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Here at TSLOD, we are excited to announce a new podcast collaboration with Caitlin Abrams (of TikTok cemetery fame with her fantastic gravestone cleaning/story telling videos as Manicpixiemom). I interviewed Caitlin last summer (Episode 9: Taphosphere) and frankly, we hit it off! Caitlin and I both cover cemeteries but in different ways, so we had the idea to join forces (like Superman and Batman in the Justice League) and do a little spin-off show of our own (like Joanie Loves Cha-chi spun off of Happy Days - except our show would be good …woof!)
Caitlin and I will be discussing some of the stories about historic crime and such that we’ve come across while doing our respective research projects in this new series we’re calling TSLOD Presents: True Crimes from Olden Times.
In this first episode, we’ll be talking about the 1913 double murder of Walter and Katherine Nichols in West Guilford, VT. We’ll get into the details about the crime, its effect on the local community and of course, we’ll be talking about cemeteries and the gravestones of the Nichols and that of the person who murdered them.
Transcript
Their wedding photo, circa 1910. Courtesy of Gail Lynde." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136595664-OZ9OC4UFV0355T5A6Z4E/w%26K5.jpg" role="button" class="
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Katherine and Walter Nichols
The Nichols family plot in the Mather Cemetery, West Brattleboro, VT." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136571945-C5L2H61F33QN79VSVGF0/20220429_132937.jpg" role="button" class="
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Nichols Gravestone
The individual grave markers for Katherine and Walter, Mather Cemetery, West Brattleboro, VT." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136571849-YV5FL5A56GCYOP2U97DV/20220429_132714.jpg" role="button" class="
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Walter and Katherine's Markers
Publiched in the Brattleboro Daily Reformer, May 11th, 1913. Wrisley killed Walter and Katherine and then, himself." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136587041-4M7RN0KNWK653AU2AJGU/Erving+Wrisley+Photo+Brattleboro+Reformer+October+11+1913.jpg" role="button" class="
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Erving L. Wrisley
Erving L. Wrisley’s gravesite in the Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery, West Brattleboro, VT. He is buried next to a stranger who happened to die around the same time in the fall of 1913." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136564766-AO03E3E0V4NRGOZ4HPCP/20220429_115556.jpg" role="button" class="
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Wrisley's Gravesite
A close-up of Wrisley’s gravestone shows his first name was spelled as “Irving” not “Erving”. The birth date given here is also incorrect - records indicate Wrisley was born in 1875." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136564766-J6BJZRY2EHYAE5JIKTD0/20220429_115605.jpg" role="button" class="
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Erving/Irving Wrisley
Acknowledgements:
Music and Sound Effects: provided with permission by Epidemic Sound, LLC
Park Avenue Stroll by The New Fools
When the Sun Shines by Golden Age Radio
Photos:
Gail Golec
Gail Lynde
Brattleboro Daily Reformer
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Here at TSLOD, we are excited to announce a new podcast collaboration with Caitlin Abrams (of TikTok cemetery fame with her fantastic gravestone cleaning/story telling videos as Manicpixiemom). I interviewed Caitlin last summer (Episode 9: Taphosphere) and frankly, we hit it off! Caitlin and I both cover cemeteries but in different ways, so we had the idea to join forces (like Superman and Batman in the Justice League) and do a little spin-off show of our own (like Joanie Loves Cha-chi spun off of Happy Days - except our show would be good …woof!)
Caitlin and I will be discussing some of the stories about historic crime and such that we’ve come across while doing our respective research projects in this new series we’re calling TSLOD Presents: True Crimes from Olden Times.
In this first episode, we’ll be talking about the 1913 double murder of Walter and Katherine Nichols in West Guilford, VT. We’ll get into the details about the crime, its effect on the local community and of course, we’ll be talking about cemeteries and the gravestones of the Nichols and that of the person who murdered them.
Transcript
Their wedding photo, circa 1910. Courtesy of Gail Lynde." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136595664-OZ9OC4UFV0355T5A6Z4E/w%26K5.jpg" role="button" class="
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Katherine and Walter Nichols
The Nichols family plot in the Mather Cemetery, West Brattleboro, VT." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136571945-C5L2H61F33QN79VSVGF0/20220429_132937.jpg" role="button" class="
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Nichols Gravestone
The individual grave markers for Katherine and Walter, Mather Cemetery, West Brattleboro, VT." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136571849-YV5FL5A56GCYOP2U97DV/20220429_132714.jpg" role="button" class="
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Walter and Katherine's Markers
Publiched in the Brattleboro Daily Reformer, May 11th, 1913. Wrisley killed Walter and Katherine and then, himself." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136587041-4M7RN0KNWK653AU2AJGU/Erving+Wrisley+Photo+Brattleboro+Reformer+October+11+1913.jpg" role="button" class="
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Erving L. Wrisley
Erving L. Wrisley’s gravesite in the Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery, West Brattleboro, VT. He is buried next to a stranger who happened to die around the same time in the fall of 1913." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136564766-AO03E3E0V4NRGOZ4HPCP/20220429_115556.jpg" role="button" class="
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Wrisley's Gravesite
A close-up of Wrisley’s gravestone shows his first name was spelled as “Irving” not “Erving”. The birth date given here is also incorrect - records indicate Wrisley was born in 1875." data-lightbox-theme="dark" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578e8604e58c624ebf08623c/1655136564766-J6BJZRY2EHYAE5JIKTD0/20220429_115605.jpg" role="button" class="
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Erving/Irving Wrisley
Acknowledgements:
Music and Sound Effects: provided with permission by Epidemic Sound, LLC
Park Avenue Stroll by The New Fools
When the Sun Shines by Golden Age Radio
Photos:
Gail Golec
Gail Lynde
Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Follow us on the social medias!
The Secret Life of Death Podcast
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Caitlin Abrams
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