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35. Lizzie Borden Took An Axe
Hard Times and True Crimes
10/25/23 • 62 min
In 1892, in the town of Fall River, Massachusetts, a wealthy older couple was axed to death in their own home in broad daylight. Almost immediately their thirty-two-year-old daughter, Lizzie Borden, is suspected of the brutal murders. The tales surrounding this event are varied, and conspiracy theories abound. The whole gruesome crime is memorialized in books, TV, movies, songs, poems, and now podcasts.
Introduction Narration: Lily Hildreth and Isrianna Delatorre
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sources:
Lincoln, Victoria. 1967. A Private Disgrace: Lizzie Borden by Daylight. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/430672060/
https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/borden-lizzie.htm
https://famous-trials.com/lizzieborden/1437-home
Lizzie Borden Poem by A. L. Bixby
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10/25/23 • 62 min
34. "Countess Dracula" - Elizabeth Bathory
Hard Times and True Crimes
10/18/23 • 64 min
Countess Elizabeth Bathory is in The Guinness Book of World Records for being the most prolific serial killer in the western world. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 virgins in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, in order to preserve her youth. But who was Elizabeth Bathory really? Join us today as we untangle fact from fiction.
Sources:
Music By Isaiah Hildreth
Male Narrator Curtis Hildreth
Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory: Second Edition by Kimberly L Craft
History Chicks Podcast
britannica.com https://www.britannica.com/topic/armed-force
wikipedia.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_D%C3%B3zsa
wikipedia.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory
allthatsintresting.com https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-bathory
History Channel https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed
europebetweeneastandwest..wordpress.com https://europebetweeneastandwest.wordpress.com/tag/ferenc-nadasdy/
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10/18/23 • 64 min
33. The Austrian Angels of Death
Hard Times and True Crimes
10/11/23 • 41 min
Beginning in 1983, a group of four nurse aides began a killing spree that lasted for over six years. It began with a "mercy killing" but soon escalated into murder. The mastermind of the group came up with horrendous methods of torture for troublesome patients and the total number of victims is estimated to possibly be in the hundreds.
Narrator: Cutis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sources:
Newton, Michael - An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers - Hunting Humans
House of the Curious on Youtube: House of the Curious
https://vocal.media/criminal/lainz-angels-of-death
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10/11/23 • 41 min
32. The Man Who Stole Halloween
Hard Times and True Crimes
10/04/23 • 55 min
If you were a child of the 70's and 80's , did your parents ever check your Halloween candy for poison or razor blades? If so, rumors surrounding the story in today's episode might have had something to do with that.
Music by Isaiah Hildreth
Male Narrator Curtis Hildreth
Sources
newspapers.com
findagrave.com
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-halloween
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/candyman-poisoned-halloween-candy-pixie-stix
https://www.vice.com/en/article/8ge87v/halloween-killer-ronald-clark-o-bryan-candy-man
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/10/14/35-years-later-memories-of-notorious-halloween-candyman-murder-remain-vivid/9867992007/
Southern Mysteries Podcast
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10/04/23 • 55 min
31. Nell Cropsey: A Murder That Still Haunts North Carolina
Hard Times and True Crimes
09/27/23 • 72 min
On the night of November 20, 1901, Nell Cropsey vanished from her family's home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Thirty-seven days later her body was found floating in the Pasquotank River. There was only ever one real suspect but did authorities get it right?
Sources:
Music by: Isaiah Hildreth
Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
newspapers.com
Ella Maude: The Story of an Unsolved Crime By Nicholas Nicastro
Nell Cropsey and Jim Wilcox: The Chill of Destiny By William Dunstan
The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey By Bland Simpson
Southern Mysteries Podcast
https://64parishes.org/entry/carpetbaggers-and-scalawags#:~:text=Carpetbagger%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cscalawag%E2%80%9D,referred%20to%20southern%2Dborn%20radicals.https://web-clear.unt.edu/course_projects/HIST2610/content/04_Unit_Four/15_lesson_fifteen/06_recon_south.htm
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09/27/23 • 72 min
30. Who Would Want Patricia Dead?
Hard Times and True Crimes
09/20/23 • 66 min
When a house fire in Pleasant Garden, NC is determined to have been started by arson, and a resident is found inside dead from a gunshot, the sheriff's department has its work cut out for it. Friends, family, and fellow church members of Patricia Blakely Kimble begin to point fingers and demand answers. None can believe that anyone would want to hurt the devout Christian woman who was kind to all and had no enemies. So who could have done this and why?
Narrator: Tim Gwyn
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sources:
Chandler-Willis, Lynn. Unholy Covenant: A True Story of Murder in North Carolina. Omaha, Addicus Books, 2000.
http://newspapers.com (with articles from the Greensboro News and Record)
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09/20/23 • 66 min
29. The Hanging of Thomas Bowman
Hard Times and True Crimes
09/13/23 • 66 min
In 1877, 47 year old Thurza Bowman died a violent death. An autopsy revealed she had been poisoned by strychnine. Suspicion would immediately fall on her husband. After many conflicting testimonies and two trials, Thomas Bowman was sentenced to hang in Asheboro, North Carolina in 1879. Did Thurza Bowman get justice or was her husband wrongfully convicted?
Episode researched by Ricky Allred and Darlene Hildreth
Episode written by Ricky Allred and Darlene Hildreth
Music written and performed by Isaiah Hildreth
Male narrator Curtis Hildreth
Sources:
Ricky Allred
newspapers.com
Bowman Family History
https://www.carolana.com/NC/Civil_War/civil_war_military_units_rockingham_county_nc.html
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/desertion-confederate-during-the-civil-war/
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/David%20Carr_0.pdf
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09/13/23 • 66 min
28. Pardon Me: A Double Murder And The Question of Redemption
Hard Times and True Crimes
09/06/23 • 47 min
During the early morning hours of July 16, 1898, eleven year old Wesley Elkins, with his baby sister in tow, alerted his neighbors that he had discovered his parents murdered in their bed. When authorities arrived at the gruesome scene, a few different suspects and theories began to emerge. The case was soon solved when one suspect came forward with a confession.
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Letter Reader: Isaiah Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Sources:
http://newspapers.com
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, Oct 22, 1889
https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/
Bryan, Patricia, The Plea: The True Story of Young Wesley Elkins And His Struggle For Redemption 2022
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09/06/23 • 47 min
27. Poor Naomi Wise
Hard Times and True Crimes
08/23/23 • 49 min
Naomi (Omie) Wise was an orphan girl. She fell in love with a young gentleman named Johnathan Lewis. Naomi found out she was pregnant. When she told Lewis, he told her to meet him that night so they could run away and get married. Her beaten, bruised body was found in Deep River the next morning.
Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Music: Naomi Wise (Omie Wise) by Donna Hughes
Sources:
Naomi Wise by Donna Hughes https://youtu.be/BQLYzHnwYQk
Bob Dylan's version of Omie Wise https://youtu.be/y8Vbs4HjOiY
Doc Watson's Version of Naomi Wise https://youtu.be/C-CGqAdW2vE"Naomi "Omie" Wise: Her Life, Death and Legend "by Hal E. Pugh (Author),Eleonor Minnock Pugh ( Author)
Randolphhistory.wordpress.comhttps://randolphhistory.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/naomi-wise/
myallredfamily.com https://myallredfamily.com/front-page/what-states/north-carolina/john-1792/lydia-of-john/naomi-wise/
Murder By Gaslight http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2009/09/naomi-wise_05.html
Yalereview.org https://yalereview.org/article/murder-omie-wise-1808
Wikipedia.com
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=172043
Craven, Braxton/ NCpedia https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/craven-braxton
'Life of Braxton Craven" by Jerome Dowd
http://dailykemp.com/2021/11/18/the-real-omie-wise/
findagrave.com
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08/23/23 • 49 min
36. The Natalie Wood Thanksgiving Tragedy
Hard Times and True Crimes
11/08/23 • 51 min
In 1981, Hollywood darling Natalie Wood invited friends to spend the after-Thanksgiving weekend with her and her husband Robert Wagner on their yacht Splendor. Most invitees declined due to bad weather but current co-star Christopher Walken joined them. The weekend was booze-filled leading to arguments among the three. Tragedy struck when Natalie disappeared from the boat and the next morning her body was found face down in the water.
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth
Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Sources:
Wood, Lana. Little Sister: My Investigation Into The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood . Dey Street Books, 2021.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/natalie-wood-death-new-audio-recordings_n_1885593
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Wood#:~:text=She%20had%20been%20on%20a,how%20she%20entered%20the%20water
https://nypost.com/2021/11/04/natalie-woods-sister-says-robert-wagner-killed-the-actress/
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a32420871/natalie-wood-death-true-story-timeline/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/718248234/?terms=natalie%20wood&match=1
https://allthatsinteresting.com/natalie-wood-death
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11/08/23 • 51 min
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How many episodes does Hard Times and True Crimes have?
Hard Times and True Crimes currently has 40 episodes available.
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The podcast is about True Crime, History and Podcasts.
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The episode title '35. Lizzie Borden Took An Axe' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Hard Times and True Crimes is 55 minutes.
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The first episode of Hard Times and True Crimes was released on Nov 18, 2022.
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