A HIATUS, A HERO, AND AN OUTLAW

A HIATUS, A HERO, AND AN OUTLAW

Author: Forgotten News Podcast June 23, 2019 Duration: 31:19
In 1947, in New York, an innocent man was convicted and sent to prison, for a murder he didn't commit.  A newspaper reporter was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for proving him innocent, and winning his release. Also: Police Blotter, July 8, 1895 (Guthrie, Oklahoma). THE HERO: EDWARD MOWERY Edward Mowery, Reporter, Dies; Won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953, New York Times, December 21, 1970. Hoffner Walks Out, A Free Man, The People’s Almanac # 2 (1978), pp. 712-13. Man Awarded $112,291 For Wrongful Imprisonment, The Times-Record (Troy, N.Y.), June 17, 1955, pp. 6. Brennan, Elizabeth & Clarage, Elizabeth, Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners (book, 1999), p. 393. Heinz-Dietrich, Fischer. The Pulitzer Prize Archive: A History and Anthology of Award Winning Materials in Journalism, Letters and Arts (1985), p. 420. Mowery, Edward J., National Cyclopedia of American Biography (1970). Ellis, Edward Robb, A Diary of the Century: Tales from America's Greatest Diarist (2008), p. 214. THE OUTLAW:  JENNIE METCALF Police Blotter & Court News Associated Press, July 8, 1895. The Times-Leader, Guthrie, Oklahoma, July 8, 1895. Little Britches (Jennie Metcalf) Wikipedia page (2013). Old West Female Outlaws - Stage Coach Robbers and Cattle Rustlers, World History (webpage, May 22, 2017). Moody, Ralph, Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers (children’s book, 1991). Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981, fictionalized movie about life of girl outlaws Jennie Metcalf (“Little Britches”) and Anna McDoulet (“Cattle Annie”). GUEST VOICES The Hero: Edward Mowery: Guest Narrator - Brandi Terry - freelance voice artist. Police Blotter & Court News. The Outlaw: Jennie Metcalf: Guest Narrator - Elizabeth Palmer - host of the Underestimated Podcast. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Sirenstar - freelance voice artist. Order In The Court - John Doe, free lance actor and voice performer. Judge (Adjournment voice) – Harry Morgan, free lance actor and voice performer. MISCELLANEOUS: Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren of the Whispered True Stories podcast. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. Exit Aphorism - Source: Chesterton, G.K., The Duty of the Historian (essay, 1910), contained in The G. K. Chesterton Collection (Kindle, 2012).  MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy Cool Vibes Freesound.org Private Eye Audio Library — Music for content creators Mystery SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org  Applause Crowd Clapping Crowd Cheering Flaw and Disorder Gavel - 3 Strikes with room reverb Eighties synth beep  Success Jingle   T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!   HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?!   PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES.   ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT! Just click on this PayPal link, to contribute. PAYPAL Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!   HEY!  CONTACT US: E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren @WhisperedTrue (kit caren)

There’s a certain kind of story that crackles with urgency when it breaks, dominating conversations and front pages, only to vanish completely a few years later. FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST goes looking for those stories. Each episode is a deep dive into a different moment that once captivated the public, an event or figure that seemed indelible but somehow slipped through the cracks of our collective memory. You’ll hear about scandals that toppled empires of reputation, inventions that promised to change everything, and personal dramas that played out on a very public stage-all now quietly gathering dust in old newspaper archives and forgotten diaries. The aim isn’t just to recount these tales, but to understand why they resonated so powerfully in their moment and explore what their disappearance says about how we remember. It’s a process of careful excavation, piecing together narratives from primary sources, historical accounts, and the cultural echoes that remain. Tuning into this podcast feels like opening a long-lost trunk in the attic; every story is presented with the immediacy it once held, allowing you to experience the surprise, outrage, or wonder just as an audience did decades or even centuries ago. These are the headlines that time edited out, brought back to life.
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THE MIDNIGHT BAND OF MERCY - 1893 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:46
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2018 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:11
Campbell Playhouse audio drama of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, as broadcast on nationwide radio, December 24, 1939, featuring the voices of Orson Welles, as narrator, and Lionel Barrymore, as Ebeneezer Scrooge.…
CHRISTMAS DAY IN JAIL - 1865 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:16
The story of Christmas Day in jail, 1865, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Also: Police Blotter & Court News, Washington D.C., December 18, 1882. HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Christmas in Jail - 1865 Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 26,…
WHAT KATIE WOULDN'T TELL - 1884 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:04
The story of the murder of Kate McDonnell, an Irish-American girl, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1884, and her inexplicable deathbed effort to hide the identity of her killer. Also: Police Blotter & Court News, Clevelan…
THE MAYOR AND THE LITTLE OLD LADY - 1935 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:37
A story about an incident in the life of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York City in 1935, and how it directly pertains to the people of the U.S., right now, in 2018. HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Manning, Brennan, The Ragamuf…
THE VANISHING OF DAVID LANG - 1880 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:42
Our 2018 Halloween Episode! with a wild featured story! In 1880, in Gallatin, Tennessee, a farmer named David Lang, apparently vanished from the face of the earth, in front of his wife, children and friends. HISTORICAL R…
THE "FOOT POWDER MAYOR" WHO NEVER WAS - 1967 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:09
STRANGE — BUT FORGOTTEN: MINI-EPISODE # 5. In July 1967, thousands of newspapers, across the United States, published the news that a can of foot powder had been elected as mayor of a town in Ecuador. But, the story was…
THE CHILD BRIDE OF ATHENS COUNTY – 1940 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:24
The very unusual story of the marriage of a 10 year old girl with a 21 year old man, in January 1940, in Athens County, Ohio - including the decades of aftermath. This was an event which made headlines across the U.S., a…
THE CASE OF THE TORTURED SCHOOL TEACHER – 1911 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:24
This episode tells the story of Mary Chamberlain. a young teacher in Beverly, Kansas, in 1911, who was dragged from a buggy on an isolated road in the woods, stripped naked, and covered with hot tar by a gang of five men…
THE LAST STAGECOACH ROBBERY IN THE UNITED STATES - 1899 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:52
On this first anniversary episode of the Forgotten News Podcast, we tell the story of the last stagecoach robbery in the United States, which took place in Arizona in 1899. There will also be a Police Blotter and Court N…