EQUAL IN DEATH: The Last Public Execution in Ohio – 1844

EQUAL IN DEATH: The Last Public Execution in Ohio – 1844

Author: Forgotten News Podcast January 16, 2018 Duration: 1:06
On February 9, 1844, Esther Foster and William Graham were jointly executed by hanging, in Columbus, Ohio, on the same scaffold. It was the last public execution held in the state. Foster was an African-American woman and Graham was a white man.   HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Ohio State Journal, February 9, 1844. Historical Lights and Shadows of the Ohio State Penitentiary (1893), by Daniel J. Morgan. History of Franklin County, Ohio (1855), by William T. Martin.    GUEST HOST: Heather Wright of the Nature Vs Narcissism podcast   GUEST VOICES: Intro-Outro Narrator – Floyd Frye of The Pop List podcast. Daniel J. Morgan – Mike Brown of the Pleasing Terrors podcast William T. Martin – Nick Howell of The Concession Stand and Busted Wide Open podcasts and the Orbital Jigsaw Network.  Esther Foster – Danielle Jones of the Between Us Girls podcast William Graham – Dennis Serra of the Evil podcast. Reporter, Ohio State Journal – Pete Lutz of the Narada Radio Company and 63 Audio Editor, Ohio State Journal – Sam Kulper of the Breakers podcast Ohio Constitution (voice) – Robin Warder of The Trail Went Cold podcast Extro Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren of the Forgotten News Podcast.   MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by/3.0 Americana I Knew A Guy The Curtain Rises Continue Life Simple Music to Frighten Small Children By Terminal   Freesound.org: Ghost Piano 1 Slow Sad Tones Ghost Female Singing   Jimmy Murray: Passing Through   SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org: crowd-mob-riot-noise body-falling-through-a-trapdoor Rifle-223_cal EXTRO APHORISM: Source: Chesterton, G.K., What's Wrong With the World (1916), at chapter Sincerity and the Gallows   SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR! This episode was brought to you by Sudio Sweden headphones Use the discount code "FORGOTTEN" for 15% OFF on ANY purchase.   CONTACT US: E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren   HEY!  CAN YOU HELP US?! PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST                              TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES. ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT! Just click on this PAYPAL link, to contribute. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You

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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