Old Timey Crimey

A little something from the "Forgotten Archives" this week--an episode recorded nearly a year ago, in late April 2019, and never published. It's a trip back to simpler times, and also a horrific axe murder.

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Sources:

Orrin Grey. "Serial Suspects: Who Committed the Villisca Axe Murders?" The Lineup. https://the-line-up.com/villisca-axe-murders-suspects

Mike Dash. "The Ax Murderer Who Got Away." Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ax-murderer-who-got-away-117037374/

"Villisca Axe Murders House." https://www.villiscaiowa.com/

"Villisca Axe Murders." Thinking Sideways Podcast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CgHgKrjper6ZFjsNHNJgA?si=szm_AL3tRaWYMPCbhLSDoQ

"Villisca Axe Murders." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villisca_axe_murders

To quote Scott, "If only he were a bank robber. If only...."

So he wasn't a bank robber. But was he Jack the Ripper? Find out the weird answers to that question. 

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This week, we conclude our trip through the horrors of industrial poisoning. It's either haunted or it's radium, folks. 

Plus, Scott's new mascot and horrible radium puns galore. Horrible, horrible, horrible. 

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Sources:

Kate Moore. “Radium Girls.”

Oak Ridge Associated Universities https://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/Miscellaneous/radiumdance.htm

"Radium." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#History

"Radioactive Quackery." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_quackery

Atomic Heritage Foundation.

Kate Moore, Buzzfeed.

Jacopo Prisco, CNN.

Rebecca Hersher, NPR.

Alexandra Charitan, Roadtrippers.com.

Nicole Fontaine, ConnecticutHistory.org.

Eleanor Swanson. "Radium Girls." https://coloradopoetscenter.org/poets/swanson_eleanor/radium.html

"Radium Girls." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

"Radium Girls." Stuff You Missed in History Class. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-cl-21124503/episode/the-radium-girls-30207948/

A little something extra from us at Old Timey Crimey! Two robberies. Sixty years apart. One hilarious plaque. 

Sources:

"Mint Robbery.” Wall St. of the Rockies. http://wallstreetoftherockies.com/mint-robbery/

Measuring Worth. Measuringworth.com

“1922 robbery of the U.S. Mint in Denver.” Denver Post Archive. http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/2013/04/01/1922-robbery-of-the-u-s-mint-in-denver/7198/

Nicole Henley. “A Robbery at the Denver U.S. Mint That Was Never Solved.” Medium. https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/the-great-mint-robbery-1b197d7e2014

“Denver Mint Robbery.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Mint_robbery

“Harvey Bailey.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Bailey

Rob Harrigan. “One Never Knows Where the Bullets Will Fly.” http://coloradorestlessnative.blogspot.com/2011/04/one-never-knows-when-bullets-will-fly.html

They had the most glamorous job in town--and the most deadly. This week, we're talking about the radium girls.

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This week, we talk about the missing postman of Stradbally. Where did he go? What happened to him? How many people are covering for someone, and how many people can you arrest at once?

Plus, the rule of nipples, some gentle mail jumor, and POWERful names.

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Sources:

“British War Medal.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_War_Medal

“Disappearance of Larry Griffin.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Larry_Griffin

Thomas McCarthy. “The Strange Case of the Country Postman Who Vanished One Christmas Day.” Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-strange-case-of-the-country-postman-who-vanished-one-christmas-day-1.565467

Pat Flynn. “The Missing Postman.” Independent.ie. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-missing-postman-26713401.html

“Mary Griffin.” Find a grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193064044/mary-griffin

Conor Kane. “Bid to solve missing postman mystery.” Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bid-to-solve-missing-postman-mystery-1.533376

Mary Ellen Breen. “Search For Missing Postman Postponed Due To Intense Public Interest.” Waterford News. https://waterford-news.ie/2012/09/26/search-for-missing-postman-postponed-due-to-intense-public-interest/

“The Missing Postman of Stradbally.” Thinking Sideways Podcast. http://www.thinkingsidewayspodcast.com/the-missing-postman-of-stradbally/?fbclid=IwAR3JmUycJyItj_O9euHlXktbXyrRia7RxyeKDnB4fwKF5o0qMsG-t0LXN2w

This week, we take a look at country-hopping murderer Frederick Deeming. From Great Britain to Australia to South Africa to Great Britain to South America and so on, this guy loved to get on a boat and brag about things that never happened--when he wasn't murdering.

Plus, the Feel Better Sweater, Australian pub names, and introducing live fact checker, Johnny Eponymous!

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Sources:

“Frederick Bailey Deeming.” Casebook. https://www.casebook.org/suspects/deeming.html

This week, we look at the kidnapping case that rocked the nation--the Lindbergh baby. 

Plus, a disappointing frog war and a whole new career path: wood examiner!

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Sources:

Michael D'Antonio, Los Angeles Times.

Crime Museum. 

Katie Serena, All That's Interesting.

“Lindbergh Kidnapping.” FBI.gov. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping

“Hopewell, NJ.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell,_New_Jersey

“Charles Lindbergh.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh

“Charles Nungesser.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nungesser

“Anne Morrow Lindbergh.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Morrow_Lindbergh

Katie Serena. “The Tragic Story of The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping.” https://allthatsinteresting.com/lindbergh-baby-kidnapping

“Testimony of Dr. John F. Condon. “ Famous Trials. https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1406-condontestimony

“The Go-Between: Charles Lindbergh Jr.” True Crimecast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7w3kfHu1PdvYuB8TF6QbWO?si=TdJauBkFT_uoiTPKbcfxzg

David Johnson. “Lindbergh Kidnapping Remembered.” Infoplease. https://www.infoplease.com/history/us/lindbergh-kidnapping-remembered

“Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped From Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton.” New York Times. Retrieved from https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1402-nytimes2

“Charles Lindbergh.” Biography. https://www.biography.com/historical-figure/charles-lindbergh

This week, we look at Leopold and Loeb, whose plan to commit "the perfect crime" was imperfect in so, so many ways. Like--a lot of ways.

Plus: More Shakespearean insults, paint thinner madness, and murderer eyeballs.

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Sources:

“Leopold and Loeb’s Criminal Minds.” Smithsonianmag.com

“Excerpts from the Psychiatric ("Alienist") Testimony in the Leopold & Loeb Hearing.” University of Missouri Kansas City http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/leoploeb/psychiatrictestimony.html

“The Leopold and Loeb Trial.” PBS.org. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/monkeytrial-leopold-and-loeb-trial/

“The Trial of Leopold and Loeb.” Crime Archives. http://www.crimearchives.net/1924_leopold_loeb/html/chronology.html

Annemarie Mannion. “Touch of History.” Chicago Tribune. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-10-15-9310150189-story.html

Jeremy Lybarger. “Reopening the Case Files of Leopold and Loeb.” The Paris Review. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/26/reopening-the-case-files-of-leopold-and-loeb/

Kendall. “Nathan Leopold’s Home.” The Chicago Crime Scenes Project. http://chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/2009/09/nathan-leopolds-home.html

“Leopold and Loeb.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb

“Vintage Threads: Automobile Lap Robes.” Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum. http://fountainheadauto.blogspot.com/2014/11/vintage-threads-automobile-lap-robes.html

Professor Douglas O. Linder. “The Leopold And Loeb Trial: An Account.” Famous Trials. https://famous-trials.com/leopoldandloeb/1741-home