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Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
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- Babette in Retrospect and FAQ I
Was Babette's relationship with the Judge and Billie a polyamorous triad? Did Babette commit suicide? Wouldn't Babette's story be better told by someone less cis? Babette's house sounds super creepy, was it haunted? You share a lot of personal bodily details about Babette. Isn't that disrespectful? Was Babette aware the FBI surveilled her? What was Babette's relationship with the LGBTQ+ community? Did Babette speak German? Before the book came out, how was Babette viewed by the local trans community?
20 min - Epilogue
This final chapter includes details from Babette's FBI files and other supporting documentation that completes some gaps in her story.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]15 min - Chapter 45 - Alaska / A strange reunion
Near the end of silver trolling season, a chance dive bar encounter in Sitka loops back an unexpected figure from Babette's obsessions.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]12 min - Chapter 44 - Nausea while longlining
At long last I read Babette's favorite book during a longlining season in the Gulf of Alaska. I become struck with its appropriateness while writing about our times together.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]5 min - Chapter 43 - Late night croquet / The second kidnapping
A poorly planned memorial to Babette is disrupted by emergency croquet with gutterpunks. Following an auto theft, another kidnapping unfolds.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]17 min - Chapter 42 - Exodus III / Leaving the Tolman Street house
After concluding final affairs, I make a final tour of Babette's house before ending my residence and moving on.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]3 min - Chapter 41 - Duty and deceptions / The ashes return
Babette's lawyers encounter difficulties and Bonnie Church brings me a surprising gift.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]43 min - Chapter 40 - Instructions fulfilled / The house exploration
Following Babette's wishes, Zoya and I scour the house and eliminate Canadian material yet many other items come to light only deepening the mysteries.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]28 min - Chapter 39 - The second death / Babette's family
Following Babette's sensational demise, Roselyn reveals her true identity. I also meet Babette's third wife and the Ellsworth family becomes inadvertently involved in the complex situation.
If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]29 min - Chapter 38 - Babette's last feast
Babette invites several favorite students over for a dinner party and afterward viewing one of her favorite films, Babette's Feast. She reveals her final scheme for tricking a church into honoring Hitler.
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About Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
From the publisher's feed
A college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world.
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