Season 2 Episode 1: How criminals kept the crime rate down in 18th century London—eventually leading to the formation of an actual crime-fighting organization.

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

Voice acting by Scott Mort.

Sources:

Written in Blood: A History of Forensic Detection by Colin Wilson

History by the Yard. http://www.historybytheyard.co.uk/pc_gutteridge.htm

John Dashney. National Federation of the Blind. “The Blind Beak of Bow Street.” https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/books/kernel1/kern0808.htm

Wikipedia. ‘Bow St Runners.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners“Henry Fielding.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fielding. “Thomas de Veil.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Veil

Esther Fearn. Britannica. “Moll Cutpurse.” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moll-Cutpurse

Jenn Jeffers. The Raven Report. “Remembering Old London And Its Epic Battle With Modern Crime.”  https://theravenreport.com/2017/11/11/remembering-old-london-and-its-epic-battle-with-modern-crime/

https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/j/Jonathan_Wild.htm

Jessica Brain. “Bow Street Runners.” Historic UK. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Bow-Street-Runners/

Naomi Clifford. NaomiClifford.com. “Henry Fielding’s attempted abduction of Sarah Andrew.” https://www.naomiclifford.com/henry-fielding-abduction-sarah-andrew/

Gerard Edward Jensen. “The Covent Garden Journal.” https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044004495362&view=1up&seq=30

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Paper-Blum.pdf

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette

Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3770-folk-round

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3872-hidden-agenda

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Northern Path by Alexander Nakarada

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6841-the-northern-path

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Season 1 Episode 15: We may not be able to use a microscope to figure out just what was going on between this family and their governess, but that doesn't mean a microscope won't come in handy eventually. This is the tale of the Duke and Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin; their governess, Henriette Deluzy; and forensic expert Auguste Tardieu. 

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Dbtd is researched, written, and produced by me, Kristy Baxter. Voice acting by the dandy Scott Mort and the nifty Amber Gaunt. Music by Kevin McLeod and MusicLFiles.

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette

Parisian by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4194-parisia

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

Laendler in C Minor (Hess 68) by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3961-laendler-in-c-minor-hess-68-

The Bandit by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4483-the-bandit

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Autumn Waltz by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6487-autumn-waltz

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sources:

Elisa Bergslien. An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience. https://bit.ly/2GlheH8

Wikipedia. “Francoise, duchess de Praslin.” “Auguste Tardieu.”

“Charles de Choiseul-Praslin.”  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Choiseul-Praslin

Geri Walton. “Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin: Her Murder in 1847.” https://www.geriwalton.com/murder-of-duchess-de-choiseul-praslin/

The Daily National Whig. Accessed via Library of Congress.

Norman Ball and Philippa Campsie. Parisian Fields. “A vile business clumsily done.”

Albert Savine. The assassination of the Duchess de Praslin. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45176/45176-h/45176-h.htm

Katherine Ramsland. “Auguste Ambroise Tardeau: Investigator’s Methods Become the Standard for Future Forensic Scientists.” https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pommerais-edmond.htm

Colin and Damon Wilson. “Written in Blood: A History of Forensic Detection.”

A collection of stories about forensic science long before forensics was a thing. 

Voice acting by Scott Mort. 

Music:

Deadly Roulette by KevinMacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette

Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3770-folk-round

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Royal Coupling by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5743-royal-coupling

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sources:

Dolly Stoltze. “A 13th Century Guide to Forensic Anthropology.” Strange Remains. https://strangeremains.com/2016/01/16/a-13th-century-guide-to-forensic-anthropology/

Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_entomology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliphoridae#Forensic_importance

World Digital Library. “Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.” https://www.wdl.org/en/item/17865/

Michael Kurland. “Irrefutable Evidence: A History of Forensic Science.” Ivan R. Dee, 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollia_Paulina

Richard Cavendish. History Today. “Death of the Emperor Claudius.” https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-emperor-claudius

Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science. Nigel McCrery. Chicago Review Press, 2014.

Martina Vicianova. “Historical Techniques of Lie Detection.” Europe’s Journal of Pscyhology. Found on https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873061/

William Garrett Cothran. “CSI: Rome - a dive into ancient forensics.” Sea Lion Press. https://www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/csi-rome-a-dive-into-ancient-forensics

William C. Summers. “The Chinese Nail Murders: Forensic Medicine in Imperial Chine.” Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. http://rt4rf9qn2y.scholar.serialssolutions.com/?sid=google&auinit=WC&aulast=Summers&atitle=The+Chinese+Nail+Murders:+forensic+medicine+in+Imperial+China.&id=pmid:11138936

Season 1 Episode 13: The sordid story of John Tawell, a man whose public and private lives were in constant conflict with each other—but one piece of emerging technology would serve to make everything public.

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Dbtd is researched, written, and produced by me, Kristy Baxter. Voice acting by the imperturbable Scott Mort. Music by Kevin McLeod and MusicLFiles.

Music

Kevin Macleod:

Deadly Roulette

Waltz of Treachery

Hidden Agenda

Wagner Bridal Chorus

MusicLFiles:

Melancholic Sentimental Piano Solo

Licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sources

Watford Observer. https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/johntawell/

BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/quakers_1.shtml

Ciaran Conliffe. Headstuff.org. https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/john-tawell-forger-murderer/

Old Bailey Online. https://bit.ly/3c4GjSi

The Trove. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2179294

Wikipedia. “Electrical Telegraph.” “Slough.”

British Transport Police. https://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/our_history/crime_history/murder_of_sarah_hart_1845.aspx

The Glebe Society. https://www.glebesociety.org.au/street/john-tawell-1784-1845/

NY Post. Jacob Passy. https://bit.ly/33BQh9P

Journal of the Statistical Society of London. v.4 (1841-42). https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044105223697&view=1up&seq=330

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MMG/MMG.asp?id=1141&tid=249#bookmark02

Jennifer Chaussee. Wired.· https://www.wired.com/2016/09/heres-many-apple-cores-take-poison/

John Tawell and R. Astill. Harvard Library. https://bit.ly/3kqiyaa

Season 1 Episode 12: How a pair of stolen pants led to the creation of a renowned detective division. 

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Sources:

True Crime Library. "Daniel Good." https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/daniel-good/

"1842: A Criminal Caught." http://www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk/events/a-criminal-caught.htm

The Times Archive. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/

British Library. Broadside on the Apprehension of Daniel Good. https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/broadside-apprehension-of-good-for-the-barbarous-murder-of-jane-jones

Robert Walsh on Crimescribe. "Watching the Detectives." https://crimescribe.com/2018/04/25/watching-the-detectives-the-arrest-of-the-inappropriately-named-daniel-good/amp/

"Scotland Yard." Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scotland-Yard

Rachel Griffin. University of Western Ontario. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4896&context=etd

Smithsonian Magazine. Jess Blumberg. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-scotland-yard-172669755/

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette

Villainous Treachery by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4588-villainous-treachery

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Season 1 Episode 11: I swear these aren't actual Christmas episodes. 

This week we look at the case that made the Marsh test a thing. Marie Lafarge is put on trial, and things are looking pretty good for her--until Mathieu Orfila shows up. 

Find us on FB, Insta, and Twitter. 

Voice acting by Amber Gaunt, Lynne Kearney, and Scott Mort. Music by Kevin McLeod, LiloSound, and MusicLFiles.

Sources:

Mary S. Hartman. Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes

Music: 

Kevin McLeod:

Licenses: License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Season 1 Episode 10: Examining the life of a young French woman through her own memoirs, this week we look at everything that led up to one of the most famous toxicological forensic cases. 

Find us on FB, Insta, and Twitter. Check out our other show, Old Timey Crimey, wherever you get podcasts.

Voice Acting:

Amber Gaunt, Scott Mort, and Lynne Kearney

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

Autumn Waltz by MusicLFiles

Summer Waltz by MusicLFiles

Melancholic Sentimental Piano Solo by MusicLFiles

The Waltz Of The Kindness by MusicLFiles

Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod

Classical Piano Waltz Of Birds by MusicLFiles

Somber And Ominous Waltz Piano Solo by MusicLFiles

Blood & Ink: An International Guide to Fact-based Crime Literature by Albert Borowitz

Season 1 Episode 9: Using the case of Francois Courvoisier, a valet who was neither good at his job nor good at crime, we explore the development of phrenology as a "science." But what, pray tell, did this case have to do with Jack the Ripper?

Find me on FB, Insta, and Twitter. Check out my other show, Old Timey Crimey, wherever you get podcasts.

Voice Acting: Scott Mort

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

The Bandit by Kevin MacLeod

Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod

Villainous Treachery by Kevin MacLeod

Improbable by Kevin MacLeod

Umbrella Pants by Kevin MacLeod

Sound Effects:

Chewiesmissus, Tom McCann, and JohnsonBrandEditing on freesound.org

Sources

Irrefutable Evidence: Adventures in the History of Forensic Science by Micahael Kurland

Sotheby’s “Russell, Lord William--Hobler, Francis.”

Roland Arkell. Antiques Trade Gazette. “Pick of the Week: Crime, punishment and phrenology.”

Phrenological Journal and Magazine of Moral Science, volumes 13 and 14.

John Van Wyhe. Historyofphrenology.org.uk. “The History of Phrenology on the Web.”

Lord William Russell. Wikipedia.

The Newgate Calendar, accessed on the Ex Classics Website.

Wendigogrison Urban Dictionary.

“Francois Benjamin Courvoisier.” Capitalpunishmentuk.org.

Dalya Alberge on The Independent. “Vital clue ignored for 50 years.”

Minna Scherlinder Morse on Smithsonian Magazine. “Facing a Bumpy History.”

Season 1 Episode 8: Inspector Canler tracks down Lacenaire through detection and determination. 

Find me on FB, Insta, and Twitter. Check out Old Timey Crimey wherever you get podcasts.

Voice Acting: Scott Mort

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

Duet Musette by Kevin MacLeod

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Lamentation by Kevin MacLeod

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sources:

Written in Blood by Colin Wilson

Erenow.net. “Science vs. Crime.” 

Ginette Guitard-Auviste. Le Monde. 

The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection By Thomas Hoobler, Dorothy Hoobler

Benoit Pivert. Review of Art and Literature, Music. “The ‘antiphysitics’ or homosexuals in the Memoirs of Canler, former head of the security service.” 

Marilyn Brouwer. Bonjour Paris. “Pierre François Lacenaire: The Murderous Poet Dandy who Inspired ‘Crime and Punishment.’” 

Robert Schwartz. Mt. Holyoke.edu. “The France of Victor Hugo.” 

Season 1 Episode 7: Sometimes the forensics just aren't there, and justice is. But sometimes the forensics are all there, and justice isn't. 

Segment 1: Dr.Samuel Jackson and Elizabeth Logan

Segment 2: James Marsh and Young John Bodle

Voice Acting: Scott Mort

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod

Umbrella Pants Kevin MacLeod

Sources:

David S. Caudill. Stories About Science in Law: Literary and Historical Images of Acquired Expertise. https://books.google.com/books?id=mZXeCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22william+logan%22+%22samuel+jackson%22+arsenic&source=gbs_navlinks_s

David S. Caudill. Prefiguring the Arsenic Wars. ScienceHistory.org. https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/prefiguring-the-arsenic-wars

David S. Caudill. “Arsenic And Old Chemistry: Images Of Mad Alchemists, Experts Attacking Experts, And The Crisis In Forensic Science.”

Irrefutable Evidence: Adventures in the History of Forensic Science by Michael Kurland

Dr. Stephanie S. Dillon. Chemistry for Liberal Studies. “Chemistry & Crime - A Brief History.” https://www.chem.fsu.edu/chemlab/chm1020c/01-1.php

Ben. Dark Histories Podcast. “The Death of George Bodle and the Birth of Forensic Toxicology.” https://www.darkhistories.com/the-death-of-george-bodle-the-birth-of-forensic-toxicology/

“Bodle and LaFarge: Sensational Arsenic Cases.” Case Western Reserve University. https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/2014/03/04/bodle-and-lafarge-sensational-arsenic-cases/

Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science by Nigel McCreary

Sandra Hempel. The Inheritor’s Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science.

James Morton. Justice Denied: Extraordinary miscarriages of Justice