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By Kristy Baxter
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The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.
An unaired episode I had laying around. Happy Holidays!
Check out Old Timey Crimey and Short Story Short Podcast
Sources:
Douglas MacGowan on CrimeLibrary
Arsenic Act. Not Proven.
Edinburgh News.
Undiscovered Scotland.
Li, J., Guo, Y., Duan, X. et al. Biological Trace Element Research.
Bill Greenwell
Ian the Pict.
Kristy Dorsey. Insider.
Joseph M. Barbato. Indiana International & Comparative Law Review.
Atlas Obscura.
Cheshire Observer.
The Glasgow Herald.
The Observer.
The Caledonian Mercury.
Music
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-plan
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
Trio for Piano Violin and Viola by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4546-trio-for-piano-violin-and-viola
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Elegant Classical Piano Waltz by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7938-elegant-classical-piano-waltz
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Emotional Romantic Classical Piano by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7667-emotional-romantic-classical-piano
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Background Sensible Waltz Piano by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7285-background-sensible-waltz-piano
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Laendler in C Minor (Hess 68) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3961-laendler-in-c-minor-hess-68-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Air Of Mystery by chilledmusic
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7119-air-of-mystery-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Season 2 Episode 10: What, in the end, is this seminal detective’s legacy?
Dbtd is researched, written, and produced by me, Kristy Baxter. Voice acting by Scott Mort.
Other shows you should check out:
Old Timey Crimey: linktr.ee/oldtimeycrimey
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3qwlV2z
Social media:
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, & Instagram!
Music:
Dark Hallway (clean) by Kevin MacLeod
Plans in Motion by Kevin MacLeod
Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod
Crusade Heavy Industry by Kevin MacLeod
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
The Builder by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
Allan Pinkerton. Strikers, Communists, Tramps, and Detectives. Allan Pinkerton Describes the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Strikers_Communists_Tramps_and_Detective/aHizEr_P3acC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22At+noon+of+Thursday,+July+19th,+the+unexpected+blow+was+struck%22&pg=PA219&printsec=frontcover
Sarah Jones. “Pinkertons Still Never Sleep.” https://newrepublic.com/article/147619/pinkertons-still-never-sleep
Boston Globe via newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/430668231/?terms=pinkerton%20strike%20dead&match=1
PBS. Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency | American Experience
Season 2 Episode 9: An inauguration and a president-elect are threatened.
Other shows you should check out:
Old Timey Crimey: linktr.ee/oldtimeycrimey
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3qwlV2z
Social media:
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, & Instagram!
Music:
Somber And Ominous Waltz Piano Solo by MusicLFiles
Dark Dance by Kevin MacLeod
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
FamilialCrises by Lilo Sound
Dramatic Interlude by Alexander Nakarada
Air Of Mystery by chilledmusic
Nightmare by Alexander Nakarada
Sources Used:
Brad Meltzer. The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President—and Why it Failed
Allan Pinkerton. A Spy of the Rebellion.
Baltimore Sun. https://www.newspapers.com/image/372496959
White House History. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-willard-hotel
Ted Widmer. New York Times. https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/nuts/
(GOOD PICS) Daniel Stashower. Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-unsuccessful-plot-to-kill-abraham-lincoln-2013956/
Paul Martin. Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lincolns-missing-bodyguard-12932069/
Thomas Allen. Federation of American Scientists. https://fas.org/irp/cia/product/civilwar.pdf
Secret Service.gov. secretservice.gov/about/history/timeline
Season 2 Episode 8: America's first lady detective makes a name for herself.
Other shows you should check out:
Old Timey Crimey: linktr.ee/oldtimeycrimey
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3qwlV2z
Social media:
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, & Instagram!
Sources:
Chris Enss. The Pinks: The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies with the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. google.com/books/edition/The_Pinks/rP0oDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="kate+warne"&printsec=frontcover
Allan Pinkerton. The Expressman and the Detective. shorturl.at/huRS2
Allan Pinkerton. The Greatest Cases of Pinkerton Detective Agency. shorturl.at/tyNQ6
Republican Banner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. https://www.newspapers.com
Robert Walsh. The Archive. https://explorethearchive.com/kate-warne-first-female-detective
The Pinkerton Agency. https://pinkerton.com/our-insights/blog/unsung-heroes-first-female-detective-kate-warne
Chris Enss. Cowgirl Magazine. https://cowgirlmagazine.com/wild-women-wednesday-r-c-potter/
Democratic Enquirer, Wheeling Daily Intelligencer via LOC. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Music:
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
Soft Classical Piano by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7332-soft-classical-piano
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
FamilialCrises by Lilo Sound
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6536-familialcrises
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Seven Off by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4339-seven-off
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Five Card Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3763-five-card-shuffle
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4232-porch-blues
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Dark Dance by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3604-dark-dance
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
The old clock shop by chilledmusic
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7101-the-old-clock-shop
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Iron Horse - Distressed by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3926-iron-horse---distressed
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Bad Ideas (clean) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3411-bad-ideas-clean-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Amazing Plan - Distressed by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3357-amazing-plan---distressed
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Air Of Mystery by chilledmusic
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7119-air-of-mystery-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Season 2 Episode 7: An introduction to the life and exploits of Allan Pinkerton.
Other shows you should check out:
Old Timey Crimey: linktr.ee/oldtimeycrimey
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3qwlV2z
Social media:
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, & Instagram!
Music:
The old clock shop by chilledmusic
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Air Of Mystery by chilledmusic
Waltz of Treachery by Kevin MacLeod
Amazing Plan - Distressed by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-events/1892-homestead-strike
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/carnegie-strike-homestead-mill/
Sarah Jones. The New Republic. “The Pinkertons Still Never Sleep.” https://newrepublic.com/article/147619/pinkertons-still-never-sleep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinkerton_Labor_Spy
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allan-Pinkerton
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/james-agency/
https://www.nps.gov/people/allan-pinkerton.htm
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/august-25/
https://pinkerton.com/our-story/history
Alton Weekly Courier, Chicago Tribune, Rock Island Argus. https://www.newspapers.com/image/612856722/?terms=pinkerton&match=1
Season 2 Episode 6: Alfred Swaine Taylor's reputation loses some of its sheen when he crosses paths with Dr. Thomas Smethurst, a man whose wealthy wife was conveniently ill.
Other shows you should check out!
Old Timey Crimey: linktr.ee/oldtimeycrimey
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3qwlV2z
Social media:
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, & Instagram!
Sources:
British Medical Journal. “The Trial of Thomas Smethurst.”
Written in Blood. Colin Wilson
Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science. Nigel McCrery.
Strange Company.
NY herald, Evening Star accessed via LOC
Music:
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Mystery Palace by Alexander Nakarada
Lively Classical Piano Waltz by MusicLFiles
Autumn Waltz by MusicLFiles
Dark Dance by Kevin MacLeod
Background Sensible Waltz Piano by MusicLFiles
FamilialCrises by Lilo Sound
Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod
Trio for Piano Violin and Viola by Kevin MacLeod
Mister Exposition by Kevin MacLeod
Prelude in C (BWV 846) by Kevin MacLeod
Season 2 Episode 5: Smoking Gun. Jean Servais Stas, Belgian chemist extraordinaire, finds a way to prove a murder featuring an unusual poison.
Other shows you should check out!
Old Timey Crimey: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RT0RA9i9kV7ldhWu04FcU?si=DiD_SV7ETwuo2ef77bV5Zg
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ
Social Media: Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, or Instagram!
Sources:
Nigel McCrery. Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science.
David E. Newton. Forensic Chemistry.
"Types of Poison." Britannica.
"Jean Servais Stas." Wikipedia.
D. Thorbun Burns, Henrik Deelstra. "Some aspects of the rise of analytical chemistry in Belgium." Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry.
Deborah Blum. "Nicotine and the Chemistry of Murder." Wired.
Nene Adams. "Hippolyte Visart de Bocarme." Murderpedia.
Music
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Dark Hallway (clean) by Kevin MacLeod
Inspiring Chopin Nocturne by MusicLFiles
Villainous Treachery by Kevin MacLeod
Dark Dance by Kevin MacLeod
Season 2 Episode 4: The Prince of Poisoners, Dr. William Palmer, meets his match in Albert Swaine Taylor. Cheers!
Old Timey Crimey: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RT0RA9i9kV7ldhWu04FcU?si=DiD_SV7ETwuo2ef77bV5Zg
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, or Instagram!
Sources
Dave Lewis. “William Palmer: the infamous Rugely Poisoiner.” http://staffscc.net/wppalmer/
Office for National Statistics. ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/articles/howhaslifeexpectancychangedovertime/2015-09-09
Kenneth Gibson. “Killer Doctors: The ultimate betrayal of trust.”
Winnipeg Free Press. Tom Oleson. https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-oct-25-1969-p-17/
https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/palmer-william.htm
Rose Stavely-Wadham. British Newspaper Archive Blog https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/03/25/william-palmer-the-rugeley-poisoner/
N.G. Coley. Medical History. Nat’l library of medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1036419/pdf/medhist00049-0027.pdf
L. Rosenfeld. Clinical Chemistry. https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article-abstract/31/7/1235/5651875
Corinne Hogan. Royal College of Surgeons of England. https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/alfred-swaine-taylor/
Music
Plans in Motion by Kevin MacLeod
FamilialCrises by Lilo Sound
Comic Plodding by Kevin MacLeod
Prelude in C (BWV 846) by Kevin MacLeod
Laendler in C Minor (Hess 68) by Kevin MacLeod
Mysterious Fear by MusicLFiles
Inspiring Chopin Nocturne by MusicLFiles
TheTutor by Lilo Sound
Licenses for all music: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Season 2 Episode 3: Marie and Frederick Manning shock England with a brutal crime. Charles Dickens has Things to Say.
My other shows:
Old Timey Crimey: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RT0RA9i9kV7ldhWu04FcU?si=DiD_SV7ETwuo2ef77bV5Zg
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, or Instagram!
Sources
Murderpedia/Capitalpunishment.org. https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/manning-maria.htm
Headstuff.org by Ciaran Conliffe. “Fred And Maria Manning, A Murderous Married Couple.” https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/fred-maria-manning-victorian-murderers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Manning_(murderer)
Tavistock Books Blog. http://blog.tavbooks.com/?p=953
Amanda Foreman. Smithsonian Magazine. “The Heartbreaking History of Divorce.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/heartbreaking-history-of-divorce-180949439/
Written in Blood by Colin Wilson.
Kate Meyers Emery. Bones Don’t Lie. https://bonesdontlie.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/new-morbid-terminology-quicklime/#:~:text=Quicklime%20is%20a%20chemical%20compound,and%20the%20remains%20are%20quicklime.
MUSIC
Laendler in C Minor (Hess 68) by Kevin MacLeod
Dark Hallway (clean) by Kevin MacLeod
Prelude in C (BWV 846) by Kevin MacLeod
Waltz Of The Rising Daylight by MusicLFiles
Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod
Machinations by Kevin MacLeod
Foam Rubber by Alexander Nakarada
Umbrella Pants by Kevin MacLeod
Villainous Treachery by Kevin MacLeod
Season 2 Episode 2: The Parkman-Webster murder trial scandalizes the upper class in Boston and becomes a landmark in the history of forensic anthropology.
My other shows:
Old Timey Crimey: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RT0RA9i9kV7ldhWu04FcU?si=DiD_SV7ETwuo2ef77bV5Zg
Short Story, Short Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3q2moJE65wLBf0zFjqhMhu?si=3zbTwhkIQnOYVqbd_TmZYQ
Come chat with me on Twitter, FB, or Instagram!
Sources:
Jim Fisher. “The Webster-Parkman Case.” http://jimfisher.edinboro.edu/forensics/webster1.html
Wikipedia. “George Parkman.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Parkman
Wilmington Journal; Vermont Watchman and State Journal; https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Dolly Stoltze. Strange Remains. “Discovering the pieces of Dr. George Parkman.” https://strangeremains.com/2015/03/19/discovering-the-pieces-of-dr-george-parkman/
Our First Men: A calendar of wealth, fashion, and gentility. Richard Hildreth. https://archive.org/details/ourfirstmenacal01hildgoog/page/n48/mode/2up
Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science by Nigel McCrery.
Elizabeth Watts Pope. Vignettes @ AAS: The Gentleman in the Purple Waistcoat. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711050628/http://www.americanantiquarian.org/vignettes110107.htm
Music:
Our Story Begins by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4181-our-story-begins
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Prelude in C (BWV 846) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4237-prelude-in-c-bwv-846-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3872-hidden-agenda
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Classical Piano Waltz Of Birds by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6238-classical-piano-waltz-of-birds
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.