THE CHILD BRIDE OF ATHENS COUNTY – 1940

THE CHILD BRIDE OF ATHENS COUNTY – 1940

Author: Forgotten News Podcast September 26, 2018 Duration: 50:24
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The very unusual story of the marriage of a 10 year old girl with a 21 year old man, in January 1940, in Athens County, Ohio - including the decades of aftermath. This was an event which made headlines across the U.S., at the time.  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 1868. HISTORICAL REFERENCES:  Child Bride: Three Get Ohio Terms in Child Marriage, Cleveland Plain Dealer, (Cleveland, Ohio), January 7, 1940. Child, Spouse: Jailed, Associated Press (news report),January 7, 1940. Bride Goes To County Home, The Lima News (Lima, Oh.), January 8, 1940. Child, Spouse Pledge Eternal Love, The Arizona Republic(Phoenix, Az.), January 8, 1940. Child Bride, 10, Has Long Wait, The Portsmouth Times (Portsmouth, Oh.), January 8, 1940. Rev. Charles William Schall Sr., Find A Grave - memorial page (featuring photos of grave of Charles and Mary Alice, and miscellaneous family details). Mary Alice Schall (nee: Limberg/Hudnell), Fide A Grave - memorial page (photo of adult Mary Alice, gravestone and miscellaneous family details). Child Bride (motion picture), Stern Fisher Studios, 1938. Full movie is available on YouTube. Wherever You May Be (episode), X Minus One (radio program), June 26, 1956. Full audio of the episode is available on YouTube.  The script is also online. Police Blotter and Court News: Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 3, 1868. Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 7, 1861.   GUEST VOICES: Child Bride: Guest Co-Host - Allyson Koplin of the Dumb & Busted podcast. Reporter / Narrator (news article) - Dr. Neil Davis, listener. Mary Alice Schall / Limberg – Cynthia Woods, listener. Mrs. Lydia Hudnall - Amy Cappella Leitch, listener and Friend of the podcast; also, co-administrator of Podcasts We Listen To facebook group. Police Blotter and Court News: Narrator, Police Blotter & Court News - Jeff Richardson of Everything Is Awesome Podcast and the Shattered Worlds RPG Podcast. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Valerie Whitaker, listener. Judge / Call to Order - John Doe, free lance actor & voice performer. Judge  / Adjournment - Austin Beach of Audioblivious Productions. Outro Aphorism (voice) –Josie Necrofuhra, free-lance voice over artist. 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 The Curtain Rises Freesound.org: Sad_ending_piano SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org:   Applause Clapping Flaw & Disorder Gavel_-_3_Strikes_with_room_reverb OUTRO APHORISM: Source:  Chesterton, G.K., A Short History of England (1917), Chapter III, shortened quote, from original sentence: "It is a paradox that the past is always present: Yet, it is not what was ..."    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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