FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST
Welcome to the Forgotten News podcast. This is your window to hear true stories from long ago. Stories that once made headlines. Stories that people thought would be unforgettable, but soon were lost in the sands of time, or were buried deep in the dustbin of history. In this podcast, we brush off the sand and dust, and share those stories with you, today — as fresh as when they were first told.
Episodes
In 1898, there was a was widely reported story, that a woman had mysteriously disappeared, while on vacation, in Paris, France.
But ... is the story true?
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
The Case Of The Vanishing Lady:
The Vanishing Lady, Suspense (radio program, episode, April 7, 1957).
It's our annual Halloween episode!
Scary stories -- and more.
Be sure to listen!
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Nashville American, September 26, 1886.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 26, 1886.
GUEST NARRATORS:
SquirelFeed, free-lance voice artist.
Megan Skeels, host of The Shallow Dive Podcast and free-lance voice a...
In 1951, Ethel Rose Rogers was a student at Lousiana State University who was found dead from a gunshot in her dormitory room. According to the official ruling, she accidentally killed herself. But, could it actually have been a homicide, or a suicide?
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The Mysterious Death of Ethel Rose Rogers:
Th...
In the summer of 1947, the city government of Warren, Ohio, caved in to demands by white racists in the community, and attempted to exclude black people from the public swimming pool. Hear the story of the hard-fought lawsuit, that successfully smashed the restriction, a year later.
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Hear the story of Harry Raymond, a “gentleman thief” in the 19th century, who became a millionaire, through robberies and swindles, yet he died broke, homeless, and buried in a graveyard for the poor.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
The Napoleon of The Crime World
Lyons, Sophie, Why Crime Does Not Pay. Chapter 2 (1913).
Sante, ...
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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Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by ...
Hey! It's half-way to Halloween!
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Are You Superstitious?, San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 1889.
Halloween Hoax at Frankenstein Castle, U.S. Armed Forces Radio Network (1952; audio introduction added in 1968, for rebroadcast on Halloween).
Looking For Spooks, Associated Press, July 1...
In 1850, Father Emmanuel Domenech was given an ancient document, containing many pages of strange drawings and symbols. He became convinced it was a long-lost Native American manuscript. In 1860, he published a lengthy book about it. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Embarrassingly wrong.
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Domenec...
In 1887, in New York City, a man murdered his business partner, then attempted to hide the crime, by stuffing his body in a trunk, and shipping it to a fake address in Baltimore. And, that is only a small fragment of the story! Listen, to learn the rest.
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In 1899, a young white woman and two black men were stripped naked, and violently attacked, by an angry mob, incited by the Ku Klux Klan, in the small town of West Liberty, Ohio.
But, this story does not end there. Listen, to learn the rest.
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In 1963, Lou Marsh was a college student, employed by the city of New York, as a youth outreach worker. He was beaten to death, by members of a street gang, who were angry that he had convinced the other members, not to start a violent battle with another gang.
HISTORICAL REFERENCES
The Death of Lou Marsh:
Lou Marsh b...
Strange — But Forgotten: Mini-Episode #6.
The story of the lynching of Albert Guest, a multiple murderer and rapist, by an angry mob, in 1885, in New Straightsville, Ohio.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Columbus Dispatch, May 22 & 23, 1885.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 26, 1885.
On this episode, we feature a presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore.
ENJOY !!!
Merry Christmas! - from your hosts - Jim and Kit.
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This episode features stories of random crime and death, across the state of Texas, during the 24 hours of June 2, 1939.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Texas True Crime:
Crime and Death Take No Holidays (syndicated radio program, June 2, 1939).
Police Blotter and Court News:
The Hamilton Spectator (newspaper, January 13, 1845)...
In the autumn of 1881, the community of Athens, Ohio, was the scene of the lynching of Christopher Davis, a young black man, and a violent attack on Lucinda Luckey, a widow. On this episode, you will hear their interconnected story.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES A Double Nightmare In Athens County: Hanged By A Mob, Cleveland ...
Some random stories of unusual things that people have found in the woods, here and there, over the past 150+ years. The stories are fun and interesting, so check it out.
Listeners: We apologize for the fact that the volume of the audio is uneven. Unfortunately, no matter what we did, we could not fix the problem, despite hours of editing. We we did not have enough free time to re-record the whole episode. Sorry about that! ...
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