THE FIRST TRUNK MURDER

THE FIRST TRUNK MURDER

Author: Forgotten News Podcast April 24, 2020 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 story!  Listen, to learn the rest.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page.  However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard t this episode, upon your request, by email:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com 


GUEST VOICES:


The Smell of Murder:    

Guest Narrator - Aaron, host of Devil We Know podcast.

Edward Unger - Mike Atchley, host of Dice Tower Theater podcast.

William Howe & Inspector Byrnes - Jerry Kokich, free-lance voice artist. 


Police Blotter & Court News - March 17, 1889:

Guest Narrator / Reporter - Jessica Malone, free-lance voice artist.

Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Sky Flower, free lance voice artist.

Judge - J.D. Sutter, Podcast Producer & Voice Artist, at Porchlight Family Media.


MISCELLANEOUS:

Exit Aphorism (voice)Kit Caren.

Host IntroNina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source:  Cherterton, G.K, Tremendous Trifles, at chapter "“The Travellers in State” (1909), at p. 297 (paraphrase).


MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

Freesound.org:

Farewell to Paladin

Death Calling:

Transition Sting


All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org. 


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Twitter:

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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.
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