This week, Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy October by discussing the Miniwashitu. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime Images generated using Gemini.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social The Brooklyn Theatre fire was a catastrophic theatre fire that broke out on the evening of December 5, 1876, in the city of Brooklyn The conflagration killed at least 278 individuals, with some accounts reporting more than 300 dead.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social In the early 20th century, People would swallow sanitized pills containing a tapeworm egg, hoping the parasite would hatch and consume the food in their intestines, leading to weight loss without dieting.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social It was the most dreadful crime Dublin had seen in years. On the morning of Friday November 14, 1856, the chief cashier of the city's Broadstone railway terminus was found dead on the floor of his office, lying in a pool of his own blood.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social According to the tenets of Vodoun, a dead person can be revived by a bokor or Voodoo sorcerer. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. "Zombi" is also another name of the voodoo snake god Damballah Wedo,

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Aradale Lunatic Asylum (Ararat) Considered the most haunted asylum in Australia, with a history spanning over 126 years and thousands of deaths. Visitors report feeling intense spooky and freaky feelings, and there are frequent ghost sightings.

Today's episode comes from our friend Alex over at @weirddistractionspod, where she discusses Hazel Farris. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime Photo: collage of a newspaper article on Hazel, and pictures of her mummified remains

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social In 1140, When An Enemy Castle Was Captured By King Conrad III, The Women Of The Castle Were Granted Free Departure And Allowed

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss Charles G. Pease. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. Charles in 1904 2. Charles in 1938 (Credit: The National Cyclopedia of American Biography) 3. Cartoon from the June 21, 1913 edition of The Evening World

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Jacob Miller served in Company K of the 9th Indiana Infantry during the US Civil War (1861-1865) On Sept. 19, 1863, during the battle of Chickamauga, a musket ball pierced him between the eyes. He was left for dead on the battlefield.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Black Widows of Liverpool Catherine Flannagan (1829 – 3 March 1884) and Margaret Higgins (1843 – 3 March 1884) were Irish sisters who were convicted of poisoning and murdering one person in Liverpool, England, and suspected of four more deaths

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Found this in the Devon county jail find a grave it's a man who had his skin used for a book cover

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Only assassin to kill a UK prime minister also why no one can enter parliament with any weapons

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss the 1897 Alien Crashsite. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. Alien pilot marker (Credit: Tammy Curcuro) 2. UFO striking the windmill (Credit: Neil Riebe) 3. Illustration from the Chicago Times 4. Tombstone of Ned, with carvings of the spaceship (Photo by Ray & Jay)

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social You, sweet Patrice, were in the habit of joining us at table and fawningly asking for food in our lap, you were accustomed to lick with your gready tongue the cup which my hands often held for you and regularly to welcome your tired master with wagging tail..”

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Diving Horse attractions were popular in the mid-1880s. 🐴 Horses would dive from as high as 60ft into water. Thankfully they are now banned

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social The Dartmoor Prison massacre refers to a deadly incident on April 6, 1815, where British troops fired upon American prisoners of war at Dartmoor Prison in Devon, England. This occurred following a period of unrest due to the delayed ratification

This week, Lindsay and Madison continue Birthday Month by discussing the Dobhar-chú. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. A white-throated strain of the giant otter in Scotland 2. The Sraheens Lough monster as sighted by John Cooney and Michael McNulty on 1 May 1968

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Andrew Myrick, A Trader Who Told Starving Dakota To "Eat Grass Or Dung" Was Killed On The First Day Of The Dakota War Of 1862. His Head Was Cut Off, And His Mouth Was Stuffed With Grass

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social East And West Shaking Hands At The Laying Of Last Rail Union Pacific Railroad, 1869

I dunno how anyone can wear sweatshirts at the airport. I (Lindsay) am sweating like crazy. The idea of adding a layer makes me wanna die.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social At the tender age of 7 years old, Julia Ann Crumpling was the youngest prisoner on record at Oxford Castle and Prison in 1870. After being charged with the theft of a pram, she was sentenced to seven days’ worth of hard labor.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Adam Rainer, born in 1899 in Austria, is the only person in recorded history to have been classified as both a dwarf and a giant. In his early adulthood, he stood at just 4 feet 8 inches, meeting the criteria for dwarfism, likely due to a pituitary issue.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social 2,400 Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic Discovered In Turkey With The Caption: “Be Cheerful, Enjoy Your Life”

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social My country in history

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social French explorer Jean Nicolet (1598–1642) thought he landed in China, so he donned a bright Chinese robe and began firing in the air to establish his authority. He soon realized that he was in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss George "Big Nose" Parrott. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. "Big Nose" George 2. Dr. John Osborne, credit: Carbon County Museum 3. Dr. Thomas Maghee, credit: Sabrina Nelson 4. Newspaper illustration from Hanna Basin Museum

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social The Ratcliff Highway murders (sometimes Ratcliffe Highway murders) were two attacks on two separate families – the Marr and Williamson families – that resulted in seven fatalities. The two attacks occurred twelve days apart in December 1811

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss the history of highwaymen. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeold… 1. “The King’s Highway”, from Magazine of Art, 1881. 2. Claude Duval painting by William Powell Frith, 1860.

Yeah, I'm the reason we don't have a new episode this week. I didn't plan accordingly and since I'm volunteering at camp all week, I didn't secure a backup episode as a feed drop today. We'll be back next week with a brand spanking new episode as usual. Sorry, olde crimers.

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Ancient Roman Boxing Gloves Discovered At Hadrian's Wall share.google/8pm9wR3gMlUf...

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss the Isle of Demons. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. Photo of Quirpon Island off Newfoundland by Chris Gushue 2. Marguerite de La Rocque defends herself from two bears, 1905 (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss Calamity Jane. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldcrime 1. Photo by H.R. Locke, ca. 1895, Calamity Jane, Gen. Crook’s scout, no. 2 (Library of Congress, Item 91483145) 2. Calamity Jane from her Wild Bill days (ca. Frank A.Westgate)

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss William G. Bruce. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. William's headstone (photo by tobster) 2. Jack's monument (photo by Greg Boggis) #HistoryPodcast #CemeteryPorn

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss Pamela Lee Worms. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. A servant burying the body of Anne Thomas 2. Pamela drowning her stepson, Tom

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Legal domestic abuse.....wow In medieval Germany if a husband and wife had a dispute that couldn't be settled then they could do a marital duel where the husband in a pit with one arm bound and the wife fully mobile with sack of rocks til one won

#OtD 16 Jun 1531 Henry VIII modified vagrancy laws which were key in creating the working class. People kicked off communal land who were not in wage labour were designated as vagabonds and were to be whipped, then mutilated, then executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8796...

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Charles Dickens Jr once said his father was "never the same man" after a train he was traveling in derailed near Staplehurst. Ten people died and 40 were injured in the incident on 9 June 1865, but the famed novelist and his mistress, Ellen Ternan, were uninjured.

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss the Dedham Tragedy. Wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. The Norwood House, credit Norwood Historical Society 2. Discovery of Cora Marston 3. Finding the bodies of the Marstons 4. Norwood House Postcard, credit Norwood Historical Society

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss Himeji Castle. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeold… 1. A depiction of the castle from the Edo period 2. Empress Kōjun (Nagako) dressed in a junihitoe, 1928 3. Himeji Castle by Vladimir Haltakov 4. The “haunted” Okiku well

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss the Haunted Wilson House in Medora, Indiana. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. Illustration of the Wilson Home after it was vandalized 2. Sophia Wilson Promo: @famouslastwordspod & @creepytapas

This week, Lindsay and Madison discuss the 1814 eruption of Mount Mayon and the ruins of Cagsawa. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. pod.link/yeoldecrime 1. Cagsawa ruins with parts of the facade still intact, 1928. Mayon volcano is in the background. 2. Cagsawa Ruins. Photo by Tomas Tam

@yeoldecrimepodcast.bsky.social Robert Jenkins, a British captain, had his ear severed by Spanish coast guards during a search and seizure in 1731. Seven years later, Jenkins showed the British Parliament what appeared to be his amputated ear,