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FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST episodes
- THE LENA BAKER TRAGEDY
In 1945, a poor black maid was executed by the State of Georgia, for the killing a rich white man.
60 years later, the State of Georgia officially declared her innocent, and gave her a posthumous pardon.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 07/30/2026.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
The Lena Baker Tragedy
Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to this episode, upon your request, by email: [email protected]
NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.
Police Blotter and Court News: October 16th, 1933.
GUEST NARRATOR: Erin Suminsby, Voice performer.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aphorism - quote from Ohio State Sen. Casey M. Weinstein (May 10, 2021).
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
LICENSED FROM: Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency
Also:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com –
Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
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HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
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50 min - THE CLAW HAMMER MURDER OF ALBERTA MEADOWS
In 1922, pretty Clara Philips somehow became an adored overnight celebrity, after she brutally murdered young widow Alberta Meadows, with whomher husband was having an affair.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 05/30/2026.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
The Claw Hammer Murder of Alberta Meadows:
Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to this episode, upon your request, by email: [email protected]
NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.
Police Blotter and Court News: May 24, 1963.
GUEST NARRATOR: Kathleen Li , Voice performer and Audiobook narrator.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aphorism - quote widely attributed to actor Charlie Chaplin.
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
LICENSED FROM: Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency
Also:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com –
Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
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HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
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55 min - SHE MURDERED HER SISTER
The shocking story of the 1880 murder of Lizzie Anderson by her sister.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 04/15/2026.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:The Boston Globe, Jan. 20-21, 1880; May 7, 1880.
Illustrated Police News, January 31, 1880.NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.Exit Aphorism - quote widely attributed to G.K. Chesterton.
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
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HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
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25 min - THE MYSTERIOUS UNSOLVED MURDER OF LYDIA THOMPSON
In 1945, Lydia Thompson was killed in a very strange murder near Detroit, Michigan. There were multiple suspects, including her husband and his mistress, as well as dozens of unanswered questions.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 01/25/2026.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
The Mysterious Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson:
The Unsolved Murder of Lydia Thompson, Troy Taylor's American Oddities Museum (October 13, 2025)·
Cold Case Michigan 1945: Lydia Thompson, 95.3 - The Ticket (Jan. 20, 2022).
The Fatal Obsession of Lydia Thompson, Strange Company (November 3, 2014).
NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.
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Police Blotter & Court News:
The Whittier Daily News, Whittier, Cal. (May 28, 1931).
NARRATOR: Ashee Craft, Voice Artist.
Title Voice: Samantha Thompson, Voice Artist.
Judge: Jerry Kokich, Voice Artist
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Kit's Corner:
The Strangest "Missing Girl" Mystery?
NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.
Joanna Lopez Mystery, Urban Legends Wiki (2025).
Missing: Joanna Lopez, Defrosting Cold Cases (may 3, 2022).
r/joannalopez (subreddit), reddit. com (2021-2026).
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aohorism - quoted from by G.K. Chesterton, Eugenics and Other Evils (1922), at Page 4.
Aphorism Voice - Erin Suminsby, Voice Artist.
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
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HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
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1 hr 1 min - 2025 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL !
A Christmas Gift, From Your Hosts, Jim and Kit Caren!
Back by Popular Demand:
On this episode, we feature our Seventh presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut.
ENJOY !!!
Merry Christmas!
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
A Christmas Carol, The Campbell Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio).
O’Leary, Dorothy, Barrymore’s Scrooge, New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel Barrymore).
Chesteron, G.K., The Wrong Books at Christmas, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary).
Dickens, Charles, A Christmas Carol (1843) (complete text of book). PLEASE NOTE: The radio play is a shortened and adapted version of the book.
We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print.
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GUEST VOICES:
Lionel Barrymore - Pete Lutz, voice artist and producer, Mutual Audio Network, an audiodrama podcast.
G.K. Chesterton - Logan Smith - free-lance professional voice actor.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host Forgotten News Podcast.
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aphorism - Source: Author Unknown
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest
At Rest
I Knew A Guy
All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org , Or the Public Domain.
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HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
X - formerly known as Twitter:
@NewsForgotten
@KitCaren
1 hr 19 min - 2025 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Listen to our awesome collection of Strange, Spooky, and Sinister Stories and Surprises , for Halloween !!!
Boo!
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 10/25/2025.
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THE STORIES AND STUFF:
1_Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall) - The Duponts (04:15).
2_Paramedic Paranormal Story – Kelsey Oliveri & JerryKokich (07:13)
3_Haunted House - Johnny Fuller (08:23)
4_The Screaming From Our Neighbor’s Back Yard – Astrid W.S. (11:26)
5_Demonic TV Set (13:36)
6_At The House of Frankenstein - Big Bee Kornegay (16:34)
7_Date Night Becomes Spooky (19:21)
8_Ghost Girl Becomes Jealous - Chrisi Talyn Saje (24:16)
9_Monster Rap - Bobby "Boris" Pickett (29:55)
10_Jean Spangler Mystery (34:57)
11_Moonlight Music Mystery - Astrid W.S. (34:57)
12_Kill It - The Antwinettes (38:47)
13_The Hike (42:39)
14_My Missing Wife - Dan Ware & Rhonda Sigler-Ware (43:57)
15_Janie Made A Monster - The Fabulous Five (45:59)
16_Teen Sleepover Gets Creepy, After Playing With Ouija Board (49:44)
17_We're Gonna Be SO Happy Soon - Erin Suminsby (50:28)
18_He's A Vampire - Archie King (59:46)
19_The Charm - Alyssa Petrey (01:02:40)
20_Choke (01:02:39)
21_It's Halloween - The Shaggs (01:04:11)
22_Ghost Girl Is Shocked – Kathleen Li (01:07:34)
23_My Childhood Encounter With A Ghost (01:13:15)
24_Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickie Lee (01:14:44)
25_The Girl In The Red Bikini - Jerry Kokich (01:18:33)
26_My Old Boyfriend's Military Funeral (01:26:19)
27_You Can Get Her, Frankenstein - The Castle Kings (01:27:29)
28_Kayla Berg, Unsolved Disappearance (01:30:22)
29_A Twisted Sister's Obsession Becomes Possession (01:35:03)
30_Walkin' Through A Cemetery - Claudine Clark (01:47:48)
31_She Drove Down The Haunted Road (01:51:16)
32_Weird Home Invasion (01:55:09)
33_Rockin' Zombie - The Crewnecks (01:56:13)
34_The Bone (01:59:29)
35_The Static (02:01:31)
36_Frankie Frankenstein - Ivan (02:07:41)
37_Her Green Ribbon (02:10:55)
38_We Saw A Ghost, On Our First Date (02:12:43)
39_That Halloween Night - Denise & The Double Dates (02:18:44)
40_The Unnatural (02:22:15)
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NOTE: STORIES THAT DO NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED NARRATORS WERE VOICED ANONYMOUSLY.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Aphorism Source – Dashiell Hammett, Letter to Josephine Hammett Marshall, November 12, 1951.
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
I Knew A Guy.
All Other Music & Sound Effects Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
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HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
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2 hr 30 min - THE MURDER OF DR. HARVEY BURDELL
In 1857, a wealthy New York dentist was murdered. The alleged killer was a young woman who was devious, pretty, and greedy. Her trial made headlines across the U.S.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 09/17/2025.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Forgotten News, Jack Finney (book, 1980).
Butchery on Bond Street, Benjamin Feldman (book, 2007)
31 Bond Street, Ellen Horan (book, 2007)
The Desperate Would-be Housewife of New York, Smithsonian Magazine (2013)
The Murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell, Historical Crime Detective (webpage)
Murder on Bond Street!, NoHo NYC (webpage)
Scenes from the Burdell Murder, Murder by Gaslight (webpage)
NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.
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Police Blotter & Court News:
Bell's New Weekly Messenger, published on April 30, 1837.
NARRATOR: Erin Suminsby, Voice Artist.
Title Voice: Emily G. Thompson, host, Morbidology Podcast.
Judge: Glenn Haskell, Voice Artist
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aohorism - quoted from A Short History of England by G.K. Chesterton (1917).
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
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HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
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1 hr 16 min - THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER
In 1931, Ulman Owens, a lighthouse keeper, suffered a sudden, horrible death. The cause of his death is an unsolved mystery. Many people believe he was murdered.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 06/13/2025.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES -
The Mysterious Death of a Lighthouse Keeper :
History of the Holland Island Bar Lighthouse
FBI Investigation Does Not Solve Mystery In Death of Lighthouse Keeper , Lighthouse Digest, Oct. 2007.
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (webpage).
Ulman Owens, Wikipedia.
Somebody Knows:
The Unsolved Murder of Jean Long. CBS Radio show, episode, Aug. 17, 1950.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aphorism - attributed to G.K. Chesterton. Source unknown.
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
===
All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
===
HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
1 hr 5 min - THE TRAGIC MURDER OF CATHERINE RICHARDS
In 1878, Catherine Richards, a 14 year old girl in Plainfield, New York, was murdered by an obsessed man, after she rejected his marriage proposal.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 03/22/2025.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES -
The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards:
Local History Notes of Southern New York, July 14, 2024,specifically, reprints of news articles from the Oneonta Herald (Oneonta, NY) and the Daily Republican (Utica, NY), June 28, 1878.
Gordon W. Treadwell, Myron Buel: The Boy Murderer (1879)
Murder By Gaslight, The Confession of Myron Buel (Oct. 29, 2022).
Police Blotter & Court News
(The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -
Did a Woman Go To Jail for Wearing Slacks in 1938?, Snopes, Sept. 2, 2022.
Arrested for Wearing Pants, Trace Your Past, Nov. 12, 2021.
In 1938, L.A. Woman Went To Jail For Wearing Slacks In Courtroom, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 2014.
Meet Helen Hulick: The Woman Who Was Jailed For Wearing Pants To Court, All That's Interesting, April 21, 2023.
VOICES -
The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards:
Guest Narrator - Victoria Kelemen - Voice Artist and Podcaster.
Police Blotter & Court News
(The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -
Narrator - Frank Guglielmelli, voice artist.
Helen Hulick - Erin Suminsby, voice artist.
Judge Arthur Guerin - Mike Polo, voice artist.
Appeals Court Judge - Jerry Kokich, voice artist.
Title Voice - Chrisi Talyn Saje (Madison Standish) of the Madison On The Air podcast.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aphorism - How A Girl Can Become A Legend, attributed to Martha Jane Canary, better known as "Calamity Jane", circa 1890 (original source unknown).
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
===
All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
===
HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
49 min - THE BLACK HOPE MYSTERY
In the 1980s, a series of strange, unexplainable things begin to occur, after a new, upscale housing development is built over a forgotten cemetery for ex-slaves.
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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 02/17/2025.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
The Black Hope Mystery -
Ben and Jean Williams, The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting (1991).
Black Hope Curse, article (with many news articles and reference sources listed at bottom of page).
Police Blotter & Court News -
The Subterranean (newspaper), June 3, 1846.
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VOICES -
The Black Hope Mystery -
Guest Narrator: Bernie Horton, voice performer.
Police Blotter & Court News -
Guest Narrator: Ashlee Craft, voice performer.
Title Voice: Astrid WS, voice performer.
Judge: Glenn Hascall, voice performer.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.
Exit Aphorism - extract from The Twelve Men, an essay (1909), by G.K. Chesterton.
Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.
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MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.
At Rest
The Curtain Rises
I Knew A Guy.
===
All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org or the Public Domain.
===
HEY! CONTACT US!
E-Mail: [email protected]
FNP Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast
Kit Caren's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466
BlueSky:
@forgottennews.bsky.social
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About FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST
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Welcome to the Forgotten News podcast. This is your window to hear true stories from long ago. Stories that once made headlines. Stories that people thought would be unforgettable, but soon were lost…
in the sands of time, or were buried deep in the dustbin of history. In this podcast, we brush off the sand and dust, and share those stories with you, today — as fresh as when they were first told.