TWO LYNCHINGS IN ONE SMALL TOWN: 1876 & 1895

TWO LYNCHINGS IN ONE SMALL TOWN: 1876 & 1895

Author: Forgotten News Podcast March 15, 2018 Duration: 1:00:18
The small town of New Richmond, Ohio, was the location of the lynchings of a violent serial rapist and murderer in 1876, and the killer of a beloved elderly man in 1895. This episode tells the tragic and terrifying chain of events which led to these incidents.  HISTORICAL REFERENCES:   Crowell, Cheryl, New Richmond (2012), p. 9   George Mangrum incident: Cincinnati Enquirer, July 10 & 13, 1876. Cincinnati Gazette, July 12, 1876. Cincinnati Times, July 12, 1876. Detroit Free Press, July 13, 1876. Chicago Inter-Ocean, July 13, 1876. Bethel [Ohio]Journal, July 30, 2015. Phillips, Christopher, The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border (2016), Chapter 7 (pp. 284-290). Noah Anderson incident: Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 22, 1895. Columbus Dispatch, August 22, 1895. New York Times, August 22, 1895. GUEST VOICES: Guest Co-Host – Jozi Bently of the Moo Point: A Friends Podcast and the My Dream Podcast. Reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer - Jimmy Murray of the Jimmy’s Seen Some Stuff Podcast. Reporter, Cincinnati Gazette, Scott Phillips of Audioblivious Productions. Reporter, Cincinnati Gazette - Paul Miscavage of Minefire Podcast. Lynch Mob leader – James Jerome of Mysterious Radio Podcast. Lynch Mob Leader - Phillip Primeau of Semi-Intellectual Musings Podcast. Lynch Mob leader - Karrington Martin of the Real Dudes Podcast. Lynch Mob Leader - Marcus James of the Whispers of the Paranormal Podcast. Reporter, Cincinnati Enquirer - Paul Csomo of the Varmints! podcast. Sister of Mary Bennett & Outro Aphorism – Kit Caren of the Forgotten News Podcast. Amanda Abbott - Taylor Sadowski, listener and fan. Reporter, Cincinnati Gazette - Allan Rudy, listener and fan. Lynch Mob leader - Jake Hawkins, a listener and fan. Host Intro – Nina Innsted of 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 Confortable Mystery   SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org tinkerbell - short introduction   OUTRO APHORISM: Source: Chesterton, G.K., The Sign of the Broken Sword (1911), reprinted in The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) and The Delphi Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton –Illustrated (2015).   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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Duration: 39:49
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