On this minisode, Ash takes inspiration from Daisy Jones and the Six on Amazon Prime and looks into the history behind one of the pioneering rock and roll bands of the 1960s, The Ronettes. She looks into their music history as well as shares the backside of the industry with spousal abuse and mental illness.

Resources:

https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/25-influential-female-rockers-through-the-decades/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Ronettes

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/12/590891692/its-time-to-recognize-the-ronettes-as-rock-and-roll-pioneers

https://www.history-of-rock.com/ronettes.htm

https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003899/The-Ronettes.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ronettes

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Fair Dues: This episode discusses events that happened during the Holocaust so there is mention of sexual assault, human/ animal cruelty, and death. On this episode, Ash gives you a general overview of Henry Oster's life, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who had a very different job in one of the concentration camps. This story is heart-wrenching and beautiful at the same time as we look at the sparks of hope in one of history's darkest and most tragic events.

Episode Resources:

https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/henry-oster/the-stable-boy-of-auschwitz/9781538741900/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXph3Z6T4f0

http://www.csun.edu/loverman/355a/drhenryosterbio.pdf

https://www.ketchum.edu/about-us/news-mbku/more-gift-dr-henry-oster-and-his-journey-freedom

https://www.thehumanelementproject.com/henry-oster.html

https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-reflections-testimonies

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We have a special guest today! Stephanie from the Historia Podcast joins Ash to talk about the celebrity stories through the history of the castle on Sunset called the Chateau Marmont. Fair dues: there is talk about possible sexual abuse, drugs, and various deaths including suicide as well as some celebrity mental health breakdowns. Please don't forget to rate and review and check out our membership options through Buy Me A Coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypod

Resources:

http://www.chateaumarmont.com/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/chateau-marmont-hotel-boycott-union/672879/

https://la.curbed.com/2013/6/26/10227258/chateau-marmont-hotel-history-deaths

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40640521

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This week Kelli joins Ash again as a special guest to look at the crazy WW2 stories that all spur from one American socialite, Gertie Sanford Legendre, or as the Germans may prefer to know her as Hitler's special guest. If you enjoy our content, please consider a membership or donation through Buy Me A Coffee to support the show and help us gain access to even more resources. Sadly, getting digitized copies of archival material and newspapers can be expensive as well as the cost of getting some of the university printed books. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypod

Resources:

https://www.thewesterlysun.com/opinion/guest-columns/postscripts-the-life-of-gertrude-sanford-legendre-was-a-series-of-really-fortunate-events/article_b9789e98-6ef1-11e9-a71a-0f90c85ec755.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/13/us/gertrude-sanford-legendre-97-socialite-turned-hunter-and-prisoner-of-war.html

https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/walter-edgars-journal/2021-03-29/the-fabulous-life-of-gertrude-sanford-legendre

https://househistree.com/people/gertrude-sanford-legendre

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women/gertrude-legendre-gertie-socialite-nazis-second-world-war-a9146506.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-socialite-spy-who-was-imprisoned-by-the-nazis--in-a-luxury-hotel/2019/09/19/e638adfa-ce83-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Sanford_Legendre

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Today Ash and her special guest Kelli dive into part of Canada's hidden history with a look at the slave trade, one slave in particular, and how the first incarnation of Montreal burned to the ground. Fair dues, there is talk about slavery and executions.

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Resources:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angelique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVg3pGakXco

https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/marie-josephe-angelique

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/5-things-you-should-know-about-marie-joseph-angelique-a-black-canadian-slave-who-inspired-this-play-1.5094535

https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/accueil/indexen.html

https://aaregistry.org/story/marie-joseph-angelique-abolitionist-born/

https://afuacooper.com/works/publications/the-hanging-of-angelique/

https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/population/slavery/#:~:text=The%20historian%20Marcel%20Trudel%20catalogued,the%20course%20of%20this%20period.

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On this episode, Ash goes solo for a fairly quick overview of the Bettencourt Scandal that rocked Paris from 2007-2015. We keep it short and sweet since there are lots of articles and books that look at the multiple scandals that the world's richest women went through including one from their past during WW2.

Resources:

https://time.com/4888142/never-envy-the-richest-woman-in-the-world/

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2022/08/05/the-bettencourt-legacy-as-heavy-as-all-the-riches-of-l-oreal_5992601_183.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/what-the-death-of-the-worlds-richest-woman-means-bettencourt

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/12/542891936/the-bettencourt-affair-extravagant-friendship-or-cruel-swindle

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/08/the-richest-woman-frances-biggest-scandal-the-bettencourt-affair

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/books/review-bettencourt-affair-tom-sancton.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliane_Bettencourt

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Fair dues warning: we talk about a murder case from 1860 that involves a small child. Please take care of yourself and if this isn't something that you want to hear about, we can catch you next time. This is a case that was never fully solved and pretty much lead to the ruin of one of England's first detectives due to the mishandling of the case.

Resources:

https://truecrimeindex.ca/2022/07/23/the-suspicions-of-mr-whicher-by-kate-summerscale-%EF%BF%BC/

https://www.npr.org/2008/05/07/90250617/exhuming-a-real-life-british-murder-mystery

http://www.historybytheyard.co.uk/road_hill_house.htm

https://www.brilliantdeduction.info/jonathan-whicher/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/constance-kent

https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/murder-at-road-hill-house-the-original-whodunnit-97eb0f8fb415

https://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/blog-post/the-curious-case-of-constance-kent/

https://www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/the-murder-at-road-hill-house

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Join us at the Barbizon Hotel in New York this week as we explore its past as the hotel that freed women. First opened in 1928, the Barbizon is still going strong as a condominium for those who can pay the new prices for rent in New York. Celebrities abound!

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbizon_63

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/08/when-the-barbizon-gave-women-rooms-of-their-own

https://untappedcities.com/2021/05/07/secrets-barbizon-hotel/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/review/the-barbizon-paulina-bren.html

https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/barbizon-hotel.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/14/waking-up-to-new-york-secrets-of-the-worlds-most-famous-women-only-hotel

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/astrazeneca-s-vaccine-mishaps-the-mighty-ducks-nhl-history-ryan-mcmahon-the-barbizon-hotel-and-more-1.5964106/new-york-s-female-only-hotel-the-barbizon-gave-women-freedom-to-dream-and-work-1.5964110

https://lithub.com/on-the-barbizon-hotel-and-the-women-writers-who-lived-there/

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This week we dive into a love triangle that ended in tragedy after tragedy when we look at the sadly forgotten Gilded Age poet Nora May French. Please note that there is talk about early abortion practices as well as multiple suicides.

Resources:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57414952-the-gilded-edge

https://crimereads.com/nora-may-french-gilded-edge/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52796/52796-h/52796-h.htm

https://www.lostladiesoflit.com/transcripts/100-nora-may-french-with-catherine-prendergast

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19071115.2.6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_May_French

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sterling

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We are back after a short break to reformat the show. As we explain this episode, Ash will be your main historian/ host bringing you some of the lesser known stories of history while Kat reacts in real time alongside all our you lovely listeners. We are super excited to introduce everyone to Mary Steinhauser, a psychiatric nurse/ social worker who was the most compassionate woman that wanted to save everyone. We don't go into all the details of her life as we mainly focus on events that happened when she worked at the BC Pen in the 1970s so we do implore you to check out her sister's book Between Blade and Bullet which is linked right here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57836913

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Penitentiary

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-penitentiary-new-westminster-prison-historical-photos

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-penitentiary-buildings-new-westminster

https://evelazarus.com/bc-penitentiary/

http://archives.newwestcity.ca/Results.aspx?AC=SEE_ALSO&QF0=NameAccess&QI0==%22British%20Columbia%20Penitentiary%22&XC=/Results.aspx&BU=http%3A%2F%2Farchives.newwestcity.ca%2Fsearch.aspx&GI=&TN=internet&SN=AUTO2728&SE=372&RN=1&MR=100&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&XP=&RF=WebStartDate&EF=&DF=WebFull&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=GENERICENGWPMSG.INI&DT=&ST=0&IR=3312&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Steinhauser#Legal_consequences

https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213241/http://www.marysteinhauser.com/assets/guard_named.pdf

https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/47300NCJRS.pdf

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