I try to keep the main subject of podcast episodes that fall near the holidays a little more upbeat than normal. This latest episode will hopefully be nostalgic for many of you. The date is December 21, 1937, the day "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was released by Walt Disney, the first full-length animated film.

SOURCES

“Advertisement: Loeb’s.” Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), December 21, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

“Benjamin Phillips Mullen (1890-1937) .” Find a Grave. Accessed December 7, 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196581423/benja in-phillips-mullen.

Blanco, Juan Ignacio. “Eugen Weidmann: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers.” Eugen Weidmann | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. Accessed December 7, 2023. https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/weidmann-eugen.htm.

“Dancer’s Slayer Is Guillotined.” Daily Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi), June 18, 1939. www.newspapers.com.

“Disney Releases ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’” History.com. Accessed November 10, 2023. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/disney releases-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.'

Esslinger, Michael. “The December Departures From Alcatraz.” City ExperiencesTM, August 4, 2022. https://www.cityexperiences.com/blog/the-december-departures-from-alcatraz/.

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“Man Mistaken As Robber Is Slain By Illinois Policemen.” The Winchester Sun (Winchester, Kentucky), December 21, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

Newspaper Enterprise Association. “Heroine Safe, Dwarfs Chase Witch As Premiere of ‘Snow White’ Nears.” The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama), December 21, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

“Secluded Murder Villa Gives Up ‘Bluebeard Gang’ Victims.” Baraboo News Republic (Baraboo, Wisconsin), December 21, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 Film).” Wikipedia, November 10, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)#:~:text=Original%20theatrical%20run,-Duration%3A%201%20minute&text=Snow%20White%20and%20the%20Seven%20Dwarfs%20premiered%20at%20the%20Carthay,Marlene%20Dietrich%20and%20Charles%20Laughton.

“Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe.” Wikipedia, August 21, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Cole_and_Ralph_Roe.

“They Escaped From Alcatraz.” The Vernon Daily Record (Vernon, Texas), December 21, 1937. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

InspectorJ. “Bell, Candle Damper A (H4n).wav.” November 17, 2017.= www.freesound.org.