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Today we get to dive into a historical cold case surrounding the mystery of who the women was that was found in a witch elm and who put her there? Murder, spies, conspiracies, and butlers galore! Make sure to follow us on instagram @litstoryproductions and tell us who you think "Bella" was or how you think she died. We'd love to hear your theories as well!

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F

https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/

https://crimereads.com/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271

https://josefjakobs.info/story-of-clara-bauerle 

https://josefjakobs.info/2014/01/clara-bauerle-josef-jakobs.html 

https://josefjakobs.info/2014/02/who-put-bella-in-wych-elm.html

https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/2016/09/monthly-mystery-who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/

https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/waas

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Ash talks at length about Christiane Desroches Noblecourt; a French archeologist who basically saved Egyptology more than once. We focus in on her World War 2 contributions for this episode and encourage our listeners to read more about the more well known parts of her career from the links below. We also encourage our listeners to check out the World Monument Foundation to learn about how you can take part in a global effort to keep historic monuments safe from wars, natural disasters, climate change, and non- helpful human interference such as graffiti and theft.

Resources:

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/437/christiane-desroches-noblecourt---strong-as-the-st/

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/six-groundbreaking-female-archaeologists/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-most-inspirational-female-archaeologists-from-history

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/first-female-archaeologists/

https://womeninarchaeology.com/category/blog/

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/14/1086498817/a-group-unearths-the-forgotten-history-of-women-in-archaeology

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/christiane-desroches-noblecourt-pioneering-egyptologist-dies-at-97/2011/06/28/AGsk8mpH_story.html

https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/christiane-desroches-noblecourt/507993/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564985/empress-of-the-nile-by-lynne-olson/

https://www.wmf.org/who-we-are

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This week, Kat dives into the legends and facts about the Chinese Pirate Queen Ching Shi and then Ash explores the life of Ann Woodward, possible socialite murderess. Make sure to like, follow, subscribe, rate, review and even share your opinions! Our instagram is litstorypodcasts and we would love to hear your thoughts on the episodes and what you think about the facts!

Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acojc6aZjgE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8McaUknwn8 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/ching-shih-prostitute-pirate-lord-002582

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ching-shih-chinese-female-pirate

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

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010075/the-ever-evolving-legacy-of-chinas-pirate-queen

https://historyhustle.com/ching-shih/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3342478/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13236478/

https://maggiemcneill.com/2011/03/18/ching-shih/

https://daily.jstor.org/cheng-i-sao-female-pirate/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ufN0XxjtI

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

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

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a41626959/truman-capote-ann-woodward-true-story/

https://nypost.com/2022/11/05/the-scandalous-nyc-murder-that-led-to-truman-capotes-downfall/

https://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/ann-woodward-2012-4/

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ann-woodward

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/11-truman-capote-ann-woodward-miss-bang-bang-part-2/id1439251231?i=1000445520151

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Calling all Swifties and History Nerds! You won't want to miss this episode about the muse for Last Great American Dynasty by Taylor Swift. Rebekah Harkness was a 1900s socialite and it is a crazy story that includes the entire Harkness family from her ancestors to her four husbands to her children. Trigger warning: there is talk about mental health and suicide in relation to some of their stories.

Resources:

https://anamericanballetstory.com/videos.html

https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/business/2017/07/09/estate-tied-to-standard-oil/9682650007/

https://www.courthousenews.com/nasty-fight-over-standard-oil-heiress-will/

https://www.stlmag.com/culture/music/the-last-great-american-dynasty-rebekah-harkness/

https://www.vogue.com/article/the-outrageous-life-of-rebekah-harkness-taylor-swifts-high-society-muse

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/nyregion/14doctor.html

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/harkness-rebekah-1915-1982

https://harknessfoundation.org/history/

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/22/books/is-there-a-chic-way-to-go.html

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-688-05081-8

https://www.indianamuseum.org/blog-post/taylor-swifts-muse-has-hoosier-roots/

https://www.indianamuseum.org/historic-sites/culbertson-mansion/

https://www.fermatafoundation.org/history

https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-rebekah-harkness/

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

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

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This week we are taking a look into the history behind cemeteries, a couple vampire haunted cemeteries and a few burial traditions from other cultures/ time periods. The only trigger warning is that we are talking about death so it can get a bit morbid.

Resources:

https://woodvalecemetery.com/a-brief-history-of-the-cemetery-in-america/#:~:text=The%20word%20%E2%80%9Ccemetery%E2%80%9D%20has%20its,to%20a%20churchyard%20burial%20ground.

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/03/our-first-public-parks-the-forgotten-history-of-cemeteries/71818/

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cemeteries

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/69153-largest-cemetery#:~:text=The%20largest%20burial%20ground%20is,use%20since%20the%20seventh%20century.

https://blog.billiongraves.com/the-7-largest-cemeteries-in-the-world/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akwkgj/highgate-vampire-history-sean-manchester

https://highgatecemetery.org/visit

https://locationsoflore.com/2019/07/29/chicagos-lost-cemetery-and-the-vampire-hunt/

https://listverse.com/2016/06/04/10-graveyards-supposedly-haunted-by-vampires/

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cemetery

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Today we chat about the Satanic Panic, focusing on the daycare allegations and the vendetta against Dungeons and Dragons. Please be warned that there is a lot of talk about mental health, suicide, and child abuse allegations. It sadly comes with the territory of talking about the panic of the 70s and 80s. If you or anyone you know needs help please feel free to visit this site for international resources https://unitedgmh.org/support/ Globally we can help those in need of mental resources and make it ok to ask for help when needed without judgement. We also talk about people who are in prison when they are innocent; to help get them back into society please visit: https://innocenceproject.org/

Research Resources:

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/feature/dnd-satanic-panic

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/us/when-dungeons-dragons-set-off-a-moral-panic.html

https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/29349/Wilson_2019_SeniorThesis.pdf;jsessionid=87C358D49D2DF0165B4E4ABE5DF1A777?sequence=1

https://nerdist.com/article/how-dd-writers-fought-the-satanic-panic/

https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/44-dungeons-dragons-and-the-satanic-panic/id1175072618?i=1000425739340

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/peacock-satanic-panic-series-dungeons-dragons-honor-among-thieves-1235334461/

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This week we continue spooky season with more horror authors, this time ones from the past: Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker. Join us as we dive into their lives which are just as interesting as their classic novels.

Resources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bram-Stoker

https://www.bramstokerestate.com/life

https://www.bramstokerestate.com/circle-of-friends

https://www.bramstokerestate.com/dracula

https://time.com/5411826/bram-stoker-dracula-history/

https://historythings.com/real-history-inspired-dracula/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10150/10150-h/10150-h.htm

https://books.google.ca/books?id=yaIxAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft

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

http://web-static.nypl.org/exhibitions/victoria/ref/ps_cps_cd6_081b.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/13/frankenstein-at-200-why-hasnt-mary-shelley-been-given-the-respect-she-deserves- 

https://www.biography.com/writer/mary-shelley

https://www.notablebiographies.com/Sc-St/Shelley-Mary.html

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

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwirmf7S_L36AhUdIjQIHYvkBlcQFnoECEYQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themorgan.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fpdf%2Feducation%2FFrankensteinFamilyBios.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0AGsx8d9byV1o298A2Gx6k 

https://bi.org/en/articles/famous-bis-mary-shelley

https://www.snopes.com/articles/378531/mary-shelley-keep-husbands-heart/

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Today we bring you an episode all about the horror genre; both in film and literature. We also have a special guest! Gwendolyn Kiste is the author of Reluctant Immortals which is out now in a bookstore near you. You can find her at http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/

Sources:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-hirsute-history-of-horror

https://phys.org/news/2007-10-ancient-greeks-romans-good-scary.html

https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-07771-0.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329200207_Horror_Personality_and_Threat_Simulation_A_Survey_on_the_Psychology_of_Scary_Media

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

https://www.thegothiclibrary.com/the-history-of-horror/

https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/

https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/Whatishorror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO7asdIg3a4 

https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movie-tricks-for-scaring-the-audience/jacob-shelton

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Student_of_Prague_(1913_film)

https://www.acplwy.org/the-birth-of-horror

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CatScare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)

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

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This week, we deep dive into the lives of two of Hollywood's most talked about actors from their golden age: James Dean and Audrey Hepburn.

Resources:

https://jamesdean.com/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Dean-American-actor

https://www.biography.com/news/james-dean-facts

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703/

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/part-of-james-deans-wrecked-porsche-heads-to-auction

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-haunting-story-of-james-deans-little-bastard/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV46AOTR2Z0

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/558095/facts-about-rebel-without-a-cause-james-dean

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https://lisawallerrogers.com/tag/the-blackshirts/

https://people.com/movies/audrey-hepburn-mother-nazi-sympathies/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actress-audrey-hepburn-dies

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000030/bio

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

https://web.archive.org/web/20160605075750/https://www.unicefusa.org/supporters/donors/audrey-hepburn-society

https://www.biography.com/actor/audrey-hepburn

https://www.biography.com/news/audrey-hepburn-facts-biography

https://www.unicef.org/goodwill-ambassadors/audrey-hepburn

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This episode dives into the life and writings of Nellie Bly before we get dark once more to learn about the cult called Synanon. Trigger warnings includes child and teenager abuse, adult abuse, drugs and alcohol, as well as animal abuse. Please take care of yourselves with these heavy topics.

Resources:

http://www.historicjournalism.com/nellie-bly.html

https://thegrandarchive.wordpress.com/nellie-bly-buys-a-baby/

https://guides.loc.gov/nellie-bly/digital-resources

https://www.biography.com/activist/nellie-bly

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/nellie-bly-0

https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/mexico/mexico.html

https://www.amazon.com/Bylines-Photobiography-Nellie-Bly-Photobiographies/dp/1426305133

http://www.paulmorantz.com/cult/the-history-of-synanon-and-charles-dederich/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43uD12ooM7U&t=29s

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-09-we-17974-story.html

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-rehab-phoenixhouse/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/08/cult-spawned-tough-love-teen-industry/

https://themighty.com/topic/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/why-tough-love-doesnt-work-for-trauma-survivors

https://myfavoritemurder.com/132-awful-peanut/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytNvs3qJos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1gJ01x56IM 

https://catherineauman.com/the-church-of-synanon/

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

https://www.synanon-aktuell.de/

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