Mourning Murders

S3 E14 Blackwell Island... AND MORE

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Oh Beans! Nicole watched a movie inspired by TRUE EVENTS and brought this gem of a story... well STORIES to the Breakfast Nook. Brew some extra coffee! This one has layers!


As always you can find the Resources for the Episode, as well as, some Mental Health Links in our Show Notes below. Take care of yourself and each other, Beans! Thank you for Listening!!!



Hosted by: Nicole Unger, Amanda Kraft, and Brenna Folger

Music composed by: Karalyn Clark


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      • A few Mental Health Resources:

      • Suicide Prevention Lifeline: CALL at 1-800-273-8255; QUICK CALL/TEXT at 988; 988lifeline.org 
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        • Episode Resources:

        • New York's Notorious Blackwell's Island w/ Stacy Horn - A True Crime History Podcast

            • By: Most Notorious

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S3hPapL3-Q

            • HOW NELLIE BLY CHANGED THE WORLD | A HISTORY SERIES

                • By: Georgia Marie

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRrGu4jh9SA

                • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
                • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Halliday
                • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Octagon_(Roosevelt_Island)
                • https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/11/nellie-bly-blackwells-island/
                  • https://kate-braithwaite.com/2019/05/14/if-walls-had-words-a-brief-history-of-the-blackwells-
                    • island-lunatic-asylum/
                  • https://www.nps.gov/places/blackwell-s-island-new-york-city.htm
                    • https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.4.581
                  • https://medium.com/legendary-women/what-nellie-bly-exposed-at-blackwells-asylum-and-
                    • why-it-s-still-important-4591203b9dc7
                  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/28/she-went-undercover-expose-an-
                    • insane-asylums-horrors-now-nellie-bly-is-getting-her-due/
                  • https://www.nytimes.com/1880/01/30/archives/the-lunatic-homicide-a-coroners-jury-
                    • examining-the-retreat-on.html
                  • https://books.google.com/books?id=CU08AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=maria+ottner+m
                    • urder&source=bl&ots=jsskSSft4S&sig=ACfU3U1eC008QWWyuoAzTlASXFBIARSINQ&hl=en&sa=
                    X&ved=2ahUKEwihvLak_KWAAxXYOUQIHVa9CIU4ChDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=maria%2
                    0ottner%20murder&f=false


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