Historian Dr Charlene Fletcher comes to the podcast, with expertise in US History and a decade of experience working in the Criminal Justice system, to explore a case from Indiana's history with Hannah and Easton. The murder of Kent Brown in 1893 rocked the small town of Winchester, Indiana. His story since then has gone largely untold, join us as we finally tell it and explore what it says about the American Criminal Justice system past and present.

Content warning: Themes of sex and violence may be disturbing and unsuitable for young audiences. Listener discretion advised.

 

Dr Charlene Fletcher:

Her website: https://www.charlenejfletcher.com

You can read a chapter of her work here: https://www.amazon.com/Slavery-Freedom-Bluegrass-State-Revisiting-ebook/

Keep an eye out for her upcoming book: Confined Femininity: Race, Gender, and Incarceration in Kentucky, 1865-1920 from University of North Carolina Press

 

Our Sources: 

Brown, Kent, 1870 United States Census, Ancestry.com. 

Brown, Kent, Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, 5 September 1867.

Hiatt, Eleanora, 1900 United States Census, Ancestry.com.

“Indiana Parole Board,” Indiana Department of Corrections, (2022) https://www.in.gov/idoc/parole-services/parole-board/ 

Margaret Colgate Love, “Indiana Restoration of Rights & Record Relief,” COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER, (2020).

https://ccresourcecenter.org/state-restoration-profiles/indiana-restoration-of-rights-pardon-expungement-sealing/ 

“Mollie Brown,” Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN), 7th December 1886.

“Murder at Winchester,” Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN), 1st August, 1893, p. 2. http://genealogytrails.com/ind/randolph/stories_stormes_price_murdercase.html

“New Barber,” Randolph Journal (Winchester, IN), Vol. 5, No. 17, 25 October 1866, p. 3.

Segraves, Malissa, Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, Ancestry.com.

Storms, Malissa, Indiana, U.S.,Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com.

Price, Samuel, 1900 United States Census, Ancestry.com.

Price, Samuel H., Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, Ancestry.com.

Price, Elnora, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates 1899-2011, Ancestry.com.

“What is a “pardon” and does it get rid of my criminal record?”, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, (2022).

https://lasclev.org/pardon/