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August 4, 1892, isn't a date most people would know just from hearing it, but I guarantee you've heard the story of what happened on that day. Today's episode is about the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. Was their daughter Lizzie innocent, or did she get away with murder? I've also got three great additional history stories for you from the same day. Don't miss them!SOURCES“Advertisement (Nampa Military Academy - Page 2) .” The Weiser Semi-Weekly Sentinel (Weiser, Idaho), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.“Alice Mitchell.” Wikipedia, December 7, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Mitchell. Clarey, Brian. “The Murder, the Fire and the Hanging.” Triad City Beat, November 4, 2015. https://triad-city-beat.com/the-murder-the-fire-and-the-hanging/. “Dare the Desperado to Fight.” The World (New York City, New York), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.“A Dastardly Plot.” Fall River Evening News ( Fall River, Massachusetts), April 24, 1893. www.newspapers.com.Ford, Christian Andrew. “The History of Lizzie Borden: Burying the Axe.” James Madison University. Accessed December 2, 2024. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1725&context=honors201019.“He Killed Ellen.” The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), February 8, 1894. www.newspapers.com.“If It Is So, Then the Question, Who Did It, And Why?” Boston Post (Boston, Massachusetts), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.The Kingston Trio – Poor Ellen Smith lyrics | genius lyrics. Accessed January 8, 2025. https://genius.com/The-kingston-trio-poor-ellen-smith-lyrics.Lizzie Borden Warps and Wefts. “The Cable House Murders - Coincidence or Something More?” YouTube. Accessed December 10, 2024. https://youtu.be/s-VTNg_Ycb4?si=9rQ2FczbWTgrCyVv. “Lizzie Borden.” Wikipedia, November 30, 2024.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden#:~:text=No%20one%20else%20was%20charged,of%20her%20older%20sister%2C%20Emma.&text=Fall%20River%2C%20Massachusetts%2C%20U.S.Magazine, Smithsonian. “How Lizzie Borden Got Away with Murder.” Smithsonian.com. Accessed December 2, 2024.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-lizzie-borden-got-away-with-murder-180972707/.“Mitchell On the Stand.” The Girard Press (Girard, Kansas), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.“Murder Most Foul: Andrew J. Borden and His Wife Horribly Butchered at Their Home.” Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, Massachusetts), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.“Paris Green: It Caused the Deaths at Salisbury Beach.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), August 20, 1892. www.newspapers.com.“Peter DeGraff Guilty.” The Union Republican (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), August 17, 1893. www.newspapers.com.“Poor Ellen Smith.” Wikipedia, October 23, 2024.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Ellen_Smith. Shelley, and Kate Lavender. “The Cable House Murders, July 20, 1892 : Poison!” Lizzie Borden : Warps & Wefts, July 26, 2022. https://lizziebordenwarpsandwefts.com/2022/07/26/the-cable-house-murders-poison/.“The World At Large: The South.” The Pratt Republican (Pratt, Kansas), August 4, 1892. www.newspapers.com.SOUND SOURCESAl Jolson. “I'll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Ever wondered how to transform someone's story into a captivating narrative? Join Merry and Cathy as they chat with the multi-talented Autumn Karen—writing coach, ghostwriter, and filmmaker—about the art of ghostwriting. Autumn shares how her North Carolina upbringing, surrounded by a community of storytelling women, shaped her career. Dive into the nuances of writing for books versus screenplays, and discover the secrets to capturing a client's voice authentically. Plus, learn why radical self-acceptance is key to overcoming writer's block. Tune in for inspiration and get ready to unleash your inner storyteller!Autumn Karen's Bio:Autumn Karen is a filmmaker, journalist, ghostwriter, and educator who uses writing to elevate traditionally unheard stories. She's English faculty at High Point University, an Honors Fellow at UNC Greensboro, founder of Woven Lines Publishing, and a longtime contributor to local independent paper Triad City Beat. Her award winning work as a journalist, author, and screenwriter centers on themes such as systematic oppression, grief, and complex societal relationships.Among her credited co-authored books in her last decade as a ghostwriter are Mississippi Still Burning: From Hoods to Suits, the story of a Black preacher who took over the KKK from prison, and Amy: Book One, an empowerment erotica novel published through the University of Pleasure. Her award-winning short screenplay, Infinity Care, is based on her own experience losing a daughter to epilepsy. She's a founder of Medusa's Gaze, a development and distribution company that focuses on amplifying the voices of women and gender diverse creators. Special Offer:Listeners of Late Boomers can access exclusive free content and consultations at https://www.autumnkaren.com/vaultConnect with Autumn:Website: https://www.autumnkaren.com/YouTube: www.youtube.com/@autumncarryingFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wovenlines/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autumncarryingTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@autumncarryingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autumnkaren/Thank you for listening. Please check out @lateboomers on Instagram and our website lateboomers.biz. If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to watch it or listen to more of our episodes, you will find Late Boomers on your favorite podcast platform and on our new YouTube Late Boomers Podcast Channel. We hope we have inspired you and we look forward to your becoming a member of our Late Boomers family of subscribers.
Autumn Karen: Mastering the Long Haul: How to Stick With Your Writing Project Until It's Done Autumn Karen is a filmmaker, journalist, ghostwriter, and educator who uses writing to elevate traditionally unheard stories. She's English faculty at High Point University, an Honors Fellow at UNC Greensboro, and a longtime contributor to local independent paper Triad City Beat. Her award winning work as a journalist, author, and screenwriter centers on themes such as systematic oppression, grief, and complex societal relationships. Among her credited co-authored books in her last decade as a ghostwriter are Mississippi Still Burning: From Hoods to Suits, the story of a Black preacher who took over the KKK from prison, and Amy: Book One, an empowerment erotica novel published through the University of Pleasure. Her award-winning short screenplay, Infinity Care, is based on her own experience losing a daughter to epilepsy. She's a founder of Medusa's Gaze, a development and distribution company that focuses on amplifying the voices of women and gender diverse creators. Link: https://www.autumnkaren.com/ Support PEG by checking out our Sponsors: Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me or from the link in the description, and use promo code “GHOST” and receive a 1-month free premium subscription. The best tool for getting podcast guests: https://podmatch.com/signup/phantomelectricghost Subscribe to our Instagram for exclusive content: https://www.instagram.com/expansive_sound_experiments/ Subscribe to our YouTube https://youtube.com/@phantomelectricghost?si=rEyT56WQvDsAoRpr PEG uses StreamYard.com for our live podcasts https://streamyard.com/pal/c/6290085463457792 Get $10.00 Credit for using StreamYard.com when you sign up with our link RSS https://anchor.fm/s/3b31908/podcast/rss
Send us a textBehind The Pen: Ghostwriter Tells All#author #ghostwriter #filmmaker #writingabook #professor Autumn Karen is a filmmaker, journalist, ghostwriter, and educator who uses writing to elevate traditionally unheard stories. She's English faculty at High Point University, an Honors Fellow at UNC Greensboro, and a longtime contributor to local independent paper Triad City Beat. Her award winning work as a journalist, author, and screenwriter centers on themes such as systematic oppression, grief, and complex societal relationships.Website: https://www.autumnkaren.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autumncarryingTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@UCc5r-BQN01NnEcn8Vnp4T8A Thanks for tuning in, please be sure to click that subscribe button and give this a thumbs up!!Email: thevibesbroadcast@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/listen_to_the_vibes_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thevibesbroadcastnetworkLinktree: https://linktr.ee/the_vibes_broadcastTikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeuTVRv2/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheVibesBrdcstTruth: https://truthsocial.com/@KoyoteFor all our social media and other links, go to: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/the_vibes_broadcastPlease subscribe, like, and share!
We talk with Triad City Beat editor, Brian Clarey, about politics, drinking problems and how we met each other 20 years ago and didn't have a clue.
Triad City Beat journalist Jordan Green joins Ryan and Justin to discuss radical right-wing extremism in North Carolina.
Welcome to episode 5 of the podcast On Common Ground by our very own Dusty Keene! Episode 5: Interview with Brian Clarey, publisher of Triad City Beat. Learn how he got started and what keeps him up late at night. Listen to his thoughts on topics ranging not only local and COVID but across the world. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook & Instagram and of course YouTube....subscribe for weekly episodes every Friday at 5pm!
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CONTENT WARNING: mentions of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Kink & BDSM In this episode Candace & I unpacked how Kink and BDSM can be used as vehicles of pleasure for folks to reconnect with their bodies through fitness. Candace Liger is the founder of Felyne Fitness and Felyne Fetish, championing creative wellness practices, body activism, and PROACTIVE self care. With over 8 years experience as a NASM health and wellness practicioner. She is the creator of JahRation Nation Dance Fitness - a high- energy, DANCEHALL & AFROBEAT based class. Recognizing the need for communities to address holistic healing as a liberatory practice, her programming emphasizes accessing the erotic by uplifting consent beyond the binary. She is creator of Felyne Fetish aka. AfroDGak, an offering encouraging body autonomy, radical consent, kink education, and erotic consciousness within safe, artistically-inclined spaces. Acquiring 10 years of experience working in the erotic space, she has hosted Kink , BDSM, and Erotic events throughout the US, and was recently featured on the Triad City Beat for her unique Felyne Fetish Fitness classes blending BDSM and Fitness. In 2014, she ranked 8th in the nation through the Women of the World Poetry Competition and has performed in Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Washington D.C, and more. Additionally, she has used her dynamic voice as an active community leader extensively involved in initiatives including advocacy against sexual assault & domestic violence, education, and cultural art programs and performances. Through her activism work and community involvement, she has been awarded the 2017 Social Justice Award from the YWCA of Oklahoma, the Woman of Action Award from the National Organization of Women, and the 2017 ACLU Angie Debo Civil Libertarian award. www.CandaceLiger.com www.FelyneFetish.com Email: Ligerfitness@gmail.com Facebook: Candace Liger #FelyneFetish Instagram: @CandaceLiger & @CoachFelyne Rate Us on Itunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decolonizing-fitness/id1458360965
This vacated rental property on Huffman Street in Greensboro is owned by Irene Agapion-Martinez. The photo reveals several code violations including a crumbling porch foundation and a missing porch roof pillar. DAVID FORD/WFDD In May, a kitchen fire at a low-rent apartment in Greensboro claimed the lives of five refugee children—siblings from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After months of investigation, officials determined that “unattended cooking” was the likely cause, but the tragedy led to dozens of tenants stepping forward to share their stories of what they described as landlord neglect at the Summit-Cone apartments. The 42-unit complex is owned by Bill, Sophia and Basil Agapion, and managed by Arco Realty. In the second installment of our five-part series “Unsafe Haven,” WFDD’s David Ford investigates Arco, and the Greensboro family that has run the company throughout its 60-year history. “Long List Of Code Violations” In August, 466 code violations were found at Summit-Cone, and the entire complex was condemned. It was the second condemnation in less than five years. DAVID FORD/WFDD Every home in Greensboro—owner or tenant-occupied—must meet minimum housing standards: safe, sanitary, and fit for human habitation. But often even those basic thresholds are not being met. At a routine home inspection, Mark Wayman with the city's Code Compliance Division is checking out a property in East Greensboro on a tree-lined narrow street, dotted with small rental homes in various states of disrepair. He points to work being done to secure windows of the home. “For the safety of the neighborhood and also to protect what’s there, we’re going to go ahead and do that," says Wayman. "The owners had more than twelve days to take care of this and they have not.” Wayman adds that the missing windows and an open crawl space are ideal entry points for rodents, children, and homeless adults. He scans the scene and ticks off a long list of code violations including a crumbling front porch foundation, gaping roofline holes, vandalized electrical panel, suspect roof, missing handrails—and those are just on the home’s exterior. “It would take five minor violations or one major violation to start a case,” says Wayman. “And I think we definitely have one here, just at a glance.” Coincidentally, the day after this home inspection tour, Wayman called to say that the owner of the small rental we visited just happens to be Irene Agapion-Martinez, of Arco Realty. She’s also the property management representative for the Summit-Cone apartments, the site of the deadly fire where nearly 500 minimum housing standards code violations were discovered after the fire. The entire complex was condemned, the second time in less than five years. “A Reputation For Cutting Corners” Built in the early 60s near the busy intersection of Summit Avenue and Cone Boulevard, the apartments are not much to look at: nine brick, barracks-style, two-story buildings spread out across one long block along Summit. But back in 1963, just a year after construction, to young real estate lawyer Bill Agapion, it looked like a money-maker. Roughly ten years earlier he formed AAA Realty—later Arco Realty—in a converted bank building on South Elm Street. Specializing in low-income housing for people with very few options, he catered to those with poor credit, recent evictions, and the underemployed, and at Summit-Cone, immigrants and refugees. Arco’s stated mission: provide quality, affordable rentals. But by the 1970s the Agapions' reputation for cutting corners was already well established. The Summit-Cone apartment complex is located at the busy intersection of Summit Ave. and Cone Blvd. Apartment G (the site of the deadly fire) is pictured far right with plywood boards. DAVID FORD/WFDD When a landlord’s property fails to meet minimum standards, the buildings can be condemned, resulting in fines, civil penalties, reinspection fees, orders by the city to repair, and in extreme cases, demolition. Bill Agapion has a well-documented history of delaying fine payments, postponing necessary repairs, and bringing his apartments up to minimum code just in time to avoid demolition, says journalist Eric Ginsburg. “This is a landlord who is not doing anything proactive to make sure people are living in safe conditions,” says Ginsburg. Three years ago, he reported for Triad City Beat that the Agapion family, through their hundreds of Greensboro properties, had accumulated nearly $350,000 in outstanding fines. “This is someone who does the minimal amount that they have to, and they only make those minimal changes when they’re caught by the city,” says Ginsburg. “And that has a huge cost for the rest of us.” Ginsburg says neighborhoods and the city pay for blighted apartments: depressing property values, the ability to attract new employers, and the jobs that come with them. But for Sudanese refugee, and former Summit-Cone tenant Juma Juma, inaction on the part of his property manager, Arco Realty, led to months of frustration and anger. Forced to relocate from his Summit-Cone apartment after it was condemned, Juma Juma waits in line at the Greensboro Housing Coalition-sponsored Landlord Fair. DAVID FORD/WFDD “The landlord was not so courageous to come and see what’s inside to evaluate either [if] the light is working or the fire detectors or the water either it is leaking or not leaking,” says Juma. WFDD reached out to the Agapions on multiple occasions to request interviews for this story. Those requests were denied, but finally a written statement was provided through their attorney’s office. "Many criticisms we currently face are not factual or do not account for complicating factors. Regardless, we will continue to work to provide our residents with safe, affordable housing, to improve and maintain the properties we manage, and to serve our community as good corporate citizens." It goes on to reiterate that the Greensboro Fire Department concluded that the fire was a result of unattended cooking by tenants. For city officials and inspectors who have dealt with the Agapions over the years, accruing multiple violations and delaying repairs until the last possible moment is a familiar pattern, but not an illegal one. Former Greensboro Chief Code Enforcement Officer Beth Benton describes her office’s relationship with Irene Agapion-Martinez as cooperative. “From my perspective, if you own hundreds and hundreds of properties, you’re going to have violations,” says Benton. “That just kind of comes with the territory.” Benton blames some of the backlog in tenant complaints in apartments primarily populated with refugees on language barriers, education, and the process itself. “They don’t realize that they have another option, that they can call us if the landlord is not being responsive,” she says. “The other thing [is] a lot of immigrants and refugees settling here often see code officers—we are a form of government, we are a form of police. So, we are not welcome. It creates fear from where they’re from as political refugees." “Unwanted Headlines” And the code violations continue to accumulate. Members of the Agapion family are currently being sued by the widow of a plumber electrocuted while working in the crawl space of a rental property managed by Arco Realty. The suit alleges that the electrical system had bare wires and was dangerously below code. Bill, Sophia and Basil Agapion responded in nearly identical filings denying those claims. Decade after decade, the Agapions have made unwanted newspaper headlines: 2006: Judge signs city order to demolish several Arco homes on Guerrant Street. 1992: Dozens of refugees from Vietnam settle at Summit-Cone apartments, which had been condemned and vacant. 1987: Survey shows 200 of the city’s 250 boarded-up houses are owned by Agapions. And the paper trail dates as far back as 1970, when hundreds of AAA Realty tenants staged a 3-month rent strike. Some marched past the Agapion’s South Elm office holding signs that read: “When does this city plan to do something?” Story does not include AP content #arco realty #greensboro #summit-cone #agapion #housing #unsafe haven Health & Safety Normal Tweet
Eric Ginsburg is a freelance writer based out of Greensboro, North Carolina. He’s also the managing editor and co-founder of Triad City Beat, a well-known, weekly newspaper where he also serves as the outlet’s food and drink writer. His work can be see in the New York Post, Our State magazine, Creative Loafing Charlotte, and more. Even though he got an early exposure from his mother being a poet, he didn’t consider freelance as a career until he took a cross-country trip that helped him realize he wanted to take the chance. Listen in as he talks about his journey through school, inspirations and how Triad City Beat came to be.
In 1979, a group of labor organizers protested outside a Ku Klux Klan screening of the 1915 white supremacist film, The Birth of a Nation. Nelson Johnson and Signe Waller-Foxworth remember shouting at armed Klansmen and burning a confederate flag, until eventually police forced the KKK inside and the standoff ended without violence. The labor organizers felt they'd won a small victory, and planned a much bigger anti-Klan demonstration in Greensboro, North Carolina. They advertised with the slogan: “Death to the Klan" and set the date for November 3rd, 1979. As protestors assembled, a caravan of nine cars appeared, and a man in a pick-up truck yelled: "You asked for the Klan! Now you've got 'em!" Thirty-nine shots were fired in eighty-eight seconds, and five protestors were killed. The city of Greensboro is still grappling with the complicated legacy of that day. The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s full report is available online. Today, Reverend Nelson Johnson is a pastor with Faith Community Church and serves as the Executive Director for the Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, which advocates for social and economic justice. Signe Waller-Foxworth is the author of Love and Revolution: A Political Memoir. Eric Ginsburg is the associate editor at the Triad City Beat. For this story, we also interviewed Elizabeth Wheaton, author of Codename Greenkill. Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.