Old Timey Crimey

Amber and Kristy take the ghost chat overseas, talking about haunted places in France and Norway. Locales include: Chateau de Commarque, Abbaye de Mortemer, Jardin des Tuileries, Akershus Fortress, Nidaros Cathedral, Hotel Union Oye, Frikesten Fortress, and Dalen the Fairytale Hotel. 

Apologies for the echoes on the zoom call. We tried to fix it where we could. 

You can find Chris at his other podcasts:

Short Story, Short Podcast

Dial-a-Crime

Zodiac Speaking

Or go read one of his fabulous zines: The Drink Tank, The Claims Department, Journey Planet.

Or just go find him on twitter or instagram!

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Sources: 

The Travel by Elena Alston

Werewoofs

I love Bergen

Pinterest

Norwegian American

Minimalist Sometimes

Insider

Smithsonian

The Nordic Escape 

Seeks Ghosts Blog

Wikipedia

Travel Versed 

Paul McQueen on Culture Trip.

Commarque.

Abbaye de Mortemer.

The World’s Creepiest Places By Bob Curran, Ian Daniels

The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley

Geri Walton on Geri Walton.com

Wiki: Tuileries Garden

Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Volume 43, 1889

Hauntings: The Shadowlands and Non-UFO Related Paranormal Material

Less Than Zero

Music: 

Plucky Daisy by Kevin MacLeod

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod

Spookyween continues with an examination of the Hammersmith Ghost, which terrorized people in a London village until someone paid the ultimate price. Plus, Kristy tells Amber the creepy, ridiculous details of an old superstition, the Dead Man's Hand. 

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Sources:

Jane Alexander in Londonist

Claire Feikert-Ahalt on LOC Blog

Apparitions: or, the mystery of ghosts, hobgoblins, and haunted houses, by Joseph Taylor

Sara Luehmann on Hammersmith & Fulham

BBC.

Newgate Calendar

Wiki: Hammersmith

Ross Macfarlane at the Wellcome Library.

British and Irish Legal Information Institute.

Old Bailey Online.

George Dillard on History of Yesterday.

The Murder of the Hammersmith Ghost — 1804 | by Jed Graham | Genius in a Bottle

Frank Baker MD in The American Anthropologist Journal

Newspapers.com: The Times

Music: 

Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

Spookyween commences with an examination of dolls that just so happen to be surrounded by weird activity. It's a total coincidence, clearly. Also a coincidence: that the podcast host wouldn't allow us to upload episode art. 

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Sources:

The Robert The Doll Website.

Wiki: Richard Steiff, Teddy Bear, The Living Doll

Historic Houston

Haunted Rooms

Ella Morton. Slate.

Scott Eyman on Sun Sentinel.

Melissa Bastek on Horror Obsessive

Demonic Dolls: True Tales of Terrible Toys by John Harker

Old City Ghosts

LOC: Key West Citizen

Megan Grant on Bustle. 

Brie Schwartz on Redbook. 

Claire Reid on Ladbible.

Annabel Fenwick Elliott on the Daily Mail.

Xavier Piedra on The Lineup. 

Bri Stokes on Buzzfeed. 

Aaron Sagers on Den of Geek. 

Harold the Haunted Doll. 

Melissa Mason on Pedestrian. 

Amy's Crypt. 

Music: 

Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

A series of brutal murders terrorized a whole region of the U.S. in the 1910s. Were they really committed by one teenage girl? 

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The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James

Vance MacMcLaughlin, Homicide Research Working Groups Annual Symposium Proceedings

Findagrave

Wiki: St Martinsville, Lafayette

Charles Swenson on Camptown Cemetery

Stephanie Weber on Mental Floss.

Nina M. Hoffpauir on Acadiana Historical

Karen Corday on Grunge

Newspapers via LOC

New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer

Newspapers via Newspapers.com

Times-Democrat, Galveston Daily News, Weekly Advocate, Crowley Signal, Monroe News Star, Town Talk

Music: 

Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod

One night of horrifying violence that would have a reverberating effect on American attitudes toward marijuana for decades. Plus a rant, some snark, and reminiscing about the DARE program. 

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Sources: 

Wiki: Ybor City. Assassin of Youth. Decriminalization of Marijuana.

Newspapers.com:

The Brainard Clipper, Knoxville Journal, Anniston Star, El Paso Times.

Chronicling America:

Times-News

Music: 

Breaktime by Kevin MacLeod

Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada

The tale of Mary Bateman, aka the Yorkshire witch: a woman who was chronically incapable of going to the store. She also never met a scam she did like or a sheet she couldn't steal. 

Sources:

Catherine Curzon on Mental Floss.

Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch From the Earliest Thefts of her Infancy, Through a Most Awful Course of Crimes and Murders, Till Her Execution at the New Drop, Near the Castle of York, On Monday the 20th of March 1809 (12th Edition)

Vision of Britain Through Time

Ellen Castelow on Historic UK

Kelly Buchanan on LOC.

Wikipedia. Digoxin.

National Library of Scotland.     

Hull Packet via Gale Primary Sources

Murderpedia

The Lineup

On Yorkshire Magazine

Newspapers.com:

Lancaster Gazette/Leeds Mercury

Morning Chronicle

Music:

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

Tavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada

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The harrowing, hungry-making tale of Linda Burfield Hazzard and her sanitarium, Starvation Heights. 

Kristy reading "Pure Agony" by William Saroyan.

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Starvation Heights: A Ture Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen

Fasting for the Cure of Disease by Linda Burfield Hazzard

Kathrine Beck on History Link.  

Bess Lovejoy on Smithsonian Mag.

Findagrave.

Washington State Digital Archives

Trove:

Sydney Stock and Station Journal

Newspapers.com:

Oregon Daily Journal

Tacoma Daily Ledger

LOC:

Minneapolis Journal

St. Paul Globe

Music: 

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

A man who knew how to plan, and also knew the value of a good thank you note. He left behind a legacy of mystery, unanswered questions, and love of pie. 

Special thanks to Barb the Librarian for filling in for Amber! Follow her on twitter or insta. 

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Sources: 

Kathy Weiser on Legends of America. Wild West. Homestead Act.  Wild Bunch.

Utah.com

Britannica

Most Notorious Podcast – Guest Charles Leerhsen

Wyoming State Archives

Wikipedia: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Newspapers.com

San Fran Call

Colorado Historic Newspapers:

Routt County Courier.

Steamboat Pilot.

The Craig Courier.

Cal Dig Newspaper Collection:

Sacramento Daily Union

San Diego Union.

Music:

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod

A young man is kidnapped, and an entire town loses its mind. 

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Sources:

Swift Justice: Murder and Vengeance in a California Town by Harry Farrell

Findagrave.

Nor Call Media Museum. 

Newspapers.com:

Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

San Francisco Examiner

Brooklyn Times Union

Oakland Tribune

California Digital Newspaper Collection:

San Jose Mercury News

Amanda Sedlak-Hevener on Ranker

Bob Calhoun on SF Weekly. 

Scott Herhold on Mercury News. 

Carl Nolte on SF Gate. 

Timothy Hughes on Rare and Early Newspapers. 

Jack Major on Major Smolinski

Wikipedia. 

Music: 

The woman who captivated America--and more importantly, twelve American men with a taste for barbershop quartets.

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Sources: 

Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe.

New England Historical Society.

Peabody. Wiki.

Findagrave.

Jack Major. Major Smolinski.

Undine. Strange Company.

Stephanie Almazan. The Lineup.

CDC 1C, CDC 2

Ontario Beekeepers’ Association.

Salem News. 

Newspapers.com:

Rutland Daily Herald (RDH) 1. RDH 2. RDH 3. RDH 4. RDH 5. RDH 6. RDH 7. RDH 8, RDH 9, RDH 10, RDH 11

North Adams Transcript

LOC:

Waterbury Democrat

Music: 

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod