TROUBLED TIMES IN CHINATOWN

TROUBLED TIMES IN CHINATOWN

Author: Forgotten News Podcast June 13, 2019 Duration: 1:02:55
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The dark and violent side of the history of Chinatown, in New York City, during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Also: Police Blotter & Court News (Florida), November 24, 1899. HISTORICAL REFERENCES Troubled Times In Chinatown: Luc, Sante, Low Life (1991), at pp. 127-29; 144-47; 226-29. Tom Lee, Mayor of Chinatown (photo, 1913). Tom Lee, Infamous New York (blog page, 2013). Seligman, Scott, Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown (2016). Willemse, Cornelius, A Cop Remembers (1933), at pp. 309-14. Gilfoyle, Timothy, A Pickpocket's Tale (2006) (life and times of George Appo and Qimbo Appo). Beck, Louis, New York's Chinatown: An Historical Presentation of Its People and Places (1898). Connors, Chuck, Bowery Life (1904) (falsely identifies Connors as “the Mayor of Chinatown"). Funeral Procession of Tom Lee, Mayor of Chinatown (photo, 1918). Police Blotter and Court News: The Chipley Banner, Chipley, Florida, November 24, 1899. GUEST VOICES Troubled Times In Chinatown: Guest Narrator - Jessica Yuan, host of Asian Madness Podcast. Police Blotter and Court News: Guest Narrator - Erin Fleming, host of Redrum Blonde Podcast. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Maria Micklasavage - free-lance voice actor. Judge / Call to Order - Edward LeSaint, free lance actor and voice performer. Judge / Adjournment – Harry Morgan, free lance actor and voice performer. MISCELLANEOUS Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren of the Whispered True Stories podcast. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. Exit Aphorism - Source: Chinatown (movie, 1974). 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 SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org  Applause Crowd Clapping Crowd Cheering Flaw and Disorder Gavel - 3 Strikes with room reverb Eighties synth beep  Success Jingle Wind Chime Monte 00 ukulele lick SoundEffectsArchive: Traditional Chinese Flute   T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!   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!   HEY!  CONTACT US: E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren @WhisperedTrue (kit caren)

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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