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The story of the murder of Kate McDonnell, an Irish-American girl, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1884, and her inexplicable deathbed effort to hide the identity of her killer. Also: Police Blotter & Court News, Cleveland, Ohio, January 5, 1864. Note: This is our most unusual Police Blotter segment, featuring an all-star cast of podcasters. HISTORICAL REFERENCES. What Katie Wouldn't Tell: Newspapers - The Pittsburgh Dispatch, February 28, 1884. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 29, 1884. Police Blotter & Court News: Newspapers - The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 5, 1864. GUEST VOICES. What Katie Wouldn’t Tell: Reporter, Pittsburgh Dispatch – Sinead Mc, the host of the Mens Rea podcast. Police Blotter & Court News: Reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. Municipal Judge – Robin Warder, host of The Trail Went Cold podcast. Prosecutor – Sam Kulper, host and producer of the Breakers podcast. Defendant’s Attorney – Pete Lutz of the Pulp Pourri podcast, the Jake Dimes podcast, the Range Detective podcast; and the Save the Last Word for Me podcast. Mr. Jones (Witness) – Barney Black, co-host of the Bloody Murder podcast. Mr. Smasher (Witness) - Steve Blizten, host of the Drift & Ramble podcast. Mr. Swipes (Defendant) – Austin Beach, host & producer of the Audioblivious Productions podcast. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Larry Oliver – free-lance voice artist & commercial narrator; Twitter: @olivervoiceover MISCELLANEOUS: Outro Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host of the Forgotten News Podcast and Whispered True Stories. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. Outro Aphorism - Source: Collins, Susan, Mockingjay (Hunger Games series, book #3) (2010), at Page 23. MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy Freesound.org Ukelele strums SOUND EFECTS: Freesound.org: Applause Clapping Typewriter with Bell Gavel_-_3_Strikes_with_room_reverb gavel-double Flaw-and-Disorder Wind Chimes HEY! CONTACT US: E-Mail: ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren @WhisperedTrue (kit caren) 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! T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!
It's Egg Nog Season! So, we started a new show called the Nog Blog where Cheryl and I discuss viscosity, rum and other important considerations in choosing your Egg Nog accessories. Oh, sure there's a smidge of Drift & Ramble stuff in here but when it's Egg Nog season, things get weird for a reason.
In 1897, numerous individuals across Ohio reported that they had seen an airship in the sky, hovering over their city or town. This was years before the first successful flight of a motorized aircraft was supposed to have occurred – according to the history books. What is the explanation for this? HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Newspaper Articles: Akron Beacon and Republican, April 16, 20, 22; May 4, 5, 13, 1897. Athens Messenger and Herald, April 22, 1897. Akron Times-Democrat, April 21; May 5, 1897. Ashland Gazette, April 20, 23, 1897. Bellefontaine Republican, May 15 Bluffton News, April 22; May 6, 1897. Bucyrus Evening Telegraph, May 5, 11 Cadiz Harrison County Democrat, April 21,1897. Caldwell Journal, April 22, 29, 1897. Canal Winchester Times, May 19, 1897. Canton Repository, April 20; May 9, 1897. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, April 15, 18, 20, 25 1897. Cincinnati Enquirer, April 16, 20, 25; May 5, 1897. Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 16, 25, 28. 29; May 1, 7, 9, 11, 1897; August 18, 1898. Columbus Evening Press, April 20, 22, 25, 27, 1897. Columbus Ohio State Journal, Aril 25; May 1, 11, 1897. Columbus Sunday Morning Press, April 18, 25, 1897. Chicago Inter-Ocean, April 26, 29, 1897. Dayton Daily Journal, April 28, 1897. Fayette Republican, April 29, 1897. Kenton News-Republican, April 16; May 5. 1897. Lancaster Daily Eagle, April 16, 1897. London (Ohio) Times, April 29, 1897. Marion Daily News, April 12, 1897. Marion Daily Star, April 17, 1897. Mt. Gilead Union-Register, May 12, 19, 1897. Sandusky Register, April 17, 28, 1897. Marietta Daily Register, April 20, 22. 1897. Toledo Blade, April 23, 29, 30; May 10, 1897. Harrison County Democrat, April 28 Norwalk Daily Reflector, April 26; May 11, 1897. Portsmouth Blade, April 26, 28, 1897 Washington Court House Cyclone, April 29, 1897. Zanesville Daily Signal, April 11, 1897. Books: Busby, Michael, Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery (2004) (author takes perspective that the airship sightings were genuine). Danelek, J. Alan,The Great Airship of 1897 (2009) (author is open-minded about whether the airship sightings were real). Crenshaw, Dennis & Navarro, Pete, The Secrets of Dellschau: The Sonora Aero Club and the Airships of the 1890s (2009) (author believes that the airship sightings were genuine). Cohen, Daniel, The Great Airship Mystery: A UFO of the 1890s (1981) (author believes that the airship sightings were hoaxes or pranks by newspaper editors, reporters and others). Website: Simine's U.S. Aviation Patent Database GUEST VOICES: Mrs. Eleanor Woodruff: Krista Tomlinson, from the 36 Times podcast. Judge E. H. Hinman: Sean Riley from the Second Acts podcast. Captain Joseph Singler: Steve Blizin, from the Drift & Ramble podcast Steven W. Beebe: Ron Hood, from Ron’s Amazing Stories podcast. Lydia Beebe: Anabelle D-C, from Anabelle Audios (Also: host intro, shout-outs for iTunes reviews, and the extro aphorism segments). Mrs. Elizabeth Kyte: Susan Garcia, a listener from the Podcasts We Listen To group on Facebook. Judson “Jud” Wickham: Rick “Rico” Carmile, another listener from the Podcasts We Listen To group on Facebook, and who is also a member of the Sofa King Podcast family. EPISODE MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by/3.0 At Rest The Curtain Rises Fretless I Knew A Guy SOUND EFFECTS: Crash explosion & Fire sound effects: Freesound.org Fairy Dust sound effect: sound fx EXTRO APHORISM: Source: Chesterton, G.K., The Defendant, Chapter 7 (1901). CONTACT US: E-Mail: ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Facebook discussion group (discontinued - sorry). Twitter: @NewsForgotten HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?! PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVEST