ABRAHAM LINCOLN, TRUE CRIME WRITER

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, TRUE CRIME WRITER

Author: Forgotten News Podcast May 11, 2019 Duration: 57:51
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In 1846, future U.S. president Abraham Lincoln wrote a short story about a very strange and mysterious murder case, that had taken place in Illinois, a few years earlier. The  story was published in a local newspaper. On this episode, you will hear Lincoln’s dramatic tale of true crime, told in full. Also:  Police Blotter and Court News, October 4, 1867. HISTORICAL REFERENCES Abraham Lincoln, True Crime Writer: Lincoln, Abraham, A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder (also known as The Trailor Murder Mystery) (1846; reprint 2014, with explanatory preface). Pierce, J. Kingston, He’s No Ann Rule, But Still …, The Rap Sheet (February 11, 2009).   Oliver, Mark, Abraham Lincoln Wrote A Murder Mystery, AmReading (blog, September 4, 2016). Corrigan, Maya, Edgar Allan Poe and Abraham Lincoln, Mystery History (2018). Batgrl, Bookish Hooha (November 2, 2012). Dekle, George, Prairie Defender: The Murder Trials of Abraham Lincoln (book, 2017), Ford, Paul, The Crime That Baffled Lincoln, Sunday Chicago Tribune Magazine (January 28, 1951). The Trailor Murder Mystery, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March 1952. Police Blotter & Court News: Cleveland Plain Dealer - October 4 & 10, 1867; December 11, 1867; January 24, 1868; September 25, 1868; February 22, 1869. GUEST VOICES: Abraham Lincoln, True Crime Writer:    Guest Narrator - Jerry Kokich of New Old Time Radio Dramas. Police Blotter and Court News: Guest Narrator - Jessica Malone, free lance radio and voice artist - Facebook - Twitter. Martha Carroll – Sinead Mc, host of the Mens Rea podcast. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Sara Stapleton, co-host, Life Is Messy Podcast. Judge / Call to Order - 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: Lincoln, Abraham, Letter to Henry Asbury (November 19, 1858). 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 Freesound.org: Farewell to Paladin  SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org  Applause Crowd Clapping Crowd Cheering   Flaw and Disorder Gavel - 3 Strikes with room reverb Eighties synth beep  Success Jingle Clean Trumpet Fanfare with Wobble Wind Chime Monte 00 ukulele lick 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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