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The Mystery Of Pearl Bryan's Head Dec 04, 2017

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AN EYE FOR AN EYE --
A special edition of Yesterday’s News exploring the criminal justice system at its most extreme: Inflicting the Death Penalty...
A Foul Deed In Ft. Thomas
In celebration of our 200th episode, I’m going to share one of my favorite local stories. The murder itself took place a state over, but one of the convicted murderers lived for a time in my hometown, and the sad story of Pearl Bryan is well-known in the three states involved, with many dubious legends and rumors abounding, and it’s said that her spirit haunts a Northern Kentucky nightclub. But what I really like about this story is that it has one of the most remarkable descriptions of an execution that I’ve come across. Enjoy.
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Simple Contacts. They don’t call it simple for nothing.
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Incidental music by Nico Vettese
Theme music performed by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music.
Media management by Sean R. Jones
Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun

The Black Dahlia Nov 17, 2017

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UNSOLVED
A special edition of Yesterday’s News exploring one of history’s most baffling murder mysteries.
The Murder Of Elizabeth Short
By listener request, Episode 196 follows the first month of the investigation of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated murder mysteries that begins when of a 22-year-old party girl turns up tortured, murdered, and mutilated by the side of a busy boulevard. She was such a runabout that when her body was identified by fingerprints, no one had realized she hadn’t been seen in five days. But the body was fresh.
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Member of the BombPod Media Network. @bombpod
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Theme music performed by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music.
Some incidental music by Chuck Wiggins
Media management by Sean R. Jones
Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun

The Lizzie Edition, Part IV Aug 26, 2017

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The Great Borden Hearing Begun.
While Lizzie Borden waits in the Taunton jail for her preliminary hearing to see if she is to go on trial for the murder of her father and stepmother, the community’s sympathy is expressed in interviews to people close to her and the appearance of “a wild-eyed man” ready to take the blame from her shoulders.
We will continue “The Lizzie Edition” in June 2018, the 125th anniversary of the famous trial of Lizzie Borden.
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Theme music “My Ain Countrie” by Mary Lee Demarest, 1861, performed by Davide Severi with Plava Kuca on Violin.
Media Management by Sean R. Jones
Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun
Dedicated to Rachel Michelle Jones, whose enthusiasm for the case prompted this monumental treatment.

The Lizzie Edition, Part III Aug 18, 2017

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Still in the middle of the inquest, Fall River officials finally feel as though they have enough evidence to make an arrest for the murder of Andrew J. Borden. She is sent to the jail in Taunton, Mass., where the matron turns out to be an old family friend.

The Lizzie Edition, Part II Aug 11, 2017

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Part II: The Hunt Progresses. The surviving members of the Borden household are being held as prisoners in their own home, even while officials literally take it apart searching for clues. Yet they remain mum on the contents of the ongoing inquest, leaving ample room for speculation.
Theme music “My Ain Countrie” by Mary Lee Demarest, 1861, performed by Davide Severi with Plava Kuca on Violin.
Media Management by Sean R. Jones
Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun
Dedicated to Rachel Michelle Jones, whose enthusiasm for the case prompted this monumental treatment.

The Lizzie Edition, Part I Aug 04, 2017

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Butchered in Broad Day --
Episode 166...
In commemoration of the 125th anniversary of America’s greatest murder mystery, True Crime Historian brings you “The Lizzie Edition,” and in-depth look at the murder of Andrew J. Borden in Fall River, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1892, and the trial of his daughter Lizzie Borden the following June....
Theme music “My Ain Countrie” by Mary Lee Demarest, 1861, performed by Davide Severi with Plava Kuca on Violin....
Media Management by Sean R. Jones...
Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun...
Dedicated to Rachel Michelle Jones, whose enthusiasm for the case prompted this monumental treatment.

Chasing the Fox of Gangsterdom Oct 31, 2016

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Crane Neck Nugent, Prohibition TriggerThe Gangster Chronicles
Book Two, Chapter Six
__Crane Neck gets arrested in a Florida speakeasy, then is quickly in the wind again. Meanwhile, the hunt for his former partner and archenemy Bob Zwick continues. When Zwick’s reign of terror finally ends, details of their worst exploits are revealed in court.
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Music by Dave Sams
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The Hit at Symmes Corner Oct 24, 2016

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Crane Neck Nugent, Prohibition AssassinThe Gangster Chronicles 2.5
Crane Neck returns to Cincinnati to do a favor for his old boss, Fat Wrassman: Even the score for the hit on George Murphy. But it means going after his partner, Bob “The Fox” Zwick. You don’t want to miss the showdown in the streets of Cincinnati between Fat Wrassman and Detective Dutch Schafer.
- Music by Dave Sams
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Oct 16, 2016

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Crane Neck Nugent, Prohibition TriggerThe Gangster Chronicles 2.4
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Crane Neck Nugent’s career included work with the gang of Fred “Killer” Burke of St. Louis, whom he got to know when they served together as machine gunners in World War I. While no one was ever charged with the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, it is generally agreed that Al Capone hired the Burke gang, whom he called his “American Boys,” to take down his rival Bugs Moran. In this episode, we’ll also hear about Burke’s murder of a policeman in Michigan a few months after the massacre, his capture two years later when some of this information came to light.

The Assassination of Robert Andres Oct 10, 2016

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Crane Neck Nugent: Prohibition Trigger -The Gangster Chronicles 2.3 -
With the heat turned up high in Ohio, Crane Neck retreats to Kansas City to join the gang of his Army mentor Fred “Killer” Burke, the leader of his own gang there. A Toledo job goes south on the Burke gang, and a patrolman ends up dead from machine gun fire. Meanwhile Jack Parker, Todd Messner, Breck Lutes, Rodney Ford, and Bob Zwick hold up a craps game at the Pelican Club in North College Hill, killing the town marshal who stopped in to chew the fat. Later, Jack Parker is found dead outside Lebanon, Ohio. When the state’s chief witness in the first trial for the marshal’s murder turns up charred in an abandoned barbecue shack, police enhance their search for Crane Neck and Bob the Fox, while the surviving Dumele killers face the music.
- Chapter 4: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre -
Music by Dave Sams

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