Episode 53 - The Story of the Murdered Professor

In this episode we tell the story of the Piper Rountree and the murder of her ex-husband, University of Richmond professor Fred Jablin.

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Fred Jablin at work

Fred Jablin

Fred and Piper

Piper Rountree testifying in her defence

Tina and Piper Rountree

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/female.R/r/rountree-piper.htm

https://richmond.com/from-the-archives/from-the-archives-15-years-ago-a-ur-professor-is-killed-in-his-henrico-driveway/article_aba6bb63-f18e-5d2e-a852-677c319992ef.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/two-wigs-a-gun-and-a-murder-19-05-2005/2/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16780162

Episode 52 - The Story of Deborah Fitzjohn and The Vampire Rapist

In this episode we talk about the disappearance of Deborah Fitzjohn in 1977 and primary suspect John Brennan Crutchley AKA The Vampire Rapist.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Deborah Fitzjohn

John Crutchley

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/crutchley-john.htm

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-john-brennan-crutchley/cat-mcauliffe

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-02-21-9702201853-story.html

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Whoever_Fights_Monsters/sXBnvC8Zr1YC?q=%22a+kinky+sort+of+guy%22&gbpv=1#f=false

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1986-04-30-0220050094-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brennan_Crutchley

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23594063/florida-today/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30286665/deborah-rita-fitzjohn/photo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/04/26/floridas-vampire-rapist-investigated-in-78-fairfax-killing/260e4ff0-c7c9-42dc-aa40-b3db799fc43d/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/02/23/a-young-woman-vanishes/cff87ba2-1cf8-471c-8f82-1ba43b46d73b/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/04/26/floridas-vampire-rapist-investigated-in-78-fairfax-killing/260e4ff0-c7c9-42dc-aa40-b3db799fc43d/

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-04-12-1995102014-story.html

Episode 51 - The Story of the Mecklenburg Six - Escape from Death Row Part 3

In this episode we finish the story of the Mecklenburg Six who escaped from Death Row on May 31st, 1984.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Dennis Stockton

Richmond Times-Dispatch Diagram

Sallyport, gates were only supposed to be opened one at a time.

View of one side of MCC C-Pod, death row

SOURCES

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dead_Run/D4MmPwAACAAJ?hl=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Correctional_Center#cite_note-7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boydton,_Virginia

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/35-years-later-mecklenburg-six-prison-break-and-its-lingering-impact-on-virginia/

https://richmond.com/from-the-archives/from-the-archives-how-the-1984-escape-from-virginias-death-row-happened/article_19ea1684-9af2-5d24-86ab-5875eaf2068c.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/prison-serving-time-hell-article-1.2256866

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/06/02/6-murderers-escape-virginia-death-row/f203237e-e21a-4d19-9b04-d34a7ecbe12a/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-03-mn-11483-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/09/17/death-row-breakout-tipoff-reported/eed54e7d-58b9-468c-a88b-eea96b69efb8/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/06/18/guards-cite-security-lapses/20203fc5-e17f-4eff-ae8c-b5350f899aeb/

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950806/08060007.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Giarratano

Episode 50 - The Story of the Mecklenburg Six - Escape From Death Row Part 2

This episode is the second of a three part series. Listen to the first episode before you listen to this one. Today we're talking about the Briley Brothers Gang who terrorized Richmond for seven months in 1979.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Linwood, James, Anthony Briley, and Duncan Meekins

Johnny Gallaher

Charles Garner

Blanche Page

Harvey Barton, Judy Barton, and Harvey WIlkerson

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briley_Brothers

https://richmond.com/news/briley-brothers-mayhem-detailed/article_e19bd987-94e0-5dad-a26b-9ea3445eb837.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/briley-james.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/briley-linwood.htm

https://www.thoughtco.com/briley-brothers-killing-spree-4060045

https://richmondmagazine.com/look-back-murder-capital-no-more/#:~:text=The%20unidentified%20man's%20violent%20death,when%20140%20people%20were%20killed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia

https://chpn.net/2010/07/01/on-murder-on-richmond-1971-2010/

https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/404621?page=1#sr-173296364

Episode 49 - The Story of the Mecklenburg Six - Escape from Death Row Part 1

In this episode we detail the crimes of four of the six escapees from the Mecklenburg Correctional Center Death Row in May of 1984.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Lem Tuggle

Earl Clanton, Jr.

Willie Leroy Jones

Derick Lynn Peterson

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t1/tuggle-lem-davis.htm

https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/1984/840486-1-0.html

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-07-27-0307270530-story.html

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1996/rt9612/961213/12130100.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/clanton-earl.htm

https://www.bencarloscleary.com/death-in-the-spring

https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j1/jones-willie-leroy.htm

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19920916-1992-09-16-9209160131-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/10/11/killing-me-softly-with-his-song/3a409322-52b0-4d1c-96f2-a29f13366632/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/09/16/slayer-says-goodbye-smiling/7e71db5e-6927-42b7-be0b-48c4613650f7/

https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p1/peterson-derick.htm

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19910820-1991-08-20-9108200076-story.html

https://cite.case.law/va/225/289/

https://apnews.com/article/77b06f17fdeb31c1c23347adc150a3a5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Correctional_Center#cite_note-7

Episode 48 - The Story of Roger Keith Coleman

In this episode we talk about Roger Keith Coleman who was executed for the murder of Wanda McCoy.

To listen to this episode find us wherever you get podcasts, click the link below or listen to us ad-free on Patreon.

Wanda McCoy

Wanda and Brad at Brad’s Prom

LIbrarian’s Sketch

Wanda and Brad’s House in Long Bottom

Roger Keith Coleman

Roger Keith Coleman

SOURCES

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/coleman-roger-keith.htm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Keith_Coleman?fbclid=IwAR3keyUHK4yxvz71uzI0HW-_D97w5wTZwoHKWbGhtU0Szl6Gxjg1qe5BKDI

https://heraldcourier.com/news/women-who-survived-roger-keith-coleman-often-get-overlooked/article_aacb6f21-aed9-5b56-857e-4d641b32ad5c.html

http://archives.wbur.org/insideout/documentaries/dna/maygod3.php.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-01-17-0601170166-story.html

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2006/07/06/philadelphia-magazine-the-betrayal/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/07/02/a-night-of-brutality-on-death-row/1a8cc052-1be8-427b-aff9-5e1be707210c/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2006/05/14/burden-of-proof-span-classbankheadjim-mccloskey-desperately-wanted-to-save-roger-coleman-from-the-electric-chair-maybe-a-little-too-desperatelyspan/d6faeab8-98dc-4cf9-ba19-14c3be835cfe/

https://www.facebook.com/AppalachianProject/posts/wanda-faye-mccoy-was-a-19-year-old-housewife-with-no-known-enemies-who-lived-in-/634840116620373/

Episode 47 - The Story of Montie Rissell - Virginia's First Serial Killer

In this episode we learn about Montie Rissell’s 1977 rape and murder spree and how it contributed to the study of criminal profiling.

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Montie Rissell on his way to court

Montie Rissell Mug Shot

Aletha Byrd Grave Marker

Jeanette McClelland

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montie_Rissell

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/02/05/rissell-writes-a-book-describing-his-murders/9b391fcc-8a96-43a6-9a00-cd980974bbb5/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/10/12/rissell-gets-4-life-terms-in-murders/122353cc-3379-49b4-89ed-3485858e8d7d/?noredirect=on

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/07/07/for-families-parole-bid-keeps-crimes-alive/4a8967b3-7ba9-4778-a580-3e801cbcf7de/

https://books.google.com/books?id=sXBnvC8Zr1YC&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=monte+rissell&source=bl&ots=hHzR9kOARA&sig=ACfU3U1u1UFhVCvn2gS9fjsczDzaF4VE5g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9zIa3kb_tAhWxGFkFHelkBQEQ6AEwBnoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=monte%20rissell&f=false

https://listverse.com/2019/02/05/10-frightening-facts-about-monte-rissell/

https://books.google.com/books?id=bgj6kXeIgYMC&pg=PA142&dq=monte+rissell&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiykc3t3J3gAhWnzlkKHV6KC0kQ6AEIQzAE#v=onepage&q=rissell%20taboo&f=false

http://froemmingsci.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/0/6/59065407/the_heart_of_darkness_by_john_douglasx.pdf

https://serialdispatches.com/serial-killer-montie-ralph-rissell/

https://newspaperarchive.com/murder-clipping-may-06-1977-1485128/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41199377/jeanette-m-mcclelland/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/05/07/police-seek-links-in-lives-of-women-found-murdered/5f62bd41-49d5-4a4b-a56b-c06243c53a88/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95350355/aletha-brittanion-byrd

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/08/240541/who-is-monte-rissell-real-serial-killer-rape-story-mindhunter

Episode 46 - The Story of Henrietta Lacks

In this episode we tell the story of Henrietta Lacks whose cancer cells would revolutionize the world of medicine.

To listen click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta and Day Lacks

Deborah Lacks and Rebecca Skloot

SOURCES

https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/04/24/listen-to-the-human-stories-the-henrietta-lacks-family-tells-scientists/

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01968-z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_M._Southam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover,_Virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_County,_Virginia

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2250449-genetic-privacy-we-must-learn-from-the-story-of-henrietta-lacks/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortalised_cell_line

http://henriettalacksfoundation.org/about/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/on-the-eve-of-an-oprah-movie-about-henrietta-lacks-an-ugly-feud-consumes-the-family/2017/03/28/d33d3418-1248-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html

https://theundefeated.com/features/hbo-henrietta-lacks-oprah-winfrey/

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-03-10-1998069078-story.html

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/deborah-lacks-obituary?pid=178421134

https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/privacy-debate-over-research-your-blood-tissue

https://people.com/human-interest/true-story-henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-medical-breakthroughs/

Episode 45 - The Story of Amy Lynn Bradley - Vanished at Sea

In this episode we tell the story of Amy Lynn Bradley who went missing from a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship in 1998.

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The Bradleys first day aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas

Amy Bradley

Amy and her brother Brad at one of the cruise’s formal dinners

Amy and Alister “Yellow” Douglas

SOURCES:

https://disappearedblog.com/amy-lynn-bradley/

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/16/us/for-missing-woman-s-family-no-answers.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=831761&page=1

https://unsolved.com/gallery/amy-bradley/

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-amy-lynn-bradley/philgibbons

http://truecrimediva.com/evil-at-sea-the-disappearance-of-amy-bradley/

http://charleyproject.org/case/amy-lynn-bradley

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/amy-lynn-bradley

https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/amy-lynn-bradley-case/

https://www.thethings.com/20-details-about-the-amy-lynn-bradley-disappearance-that-were-swept-under-the-rug/

https://thehueandcry.com/amy-lynn-bradley/

https://historydaily.org/amy-lynn-bradley-disappearance-everything-we-know

https://casefilepodcast.com/case-59-amy-lynn-bradley/

https://www.smh.com.au/national/crimes-at-sea-the-dark-side-of-cruise-ships-20130816-2s263.html

http://chrisfenwick.com/home/2010/3/1/amy-bradley-is-missing.html

https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/amy-bradley-disappeared-from-a-royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-on-march-24-1998-believing-shes-been-abducted-her-family-refuses-to-give-up-the/Content?oid=1390272

https://www.drphil.com/slideshows/the-search-for-natalee-amy-bradley/

http://curacaochronicle.com/judicial/sex-tourism-and-trafficking-in-the-dutch-caribbean/

https://www.internationalcruisevictims.org/LatestMemberStories/Amy_Lynn_Bradley.html

Episode 44 - The Story of the Haunting at the Exchange Hotel

In this episode we discuss the history of the Gordonsville Exchange Hotel and Civil War Museum and the mysterious hauntings that have been reported there for years.

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Exchange Hotel and Civil War Museum

Anna’s Kitchen

Amputation

Amputation Kit

Gordonsville Train Depot

SOURCES

https://www.c-ville.com/strongThe_Exchange_Hotel_A_Haunting_in_Gordonsvillestrong/#.Ve92LBFVhBc

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/journey/exc.htm

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/journey/exc.htm

http://www.blackravenparanormal.com/exchangehotel.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Hotel_(Gordonsville,_Virginia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordonsville,_Virginia

https://www.virginia.org/listings/HistoricSites/TheExchangeHotelCivilWarMedicalMuseum/

https://www.hauntedhistory.net/exchange-hotel-ghosthunt.html#

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790547/

https://www.ncpedia.org/history/cw-1900/amputations

Episode 43 - The Story of The Bunny Man

In this episode we tell the story of the mysterious and strangely true story of The Bunny Man.

To listen click the link below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32013729/the-minneapolis-star/

https://wamu.org/story/17/10/31/true-story-bunnyman-northern-virginias-gruesome-urban-legend/

https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/bunnyman-bridge-the-scary-truth-behind-an-infamous-urban-legend/article_a27c7000-dca4-11e8-ad84-af51d935cbcb.html

https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bunny-man-bridge-2

Episode 42 - The Story of Ed Chen - The Secret Murderer

In this episode we tell the story of Edward Chen and crimes he committed in the late 1990s in Great Falls, Virginia.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Ed Chen

Yeh-Mei Chen

Chen Family Home

SOURCES

https://www.washingtonian.com/2005/02/01/love-and-murder-in-great-falls/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/12/10/fairfax-man-admits-killing-parents-brother/5008dc2d-f891-41bf-bcff-c3f1aaeb9148/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/03/24/killers-ex-girlfriend-pleads-guilty/66bbeb2a-108b-4675-8344-68328cf5d569/

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/12/12/186857

http://www.landsakes.com/2010/03/love-and-death-then-came-forgery/



Episode 41 - The Story of Carrie Buck and Eugenics in America

In this episode we talk about the forced sterilization of Carrie Buck in 1927 at the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Carrie and Emma Buck

Baby VIvian

Carrie Buck in Later Years

Historical Marker

SOURCES

https://acluva.org/en/news/shameful-history-eugenics-virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Sterilization_Act_of_1924

http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/eugenics/4-influence/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Buck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Colony_for_Epileptics_and_Feebleminded

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act_of_1924#Laughlin.27s_Model_Eugenical_Sterilization_Law

http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/eugenics/3-buckvbell/

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/695574984

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/469478098/the-supreme-court-ruling-that-led-to-70-000-forced-sterilizations

https://medium.com/@editors_91459/virginia-ran-a-secret-eugenics-program-that-didnt-end-until-1979-e9fcbfd23c64

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_v._Bell

Episode 40 - The Story of Martese Johnson and the Over-Policing of America

In this episode we tell the story of two UVa students and their interactions with Virginia ABC Special Agents and discuss the history and origins of policing in America.

To listen click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Martese Johnson and Elizabeth Daly are the primary subjects named in this episode. You can find their images by searching the internet but in the interests of respecting their privacy I will not post them here. In particular, the bloody photo of Martese being victimized by Virginia ABC special agents serves no useful purpose other than to witness him in a moment of fear.

- JP

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Alcoholic_Beverage_Control_Authority

https://dailyprogress.com/elizabeth-daly-and-the-va-abc/collection_0b9aa23e-2bda-11ea-a20a-4fa9ebf7e598.html

https://dailyprogress.com/news/bottled-water-purchase-leads-to-night-in-jail-for-uva-student/article_b5ab5f62-df9b-11e2-81c4-0019bb30f31a.html

https://dailyprogress.com/news/uva-case-prompts-abc-change/article_ff5800b6-e5e5-11e2-aa1e-0019bb30f31a.html

https://dailyprogress.com/news/abc-two-agents-violated-policy-in-daly-case/article_3f3d71a8-47fb-11e3-a074-001a4bcf6878.html

https://dailyprogress.com/news/bill-would-restrict-abcs-use-of-force/article_e00bd440-7e5f-11e3-b99c-001a4bcf6878.html

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/elizabeth-daly-disheartened-by-arrest-of-martese-johnson/article_ef02c5f4-d245-11e4-a7dc-b32a75b3c637.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/07/02/198047492/felony-arrest-of-student-who-bought-water-riles-many-in-virginia

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uva-student-martese-johnson-bloodied-violent-arrest-suing-3-million-n448226

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/johnson-abc-reach-250k-settlement-over-2015-arrest/article_4831a180-7492-11e8-b679-3742593a5651.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/martese-johnson-the-uva-student-assaulted-by-officers-last-spring-speaks-out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition#United_States

https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing

https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/

https://www.insider.com/history-of-police-in-the-us-photos-2020-6

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/black-people-are-up-to-6-times-more-likely-to-be-killed-by-police-harvard-study-says-2020-06-26

Episode 39 - The Story of John Brown

In this episode we tell the story of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and how it changed the course of American History.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Young John Brown

John Brown

Painting of John Brown

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)#cite_note-10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_Kansas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Parish_Lovejoy

https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/john-brown

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/bleeding-kansas

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/john-browns-day-of-reckoning-139165084/

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-brown

https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Civil-War/John-Brown.htm

https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/west-virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise

Episode 38 - The Story of Prince Edward County Schools and Massive Resistance

In this episode we tell the story of Prince Edward County Schools Massive Resistance to integration which resulted in them closing their schools for five years.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Prince Edward County Students Walk the Picket Line

Moton High School

Schools Closed Sign

White Students in Prince Edward County

SOURCES

http://www.longwood.edu/staff/perkinskb/soceducr/shamepg2.htm

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/massive_resistance#start_entry

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Moton_School_Strike_and_Prince_Edward_County_School_Closings#start_entry

https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections-and-resources/virginia-history-explorer/civil-rights-movement-virginia/massive

https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/massive-resistance.html

https://motonmuseum.org/learn/the-moton-story/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges

Episode 37 - The Story of Raymond Byrd and the Last Lynching in Virginia

In this episode we tell the story of Raymond Byrd who was murdered by a lynch mob on August 15th, 1926 and how his death led to Virginia's Anti-Lynching Law.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Raymond Byrd and his Wife, Tennessee Hawkins

Minnie Grubb

Newspaper Headline

Raymond Byrd’s Grave

SOURCES

https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2016/05/16/shameful-chapter-virginia-history-lynchings/84470508/

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Lynching_in_Virginia#start_entry

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Vagrancy_Act_of_1866

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Raymond_Byrd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_F._Byrd

https://www.richmond.com/news/local/williams-virginia-has-a-dark-history-of-lynching-efforts-are-underway-to-bring-it-to/article_d1f629d3-4a5f-5aa7-9e6b-07e963c624fe.html

https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/memories-of-1925-lynching-linger-in-waverly/article_fdd4a998-fee4-5339-8b4c-7790f0ce7e49.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-keeper-of-the-secret/2019/03/30/bc1294aa-4fe4-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till

Episode 36 - The Story of Loving vs. Virginia

In this episode we talk about the arrest and prosecution of Mildred and Richard Loving who commited the crime of interracial marriage in 1958.

To listen click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

SOURCES

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/50-years-after-loving-v-virginia.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia#In_popular_culture

https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/loving-v-virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause

https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/gay-marriage

https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/loving

https://time.com/4362508/loving-v-virginia-personas/

https://www.npr.org/2017/06/12/532123349/illicit-cohabitation-listen-to-6-stunning-moments-from-loving-v-virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Point,_Virginia

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/lovings-at-home

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/African_American_Resources_for_Virginia

https://www.biography.com/activist/mildred-loving

https://demographics.coopercenter.org/sites/demographics/files/NC_Blacks-in-Virginia_4_30_12_r_0.pdf

http://www.jamestowne.org/qualifying-ancestors.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Families_of_Virginia

Episode 35 - The Story of Ota Benga

In this episode we tell the story of Ota Benga, an African man who was featured in a zoo exhibit in New York in 1906.

To listen click below or find us wherever you get podcasts.

Ota Benga

Newspaper Coverage

Ota Benga is second from left

Samuel Phillips Vernor

Reverend James Gordon

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga#cite_note-33

https://wset.com/news/local/man-caged-in-nyc-zoo-to-receive-historical-marker-in-lynchburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/03/the-man-who-was-caged-in-a-zoo

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/benga-ota-1883-1916/

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/nyregion/thecity/06zoo.html

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Benga_Ota_ca_1883-1916#start_entry

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30399/1906-bronx-zoo-put-black-man-display-monkey-house

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6225825

https://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/remembering-ota-benga-congolese-pygmy-ended-tragic-life-in-lynchburg-100-years-ago/article_0c533363-5348-5618-9671-97d7f6392d19.html

Field Trip - D.B. Cooper

In this episode we tell the story of the 1971 hijacking and disappearance of the man known as D.B. Cooper.

To listen please click below or find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

Suspect Composite

Cooper’s Tie

Money Recovered Along Columbia River in 1980

SOURCES

https://www.amazon.com/Skies-Belong-Us-Hijacking-Notable-ebook/dp/B00ATLA9YM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15PBWSKZ4S4DB&dchild=1&keywords=the+skies+belong+to+us&qid=1588640206&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+skies+belong%2Cdigital-text%2C143&sr=1-1

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking

https://komonews.com/news/local/man-closest-to-db-cooper-boeing-aircraft-hijacking-mystery-breaks-silence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/12/the-d-b-cooper-case-has-baffled-the-fbi-for-45-years-now-it-may-never-be-solved/

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/world/middleeast/airline-hijacking-history.html

https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11326472/hijacking-airplanes-egyptair

https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/us-airline-hijackings-1970s-declassified/index.html