True Crime Historian Pulpular Media
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Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism
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A Deadly Brawl At Turkey Creek
Amos Lunsford Meets His Match
Episode 175 comes by the way of a request from a listener in North Carolina who wanted to know more about this incident, a fight about a horse at a church revival camp that gets out of hand. There might have been whiskey involved. Go figure.
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The Farmer Digs A Grave
The Scoundrel Gershon Marx
Episode 447 retains a lot of the discrepancies in the reporting of the story, so don’t be alarmed at conflicting versions of the same incidents. I can’t say for certain that they ever got some of the names right, but nothing could be more wrong in so many ways than the theatrical adaptation of the case that takes place at the denouement.
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Popular Justice
The Bloody Record Of Henry Plummer And His Gang
Episode 422 hearkens back to the wild wild West, in the days following the great gold rush. Much of the story takes place in Bannack, Montana, which is now a state park and ghost town, and follows the career of one of the most notorious gangs of the day and the rise of the citizen's committee that puts an end to it.
Adapted from the books "The Story of the Outlaw" by Emerson Hough and "The Montana Vigilantes, Or Popular Justice In The Rocky Mountains" by Thomas J. Dimsdale, the first newspaperman in Montana.
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A Royal Slashing
The Murder Of The Duchess Of Praslin
Episode 213 is dedicated to listener Clair Stephenson, who reached out after watching the 1940 move "All This And Heaven Too", the story of a scandalous murder in the courts of France that helped precipitate the French Revolution. Based on dispatches to London, the real story is not quite the Hollywood version, but I can definitely see Bette Davis as Henriette Deluzy.
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A Body Under The Stairs
Mrs. Peete’s Private Burials
Episode 420 recalls one of America’s lesser-known serial killers, Louise Peete. There’s never been a book or a movie about her, yet during her murderous career, her Southern charm and polite matronly manner made her a nation-wide front page sensation, with some newspapers printing literally every word of her trial as well as fawning feature stories.
Culled from the historic pages of the Los Angeles Express, the Los Angeles Times, and other newspapers from the era.
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The Hermit Of Grand Lake
Clue Of The Antique Dimes
Episode 445 is the tale of a pair of simple-minded lumberjack cousins who go to extreme and cruel measures to exact revenge against a mountain recluse. But what price will they pay?
Culled from the historic pages of the Denver Post and other newspapers of the era.
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic historical curiosities
Love this podcast. I'm a big history guy and the gimmick of recounting crime stories using only contemporary newspaper sources is inspired. The host has a laconic, musical drawl which makes these tales of mayhem strangely relaxing.
All round all good.
Every episode is well researched and well read also they are all a good length so good to listen on a long journey. I only listen to half a dozen podcasts and this is one of them.
A TIME MACHINE
Mr Jones transports the listener in a most visceral way back to when journalism took the reader into the minutiae of the everyday lives of ordinary citizens caught up in extraordinary events. Please keep it up, it’s obviously a labour of love and we love it!