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Nov. 12, 2024 - Micron has fallen more than a year behind schedule with its construction projects in a Syracuse suburb. We explore what's happening and what the future could look like with Glenn Coin, a reporter with Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard.

When a man dies suddenly just after his second wedding anniversary, the police dig into the grieving widow's past - as well as her adult daughter's history - to find justice. Sources: 1. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-black-widow-stacey-castors-shocking-crimes/story?id=60860538 2. Interview with Ashley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpEKpmZOBFk 3. Oprah: https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a30718474/ashley-wallace-stacey-castor-daughter-now/ 4. 20/20: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9664272/ 5. Mommy Deadliest: https://www.amazon.com/Mommy-Deadliest-Pinnacle-True-Crime/dp/078602206X 6. Syracuse: https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/01/stacey-castor-on-lifetime-5-chilling-details-from-syracuses-2009-antifreeze-murder-trial.html Syracuse: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2007/10/murder_suspects_daughter_charged_with_harassment.html 8. The Post-Standard: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1097348606/?match=1&terms=%22michael%20wallace%22 This Week's Episode Brought to You By: Lume Deodorant - Control Body Odor ANYWHERE and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that's over 40% off) with promo code LOVEMURDER at LumeDeodorant.com! EarnIn - Download EarnIn today in the Google play or Apple app store! When you download the EarnIn app type in Love Murder under PODCAST when you sign up – it'll really help the show. https://app.earnin.com/ Shopify - The Platform Commerce is Built On - $1 per month trial https://shopify.com/lovemurder Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman

In this episode, Jaime sits down with Kim Hallman to talk about the role placing faculty experts can play in an integrated marketing communications strategy. By strategically integrating faculty experts into an overall marketing communications strategy, universities can leverage their knowledge and reputation to enhance the institution's image, attract and retain students, and potentially impact rankings. Takeaways from this episode include:Advice on how to choose faculty members for strategic expert pitching – and how to train them to make the most of their interview opportunitiesInsight into ways colleges and universities can use earned media as part of a broad marketing strategyGuidance on how to craft a pitch that sells an expertInsight into trending topics – including the forthcoming electionStrategies for leveraging faculty expertise through short form videoGuest Name: Kim HallmanGuest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyhallman/Guest Bio: Now in season 10 at 160over90, Kim leads the agency's institutional marketing practice, helping colleges and universities, research institutes, health enterprises, and cause-based organizations raise awareness and raise funds to support a core impact mission. A former journalist turned publicist now all-around communications strategist, she first penned bylines in The Post-Standard in upstate New York, then worked as an editorial assistant for the National Campaign for the Arts in London, before landing on the marketing scene 18+ years ago. Originally focused in retail and hospitality PR, Kim quickly found that education category work fulfills her deep desire for lifelong learning. She holds a BA in English from Bucknell University and a master's degree in Print Journalism from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. These days, when Kim's not working, she's soaking up all the firsts of new motherhood (and still trying to make some time for sleep). - - - -Connect With Our Host:Jaime Hunthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimehunt/https://twitter.com/JaimeHuntIMCAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Some of our favorites include Talking Tactics and Higher Ed Pulse. Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com.Element451 is hosting the AI Engage Summit on Oct 29 and 30Register now for this free, virtual event.The future of higher ed is being redefined by the transformative power of AI. The AI Engage Summit brings together higher ed leaders, innovators, and many of your favorite Enrollify creators to explore AI's impact on student engagement, enrollment marketing, and institutional success. Experience firsthand how AI is improving content personalization at scale, impacting strategic decision-making, and intuitively automating the mundane tasks that consume our time. The schedule is packed with real examples and case studies, so you leave knowing how to harness AI to drive meaningful change at your institution. Whether you're looking to enhance student outcomes, optimize enrollment marketing, or simply stay ahead of the curve, the AI Engage Summit is your gateway to the next level of higher education innovation. Registration is free, save your spot today.

Saying that Syracuse football will have a fresh start in 2024 is an understatement. With new head coach Fran Brown plus a new OC and DC the Orange are experiencing a surge of optimism. The players are pumped and needless to say, so are the fans. Brown brings a knack for recruiting to the table, he's effectively working the Transfer Portal, flipping high school commits to Syracuse and pulling experienced Orange players back into the fold. Along with implementing a new pro-style offense and a reconfiguration of the defense those are the things we know but it's the combination of the aforementioned that creates the unknown for opponents. ACC Nation Football Previews - Want More? Emily Leiker of Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard joins Will and Jim for a thorough preview of Syracuse football from A-Z with a brief stop at S for schedule. The team will benefit from this year's schedule as they implement a fresh start across the board as it allows the coaching staff to make necessary adjustments along the way. Fresh Start Looking for ACC football previews? You want it, we've got it. Listen to ACC Nation podcast, streaming radio or watch interviews on YouTube.

In the fall of 1907, Mary Farmer decided she was tired of her modest life. So, one day, Mary wakes up with a plan to obtain her neighbors' house…illegally.  Weaving a web of lies, Mary is desperate to stay in her new big house and stay out of prison. Tea of the Day: Barry's Tea Theme Music by Brad FrankSources:Deadly woman vol 15: 20 Shocking True Crime Cases of Women Who Kill by Robert Keller, Copyright 2023.“Woman's Body In Trunk.” New-York Tribune, Tue, Apr 28, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/187176288/https://www.villageofbrownvilleny.com/“Mrs. Farmer Confesses Crime,” Yonkers Statesman, Tue, Apr 28, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/675968687/“Confesses Brennan Murder.” The New York Times, Wed, Apr 29, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20440019/“Confesses, Say Police.” Buffalo Courier Express, Wed, Apr 29, 1908, Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/344263753/“Mrs. James Farmer Makes Confession.” The Buffalo Enquirer, Sat, May 02, 1908 ·Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/325711398/“New Facts Brought To Light.” The Buffalo Times, Wed, May 06, 1908 ·Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/441770244/“Mrs. Farmer Guilty.” Rutland Daily Herald, Sat, Jun 20, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/533212606/“Woman Being Tried For Killing Woman.” The Morning Call, Fri, Jun 12, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/274596842/“Mary Farmer Put On Trial For Murder.” Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, Wed, Jun 17, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/114047250/“Swear That Mary Farmer Was Insane.” The Buffalo News, Thu, Jun 18, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/842991136/“Case Near The End.” Star-Phoenix, Thu, Jun 18, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/507501763/“Special Cell Needed For Condemned Woman.” The Brooklyn Citizen, Sun, Jun 21, 1908, Page 10, https://www.newspapers.com/image/541735960/“Troubled By Woman Slayer.” The New York Times, Mon, Jun 22, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/20432288/Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, Fri, Jun 26, 1908, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/114049119/“Respite for Murdress.” Lebanon Courier and Semi-Weekly Report, Fri, Aug 07, 1908, Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/81498581/“Man and Wife in Death House.” Democrat and Chronicle, Tue, Nov 03, 1908, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/135480143/“Good Home for Child.” The Buffalo Enquirer, Mon, Nov 16, 1908, Page 6, https://www.newspapers.com/image/326283315/“Husband and Wife, Leaving Baby Boy, Will Die Together in Electric Chair.” Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, (Special to the Press) Auburn, NY, Tue, Nov 10, 1908, Page 4, https://www.newspapers.com/image/395192939/“Life of an Ex-Local Woman Rests with Highest Court.” Press and Sun-Bulletin, Wed, Jan 20, 1909, Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/252653485/“Shall Motherhood Suffer Death in the Dreadful Chair.” Evansville Press, Wed, Feb 24, 1909, Page 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/138553942/“Sal Randazzio & Pacy Hill: 2 of 12 Convicted of Murder in Cattaraugus and Executed.” Thomas McCarthy,General Secretary/webmaster, NY Correction History Society, https://www.correctionhistory.org/html/timeline/cattaraugus/salrandazzio&pacyhill.html“Secure Affidavits From Local People To Save Mary Farmer From Electric Chair.” Press and Sun-Bulletin, Sat, Feb 27, 1909 Page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/252663306/“Mrs. Farmer Is Electrocuted; Last Words Exonerate Husband.” The Buffalo News, Mon, Mar 29, 1909 Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/351410552/“Mrs. Farmer Says Husband Had Nothing To Do With Murder.” and “Mrs. Farmer is Electrocuted in Auburn Prison.” (By United Press) The Cincinnati Post, Mon, Mar 29, 1909, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/761312669/“James Farmer Escapes Chair.” The Buffalo Commercial, Wed, Mar 02, 1910 Page 7, https://www.newspapers.com/image/279032363/“Jury Acquits Farmer on Its First Ballot: Greeted By Applause.” The Post-Standard, Wed, Mar 02, 1910 Page 8, https://www.newspapers.com/image/18716036/“Farmer Can't Work Till He's Stronger.” The Post-Standard, Tue, Mar 15, 1910 Page 12, https://www.newspapers.com/image/18719951/“Wife's Story Saves and Innocent ‘Judd.””Daily News, Tue, Jan 10, 1928 Page 304, https://www.newspapers.com/image/411639588/

Welcome back to the Eat Local New York Podcast. This week my guest is Charlie Miller, a multimedia journalist for The Post-Standard and syracuse.com covering the best Central New York has to offer in food, drinks, and fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CLICK ABOVE to listen to April 24, 2023 episode of the College Hoops Chat radio show (47 mins). This is our final episode of the season! I chat with following guests: New Iona Coach Tobin Anderson: March Madness run, taking Iona job, jumping into recruiting, building his Gaels team and coaching philosophy! Mike Waters of Post Standard newspaper: lots of changes for Syracuse Orange - new coach plus players coming and going via Transfer Portal! Patrick Madden of Big Big East Blog: the Big East teams that are winning the Transfer Portal so far! Coach Tom Fraher of Mount St. Michael & #KennyFromRye (my Iona Prep 1981 Classmates): we discuss how the transfer portal and NIL are impacting high school recruiting, along with our concerns about the future of College Basketball! This weekly college basketball radio show airs on WVOX, 1460AM in New Rochelle, NY every Monday night from 8 to 9pm (from October to April). Check out our website at: www.collegehoopschat.com. Email me if you have any questions or suggestions for the show. SEE YOU IN OCTOBER! Thanks so much for your kind support this season. Season 3 was very successful for our show – our listenership continues to grow. We look forward to chatting with you in early October for our preseason preview shows! Jim Maisano CollegeHoopsChat@gmail.com (Season 3/Episode 29)

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In a new episode of NIL Now, Kevin and Lauren discuss a memo sent to ACC member schools after Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said Pitt, Wake Forest and Miami bought their teams through NIL deals. The hosts then highlight one of their favorite Super Bowl commercials, an Oikos advertisement that featured Deion Sanders' sons Shedeur and Shilo, made possible through a NIL deal. Reddit CFB's Bobak Ha'Eri analyzes Florida's proposed NIL bill and brings his favorite Reddit comments about Florida State wide receiver Mycah Pittman, who says he made six figures in NIL earnings with the Seminoles. Chris Carlson, a reporter for syracuse.com and The Post Standard, joins the show to talk about how Central New Yorkers perceive Jim Boeheim's comments, and how a Syracuse booster is creating NIL opportunities for the Orange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Career and Self-Development is defined as: Proactively develop oneself and one's career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one's organization. In this episode, we hear from Geoff, “DeafGeoff” Herbert, ‘05, about his career and self-development as a student and professional. Syracuse University alumnus, Geoff “DeafGeoff” Herbert, ‘05, is a New York Emmy-nominated reporter and SEO Lead for syracuse.com | The Post-Standard, where he's worked since 2010. He has also been a DJ for more than 20 years known as "DeafGeoff," and previously worked at Syracuse radio station Hot 107.9 (WWHT-FM) for six years. He was born with a profound binaural hearing loss, gives motivational speeches about growing up with a disability/different ability, and is known on Twitter (@deafgeoff) for lipreading Jim Boeheim during Syracuse basketball games. Herbert grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School in 2005. He now lives in Syracuse with his wife and two children. Career readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management. Career readiness is made up of eight career competencies that all employers want, regardless of industry or discipline: Career and Self-Development, Communication, Critical Thinking, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork, and Technology.

In case you missed the live conversation on Twitter spaces, catch up here! On this episode of Indigenous Flame, Johnnie Jae spoke with Jourdan Begaye, the new and first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of Indian Country Today. Jourdan Bennett-Begaye is the new Editor-in-Chief at Indian Country Today. She started as reporter-producer in August 2018, became the Washington editor/bureau chief in August 2019, and the deputy managing editor in August 2020. She received a master's degree from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University as part of the Newhouse Minorities Fellowship & interned with http://Syracuse.com / The Post-Standard while completing the magazine, newspaper & online Journalism program. Indigenous Flame is live every Monday and Friday at 8pm est/5pm pst on twitter spaces at www.twitter.com/johnniejae

New York's Adirondack Mountains have long been praised for their tranquility and restorative powers on the body and soul. But in 1906, a tragedy shattered this illusion and brought a girl's heartbreak to the front page of newspapers across the country. Sources:Brandon, Craig. Murder in the Adirondacks: An American Tragedy Revisited. (Utica: North Country Books, 2003).Brownell, Joseph W. and Wawrzaszek, Patricia A.,  Adirondack Tragedy: The Gillette Murder Case of 1906. (Heart of the Lake Publishing, 1906).The Daily Sentinel. “‘Poor Little Girl' Said the World.” March 26, 1908.Herman, Susan N., “People v. Gillette and Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy: Law v. Literature.” Judicial Notice. Issue 11. 2016.The Post Standard. “Made No Effort to Save Drowning Girl, Gillette Confesses.” December 1, 1906.“Chester E. Gillette Guilty of Murder in First Degree: Verdict Found in Five Hours.” December 5, 1906.“Chester Gillette Dies To-Day in the Electric Chair.” March 30, 1908.“First Shock Sends Slayer into Eternity.” March 31, 1908.Schechter, Harold. Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes. (New York: Little A, 2020).The Syracuse Herald.“Girl Drowned; Escort Missing,” July 13, 1906The Washington Times. “Gillette Pays Death Penalty for his Crime.” March 30, 1908.The Westbury Evening Democrat. March 30, 1908.Music: Dellasera by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

It's time to talk Syracuse hoops with a man who knows the Orange basketball program as well as anyone outside of the Carrier Dome. Award-winning journalist Mike Waters has been covering Syracuse hoops for the last three decades at Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard. A graduate of the Univ of North Carolina and past-president of the US Basketball Writers Association, Mike is also the host of the popular Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast. Today we're going to dive into the Cuse basketball history and Mike's mind, gathering insights on the heyday of Big East basketball, Syracuse's move into the ACC, and notable moments in Cuse's history before challenging Mike to name his all-time Cuse starting five.Mike, thanks for joining us here on the 19nine podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO THE 19NINE PODCAST!APPLE PODCASTSSPOTIFYOur YouTube ChannelFOLLOW!19Nine Instagram19Nine Twitter19Nine Stories PageMore soon!!!19nine | Celebrating Hardwood History 19nine knows college basketball. Officially Licensed proud to partner with the leading universities.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

This week, Grant Reeher speaks with Marnie Eisenstadt, a public affairs reporter for syracuse.com/The Post-Standard. They discuss some of the local impacts the pandemic has had on the central New York community.

Welcome to episode 100!! This week we are joined by local journalist, Charlie Miller of Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard. We're so thrilled to have been recording episodes of the Eat Local New York podcast for the last few years and introducing you to so many local restaurant owners and industry people. Thank you to everyone who has listened and subscribed. Make sure to join us on Saturday, August 14th from 4-7pm at Buried Acorn Brewing for a special Eat Local New York podcast event with Andy and Justin from the Snackdown podcast. We will have Petit Nosh there serving brunch for dinner and we'll be hanging out and having a good time. So come down and hang with us at Buried Acorn this Saturday. You ca also follow us at Eat Local New York by visiting us online at EatLocalNewYork.com

What is about unsolved murders that stay with us? In particular why does the true crime genre skew female? In this episode of Strange Country, co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about Julie Monson and Jane Britton, two young women cut down in the prime of their lives. Monson disappeared after a night out in September 1981 in Auburn, NY. Britton was found bludgeoned inside her Harvard University apartment in January 1969. Today's Strange Country episode is sponsored by the Cayuga County Arts Council. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Case, Dick. “One Case Closed; Slaying Probe Reopened.” The Post Standard, 8 March 1993, pp. A9. Conroy, J Oliver. “Why Are Women Obsessed with True Crime? Rachel Monroe Has Some Answers.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 20 Aug. 2019, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/aug/20/rachel-monroe-savage-appetites-true-crime-book-interview. Cooper, Becky. WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE: a Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence. Windmill Books, 2021. Howland, Lance. “Auburn Girl's Murder Baffles Family, Cops.” Syracuse Herald Journal, 25 Sept. 1983. “The Julie Monson Case.” Syracuse Herald Journal, 6 Oct. 1984. Kenyon, Jim. “FBI Resumes Dna Tests in Julie Monson Murder Mystery.” WSTM, WSTM, 21 July 2015, cnycentral.com/news/local/fbi-resumes-dna-tests-in-julie-monson-murder-mystery. LaRue, William. “Bianco's Close Friends on the Stand.” The Post Standard, 25 Feb. 1986, pp. 1–1. LaRue, William. “Testimony Suggests Monson Body Was Moved.” The Post Standard, 28 Feb. 1986, pp. 4–4. LaRue, William. “Witness Says He Was Mistaken About Car.” The Post Standard, 22 Feb. 1986, pp. 3–3. Nolan, Maureen, and Neil MacFarquehar. “'There Is No Happy Ending for Us'.” Syracuse Herald Journal, 6 July 1985, pp. 1–2. “Social Psychologist Amanda Vicary and Spotify Reveal Why Women Are So Obsessed with True Crime-And Share 4 New Podcasts Coming in 2020.” Spotify, 29 Jan. 2020, newsroom.spotify.com/2020-01-29/social-psychologist-amanda-vicary-and-spotify-reveal-why-women-are-so-obsessed-with-true-crime-and-share-4-new-podcasts-coming-in-2020/. Tuttle, Kate. “Why Do Women Love True Crime? New York Times. 16 July 2019. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/books/review/kate-tuttle-true-crime-women.html Wallack, T. (2017, Jun 17). Unsolved cambridge murder raises a question: When should outside investigators get a chance? Boston Globe Retrieved from https://login.ezproxy.oswego.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.oswego.edu/newspapers/unsolved-cambridge-murder-raises-question-when/docview/1910533609/se-2?accountid=13025 Wallack, T. (2018, Nov 21). Killer identified in 1969 murder of harvard student in cambridge: DNA offers link to serial rapist. Boston Globe Retrieved from https://login.ezproxy.oswego.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.oswego.edu/newspapers/killer-identified-1969-murder-harvard-student/docview/2135909993/se-2?accountid=13025 “Widow Killed Near Radcliffe Dorm; Police Cite Britton Case Similarities: News: The Harvard Crimson.” News | The Harvard Crimson, 7 Feb. 1969, www.thecrimson.com/article/1969/2/7/widow-killed-near-radcliffe-dorm-police/. “Woman's Hour - True Crime: Five Reasons Why Women Love It.” BBC Radio 4, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5BQCFMQd3mPqj7YT4hlvdCL/true-crime-five-reasons-why-women-love-it.

LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO TIP-OFF! Wrapping up our Syracuse-SDSU roundtable preview with Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard's Mike Waters to dissect how the two teams match up with each other. Plus, NunesMagician.com's James Szuba joins to go through his favorite tournament memories and how the Orange can pull off the victory. Also, Anthony Dabbundo joins for a stats report in "Dabbundo's Digits." And the guys make their final picks in the "Betting Edge" segment brought to you by BetOnline.ag and make their Prop Shop picks!Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard discuss it all with Mike Waters and James Szuba on the Friday Edition of the Locked on Syracuse Podcast.Follow the show on Twitter @LO_Syracuse and follow the guys @Tim_Leonard4 and @TylerAki_.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.BetOnline AGThere is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus.Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.BlueChewTry BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code LOCKEDON at bluechew.com at checkout--just pay $5 shipping.Join Our Bracket Challengehttps://fantasy.espn.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2021/en/group?groupID=3624947 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO TIP-OFF! Wrapping up our Syracuse-SDSU roundtable preview with Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard's Mike Waters to dissect how the two teams match up with each other. Plus, NunesMagician.com's James Szuba joins to go through his favorite tournament memories and how the Orange can pull off the victory. Also, Anthony Dabbundo joins for a stats report in "Dabbundo's Digits." And the guys make their final picks in the "Betting Edge" segment brought to you by BetOnline.ag and make their Prop Shop picks! Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard discuss it all with Mike Waters and James Szuba on the Friday Edition of the Locked on Syracuse Podcast. Follow the show on Twitter @LO_Syracuse and follow the guys @Tim_Leonard4 and @TylerAki_. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. BlueChew Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code LOCKEDON at bluechew.com at checkout--just pay $5 shipping. Join Our Bracket Challenge https://fantasy.espn.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2021/en/group?groupID=3624947 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kelly Bargabos is host of the 'All There Is' podcast and the award-winning author of 'Chasing the Merry-Go-Round: Holding on to Hope & Home When the World Moves Too Fast', a 2018 Nautilus Book Award Silver winner and a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards. Her nonfiction has won Third prize and Honorable Mention in the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competitions. Her work has also been published in literary journals and anthologies such as 'The Sun', 'Mom Egg Review', 'The Mountain', 'The Guilded Pen', as well as articles featured in The Post-Standard. Kelly's short story is currently published as part of the San Diego Decameron Project and has also won third prize in the Fiction500 contest. She holds a certificate in Creative Nonfiction from the Downtown Writer's Center in Syracuse, NY. 'Chasing the Merry-Go-Round' was also a semi-finalist in the 2017 William Faulkner Wisdom Creative Writing Competition and was recommended by the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild. She is currently working on her second book, Here To L.E.A.D.. She is based in San Diego, CA. Find more of Kelly: Facebook: facebook.com/kelly.bargabos Twitter: @kellybargabos Instagram:: kbargabos Website: www.kellybargabos.com   This piece is a Personal Essay originally written January 2020.   A Statement from Kelly: "How we care for those who need help has an everlasting impact. I believe that if the basic needs of a person's spirit, soul and body are met, it allows them the ability to keep their own corner of the world—their home—safe and prosperous for them and their family. This is ALL THERE IS. " -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created during a time of quarantine in the global Coronavirus pandemic, A Moment Of Your Time's mission is to provide a space for expression, collaboration, community and solidarity. In this time of isolation, we may have to be apart but let's create together.  Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter Created by CurtCo Media Concept by Jenny Curtis Theme music by Chris Porter Edited by Darra Stone A CurtCo Media Production See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we investigate the spirits of New York's State Capitol Building in Albany and the ghosts that reside there. However, the scariest ghost of all may be the lost history that resulting from the 1911 library fire. Learn about William Hunt, Samuel Abbott, and listen to uncover the names of two previously unknown ghosts!   Follow Us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimesandwitchdemeanors Submit your feedback or personal stories to crimesandwitchdemeanors@gmail.com  Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crimesandwitchdemeanors  Episode Transcript: Available below the sources in the show notes Visit the website: https://www.crimesandwitchdemeanors.com  Main podcast illustration by GiAnna Ligammari: https://gialigammari.wixsite.com/portfolio    Sources:   1911 Capitol fire remains seared into city's history. (2011, March 27). Times Union. https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/1911-Capitol-fire-remains-seared-into-city-s-1308984.php   Albany State Capitol. (2020, June 12). Haunted Houses. http://hauntedhouses.com/new-york/albany-state-capitol/   Body is Found in Albany Ruins: Samuel J. Abbott, a Watch-man, Discovered in West Wing Under Debris. (1911, March 31). Brooklyn Daily Times, page 1.   BUILDING BIG: Databank: New York State Capitol. (n.d.). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/ny_state_capitol.html   Capitol Fire of 1911: Online Exhibits: New York State Library. (n.d.). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssc/capitolfire/   Crimes and Casualties. (1878, October 29). The Buffalo Courier, page 1.   Find No Trace of Mr. Abbott: Searchers Believe Syracuse Man Perished in Capitol Fire. (1911, March 30). The Post Standard, page 7.   Fire at the New York State Library. (n.d.). New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/fire-new-york-state-library   Fire Destroys State Capitol: Cigar or Cigarette Causes $600,000 Damage. Started in Assembly Library. (1911, March 29). The Oswego Palladium.   Important River News: Items from our Exchanges ; Two Accidents At The Capital—Died From His Injuries—The Body of Eagan Found In The River—Fires—A Pet Dog Roasted In An Oven—Strange Disappearance Of An Aged Lady—Sad Accident in Troy. (1878, October 30). Poughkeepsie Eagle News, page 1.   John, T. S. (n.d.). With History Comes Hauntings – The New York State Capitol Has Its Fair Share. Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://www.milesgeek.com/hauntings-new-york-state-capitol   March 27, T. A. P., & Pm, 2011 12:59. (n.d.). 100th anniversary of 1911 Capitol fire. Newsday. Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/ny-marks-100th-anniversary-of-1911-capitol-fire-1.2785318   Pudney, T. G., & Editor, A. (n.d.). Ghosts, legends and lore come to life in “Capitol Hauntings” tour – The Legislative Gazette. Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://legislativegazette.com/ghosts-legends-and-lore-come-to-life-in-capitol-hauntings-tour/   Snapshot. (n.d.-a). Retrieved January 3, 2021, from http://hauntedhouses.com/new-york/albany-state-capitol/   Snapshot. (n.d.-b). Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://legislativegazette.com/ghosts-legends-and-lore-come-to-life-in-capitol-hauntings-tour/   State Capitol Wrecked By Fire; One Life Lost. (1911, March 29). The Standard Union, page 1.   Ten Million Loss When Fire Wrecks the Capitol: Priceless Documents are Destroyed: 400,000 Volumes Cannot Be Replaced; Defective Electric Button the Cause. (1911, March 29). Buffalo Evening Times, page 1.   The Capitol. (n.d.). Retrieved January 5, 2021, from https://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/statestreet/thecapitol.html   U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995—AncestryLibrary.com. (n.d.). Retrieved January 3, 2021, from https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1411739262:2469?indiv=1&tid=&pid=&queryId=c5a29b04d2d96924c8babf14bd6ecc9a&usePUB=true&_phsrc=eBA227&_phstart=successSource   Young, M. (2020, June 5). Behind the Scenes Look Inside the New York State Capitol in Albany. Untapped New York. https://untappedcities.com/2020/06/05/behind-the-scenes-inside-the-new-york-state-capitol-in-albany/   TRANSCRIPT: Hello, and welcome to Crimes & Witch-Demeanors!  I'm your host, Joshua Spellman.  We're starting the year off right with something we should have covered earlier…a haunted library!  Or…at least a haunting that was caused by a library.    The New York State Capitol Building, in Albany is home to three known spirits: the artist William Morris Hunt, a night watchman named Samuel Abbott, and a fruit vendor.  There was a death of a construction worker at the site that may contribute to the hauntings, but it is not confirmed.  Both the fruit vendor and the construction worker have remained nameless in all the internet articles I've read…until now.  Join me in discovering their identities and learning more about the tragic fire that erased centuries of history and caused billions of dollars of damage…which of course lets us touch briefly on the importance of libraries, preservation, and the dangers that digital and physical records pose to the preservation of our history and culture.   BUT…before we get to our main ghost story we have to talk about the building itself because not only is it impressive, it is integral to the spirits that haunt it.   The New York State Capitol is an incredibly large and imposing structure that fills two whole city blocks.  Five architects had worked on its design and it was heralded as one of the most beautiful buildings in America…though others criticized it for being an oversized and costly spectacle.  Which…they weren't wrong about.  Construction took place between 1867 and 1899 at a cost of over 25 million dollars, or the modern equivalent of 768 million.  It was built by hand using white granite from Maine and in places the walls are four to five feet thick.   Its style is unique…and that is in part because of its five architects that did not work on the project simultaneously leading to what historians refer to it as the “Battle of the Styles”.  It also has led to some interesting mishaps, not all stemming from its numerous architects, but they are major oversights nonetheless.  Some highlights include the building initially being built on top of quick sand!  Not sure how that happened!  They had to dig out all the sand and replace it with clay and concrete.  Another major mistake was that the original cornerstone of the building, which contains a time capsule, has been lost because the builders forgot to mark it.   The first architect, Thomas Fuller, designed the first floor in a Classical and Romanesque style.  However, from 1875-1883, Henry Hobson Richardson and Leopold Eidlitz worked on the building and continued the design in a Renaissance style.  During this time, Frederick Law Olmstead, who was a frequent collaborator with Richardson, was hired for the landscape architecture.  The final architect on the project was Isaac G. Perry, assigned to the project by Grover Cleveland.  He became the first New York State architect and is known for many institutional buildings and asylums across the state.   While the exterior itself is impressive the interior is absolutely breathtaking.  In particular, the Western Grand Staircase is a testament to the intricacies of this bold design.  Initially begun by Richardson, it was completed by Perry who kept his design but added even more carved elements than originally planned.  The Grand Staircase lacks a dome, and in fact the New York State Capitol is one of only 10 US Capitol buildings without one, but in its place is a magnificent 3,000 square foot skylight.  Which is…bigger than any house I've lived in.  I cannot even fathom it.  The vaulted ceilings and sandstone walls are carved with intricate acanthus leaf designs around 77 famous faces of the day.  The sandstone carvers were also allowed to carve a memory into the sandstone, many choosing to carve the faces of their wives or children.  However, one of these artisans had a dark side as he chose to carve the face of a demon tucked between some leaves in a dark hallway.  It is so small and tiny that it is said if you can find the face on your own, you yourself are a devil.   The devil is surely in the details and the capitol building is full of them.  One of the lost details are the murals of artist William Morris Hunter.  Hunt was commissioned to paint two 45 foot long murals directly onto the sandstone walls of the Assembly Chamber.  They were titled “The Flight of Night” and “Discover” and Hunt considered them to be his magnum opus.  Sadly, the ceiling of the Assembly Chamber was deemed unstable and had to be lowered significantly, permanently obscuring the artwork.  Future murals that were planned were deserted due to a lack of funding.  The destruction of these works are largely attributed to the deepening of his depression and eventual suicide.  His ghost still haunts the capitol today, mourning the loss of his greatest works.   The lowered ceiling was intended to be made of solid oak.  However, the contractor cheated the state to line his own pockets and instead used oak paneling filled with paper mâché.  While this was a contentious issue at the time it ended up saving the Assembly Chamber in 1911 when true tragedy struck.         “Good evening, what are you still doing here?” and old man asked, a lantern in one hand and a silver-handled cane in the other “Working late?”   “Good evening, Mr. Abbott!  Oh, well you know…a librarian's work is never done!” the man replied, “Plus the Tammany caucus didn't wrap up until,” he glanced at his pocket watch “nearly one o'clock this morning.  So I'm just closing up the State Library now.  I believe they're still in the Assembly Library up to God knows what! I just worry, I hate that the Assembly uses their library as a social venue…always drinking and smoking…even with their wives around!”   Old man Abbott chuckled, “Well I'll make sure they don't get into too much trouble, that's my job after all!” he said, patting the small firearm on his side.   “I will sleep a little better knowing you're on the lookout” the librarian sighed, “I suppose I'm just a little on edge about it all. With the Triangle Shirtwaist fire last week, I can't stop thinking about what would happen if something like that were to occur here with all the cigarettes flying about”   “Well,” Abbott said, thoughtfully, “they say this building is fireproof and I'm sure we'd be able to put out a blaze before it got too serious.  Remember the fire a few years ago in the cellar from the electrical?  That wasn't a problem.  We just shut the doors at it burned itself out.”   “You're right, you're right” the librarian replied, “I'm just being overly anxious.  Well, goodnight Samuel” the librarian said, waving his hand as he exited the library.   “Goodnight!” Abbott shouted back as he resumed his patrol of the stacks.   Samuel smiled, looking toward the intricate ceilings, drinking in the newfound silence of the library.  What a job he had.  What a life he had.  The relative stillness of the State Capitol at night was a stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of the capitol during the day, not dissimilar to the cacophony of the Civil War that oftentimes still rang through his ears   But at night.  The night was different.  A peaceful, cool stillness that only being surrounded by marble  and stone could impart.  There was nothing like wandering the corridors alone at night, absorbing the artistry all around him; every night finding some new detail tucked away into the sandstone by some coy artisan.    Despite being an old man of 78, Samuel was happy to be working.  He loved being in awe every day.  There was always something new, something exciting.  The State Library itself, with its hundreds of thousands of books, or even more exciting…the artifact collection.  Unique items and treasures from all over the world, and he was able to spend time alone with them.  And it was his job to protect them and the employees of the capitol.  There was never a night that he didn't find something to excite him, and this night was no different.   “FIRE! FIRE!” a panicked voice shouted from somewhere in the hall.  Samuel rushed out of the library as quickly as he could, and he found the man in the hall, looking around, frantic.   “What's going on?” Samuel asked, concerned.   “There's a fire.  A fire in the assembly library.  It was just a small fire on the desk it could have been put out with just a bucket of water but we couldn't find any…” the man breathed heavily “we thought we'd shut the door and let it burn out while we got something to extinguish it but…but…now it's engulfed the whole library.  We have to get everyone out!”   Samuel didn't say a word.  He just nodded in understanding and rushed back into the library.  He had to do something, “Is anyone in here?!” he shouted through the library, his voice echoing.  He just performed his rounds and didn't see anyone, but he had to make sure “There's a fire and we have to evacuate!”  He listened.  The only thing he could hear was the distant commotion in the Assembly room.   Glancing around at the thousands of books and records around him, Samuel was overcome by the importance of these volumes.  Family genealogies, state records, even materials from the founding fathers were in this library.  Without a second thought, Samuel made his way around the library, flinging open windows in hopes that it could save the material. “What are you doing?” someone gasped from the doorway of the library “We have to go!” they shouted before running off.   “I'll be out in a moment!” Samuel grumbled back, continuing his crusade to save the library.   First, smoke began to pour in from one of the other entrances.  Then flames leapt out, licking the nearest shelf of books, setting them ablaze.  Quickly, the fire spread down the stacks.  The smoke was so thick that Samuel could hardly see.   Wheezing, he hobbled on his cane out into the hall.  He could hear voices in the distance, but he seemed to be the only one around, everyone else had made it safely out the area of immediate danger.  Samuel made his way as quickly as possible to the Grand Staircase but what he saw was a scene out of the ninth circle of hell.   The fire was burning so hot that the staircase was…melting.  The staircase was turning into a molten slurry and Samuel could hear cracks forming in the massive skylight above.  He pivoted and made his way down a narrow corridor.  He knew this building like the back of his hand, this was the closest way out, just through this claustrophobic hallway.   The smoke seared his lungs.  He couldn't see.  He reached for the keys on his belt, he knew the door would be locked.  It was only a hundred feet or so.  CRACK!  The sound was deafening.  The skylight above the Grand Staircase, had shattered.  And though it was far behind him, it sounded as though it was just above him.  The walls of the corridor were crumbling, the ceiling was falling down.  Just 40 more feet.  A large chunk of stone fell next to Samuel, just missing him.  30 more feet.  He coughed.  His eyes were feeling heavy.  20 feet.  He grabbed the keys from his belt.  15 feet.  The glass of the door he was headed to shattered in front of him, which was fortunate in case he couldn't get the lock.  10 feet.  His feet felt heavy, he was losing consciousness.  But he was almost there.  5 feet.   Blackness.   Poor Samuel Abbott perished just 5 feet from safety.  His body being buried by debris, it would not be found for days.  Samuel Abbott was the sole human casualty of the 1911 Capitol Fire.  Despite his brave actions, much of the Library's collections and State records were lost.  500,000 books, over 300,000 colonial manuscripts, state census records, revolutionary war records, were destroyed alongside another 10,000 archaeological and ethnographic artifacts.  It's said that miraculously, the only items left unscathed by the inferno were the Native American artifacts.  Were they protected by ancestor spirits?   The blaze was eventually put out, completely destroying about a quarter of the capitol.  Unfortunately, none of the material, not the building were insured.  Which was especially detrimental since the fire caused anywhere from 8 million to 12 million dollars in damage.  The modern equivalent of 209 to 314 million today.   In a strange twist of fate, the paper mâché paneling in the assembly room that covered up William Morris Hunt's artwork may have helped save the day.  If the ceiling in the Assembly was made of solid oak as planned, it would have been destroyed in minutes.  However, the filling of the paneling absorbed the water from the firefighter's hoses and slowed the progress of the fire.  Saving the Assembly room from total wreckage, and preventing the spread of the fire to the rest of the Capitol.   The jangle of keys can be heard late at night.  Locked doorknobs turn and are tugged at.  It appears that Samuel's ghost is still wandering the halls.  Not in pain, but happily carrying out his nightly duties, ensuring that everyone in the building is safe.  Helping to avoid any future tragedy that may befall the Capitol.         For a story about a library fire the accuracy of the articles out there are astoundingly poor.  In more than one article William Morris Hunt is called William Morris Hunter.  Luckily he's a larger figure in the art world and this is easily remedied but it had been Samuel Abbott that was misnamed it would make research on him much more difficult.   I feel so bad for Samuel Abbott, especially because he was so close to escaping.  His body was lost in the ruins and wasn't discovered until March 31st.  Here is an excerpt from the Brooklyn Times Union titled “Body is Found in Albany Ruins”:   “About 7:30 o'clock this morning, as the men tackled the debris near the entrance, they discovered a charred leg protruding upwards.  Shortly after the body was uncovered and taken from the ruins.  The head and trunk were not burned, but the four limbs were charred.   Had Abbott been able to continue on his way he would have found safety within five feet.  The door, although locked, is partly glass and would have broken easily.  It is supposed the smoke drove him out of the library proper, and he was overcome on his way to safety.”   This is also the main excerpt I based the narration on, since (naturally) not much is available on what happened to him specifically that night.  Though accounts of other staff members are plentiful.   However, I weaved facts in the rest of the narration.  Parts of the sandstone did melt under the heat of the flames and the giant skylight completely shattered from the heat.  The amount of damage to the building and the records inside it is astounding.  While the cause of the fire is still debated, today it's usually attributed to a cigar or cigarette that was discarded improperly during the caucus.  However, all the newspapers I read said it was due to faulty wiring, which was the cause of the previous fire in the cellar.  There were reports of electrical issues in the Assembly room and the Assembly Library prior to the fire so it is a possibility.  Reports on this differ and it's impossible to know now what truly started the blaze. The damage was incredible, and the descriptions of how the building essentially acted as a chimney for flames to shoot through and carry to other parts of the building is horrifying.  You can see pictures of the damage on the podcast Instagram.  It's worth a look.   This fire still impacts research in the modern day as so many historical records, even those dating to colonial times were destroyed.  However, this leads me to address a major part of this story that has become legend: that none of the indigenous artifacts were damaged in the fire.   This obviously is an ominous and spooky fact that has spread over the last century… but it's only partially true.  The night of the fire many brave librarians, archivists, and archaeologists did what any of us would do – attempt to save our cultural heritage.    Arthur Parker, the first New York State archaeologist ran the length of the fourth floor hallway brandishing a tomahawk that was passed down through generations of Seneca natives.  He used the tomahawk as a fire ax and rescued as many artifacts as he was able.  He managed to only save 50 of the 500 Iroquois artifacts on display, but it was better than having them all perish in the flames.  So…yes.  Some of the indigenous materials were saved, but it was due to human intervention, not the spectral.   Other librarians managed to save rare volumes and artifacts including the original manuscript of George Washington's farewell address and the copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that Abraham Lincoln had written by hand.   One of the more heartwarming things I read in the newspapers were the other librarians from across the world lending assistance and condolences.  In an article in the Syracuse Post Standard, Mary J. Sibley, the librarian at Syracuse University, offered the use of the library to the Capitol Building's State Library School.  The head librarian from the Imperial University in Tokyo also send kind words and support via telegram.   We'll get back to paranormal ghosts in a moment but the true ghosts of the fire is the hundreds of thousands of lost records that were vital to learning our country's history.  However, this fire and the famous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that happened only days prior, led to major fire safety reforms.  Library fires have destroyed many important records: most famously the 1921 fire that destroyed almost the entirety of the 1890 census, or more recently the 2018 museum fire in Brazil that destroyed over 200 years of records and artifacts.   One of the most annoying things I hear surrounding these fires is “Why didn't they have all of it scanned and digital?”  And there is so much to unpack here, it would probably take another hour of explaining the intricacies of not only digitization but digital preservation.  But here's the cliff notes: most of the world's knowledge is on paper.  Well over 90% of it, in fact.  Why is it not digital?  There's a number of factors—the largest being that digitization is expensive.  It takes a lot of manual labor that libraries, museums, and archives do not have the funding or manpower for in addition to storage and maintenance costs.  Digital records are also a lot more volatile than paper ones.  How many times have you opened a file and it was corrupt?  Or you accidentally deleted something from your hard drive?  Things like this can wipe out thousands of records in an instant.  Also, digital records need constant upkeep as file formats become obsolete and as they suffer from bitrot…yes, digital files do rot…there's a lot.  The long and short of it is that paper records are typically easier to preserve.  Ideally you would have the paper copies and numerous copies of digital surrogates stored in different geographic locations with different natural disaster threats.  But I digress.   The moral of the story is digital media is more prone to destruction and requires constant upkeep while paper records can be managed with benign neglect.   Okay, sorry for the lecture.  Let's talk about the ghosts we haven't met yet—the unnamed fruit vendor and the construction worker.   The spirit of the vendor was said to be discovered when a female tour guide was locking up for the night when she saw a large, black mass fall from one of the upper floors to ground below.  To her surprise, there was nothing there.  After telling her fellow tour guides they were confused because there had never been ghost sightings in that portion of the building.  It was later discovered that in 1890 a depressed fruit vendor flung himself from the fourth floor Senate Chamber staircase and died.  There are numerous reports of people seeing something fall from the staircase and when they look they have seen a man bleeding out on the stones.  However, once they go to get help there is nothing there upon their return.   Surprisingly, no articles name this fruit vendor which had me doubting his existence.  I came across the story on a fluke and I would never have found this information if it wasn't for some faulty OCR..which if you don't know is optical character recognition.  Essentially computer readings of scanned images.  I was searching for fruit vendors in 1890 using modern spelling “v-e-n-d-o-r” but luckily the OCR on a newspaper was incorrect and I still go the hit.  It turns out in 1890 it was spelled “v-e-n-d-e-r” and for some really odd reason, the story of the fruit vendor's suicide was exclusive to this Brooklyn newspaper.  Brooklyn is nowhere near Albany but again, I digress.    The story is honestly super graphic and surprising for a Victorian-era article, but the article from the Brooklyn Citizen reads as follows:   An Unusual Suicide: A Fruit Vender Kills Himself in the State Capitol (special to the citizen)   Albany, April 17th: At about 8:45 this morning Jacob Thorne, a sidewalk fruit vender, jumped or fell down the Senate staircase, a distance of eighty-five feet, to the second floor and was instantly killed, his head being crushed to jelly.  He was about 65 years of age, and had been in ill health for some time, and was supposed by many to be slightly deranged.  The suicide theory is accepted, as the body lay almost in the centre of the court”   So, now we know that his name was Jacob Thorne.  Why he's never mentioned by name anywhere is beyond me.  I tried to do more research into him, and I thought I came across him…a farmer named Jacob Thorne in the Albany area.  At first it appeared that he was still alive after 1890 but when I saw he was listed on a census for no reason, his wife was listed as widowed, I thought it may be him.  But alas, it was not.  I searched for a good amount of time through numerous resources and only came across the Jacob Thorne that was not him.  This leads me to believe either the records were destroyed or perhaps he was black.  But I'm just glad that his name is out there now, because the dead should be remembered.    This includes the construction worker who's spirit may or may not haunt the grounds.  In all the stories it is said that a man who was plastering the ceilings in the Senate Assembly room in 1878 fell on a Saturday night and he wasn't discovered until Monday morning, still alive.  Doctor's attempted to save his life but he died two days later.  Is this story the truth?   According to the Buffalo Courier and the Poughkeepsie Eagle, on Monday, October 29, 1878, two men had fallen while working on the capital building on the same day, at different times, and were both seriously injured.  So there's one discrepancy, there were two men: Patrick Stanton and John Hunt.  Stanton fell from the scaffolding while Hunt fell through a ventilation hole in the ceiling when removing its co ver.  Yet another inaccuracy is that this incident occurred on a Monday and not over the weekend as the story goes.  They were both immediately taken to the hospital for medical attention.    Neither of them appears to have died.  Though there was a John Hunter that died the same day who was a mason.  However, he's buried in Brooklyn.  It's possible it was him, but the name isn't an exact match.  The articles title…which I must read since it is…something else does say that there was a death from injuries.  The title is “Important River News: Items from our Exchanges ; Two Accidents At The Capital - Died From His Injuries - The Body of Eagan Found In The River - Fires - A Pet Dog Roasted In An Oven - Strange Disappearance Of An Aged Lady - Sad Accident in Troy”   This…is a sidebar we need to touch on.  I come across so many bizarre stories when reading newspapers.  The dog story…I just need to share.  I shouldn't laugh but it's so weird!   “A lady living on Front Street, west of Swan, had a favorite little pet dog about the house up to Thursday last.  On that day he mysteriously disappeared, and Sunday, when the lady had occasion to open for the first time since Thursday, the oven door of the kitchen stove, the roast remains of the per were found”  WHAT.  I need to know more.  But that's not why were' here.   Curiously, the article also mentions that there was a fatality of someone by the name Riley in the Assembly room due to ventilation holes which had been covered at this point.  Is this the ghost of the worker who fell?  Or is this an additional death not mentioned previously.  Either way, this is a mystery that I unfortunately spent over an hour trying to figure out and one that for now, will remain unsolved.  If either of these men were to die it seems it would have been John Hunt as he was suffering from “intense internal pain” that they couldn't find the cause of.   The ghost of William Morris Hunt is said to be felt in the Assembly Chamber where his prized works were covered up and then later destroyed.  No one has ever seen his ghost, but instead he has been “felt” and the lights will occasionally flicker.  Which could be his ghost…but it makes me think of the faulty wiring that may have ignited the blaze.  The doorknobs in the room also rattle and doors slam shut and open on their own.   However, I like to think this is the ghost of Samuel Abbott, making sure doors are locked and shut as he makes his nightly rounds.  The idea that Mr. Abbott is still trying to keep people safe, that this building has a guardian spirit makes me smile.  And on this smile-worthy note we shall close.    There is so much history that was lost and so much history to uncover at the New York State Capitol, an hour could be dedicated to all the information I couldn't fit in.  I'm recording this episode on Tuesday night because I spent way too much time investigating some of these ghosts!   If you have any places you want me to investigate, please let me know!  Tell a friend about this podcast if you think they'd like it.  So please, stay away from scaffolding, say thank-you to your local librarian, and as always stay curious and stay spooky.  Bye~

I speak to A. Sherrod Blakely about his professional journey from print journalism to digital journalism to TV journalism.    Blakely has worked for the Post-Standard in Syracuse, the ACC Writer in North Carolina, MLive.com as the Detroit Pistons NBA Writer, and now is a Digital Media NBA Reporter at NBC Sports Boston.    Blakely talks about how he initially thought he would go to school for chemical engineering, how that then changed to journalism, what it was like covering Syracuse in the early 90s and Jim Boeheim, what it was like being one of the few minority reporters in the mid 90s covering ACC football/basketball, stories of certain Detroit Pistons players he got to know well while covering the team like Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace, he talks about what it was like being at the Malice at the Palace as a reporter, stories of certain Celtic players like Kevin Garnett, and what Covid-19's effect has been on sports journalism.     Blakely also gives his own advice to young professionals starting out in the journalism game.    To follow Blakely on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asherrodblakely/?hl=en   To follow Blakely's reporting on NBC Sports Boston: https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/a-sherrod-blakely   To follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?hl=en   To follow my website: https://www.gratefulliving4.com/

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Mike Waters of Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard joins the show to discuss the 2018-19 season, what's next for the Orange and when will Jim Boeheim retire. Is Jim Boeheim the most influential coach in his college ever? Racism is an issue but are we discussing the issue or something else with Kate Smith and Tim Anderson. The NBA Playoffs round 1 show us its about the players in the NBA, not the coaches!

Matt starts the show talking about the passing of Mean Gene Okerlund and Bob Einstein. Then Matt is joined by Syracuse.com and the Post-Standard beat writer Mike Waters to talk SU Hoops ahead of the ACC Opener this weekend. Next up, Matt is joined by Paulie for "Do We Care?" including the latest on Antonio Brown and the Steelers.

Dr. Gina Masullo Chen, a grad-school classmate of Brian's at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, joins The Other 51 this week to talk about writing for both newspapers and academics.Gina talks about her 20-plus year career at the Post-Standard in Syracuse and why she decided to leave journalism in 2009 to get a Ph.D. Gina and Brian trade theories on why newspapers were so weird in the mid-to-late 2000s and why they were so bad at adopting new technology.Gina also talks about her writing process, how she uses deadlines and her own personality to work to her advantage, the difference between disagreement and incivility, and about civility in online discourse. Which means yes, she read the comments.And yes, Gina tells us that Austin really is that cool.Gina Masullo ChenGina on TwitterOnline Incivility and Public Debate: Nasty TalkThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiDoes incivility hurt democracy? Here's what political science can tell us by Emily SydnorSupport The Other 51PatreonOne-time donationSubscribe:Apple PodcastsGoogle PlayRSS

Are you ready for the zombie apocalypse? The United States is. CONPLAN 8888-11 has all the know-how for defeating eight different type of zombies. Strange Country explores this plan and various scenarios of "what would you do" if you and some repulsive man were the last people on Earth. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sou--BRAIINNSSSSSSSSSS Brown, Jennings. “Florida City Has Been Accidentally Sending Out Zombie Alert Messages Since Hurricane Irma.” Gizmodo, Gizmodo.com, 22 May 2018, gizmodo.com/florida-city-has-been-accidentally-sending-out-zombie-a-1826223898. Del Guercio, Gino. “The Secret's of Haiti's Living Dead.” Harvard Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017, harvardmagazine.com/2017/10/are-zombies-real. England, Charlotte. “Scientists Have Worked out How Long Humans Would Survive in a Zombie Apocalypse.” The Independent, 7 Jan. 2017, www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-long-humans-survive-zombie-apocalypse-scientists-a7513941.html. Friend, Tad. “Superior Intelligence: Do the Perils of A.I. Exceed Its Promise?” The New Yorker, 14 May 2018, pp. 44–51. Herbert, Geoff. “Zombie Drugs? Florida Man Stabs Couple, Eats Dead Man's Face in Random Attack.” The Post Standard, 7 Aug. 2016, www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2016/08/florida_zombie_attack_austin_harrouff_flakka.html. Loria, Kevin. "Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months — and says we should prepare for it as we do for war." Business Insider, 27 Apr. 2018, www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-the-next-pandemic-disease-is-coming-2018-4. Accessed 20 June 2018. McCall, Rosie. “If The Zombie Apocalypse Happens, This Is Where Scientists Say You Should Go.” IFLScience, IFLScience, 30 May 2018, www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/if-the-zombie-apocalypse-happens-this-is-where-scientists-say-you-should-go/. Mooney, Chris. "Hurricanes are Moving More Slowly--Which Makes Them Even More Dangerous." The Washington Post, 6 June 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/06/06/hurricanes-are-traveling-more-slowly-which-makes-them-even-more-dangerous/?utm_term=.898e3342a4c4. Accessed 20 June 2018. Morgan, Thad. “Are You Prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse? The U.S. Government Is.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 31 Oct. 2017, www.history.com/news/are-you-prepared-for-a-zombie-apocalypse-the-u-s-government-is. Morris, Hamilton. "I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE." Harper's Magazine, vol. 323, no. 1938, 11, 2011, pp. 52-61. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/910121144?accountid=36036. “Rudy Eugene's Toxicology Report: Experts Speculate on What Caused 'Face-Chewing' Attack.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 28 June 2012, www.cbsnews.com/news/rudy-eugenes-toxicology-report-experts-speculate-on-what-caused-face-chewing-attack/. Sloth, TE, and David Wong. “5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen.” Cracked.com, 9 Oct. 2007, www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html. Sturt, David, and Todd Nordstrum. “A U.S. Government 'Zombie' Plan?” Forbes, 29 May 2014, www.forbes.com/sites/davidsturt/2014/05/29/a-u-s-government-zombie-plan/#728e01564dce. United States, Congress, Joint Operational Planning and Execution System . “CDRUSSTRATCOM COMPLAN 8888-11 ‘COUNTER-ZOMBIE DOMINANCE’.” Intellipedia, 30 Apr. 2011. i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/05/16/dod.zombie.apocalypse.plan.pdf. “'Zombie Chickens' Causing Debate Over Fate of Older Chickens in California.” Fox News, FOX News Network, www.foxnews.com/story/2006/12/05/zombie-chickens-causing-debate-over-fate-older-chickens-in-california.html.

Matthew Fairburn, who covers the Buffalo Bills for NYUpstate.com (or Syracuse.com, or The Post-Standard, depending on which generation you belong to), joins Brian this week for a deep dive into life on an NFL beat.Matthew discusses how he got the job as a Bills beat writer on a one-season trial, and what it was like for him to not only start a new beat at a paper, but to be dropped onto an NFL beat fresh out of college. Matthew and Brian talk about what it means to cover an NFL team with a digital-first mentality and also how to balance doing something different with your coverage while also giving readers the news they're looking for.Matthew also breaks down Josh Allen and gives Brian reasons to be optimistic about the Bills in the future.As a bonus, Matthew reveals what he was supposed to be doing the New Year's Eve when Doug Marrone quit as Bills coach.Matthew Fairburn at NYUpsate.comMatthew Fairburn on TwitterThe Power of Media Narratives and the Bills' Playoff DroughtYou Gotta Play Hurt by Dan JenkinsMatt Millen Fights For His Life: ‘It's Getting Late. We Need a Big Stop'Support The Other 51PatreonOne-time donationSubscribe:Apple PodcastsGoogle PlayRSS

If you can conjure up the accent of an old upstate farmer better than Beth, then we've got a spot for you in our award-winning podcast. We don't think you can, she's that good. Find out about the strange tale of four brothers who grew up dirt poor in Munnsville, NY and who ended up the focus of a small town murder mystery. Who died, who lived, how did they live and were they as happy as Beth and Kelly are about the notion of bread and butter sandwiches? Listen to this Strange Country tale of the hard life and the hard death of the Ward Brothers.   Cite your sources, always. First though you should know about this kind of butter...http://www.kriemhilddairy.com/ Associated Press, Lyman Ward, 85, Last of 4 Brothers, Dies. August 18, 2007 in The New York Times. Accessed Oct. 2017 Krajicek, David. His Brothers Keeper. The Daily News, March 25, 2000. Accessed http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/brother-keeper-article-1.272716. Oct. 2017. My Brother's Keeper, Movie info http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103888/   Seely, Hart. A Death in the Family. Post Standard, June 11, 2000. Accessed via http://www.northofseveycorners.com/slcnys/thewards.htm, Oct, 2017.

Wes Cheng welcomes Chris Carlson of the Post-Standard and The Juice's Brad Bierman to the show to discuss Syracuse's disappointing loss to Boston College, their upcoming game vs. Duke, and a tough road trip as the regular season winds down.

Wes Cheng is joined by Post-Standard columnist and author Bud Poliquin to talk about his updated book, Tales from The Syracuse Orange Locker Room. Later, The Juice Online Editor in Chief Brad Bierman calls in to talk hoops and football future.