The historical crimes and criminals podcast

In 1927 a murder took place that would inspire the book and famous film, Double Indemnity. The case also involved a secret camera taking a famous photo of the moment of execution by electrocution. In todays episode we look at the case of Ruth Synder. see the photo on the twitter page. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com time.com/3808808/first-photo-electric-chair-execution/ allthatsinteresting.com/ruth-snyder www.rowdiva.com/RS.html https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19280113.2.5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 gizmodo.com/a-torrid-affair-an-inept-murder-and-a-historic-execut-1713398954 stmuhistorymedia.org/woman-made-of-stone-the-murder-of-albert-snyder/ www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/ruth-snyder-housewife-murderer/ www.history.com/news/double-indemnity-1920s-murder-crime-tabloids

In 2019 a Victorian book called 'The Swells night time guide through the Metropolis' was sold for £4000 at Auction. it was a Victorian Guide for young men finding sexual adventures in London. email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast ko-fi.com/historicacrimespodcast www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/racy-guide-victorian-londons-brothels-17388162 www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-new-swells-night-guide www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/prostitution www.thelondoneconomic.com/entertainment/revealing-guide-to-victorian-londons-secret-brothels-and-prostitutes-unearthed-107489/ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6338867/Salacious-guide-Victorian-Londons-secret-brothels-sale.html www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/saucy-victorian-brothel-pocket-guide-3636184

On December 15th, 1927 a man walked into a School in Los Angeles and abducted a 12 year old child. The sensational case made worldwide headlines for the brutal subsequent events. pictures on twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-04-me-21037-story.html horrorhistory.net/2017/12/17/girl-murdered-dismembered-and-disemboweled-during-ransom/ malefactorsregister.com/wp/779/ www.crimemagazine.com/fox-or-“moral-imbecile”-william-edward-hickman-and-murder-marion-parker www.cemeteryguide.com/gotw-parker.html

In 1858, over 200 people were poisoned when a bag of Arsenic was accidentally mixed with their sweet mixture. The resulting case would help change the law in the UK. please subscribe to the podcast, leave a review tell your friends and social media outlets. twitter: thehistoricalcrimesandcriminalspodcast recipespastandpresent.org.uk/tradsweets2.php#9 www.sweetandnostalgic.co.uk/history-of-sweets-4-w.asp visitvictorianengland.com/category/food/ www.cocoaandheart.co.uk/victorian-sweets/ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858_Bradford_sweets_poisoning

In Post war a killer was on the loose with multiple guns, including Machine guns. this is the story of Erwin 'Machine gun' Walker. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=erwin-machine-gun- walker military.wikia.org/wiki/Erwin_Walker

In 1857 Londoners were treated to a Bizarre spectacle....a Tiger walking down a street with a crying boy in its jaws. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537568/Harrods-pet-shop-sold-alligators-lions-baby-elephant-Ronald-Reagan-set-close-100-years.html www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1313816/The-polar-bear-lived-Tower--grumpy-lion-baboon-threw-cannon-balls-Britains-bizarre-zoo.html www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Henry-III-Polar-Bear/ www.mernick.org.uk/thhol/jamrach.html www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1282435/Queen-Elizabeth-II-animals-sloth-corgis-pets-Royal-Family-news

Coin clipping for Centuries was a capital crime, but it didn't stop what was a lucrative business. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/naughty-money-clippers-and-coiners-in-16th-century-england https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1278-all-english-jews-arrested-by-crown-1.5291031 crimeandcoins.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/making-money-go-further-clipping/ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/living-in-the-17th-century/ https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/10/coins-clipping-and-condemnation.html

In the first of a 3 part trilogy of seperate crime stories from Los Angeles we will look at the life, crimes and execution of Barbara Graham. Many thanks to Katja Anderson for writing this story. Find more of Katja's work: Blog:  missnightterrors.wordpress.com twitter: missnightterrors For pictures from todays episode see the twitter page: the historical crimes and criminals podcast   1. O'Shea, Kathleen A., Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900 - 1998 (1999); Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 70. 2. Brennan, Elizabeth A., Clarage, Elizabeth C., Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners (1999);  Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 387. 3. American Film Institute https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/52606 4. Los Angeles Daily Mirror, 'Barbara Graham case revisited, November 28, 1958'. 5. Bernstein, Matthew, Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent (2000); pp. 336 - 337. 6. Osborne, Robert, telecast of I Want to Live! with commentary on Turner Classic Movies, 20 February 2009. 7 - 10: www.familysearch.org 11. United States federal census, 1930. 12. Davis, Bernice Freeman with Hirshberg, Al, Assignment San Quentin (1962); Peter Davies Ltd., London. 13 - 14: Bailey, Frankie Y. and Chermak, Steven, Famous American Crimes and Trials Vol. III, 1913 - 1959. 15 - 22: Cairns, Kathleen A., Proof of Guilt: Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America (2013); University of Nebraska Press. 23. Cairns, ibid; Los Angeles Times, 8 June 1987: 'It's Sally Stanford not Sanford - and also for the record, Errol Flynn didn't need to be spelled'. 24. Cairns, ibid. 25. Keller, Robert, Murder Most Vile, Volume Twenty (2018). 26. Cairns, ibid. 27. Keller, ibid. 28 - 30: Drexler, Paul, San Francisco Examiner, 27 August 2017: '"Bloody Babs” and the robbery gone wrong'. 31 - 32: Renner, Joan, Los Angeles Magazine, 4 June 2013: 'The Mob-Style Murder of Burbank Widow Mabel Monahan'. 33. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135618443/baxter-shorter 34 - 35: Renner, ibid. 36 - 37: Cairns, ibid. 38. Gillespie, L. Kay, Dancehall Ladies: The Crimes and Executions of America's Women (1997).  University Press of America, p. 77. 39. Los Angeles Times, 28 March 1990: 'Last Steps, Last Words on the Row: California has put 501 men and women to death since the state took charge of executions.  Not all of them went quietly.' 40. Stout, Martha, The Sociopath Next Door (2006); Random House, p. 97.

In Todays Episode we look at what Londoners eat during Elizabethan times. Thank you for the subject matter and article from Liza Picard www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/food-in-elizabethan-england Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com

In todays episode we travel back to the London in the Elizabethan era (1558-1603) for a snapshot of London life. twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast Many thanks to Professor Eric Rasmussen and Dr Ian DeJong for their article and source for this episode: www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/shakespeares-london