4 VERY BAD GIRLS

12/09/21 • 73 min

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The stories of four young female con artists in the 19th Century, who made thousands of dollars from their crimes (several million, in the present day).

Listen to their story.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 12/08/2021

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Lyons, Sophie, Why Crime Does Not Pay (1913), at Chapter 4.

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GUEST VOICES:

Narrator - Ann Boulais of LibriVox.org

New York Herald reporter - Jerry Kokich, professional voice artist.

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MISCELLANEOUS

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source: (widely attributed to) Capone, Alphonse (original source unknown).

Aphorism voice - Kit Caren, host of Whispered True Stories podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

Train Your Child (instrumental portion only) - Washington Phillips (1928; public domain).

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org.

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The stories of four young female con artists in the 19th Century, who made thousands of dollars from their crimes (several million, in the present day).

Listen to their story.

Support this podcast

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 12/08/2021

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Lyons, Sophie, Why Crime Does Not Pay (1913), at Chapter 4.

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GUEST VOICES:

Narrator - Ann Boulais of LibriVox.org

New York Herald reporter - Jerry Kokich, professional voice artist.

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MISCELLANEOUS

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source: (widely attributed to) Capone, Alphonse (original source unknown).

Aphorism voice - Kit Caren, host of Whispered True Stories podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

Train Your Child (instrumental portion only) - Washington Phillips (1928; public domain).

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org.

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HEY! CONTACT US!

E-Mail: [email protected]

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast

Twitter:

@NewsForgotten

@KitCaren

@xoxojessicaxoxo

Previous Episode

THE STORY OF MABEL PARKER

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In 1903, at the age of 21, Mabel Parker, was an expert in committing forgery and larceny.

Listen to her story.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 11/23/2021

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Train, Arthur C., True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office (1908), at Chapter 1.

Woman Held as Head of Band of Forgers; Police set Elaborate Trap for Youthful Mabel Parker, New York Times, August 16, 1903, p. 1.

Mabel Parker Sentenced: Convicted of Forgery and Sent to the Reformatory; May Study and Play Croquet There for Year; Teases Husband About His Ten-Year Term, New York Times, January 3, 1904, p. 1.

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GUEST NARRATOR:

Colleen McMahon of LibriVox.org

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MISCELLANEOUS

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source: Chandler, Raymond, The Long Goodbye (1953).

Aphorism voice - Kit Caren, host of Whispered True Stories podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org.

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HEY! CONTACT US!

E-Mail: [email protected]

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast

Twitter:

@NewsForgotten

@KitCaren

@xoxojessicaxoxo

Next Episode

2021 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

On this episode, we feature our Fourth Annual presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut.

ENJOY !!!

Merry Christmas! - from your hosts - Jim, Kit Caren and Jessica.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

A Christmas Carol, Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio).

O’Leary, Dorothy, Barrymore’s Scrooge, New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel Barrymore).

Chesteron, G.K., The Wrong Books at Christmas, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary).

Dickens, Charles, A Christmas Carol (1843) (complete text of book).

Dickens, Charles, Sketches by Boz, (book, 1836), at Chapter II: A Christmas Dinner.

We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print.

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