Lindsay is joined by Alex from Second Guess Everything to discuss the execution of Mary Surratt, as well as how innocence can be questioned in a court of law, why your boardinghouse shouldn’t be a secret meeting place, and how to be the first at something awful.

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2017 The Imaginative Conservative post by Ryan Walters

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Historical Novel Society post by Susan Higginbotham

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Lincoln Conspirators post

The White House Historical Association

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Lindsay and Madison discuss the murder of Narcissa Cowart, as well as the dangers of courting two women at the same time, why you should never trust your kid with a pocket knife, and how to get away with murder.

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Lindsay is joined by author Stephanie Cowell to discuss her book, “The Man in The Stone Cottage.”

In 1846, Yorkshire, the Brontë sisters— Charlotte, Anne, and Emily— navigate precarious lives marked by heartbreak and struggle. Charlotte faces rejection from the man she loves, while their blind father and troubled brother add to their burdens. Despite their immense talent, no one will publish their poetry or novels. Amidst this turmoil, Emily encounters a charming shepherd during her solitary walks on the moors, yet he remains unseen by anyone else. After Emily’s untimely death, Charlotte— now a successful author with Jane Eyre— stumbles upon hidden letters and a mysterious map. As she stands on the brink of her own marriage, Charlotte is determined to uncover the truth about her sister’s secret relationship. The Man in the Stone Cottage is a poignant exploration of sisterly bonds and the complexities of perception, asking whether what feels real to one person can truly be real to another.

STEPHANIE COWELL is the author of 7 novels, including Nicholas Cooke, The Physician of London, The Players: a novel of the young Shakespeare, Marrying Mozart, Claude & Camille: a novel of Monet, and The Boy in the Rain. Her work has been translated into several languages, optioned for film, and adapted into an opera. Cowell has been awarded an American Book Award. She has also been an opera singer, balladeer, and founder of the Strawberry Opera and an outdoor performance series in NYC. Fun facts include auditioning before Richard Rodgers, the Rodgers of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame, and performing in places like the famous Harvard Club and even mental institutions and prisons.

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Lindsay and Madison discuss Corgarff Castle, as well as how to construct a kick-ass castle, that the Jacobites liked to eff shit up, and why you shouldn’t play a drinking game to this episode every time there’s a fire.

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Lindsay is joined by author Cinda Gault to discuss her book, “A Small Compass.”

In 1806, Isobel Gunn is staring down the inevitability of a spinster’s farm life in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, often referred to as the Island of Women.  At the same time and across the ocean in Maskinongé, Quebec, Marie-Anne Gaboury is facing the prospect that her dashing new coureur de bois husband will leave her a fur trade widow when he returns west to the wilderness. Both women launch themselves on perilous voyages that will change them forever and transform them into legends. A Small Compass is the story of the first two women to venture into the Canadian wilderness, where they meet and must help each other battle what they know and what they don't to defend all they love.

Cinda Gault holds a Ph.D. in English, specializing in Canadian national identity issues in women’s writing of the 1960s and 1970s. She teaches and writes about Canadian literature and lives in Toronto, Ontario. 

Her fiction includes This Godforsaken Place, a historical novel set in 1885 against a background of the Louis Riel rebellion with appearances by Riel’s general, Gabriel Dumont, and Wild Bill Cody’s Wild West Show star Annie Oakley.

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Lindsay and Madison discuss Giacomo Casanova, as well as how to win and lose it all gambling, that blasphemy is no joke, and how to be both charming and also a horrible human being.

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2022 History Hit article by Lucy Davidson

2019 All That’s Interesting article by Andrew Milne

2018 The Vintage News article by Taryn Smee

Britannica

Find a Grave

Goodreads

Venice Explorer

Wikipedia

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Lindsay is joined by Alan Katz from Costard & Touchstone Productions to see if he can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean.

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Lindsay and Madison discuss the phenomenon of “prairie madness,” as well as how isolating the Great Plains are, that silence can be just as dangerous as sound, and how man needs community.

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2025 Retrospect Journal post by Kate Phillips

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Lindsay and Madison discuss the popular nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man,” as well as how to lure children in the 16th century, that you should never trust a door-to-door pastry salesman, and how to start an urban legend.

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2024 Atlas Obscura article by Kaleena Fraga (1)

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2023 London Dark Tourist post by Jen

2023 Snopes article by Madison Dapcevich

The White Hart

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Lindsay is joined by author D. Paul Fleming to discuss his book, “Mystery’s at the Windham Inn: The Feral Feline,” which was released October 1, 2025.

On a bitterly cold December morning nearly 280 years ago, a young woman named Elizabeth was executed…twice!

With the governor’s pardon in hand, her father was within musket shot when the noose finally stopped twitching. Ms. Elizabeth’s last breath swept across the hills and hollows, as though the trees themselves carried her immortal curse through every limb, root, and fallen leaf. Her father, frozen by his failure, fell from his horse and swore an unholy promise to avenge his daughter’s persecution. 

Make no mistake: Ms. Elizabeth’s execution was not her end. Not by a long shot.

Revenge, karma, reincarnation—and the timeless war between good and evil—are all at play in Windham County’s most infamous property. Dark spirits and vengeful forces battle for dominance, seeking to claim the souls that once lived within the brick walls of this historical landmark.

Though tales and mystery’s often drift into myth, Ms. Elizabeth’s story has never truly faded. For centuries, she’s been seen walking the family farms, drifting through cornfields, lingering by the roadside, peering through windows—haunting the descendants of those who robbed her of life, justice, and land. Land that now lies beneath a building known as The Windham Inn.

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