THE FIRST TRUNK MURDER

In 1887, in New York City, a man murdered his business partner, then attempted to hide the crime, by stuffing his body in a trunk, and shipping it to a fake address in Baltimore.  And, that is only a small fragment of the story!  Listen, to learn the rest.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

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 t this episode, upon your request, by email:  [email protected] 

GUEST VOICES:

The Smell of Murder:    

Guest Narrator - Aaron, host of Devil We Know podcast.

Edward Unger - Mike Atchley, host of Dice Tower Theater podcast.

William Howe & Inspector Byrnes - Jerry Kokich, free-lance voice artist. 

Police Blotter & Court News - March 17, 1889:

Guest Narrator / Reporter - Jessica Malone, free-lance voice artist.

Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Sky Flower, free lance voice artist.

Judge - J.D. Sutter, Podcast Producer & Voice Artist, at Porchlight Family Media.

MISCELLANEOUS:

Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren.

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source:  Cherterton, G.K, Tremendous Trifles, at chapter "“The Travellers in State” (1909), at p. 297 (paraphrase).

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

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

Freesound.org:

Farewell to Paladin

Death Calling:

Transition Sting

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org. 

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