One Nation Under Crime

Several items are stollen from a house on Goffle Road. Just a bit later, a judge and his wife are brutally murdered. But, nothing is taken. Why?

This week the ONUC gals discuss an attorney's thoughts on the court system, the events in 1850, and the Goffle Road murders. 

Trigger Warning Level: Low

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Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: The Goffle Road Murders of Passaic County: The 1850 Van Winkle Killings by Don Everett Smith Jr., Tap Into Hawthorne, and Murder by Gaslight

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This week's episode was Kayla's dream came true and the ONUC gals covered the odd life and mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe. 

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Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: National Park Service, Smithsonian Mag, Britannica, The Poe Museum, and Richmond Ghosts

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A murder? Literally INSIDE the walls of an Ivy League? Um, also... a toilet? WTD?! (What the duck?!)

Join the ONUC gals this week as they discuss the Harvard Murder Case and the spirit that is still attached to the George Parkman House.

Trigger Warning Level: Low

Visit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.

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Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: The West End Museum, PBS , New England Historical Society, Boston Ghosts, and Ghost City Tours 

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It's another case that people might not be aware of. One that sparked outrage but not in the way many might think. The outrage came from the execution of a man convicted of murder. Confused? The execution of Washington Goode sparked a movement in a way many never imagined.

Join the ONUC gals this week as they discuss the case of Washington Goode.

Trigger Warning Level: Low

Visit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.

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Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: A Pre-Civil War Struggle Against Capital Punishment: Charles Spear, Concord, and the Case of Washington Goode by Barry Kritzberg, Hub History, Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865 by Louis Masur,  Executions and American Culture: A Scaffolding for Analysis? by Eric H. Monkkonen, and Readex

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This is not a typical ONUC episode. A friend of Jessica McCormack reached out to us asked if we could do anything to spread awareness of their friend's unsolved murder. Kayla spoke with Jessica's friend and looked more into the case to see what we can do to help. This episode is our contribution to the fight to find Jessica's murderer. The thing is... we think it could be solved. But, why hasn't it?  

• If you have any information regarding the murder of Jessica McCormack, please contact the McDonald County Sheriff’s department at (417)223-4319.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Hotline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit SAMHSA.gov
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 or Text ‘Start’ to 88788 or go to TheHotline.org

Sources: McDonald County Press, KNS Four States - Article One and Article Two, and Joplin Globe 

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**If you or someone you know is having symptoms of Peripartum Depression (previously Postpartum Depression), please please please speak with your OBGYN about what you are experiencing and take it seriously. You can find a ton of resources at postpartum.org or in the US you can call or text 1-800-944-4773 (4PPD). There is an anonymous chat feature on the site as well as a directory to find a provider in your area, and online support groups.**

Is Fall River, Massachusetts cursed? Better yet, is the Borden Family cursed?

This week the ONUC gals discuss the Borden family and Eliza Darling Borden. Join them as they discuss Fall River, the Bridgewater Triangle, and two instances of murder in the Borden family before Lizzie Borden 'gave her mother forty wacks'.

Trigger Warning Level: Low

Visit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.

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Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: Legends of America, Murder by Gaslight, and Hushed up History 

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It's a classic story. Woman marries a man she doesn't love and then over 10 years later he's dead.

Join the ONUC gals this week as they discuss the creator of the Ouija board and the murder of John Runkle by his wife Mary... allegedly.

Trigger Warning Level: Low

Visit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.

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Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources:  Life and Confession of Mary Runkle, Women and Capital Punishment in America, 1840-1899 by Kerry Segrave, Murderpedia, and Murder by Gaslight 

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HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
 
Join the ONUC gals this week as the reminisce on the first year of the podcast, the questions you should never ask anyone, and the tragic case of Elvira Houghton.

Trigger Warning Level: Low

Visit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.

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Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: Murder by Gaslight and Cornell University Library

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This case was NOT easy to find and seeing it's a FIRST for the United States it's honestly impossibly to understand why it's not more known.  Cases like this are the reason this podcast exists. Pulling cases from the metaphorical back shelves of the library, dusting them off, and giving them a voice again. This week the gals are discussing America's first M'Naghten defense AKA America's first insanity defense.

Join the ONUC gals as they discuss the origins of the Kentucky Derby, what the Auburn System is, what a bifurcated jury is, exactly what the M'Naghten (or McNaughten depending on the source) Rules are in court, and the tragic case that combines an insanity plea, racism, and murder to expose a trifecta of all that is evil in this world.

Trigger Warning Level: Low

Visit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.

Follow One Nation Under Crime on your favorite podcast platform and you will get the shows as soon as they come out!

Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Case of William Freeman, the Murderer of the Van Nest Family. By Blanchard Fosgate, M. D., of Auburn, N. Y., and Psychology Today 

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It's happened. We have officially covered it. The Donner Party.

Join the ONUC gals this week as they discuss Manifest Destiny, the tragic events that led to the Donner groups down fall, and how the moral to the story is that you should listen to your friends when they give you advice. 

Trigger Warning Level: Low (Well... except for the cannibalism)

Visit our website www.onenationundercrime.com for all of the ways to contact and follow us. We are on Twitter @onucpod, Instagram @onenationundercrime, and on both YouTube and Facebook by searching 'One Nation Under Crime'.

Follow One Nation Under Crime on your favorite podcast platform and you will get the shows as soon as they come out!

Remember, there isn't always liberty and justice for all.

Sources: History, Legends of America, National Geographic, KQED, All Things Interesting, Britannica, and Donner Party Diary

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