THE TRAGIC MURDER OF CATHERINE RICHARDS

THE TRAGIC MURDER OF CATHERINE RICHARDS

Author: Forgotten News Podcast March 23, 2025 Duration: 48:46

In 1878, Catherine Richards, a 14 year old girl in Plainfield, New York, was murdered by an obsessed man, after she rejected his marriage proposal.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  03/22/2025.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES -

The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards:

Local History Notes of Southern New York, July 14, 2024,specifically, reprints of news articles from the Oneonta Herald (Oneonta, NY) and the Daily Republican (Utica, NY), June 28, 1878.

Gordon W. Treadwell, Myron Buel: The Boy Murderer (1879)  

Murder By Gaslight, The Confession of Myron Buel (Oct. 29, 2022).


Police Blotter & Court News

(The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -⁠⁠⁠⁠


Did a Woman Go To Jail for Wearing Slacks in 1938?, Snopes, Sept. 2, 2022.

Arrested for Wearing Pants, Trace Your Past, Nov. 12, 2021.

In 1938, L.A. Woman Went To Jail For Wearing Slacks In Courtroom, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 2014.

Meet Helen Hulick: The Woman Who Was Jailed For Wearing Pants To Court, ⁠ All That's Interesting, April 21, 2023.


VOICES -

The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards:

Guest Narrator - Victoria Kelemen - Voice Artist and Podcaster.


Police Blotter & Court News

(The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Narrator - Frank Guglielmelli, voice artist.

Helen Hulick - Erin Suminsby, voice artist.

Judge Arthur Guerin - Mike Polo, voice artist.

Appeals Court Judge - Jerry Kokich, voice artist.

Title Voice - ⁠⁠Chrisi Talyn Saje (Madison Standish) of the Madison On The Air podcast.

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MISCELLANEOUS:


Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.

Exit Aphorism - How A Girl Can Become A Legend, attributed to Martha Jane Canary, better known as "Calamity Jane", circa 1890 (original source unknown).

Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

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

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠ or the Public Domain.



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