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June 19, 2020 61 mins

In 1882, Frank Fisher, a black man, 41, was accused of a sexual assault on Barbara Rettig, a white girl, age 13, in the woods of Crawford County, Ohio.  He was lynched by an angry mob.  But -- was he actually innocent?   

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

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GUEST VOICES:

The Devil In Crawford County.

Narrator - K. Thomas Zipperer, host No Redeeming Qualities Podcast.

Frank Fisher - Cole Johnson, host Cole Sportz Podcast.

Barbara Retting - Minna Kavolo, host True Crime Finland Podcast.

Editor - Jerry Kokich - free lance voice artist.


Police Blotter & Court News – May 26, 1857.

Narrator - Maria Micklasavage, free lance voice artist.

Title VoiceTrish E. Matson, free land voice artist.


MISCELLANEOUS:

Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host Forgotten News Podcast.

Host IntroNina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source:  Wells, Ida B., The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader.


MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

Sadness and Sorrow 

Touching Moments


ukulenny:

Lift Every Voice and Sing (Ukulele Instrumental


All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org. 


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