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NEW EPISODE - COMING SOON !!!

Author: Forgotten News Podcast November 26, 2023 Duration: 1:50

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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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
THE DEVIL IN CRAWFORD COUNTY [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:37
In 1882, Frank Fisher, a black man, 41, was accused of a sexual assault on Barbara Rettig, a white girl, age 13, in the woods of Crawford County, Ohio. He was lynched by an angry mob. But -- was he actually innocent? <a…
SCARY TRUE STORIES FROM LISTENERS! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:19:14
Hey! It's half-way to Halloween! <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Are You Superstitious?, San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 1889. Halloween Hoax at…
THE STORY OF THE DOMENECH MANUSCRIPT [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:33
In 1850, Father Emmanuel Domenech was given an ancient document, containing many pages of strange drawings and symbols. He became convinced it was a long-lost Native American manuscript. In 1860, he published a lengthy b…
THE FIRST TRUNK MURDER [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:53
In 1887, in New York City, a man murdered his business partner, then attempted to hide the crime, by stuffing his body in a trunk, and shipping it to a fake address in Baltimore. And, that is only a small fragment of the…
THE WILD AND TROUBLED LIFE OF NELLIE JACKSON [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33:54
In 1899, a young white woman and two black men were stripped naked, and violently attacked, by an angry mob, incited by the Ku Klux Klan, in the small town of West Liberty, Ohio. But, this story does not end there. Liste…
STREET CORNER HOMICIDE: THE TRAGIC DEATH OF LOU MARSH [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:10
<a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> In 1963, Lou Marsh was a college student, employed by the city of New York, as a youth outreach worker. He was beaten to death, by members of…
THE LYNCHING OF ALBERT GUEST, OUTLAW [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:26
Strange — But Forgotten: Mini-Episode #6. The story of the lynching of Albert Guest, a multiple murderer and rapist, by an angry mob, in 1885, in New Straightsville, Ohio. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="pay…
2019 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:12
On this episode, we feature a presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut. ENJOY !!! Merry Christmas! - from your hosts…
TEXAS TRUE CRIME - JUNE 2, 1939 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:11
This episode features stories of random crime and death, across the state of Texas, during the 24 hours of June 2, 1939. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> HISTORICAL REFERENCE…
A DOUBLE NIGHTMARE IN ATHENS COUNTY - 1881 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:05
In the autumn of 1881, the community of Athens, Ohio, was the scene of the lynching of Christopher Davis, a young black man, and a violent attack on Lucinda Luckey, a widow. On this episode, you will hear their interconn…