Your Town: Crime Podcast: Recent Episodes
Your Town: Crime
On this episode, we bring you the Demon Doctor of Dartmouth, and the worst crime to rock Hanover. https://hanoverhistory.org/timeline-of-hanover-new-hampshire-history/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover,_New_Hampshire http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2012/07/dartmouths-demon-doctor.html?m=1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Dartmouth_College_murders
This week we go to Brewton, Alabama. We bring you two historic crimes. One goes back to the Revolutionary War.
https://www.cityofbrewton.org
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewton,_Alabama#History
http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1258
In this episode, Jason talks about a murder that happened over 100 years ago. Shannon brings us a creepy serial killer.
https://www.howellcountynews.com/history/two-murders-over-dog-fight
https://mountainviewmo.com
This week we travel to West Valley City, Utah. We talk about Ted Bundy, Susan Powell, and a serial killer we just learned about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Valley_City,_Utah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/a47711/who-is-ted-bundy-serial-killer/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Susan_Powell
This we we go to Bowling Green, KY. We talk corvettes and about jealous ex boyfriend.
https://www.bgky.org/history/early-history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky
This week we travel to Spearman, TX. Our story brings us a beautiful woman, two doctors, and a man with low self esteem and dreams of grandeur. http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasPanhandleTowns/SpearmanTexas/SpearmanTexas.htm https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hansford-county https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/buried-city
http://www.museumoftheplains.com
This week the dart hit Ketchum, ID. A small town with links to big Hollywood names.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchum,_Idaho
https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2703.html
This week we travel to Robinson, Illinois.
https://cdn.website-editor.net/020d9c979f77483189db333592c7de7f/files/uploaded/History%2520of%2520Crawford%2520and%2520Clark%2520counties%252C%2520Illinois.pdf
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson,_Illinois
We visit historic Thomasville, NC this week for a murder, followed by a crime spree. https://www.google.com/amp/s/hickoryrecord.com/hdr/zahra-baker-was-murdered-9-years-ago-her-killers-murder-sentence-ends-in-6-years/article_db096b2c-8664-5357-9218-941e194ffbab.amp.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomasville,_North_Carolina
https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/thomas-john-warwick
https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p15012coll8/id/11084/
This week we take you to historical, Leesburg, VA.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leesburg,_Virginia
https://youtube.com/user/VisitLoudounHD
This week we go to Fort Meade, Florida. We talk about the Seminole Wars, an interesting way to ski, and a crazy crime spree.
https://fortmeadeflmuseum.com/home
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theledger.com/article/20100627/News/608084304%3ftemplate=ampart
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Meade,_Florida
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Wars
https://backpackerverse.com/the-ghost-lights-of-heard-bridge-road-in-fort-meade/
Bozeman, Montana is a beautiful town with a rich history and only one unsolved murder. We try to cover it all in this weeks episode.
https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/BozemanTrail/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozeman,_Montana
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bozemandailychronicle.com/100/newsmakers/nelson-story-hero-scoundrel-legend/article_89773f86-268b-11e0-aca5-001cc4c002e0.amp.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cloud
This week, we go to our largest city to date. Detroit has got a bad wrap in the last few years, but it looks like things are changing for the better. We talk music, cars, and crime.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.freep.com/amp/2903425002
https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/murphy-donald.htm
This week we talk about Delhi, New York.
Post Office mural- https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/down-rent-war-around-1845-mural-study-delhi-ny-post-office-35972
https://www.dcnyhistory.org/books/mundel.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi,_New_York
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Rent_War
https://www.dcnyhistory.org/antirent.html
This week we go to Happy Camp, CA. A beautiful small town in Northern California.
https://jeffersonbackroads.com/2014/02/history-of-happy-camp-california/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuk
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_state)
https://youtu.be/nBTKF8_tTh4
https://youtu.be/bYJBT6el9ss
This week we hit Warm Springs, Nevada.
http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/ghost-town-of-warm-springs-nevada.html?m=1
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warm_Springs,_Nevada
Top Secret Tourism: by Harry Helms
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1932595236/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_9CRBN4EXJJ6M0FPVTVY2
This week we visit the small town of Escalante, Utah. A stop for outdoor enthusiasts who are heading into the beautiful Utah backcountry.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalante,_Utah
https://www.brycecanyoncountry.com/blog/post/history-of-escalante-utah/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom%C3%ADnguez–Escalante_expedition#Silvestre_Vélez_de_Escalante
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g56980-Activities-Escalante_Utah.html
This week we take you to Hancock, Maryland. It’s a small town on the Potomac River. We give a an overview of the town and its history. We also bring you a true crime from the area.
http://washingtoncountyhistoricaltrust.org/hancock-md/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc6.htm
This weeks town is St. Cloud, MN.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Cloud,_Minnesota
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier_Pierz
https://www.visitstcloud.com
https://wjon.com/pearl-lake-family-was-murdered-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/
Click on the links below to learn more about Natchitoches!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana
https://youtu.be/4HC24V8qJEA
https://www.natchitochesla.gov
https://www.thecrazytourist.com/most-beautiful-places-to-visit-in-louisiana/
https://www.menloparkmuseum.org
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey
http://edison.rutgers.edu/tesla.htm
https://www.edisonnj.org
This week is a bonus episode all about Thomas Edison, the namesake of Edison, NJ. Come back next week for the rest of the town’s history, and a true crime story.
Thanks to The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park for all of the information read in this episode.
https://www.menloparkmuseum.org/history#
To listen to the recording of Thomas Edison’s “Mary Had a Little Lamb”, visit.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/edison-reading-mary-had-a-little-lamb-1927
https://www.mfcity.com/community/page/city-history
https://m-f.town/history/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman_massacre
https://vacationidea.com/oregon/best-things-to-do-in-milton-freewater-or.html
To learn more about Jellico, click on the links below.
https://www.jellicocity.com
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellico,_Tennessee
https://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/discovery.html
https://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/disaster.html
Elizabethtown has a history predating the Revolutionary War. We talk about that history, and a murder for hire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethtown,_North_Carolina
https://www.wect.com/story/23158941/a-moment-in-history-the-battle-of-elizabethtown-during-the-revolutionary-war/
https://www.ncpedia.org/listening-to-history/adell-mcdowell
https://bladenonline.com/legends-and-lore-of-the-mcdowell-house/
https://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Elizabethtown_NC.html
This week we take you to beautiful Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
https://www.eurekasprings.com
https://www.eurekasprings.org
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Springs,_Arkansas
https://www.ksmu.org/post/healing-springs-illegal-gambling-history-eureka-springs-arkansas#stream/0
This week we travel to Pima, Arizona.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pima,_Arizona
https://www.eacourier.com/lifestyle/history-of-pima-s-founding/article_0bb0df60-fb67-11e5-a0fd-03ea1b12055f.html
https://www.thecrazytourist.com/14-best-things-to-do-in-pima-az/
This week we visit the beautiful town of Pinedale, Wyoming.
https://www.visitpinedale.org
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinedale,_Wyoming
https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/wagon-wheel-project
http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2011/07/EarlyHistoryoftheCow.htm
https://youtu.be/T3lmJp5jCGY
We visit Oconto, WI for episode 7. Check out the links below to learn more about this hopping town.
https://cityofoconto.com
http://www.ocontoctyhistsoc.org
http://www.ocontoctyhistsoc.org/plague-of-frogs
Please visit Hilton Head Island’s official website.
https://www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov
If you have any information about cold cases near Hilton Head, visit the website below.
https://www.bcso.net/cold-cases
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina
This week we visit Redding, CA.
https://www.visitredding.com
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redding,_California
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_the_Ruggles_brothers
This week we take you to Rome, New York. Quite a bit of early American history took place in this town. We’ll also take you back to the 70’s for this weeks true crime.
This week we talk about Clarksdale Mississippi.
https://www.visitclarksdale.com
http://www.deltarising.com/Delta_Rising/home.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksdale,_Mississippi
This week, we talk about Broken Arrow, OK.
https://www.brokenarrowok.gov
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Arrow,_Oklahoma
https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-broken-arrow-ok/
For the first episode, we visit Andrews Texas.
http://www.cityofandrews.org/index.php
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrews,_Texas
https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/blog/2019/06/company-seeks-bring-high-level-radioactive-waste-west-texas-sierra-club-will
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