Blanket Fort Radio Theater

This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's podcast of "Survived by One,"  Tom Odle describes his early experiences with sex, drugs, and crime.

"Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer" by Robert Hanlon and Thomas Odle is published by SIU Press.

Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initaitive of SIU Press in collaboartion with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU Radio.

This week on Blanket Fort Radio Theater's podcast of "Survived by One," Tom Odle talks about his adolescent struggle for independence.

"Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer" by Robert Hanlon and Thomas Odle is from SIU Press.

Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initiative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU Radio.

Welcome to Blanket Fort Radio Theater.  This week on Episode 3 of the podcast of "Survived by One," Tom Odle details the control his mother had over her children.   

"Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer" is written by Robert Hanlon and Tom Odle from SIU Press.

In Episode 2 of "Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer," by Robert Hanlon and Tom Odle, Tom recalls the abuse and isolation he experienced while growing up.

Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling initative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU Radio.

Blanket Fort Radio Theater presents "Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer" by Robert Hanlon and Thomas Odle from SIU Press. 

In Episode 1, Tom Odle contemplates memories of his early childhood and his relationship with his mother.

Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling iniative of SIU Press in collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU Radio.

Author Gary DeNeal reveals his inspiration for writing A Knight of Another Sort—in particular, the way in which his family’s personal connection to the Birger gang sparked a lifelong fascination with southern Illinois’ history.

Author Gary DeNeal reveals his inspiration for writing A Knight of Another Sort—in particular, the way in which his family’s personal connection to the Birger gang sparked a lifelong fascination with southern Illinois’ history.

The stories of Charlie Birger, the Sheltons, their men, and their adversaries don’t end after the trials, the sentences, or even the hangings. Several men outlast their years in prison. Some fall to enemy bullets. Some vanish into obscurity or old age. But a few—like Charlie Birger—leave us with a legacy that has survived a hundred years and may well survive a hundred more. 

The murder trial of Ethel Price concludes, Arlie O. Boswell and other prominent officials stand trial for violating the Volstead Act, and members of the Birger gang set the record straight who was responsible for the destruction of Shady Rest.