They Were Robbed
06/17/20 • 29 min
Happy Pride Month! Each year thousands of people around the world celebrate Pride for the inclusion and rights for the people of the LGBTQ+ community. But unfortunately many people in this community face challenges everyday, and sometimes their lives are not valued and many suffer abuse, attacks, or extreme violence. In this episode, we'll discover three cases of women in the 90s who all something in common, they were trans, and due to this, they lost their lives in different, but tragic ways....
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News Sources
Tyra Hunter
1. Associated Press- https://apnews.com/44a18357f651489c0162f8b222409cb3
2. The Washington Post- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/12/10/a-death-robbed-of-dignity-mobilizes-a-community/2ca40566-9d67-47a2-80f2-e5756b2753a6/
-https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/12/12/death-suit-costs-city-29-million/b8ab4d34-1907-463c-b5d5-64ec00dee2a1/
3. Trans Griot- https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/08/tyra-hunter-plus-19.html
Chanelle Pickett
1. South Coast Today- https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19970504/news/305049962
2. Transgender Rights- Page 315- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Transgender_Rights/FUwOKayHVwcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=chanelle+pickett&pg=PA315&printsec=frontcover
3. Trans Griot- https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/02/fallen-sisters.html4. Jenny Jones Show- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=327&v=IFapuM7aM1Q&feature=emb_logo
5. MIT- https://www.mit.edu/activities/thistle/v9/9.15/Pickett_murder.html
Rita Hester
1. The Daily Beast- https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-trans-murder-that-started-a-movement
2. WBUR- https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/11/20/rita-hester-trans-women-vigil-boston-murders
3.Open Democracy- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/who-was-rita-hester/
Happy Pride Month! Each year thousands of people around the world celebrate Pride for the inclusion and rights for the people of the LGBTQ+ community. But unfortunately many people in this community face challenges everyday, and sometimes their lives are not valued and many suffer abuse, attacks, or extreme violence. In this episode, we'll discover three cases of women in the 90s who all something in common, they were trans, and due to this, they lost their lives in different, but tragic ways....
90s Crime Time Official Website- https://www.90scrimetime.com/
How do you like the show so far? No matter what you think, please drop a rating and review! I'd love to know what you feel about 90s Crime Time!
Follow 90s Crime Time on Social Media!
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This podcast's music come from Epidemic Sound- https://www.epidemicsound.com/
News Sources
Tyra Hunter
1. Associated Press- https://apnews.com/44a18357f651489c0162f8b222409cb3
2. The Washington Post- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/12/10/a-death-robbed-of-dignity-mobilizes-a-community/2ca40566-9d67-47a2-80f2-e5756b2753a6/
-https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/12/12/death-suit-costs-city-29-million/b8ab4d34-1907-463c-b5d5-64ec00dee2a1/
3. Trans Griot- https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/08/tyra-hunter-plus-19.html
Chanelle Pickett
1. South Coast Today- https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19970504/news/305049962
2. Transgender Rights- Page 315- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Transgender_Rights/FUwOKayHVwcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=chanelle+pickett&pg=PA315&printsec=frontcover
3. Trans Griot- https://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/02/fallen-sisters.html4. Jenny Jones Show- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=327&v=IFapuM7aM1Q&feature=emb_logo
5. MIT- https://www.mit.edu/activities/thistle/v9/9.15/Pickett_murder.html
Rita Hester
1. The Daily Beast- https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-trans-murder-that-started-a-movement
2. WBUR- https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/11/20/rita-hester-trans-women-vigil-boston-murders
3.Open Democracy- https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/who-was-rita-hester/
Previous Episode
This isn't Jesus, this is Satan...
In 1993, 35 year old Dorothy Lewis, a recently widowed mother of two, went to a grocery store late one night with her daughters. But what was supposed to be a basic grocery trip, turned out to be her worst nightmare, and what happened in the end, only the strongest could endure.
WARNING: This case talks about sexual assault and the harm of children
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This podcast's music come from Epidemic Sound- https://www.epidemicsound.com/
News Sources
1. The Daily Commercial- https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20180508/bit-player-in-1993-eustis-rape-double-murder-is-back-in-jail
- https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20191217/judge-hears-alfonza-smalls-plea-to-be-resentenced-for-eustis-murders
2. The Sun Sentinel- https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-02-03-9301070321-story.html
-https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-02-02-9301070131-story.html
3. UPI- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/02/01/Teens-arrested-for-shooting-girls-mother/4886728542800/
4. The Ocala Star Banner- https://www.ocala.com/news/20110217/18-years-later-remembering-a-tragic-attack
5. Herald Tribune- https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20080924/News/605236972/SH
6. The Orlando Sentinel- https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2008-09-21-lhenyard21-story.html
- https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2011-02-06-os-dorothy-lewis-speaks-about-faith-20110206-story.html
7. “Dorothy/Jim/Bud and Katrina” I Survived, Season 5, A&E, 30 June 2013. Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nKFNfTb0DA
Next Episode
The Murder of Allen Schindler: A Collaboration with Military Murder Podcast
In 1991, after spending a great amount of time on the Midway ship during his Naval career, Naval Petty Officer Allen Schindler, was miserable after being transferred to the assault ship Belleau Wood. And what made matters worse, after some fellow sailors found out about Allen's sexual orientation, things went downhill for him even further. But what almost no one saw coming, was the tragic event that occurred on October 27, 1992 near Belleau Wood. And the event was so gruesome, it made lawmakers and the military rethink their policies in the years afterwards.
90s Crime Time Official Website-https://www.90scrimetime.com/
How do you like the show so far? No matter what you think, please drop a rating and review! I'd love to know what you feel about 90s Crime Time!
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This podcast's music come from Epidemic Sound- https://www.epidemicsound.com/
News Sources
1. New York Times- https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/magazine/what-the-navy-taught-allen-schindler-s-mother.html
2. Chicago Tribune- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-08-29-9408290188-story.ht
3. Washington Blade- https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/11/10/new-details-surface-in-1992-murder-of-gay-sailor/
4. Los Angeles Times- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-09-mn-1001-story.html
5. Out.com- https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/11/11/new-details-emerge-brutal-1992-murder-gay-sailor-allen-schindler
6. Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/05/27/sailor-given-life-sentence-for-murder/2cdc3f8a-4abb-4836-be94-f7a5b8d891e7/
7. UPI- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/02/03/Sailor-faces-court-martial-in-murder-of-homosexual-shipmate/8175728715600/
8. Carnegie Mellon- (The New Republic)- https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/bulgarians/alan-schindler.html
9. Esquire Magazine (Chip Brown.net)- https://www.chipbrown.net/articles/martyr.htm
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