JACK THE RIPPER, SHAKESPEARE AND WINNIE THE POOH: A TRUE CRIME STORY - 1891

JACK THE RIPPER, SHAKESPEARE AND WINNIE THE POOH: A TRUE CRIME STORY - 1891

Author: Forgotten News Podcast June 21, 2018 Duration: 1:18:08
rdYou are going to have to listen to this episode, if you want to find out what connects Jack the Ripper, Shakespeare, Winnie the Pooh - and New York City in 1891.      HISTORICAL REFERENCES:   Shakespeare / Jack The Ripper Mystery: Gardner, Charles W., The Doctor and The Devil (1894). Willemse, Cornelius, Behind the Green Lights (1931). Sante, Luc, Low Life (1990). Begg, Paul, The Forgotten Victims (2014). Tully, Jim, Prisoner 1167: The Madman Who Was Jack the Ripper. Sugden, Philip The Complete History of Jack the Ripper. Graham, Heather, Sacred Evil (2011) Shakespeare, William, The Merchant of Venice (1596). New York Times, April 25, 1891. New York Tribune, October 2, 1888. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 24, 1891. Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 25, 1891. Bismarck Daily Tribune – October 11, 1888. Boston Daily Globe on November 13, 1888. Police Blotter & Court News: Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 1, 1888. GUEST VOICES Jack The Ripper, Shakespeare and Winnie the Pooh: Carrie Brown / Shakespeare – Emma, co-host of S’laughter Podcast. NYC Police Inspector Thomas Byrne - Eoghan Maguire - Buddah0047 (twitter) and (mixer). Charles W. Gardner, Private Eye - – Sam Kulper of the Breakers podcast. NYC Police Recruit Instructor - Zane Sexton – from Shadowy Slicker podcast. Police Blotter & Court News: Police Blotter Narrator - Penny – of Murder She Spoke Podcast. Police Blotter Title Intro (voice) - Dennis Serra, host of Evil Podcast. Judge / Call to Order - John Doe, free lance actor and voice performer. Jack Kilroy (defendant) - Austin Beach of Audioblivious Productions. Municipal Judge (#1) - Scott Philips of Audioblivious Productions. Municipal Judge (#2) - Pete Lutz from the Pulp Pourri podcast, the Jake Dimes podcast, the Range Detective podcast; and the Save the Last Word for Me podcast. Outro Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host of the Forgotten News Podcast. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest I Knew A Guy SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org Gothic Music Ghost Piano Applause People Talking Gavel_-_3_Strikes_with_room_reverb Rimshot Tinkerbell Transition_Music OUTRO APHORISM: Source (paraphrase) – Chesterton, G.K., The Blue Cross (1910), reprinted in the Innocence of Father Brown, short story collection. T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!   HEY!  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, 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!

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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