Detectives by the Decade

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:

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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:

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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:

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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

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Social media:

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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

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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/