funny article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle about Huntley's days in Bismark, Dakota Territory, that appeared twelve years after his death -- 'Stan Huntley's Freaks' (1897) -- and an 1880 Spoopendyke tale -- 'In the Surf.' Time: approx seventeen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Sat, Dec 30 2006 Mister Ron's Basement #593 Beginning a new series -- 'The Sunday Salad' -- stories written by Stanley Huntley. Huntley had a fascinating career, and his life is as compelling as any tales we have told here in the Basement. During the last years of Huntley's life, he wrote a humorous weekly column for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle called 'The Sunday Salad.' The feature ran an assortment of humorous pieces, including news items, funny poetry, spoofs of popular writers, and most importantly, immortal stories of the battling couple, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke. Most (but not all) of the Huntley pieces we will read from the 'Sunday Salad' will be Spoopendyke stories. They are superbly funny, and remained immensely popular in collected volumes with American readers for decades beyond Huntley's death in 1885. Today's Spoopendyke story, from February 29, 1880, is called 'The Fifteen Puzzle.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html

Tue, May 10 2005 Mister Ron's Basement #31 Shocking behavior from Modern Youth -- a scandalous 1902 story from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and a titillating song from 1910! Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html