The year is 1929. Polychlorinated biphenyls are being mass produced, a mysterious death plagues the Doheny family at their Greystone Mansion, and Al Capone is back with the world's nicest prison cell. 

All of this, plus the year's top 5 movies and music, and we choose our next decade!

Listen now to get all the details.

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-doheny-murder-20190216-story.html

https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/if-these-walls-could-talk

https://www.kcet.org/history-society/we-shall-never-know-murder-money-and-the-enduring-mystery-of-greystone-mansion

https://www.kcet.org/history-society/we-shall-never-know-murder-money-and-the-enduring-mystery-of-greystone-mansion

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Al-Capone

 

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/al-capone/

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tf.asp?id=140&tid=26#bookmark01

https://www.epa.gov/pcbs/learn-about-polychlorinated-biphenyls-pcbs

https://theodorebham.com/history/

http://www.hudsonwatch.net/rachels01.html

The year is 1928. William Mulholland is back in the picture, this time building the St. Francis Dam. Women achieve the right to vote (finally) in Britain! Plus, we talk Anna Anderson and her attempt to pose as the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia. 

All of this, plus the year's top 5 movies (and the debut of Steamboat Willie) and music.

Listen now to get all the details.

 

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow

Background Music: "The Great One Step" by Victor Dance Orchestra, licensed under the public domain license, found athttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Victor_Dance_Orchestra/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_01192016/The_Great_One_Step_Victor_Dance_Orchestera

https://laist.com/2016/11/03/st_francis_dam.php

http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/st_francis_dam/St-Francis-Dam-for-ASCE-Press.pdf

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-news/francisquito-canyon-dam-st-francis-collapse-disaster-california-water-william-mulholland/30693/

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-the-1928-st-francis-dam-collapse-20180206-htmlstory.html

https://damfailures.org/case-study/st-francis-dam-california-1928/

https://tsort.info/music/yr1928.htm

https://popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1928.php

 

IMDb

 

http://www.films101.com/y1928r.htm

 

https://www.filmsite.org/1928.html

 

www.history.com/.amp/topics/russia/romanov-family 

 

https://blog.newspapers.com/last-of-the-czars/

 

time.com/5340985/romanov-century-dna-myths/%3famp=true

 

www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/anastasia-arrives-in-the-united-states

The year is 1927 and everything is horrible. The Radium Girls file a lawsuit because they're dying, Mount Rushmore's problematic beginnings, and a man who likes to spend time at home is murdered by his wife over insurance money.

 

All of this, plus the year's top 5 movies (spoiler- Amy ends up complaining about more than one of them) and music.

 

Whew, 1927 was just scandal after scandal. Listen now to get all the details.

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow

 

https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/ruth-snyder-judd-gray-trial-1927

 

https://tsort.info/music/yr1927.htm

 

https://popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1927.php

 

http://www.films101.com/y1927r.htm

https://www.filmsite.org/1927.html

IMDb 

 

www.history.com/.amp/news/double-indemnity-1920s-murder-crime-tabloids 

 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ruth-snyder

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sordid-history-mount-rushmore-180960446/https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/mount-rushmore-1https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore

 

http://environmentalhistory.org/people/radiumgirls/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-lie

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187122198/albina-larice

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153926380/quinta-macdonald

 https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/pdf/10.1148/radiol.14141352

https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/radium-girls

https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/history_of_medicine/manuscripts/us_radium_corporation

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-curies-passion-74183598/

The year is 1926. Rudy Valentino dies and people riot. Londoners are campaigning for protection from air pollution and dangerous working conditions. And, Harry Houdini also dies. People do not riot.  

All of this, plus the year's top 5 movies (spoiler - a train explodes creating the most expensive Silent Film scene ever made) and music.

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow

https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/~f014/usefulresources/aric/Resources/Teaching_Packs/Key_Stage_4/Air_Quality/01.html#:~:text=The%20Industrial%20Revolution%20in%20the,on%20the%20use%20of%20coal.&text=The%201926%20Smoke%20Abatement%20Act,was%20pollution%20from%20domestic%20sources.

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1926/mar/23/public-health-smoke-abatement-bill-hl

http://www.films101.com/y1926r.htm

IMDb

 

https://playback.fm/charts/top-100-songs/1926

 

https://popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1926.php

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Houdini

 

https://www.thegreatharryhoudini.com/

 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/houdini-biography/

 

www.history.com/.amp/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-harry-houdini 

 

www.history.com/.amp/news/what-killed-harry-houdini

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/3537452/houdini-1926/%3famp=true

 

https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/death-escape-artist-harry-houdini-appendicitis-surgery/

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentinohttp://www.rudolph-valentino.com/last-days.htmlhttps://www.biography.com/actor/rudolph-valentinohttps://www.urbo.com/content/rudolph-valentinos-funeral-is-a-unique-event-in-hollywoods-history/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-latin-lover-and-his-enemies-119968944/

The year is 1925. We're talking about (mostly) good things. Puppies are saving children and getting the statutes they deserve. Dr. Alice Hamilton writes the first occupational toxicology textbook in the United States (about time). Even Al Capone is giving away turkeys. 

All of this, plus the year's top 5 movies (spoiler - Lon Chaney is donning creepy makeup again) and music.

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone

 

www.biography.com/.amp/crime-figure/al-capone

 

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/al-capone/

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/miami-al-capone/

 

https://www.filmsite.org/1925.html

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentinohttp://www.rudolph-valentino.com/last-days.htmlhttps://www.biography.com/actor/rudolph-valentinohttps://www.urbo.com/content/rudolph-valentinos-funeral-is-a-unique-event-in-hollywoods-history/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-latin-lover-and-his-enemies-119968944/

https://www.wired.com/2013/01/looney-gas-and-lead-poisoning-a-short-sad-history/

https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/30320660R/PDF/30320660R.pdf

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/alicehamilton.html

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/awards/hamilton/default.html

http://www.films101.com/y1925r.htm

 

https://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=year&year=1925

 

https://popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1925.php

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/hotpopsongs.com/number-one-hits-1925/%3famp

The year is 1924. Things are blowing up in California, France makes the Winter Olympics happen, and movie mogul Thomas Ince mysteriously dies...or maybe just ate too many salted almonds.

All of this, plus the year's top 5 songs and top 5 silent films.

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow

https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/mulholland.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/california-scheming-69592006/

https://www.asce.org/project/first-owens-river-los-angeles-aqueduct/

http://yourlariver.com/

http://www.conservationsolutions.org/

https://mrca.ca.gov/los-angeles-river/

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Los+Angeles+River,+California/Owens+River,+California/@35.6223969,-120.1969623,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c2b7c873c06f81:0xa44a2d47e68ffb3b!2m2!1d-118.2231868!2d34.0154242!1m5!1m1!1s0x80be39a0d6711293:0x2f8f5d0ff53fdcd7!2m2!1d-118.3104015!2d37.2713485!3e0

https://lacounty.gov/government/about-la-county/history/

https://www.pge.com/includes/docs/pdfs/about/edusafety/training/pec/toolbox/arch/climate/california_climate_zone_06.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-02-me-annual-rain-graphic2-story.html

https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/

https://www.quotetab.com/quote/by-william-randolph-hearst/truth-is-not-only-stranger-than-fiction-it-is-more-interesting

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-04-me-24119-story.html%3f_amp=true

 

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mysterious-death-newport-movie-mogul-thomas-ince/

 

https://www.filmsite.org/1924.html

 

http://www.films101.com/y1924r.htm

 

https://popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1924.php

 

https://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=year&year=1924

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympicshttps://www.olympic.org/chamonix-1924https://time.com/4993522/first-winter-olympics-1924-chamonix-france/

Welcome to 1923!

We're talking the final straw that broke Hollywood and prompted the Hays Code, the Berkeley fire, and the persistent proposals of King George VI that led to a very fancy wedding.

All of this, plus the year's top 5 songs and top 5 silent films.

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow

https://www.filmsite.org/1923.html

 

http://m.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/hays-code.htm

 

http://users.monash.edu/~pringle/silent/ssotm/Dec97/

 

https://www.goldensilents.com/stars/wallacereid.html

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4130094/amp

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/timeline.com/amp/p/6b27a1404552

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/19/moguls-and-starlets-100-years-of-hollywoods-corrosive-systemic-sexism 

 

IMDb

https://tsort.info/music/yr1923.htm

https://www.nickiswift.com/118335/horrific-ways-old-hollywood-studios-abused-actors/?utm_campaign=clip

https://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/looking-back-at-the-wedding-of-king-george-vi-and-queen-elizabeth-80990/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Albert,_Duke_of_York,_and_Lady_Elizabeth_Bowes-Lyonhttps://www.unofficialroyalty.com/wedding-of-king-george-vi-of-the-united-kingdom-and-lady-elizabeth-bowes-lyon/

https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/sites/default/files/files/inline/bplhstrm_979.467_st76_the_story_of_the_berkeley_fire.pdf

http://www.sfmuseum.org/oakfire/berkeley.html

https://www.ebparks.org/parks/wildcat/

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Home.aspx

The Decade Dames are back to discuss the forgotten events of 1922. You know, like that unbelievable time when people were blatantly dumping barrels of oil off of docks, or the much better time when insulin was invented, or the much creepier time when William Desmond Taylor was murdered.

All of this, plus 1922's top movies and music! 

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Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow,

We are also thankful for the use of "Lupi" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under an attribution-noncommercial license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Orange_Cat/Lupi

Pollution of Navigable Waters: Hearings Before a Subcommittee on the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-eight Congress, First Session, on S. 42, S. 936, and S. 1388, Bills Relative to the Pollution of Navigable Waters. January 9, 1924

http://environmentalhistory.org/people/gifford-pinchot-and-the-anti-pollution-league/

https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/people/chiefs/gifford-pinchot-1865-1946/

The Death of William Desmond Taylor by Heather Monroe on medium.com. Medium.com/@hlemonroe/the-death-of-William-Desmond-Taylor-90c74ef8fb75

 

Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn I’d Hollywood by William J. Mann

 

https://www.filmsite.org/1922.html

 

https://tsort.info/music/yr1922.htm

The Decade Dames are back to discuss the forgotten events of 1922. You know, like that unbelievable time when people were blatantly dumping barrels of oil off of docks, or the much better time when insulin was invented, or the much creepier time when William Desmond Taylor was murdered.All of this, plus 1922's top movies and music! ***Intro Music: "Just Like a Rainbow" by The Columbians, licensed under the public domain license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Columbians/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_08252015/Just_Like_A_Rainbow,We are also thankful for the use of "Lupi" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under an attribution-noncommercial license, found at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Orange_Cat/Lupihttps://books.google.com/books?id=9gcQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=national+coast+anti+pollution+league+appleby&source=bl&ots=K_z3mCqIby&sig=ACfU3U3S76B-YUBXqiikIi4VfGlsxZPpBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZx8u6weDoAhVaHc0KHTpbD1oQ6AEwAXoECAoQKA#v=onepage&q=national%20coast%20anti%20pollution%20league%20appleby&f=falsehttp://environmentalhistory.org/people/gifford-pinchot-and-the-anti-pollution-league/https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/people/chiefs/gifford-pinchot-1865-1946/

In 1921, the United States saw the discovery of leaded gasoline that dominated our vehicles for the better part of the century, challenges to medicinal beer, and one of Holllywood's first and most depraved scandals. It was a rough year, but hey, at least the flappers were still having fun.