WHAT KATIE WOULDN'T TELL - 1884

WHAT KATIE WOULDN'T TELL - 1884

Author: Forgotten News Podcast November 25, 2018 Duration: 35:04
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The story of the murder of Kate McDonnell, an Irish-American girl, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1884, and her inexplicable deathbed effort to hide the identity of her killer. Also: Police Blotter & Court News,                                  Cleveland, Ohio, January 5, 1864. Note: This is our most unusual Police Blotter segment,  featuring an all-star cast of podcasters.   HISTORICAL REFERENCES.   What Katie Wouldn't Tell: Newspapers - The Pittsburgh Dispatch, February 28, 1884. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 29, 1884.   Police Blotter & Court News: Newspapers - The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 5, 1864.   GUEST VOICES.   What Katie Wouldn’t Tell:   Reporter, Pittsburgh Dispatch – Sinead Mc, the host of the Mens Rea podcast. Police Blotter & Court News: Reporter, Cleveland Plain Dealer – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. Municipal Judge – Robin Warder, host of The Trail Went Cold podcast. Prosecutor – Sam Kulper, host and producer of the Breakers podcast. Defendant’s Attorney – Pete Lutz of the Pulp Pourri podcast, the Jake Dimes podcast, the Range Detective podcast; and the Save the Last Word for Me podcast. Mr. Jones (Witness) – Barney Black, co-host of the Bloody Murder podcast. Mr. Smasher (Witness) - Steve Blizten, host of the Drift & Ramble podcast. Mr. Swipes (Defendant) – Austin Beach, host & producer of the Audioblivious Productions podcast. Police Blotter Intro Title Voice - Larry Oliver – free-lance voice artist & commercial narrator; Twitter: @olivervoiceover MISCELLANEOUS: Outro Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host of the Forgotten News Podcast and Whispered True Stories. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. Outro Aphorism - Source: Collins, Susan, Mockingjay (Hunger Games series, book #3) (2010), at Page 23. 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 Freesound.org Ukelele strums SOUND EFECTS: Freesound.org: Applause Clapping Typewriter with Bell Gavel_-_3_Strikes_with_room_reverb  gavel-double Flaw-and-Disorder Wind Chimes   HEY!  CONTACT US:   E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren @WhisperedTrue (kit caren)   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!   T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!

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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