THE CASE OF THE TORTURED SCHOOL TEACHER – 1911

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, while several others stood nearby, to “watch the fun”.  The episode also tells the aftermath of the incident, including the arrest and trial of the assailants. The second part of episode will feature the latest installment of our popular segment Police Blotter and Court News, with short tales of small time crime from 1885.   HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Case of the Tortured School Teacher: Associated Press wire reports - (as reported in New York Times & Cleveland Plain Dealer) August 31, 1911. September 10, 1911. November 18, 1911. November 19, 1911. November 20, 1911. November 21, 1911. November 22, 1911. November 24, 1911. The Morning Oregonian: November 16, 1911. Beverly Tribune: October 10, 1912. Prosser, William & Keeton, W. Page, The Law of Torts (1984), pp. 308 & 376. LaMance, Ken, Esq., Is There A Duty To Rescue? (2018).   Police Blotter & Court News: Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 09, 1885.   GUEST VOICES The Case of the Tortured School Teacher: Mary Chamberlain – Josie Necrofuhra, free-lance voice over artist. AP Reporter - Adam Schultz of Water Cooler Talk Podcast. AP Reporter - Cory Schwendiman of Domesticated Podcast: Marriage Meets Comedy. AP Reporter –Phillip Primeau of Semi-Intellectual Musings Podcast. AP Reporter - Jeremy Collins of Podcasts We Listen To: Facebook group and Podcast. The Morning Oregonian Reporter - Jeff Richardson of Everything Is Awesome Podcast and the Shattered Worlds RPG podcast.  Reporter, Beverly Tribune - Jaren Schoustra of WOC Radio and Queens of the Damned Podcast. Prosecutor – Sam Kulper of Breakers Podcast. Defendants Attorney - Christopher Green of GravityBeard Podcast. Jury Foreman – Brian Held of The Week in Geek Radio Show. Police Blotter and Court News: Narrator, Police Blotter & Court News - Karen Wickiam of Stat! Podcast: Shocking Traumas and Treatments. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Paul Miscavage of Minefire Podcast Judge / Call to Order - John Doe, free lance actor and voice performer. Police Officer Elelman - Eoghan Maguire - free-lance voice over artist, Buddah0047 (twitter) and (mixer).  Ada Thornton – Kit Caren of the Forgotten News Podcast. Municipal Judge  / Adjournment) – Andy Wang from the Inspired Money Podcast. MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted , the host of the Already Gone podcast. Outro 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 At Rest Comfortable Mystery 4 The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy Industrial Music Box Mystery Sting Freesound.org: Nostalgia Guitar Intro Ghost Piano Wedding Music SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org: Tinkerbell Fanfare Applause Clapping Flaw & Disorder Gavel_-_3_Strikes_with_room_reverb OUTRO APHORISM: Source:  Chesterton, G.K., quoted in The Words of Power (2012) by George Antwi, p. 23. 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!