Oscar Wilde: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

06/20/24 • 121 min

Twisted Roots: A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast

[Note: This is an original format episode. Please also try the new format beginning 8 Aug 2024, Season 2 - Episode 1]
S1E10: In 1895 the literary genius Oscar Wilde was confronted and publicly antagonized by the brutish John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry - the father of Oscar's lover Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas. When Oscar filed a case of libel against the Marquess, it would start a domino effect that lead to his downfall and eventual death. In this special two hour episode for Pride Month, learn how these and other related events affected their lives, their art, their families, and even took down the Prime Minister.

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The Murder of David Dinberg

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S1E9: On a snowy evening in 1926, in the North Country of New York State on the Canadian border - the city of Ogdensburg, the only US city on the St Lawrence River: an older gentlemen sits alone in his kitchen smoking a pipe and writing Hebrew poetry among piles of scrap metal, papers, boxes, and other random items waiting for him to sort for his work as a junk dealer. Then, the unimaginable happens. Hear the story and learn the details of the murder of David Dinberg.

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To Hear the Angels Sing

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S1E11: After decades of unfair treatment, hardship, and imprisonment - a grandfather must face the tragic death of his beloved granddaughter at the hands of her jealous boyfriend. In this episode we share clips of our interview with witness Deanna, granddaughter of Angelo Vinch and sister of Jeanette Gilbault, as we discuss Angelo's life and other family events leading up to the tragic loss of Jeanette in Ogdensburg, New York in 1952. This is the third of our Ogdensburg stories.

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