Crime in Congress
Hey Crimestituents! We’re gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines the shockingly true crimes and scandals of America’s elected officials throughout history.
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Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session, we're talking about a 1900's stolen election, an insurrection at a capitol building, and an assassination of (one of) Kentucky's governors.
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Sources:
William Goebel: The Politics of Wrath by James C. Klotter
My Own Story by Caleb Powers
Powers, Caleb, from the U.S. House of Representatives
'Stop the Steal' Was the Rallying Cry of a Bloody Election Cycle—in 1899 (historynet.com)
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Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session, we're talking about Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury, U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, and the investigation into illegal campaign donations that roiled Washington. Former Fortenberry Communications Director, James Crotty, shares his insights as a friend, former employee, and trial attendee.
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Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-apologizes-billionaire-added-terror-fly-list/story?id=10698917
https://la.curbed.com/2017/2/13/14598960/danny-thomas-estate-beverly-hills-sold-65-million
https://gilbertchagoury.com/gilbert-ramez-chagoury-profile/#biography-section
https://indefenseofchristians.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fortenberry
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/a-decade-after-genocide-yazidi-community-finds-sanctuary-in-lincoln-after-fleeing-iraq/
All News Articles: https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?user=14973641%3Asarahgeary500&tag=gilbert%20chagoury
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Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session, we're talking about the spooky, scandalous seances (say that three times fast) that First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln held in the White House - complete with a floating piano and lobbying from beyond the grave.
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Sources:
https://www.ohmaryplay.com/
https://www.mtlhouse.org/the-todd-family
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/mary-todd-lincoln/
https://www.knox.edu/documents/LincolnStudies/BurlingameVol1Chap6.pdf
https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=urss
https://www.lincolncottage.org/mourning-a-son-in-the-midst-of-war/
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/seances-in-the-red-room
https://www.archivesfoundation.org/newsletter/thats-the-spirit/
https://boundarystones.weta.org/2023/10/25/meet-georgetown-witches-margaret-ann-and-belle-laurie
https://web.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Maynard_Curious_Revelations.pdf
https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm000867/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/articles/want-to-meet-general-sickles-a-rapscallions-resume/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-spiritualist-who-warned-lincoln-was-also-booths-drinking-buddy-180954317/
https://chicagohistoryresources.org/wetwithblood/bloody/bullet_hair/index.htm
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/photographer-who-claimed-to-capture-abraham-lincoln-ghost
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Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
NEWS FLASH! We're popping in your feed with a bonus episode recapping some of the most salacious headlines from the past few weeks, mixed in with random anecdotes by yours truly, Harley and Sarah.
If you like crime, scandal, politics, and want to stay up-to-date on news of the week, this segment is for you!
Sources:
Rolling Stone: Childless GOP Candidate Borrows Friend’s Wife and Kids for Photo Ops
CNN: ‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum
NPR: Video shows the moment a Kentucky judge was shot to death
New York Times: Eric Adams Is Indicted After Federal Corruption Investigation
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Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session is a crimestituent first! We're joined by Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to discuss an infamous crime from his district, the Knoxville Torso Murder. There may even be an interesting tie-in with an infamous serial killer!
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Sources:
Knoxville's infamous torso murder is still a complete mystery after 40 years (Knox News)
Murder Believed By Saw (The Tennessean, Nov. 28, 1977)
Police Working on Saw Death (Kingsport Times, Nov. 28, 1977)
Kingsport Man is Not 'Torso Murder' Victim (Kingsport Times, Dec. 1, 1977)
Hurst's Son Mystified by 'Torso' Murder (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Dec. 9, 1977)
Exhumation, Autopsy Set in Hurst 'Torso Murder' (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept. 23, 1978)
Mutilated Body Misidentified (The Tennessean, Sept. 27, 1978)
Sheriff Disputes Findings, Believes Hurst is Torso Victim (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept. 27, 1978)
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Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session is PART FOUR of one of the most infamous American political scandals - Watergate - and the man behind the plot, President Richard Nixon.
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Sources:
Graff, G. M. (2022). Watergate: A New History.
Nixon Resignation Speech Audio: American Rhetoric
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Friday Sep 06, 2024
Friday Sep 06, 2024
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session is a crimestituent first! We're joined by Rep. Buddy Carter (GA-01) to discuss an infamous crime from his district, the 1909 Savannah Axe murders. Do you think justice was served?
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Sources:
Ghost Dances and Shadow Pantomimes - Eyewitness Accounts of the Supernatural in Old Georgia (Volume 1) by Gordon Burns Smith and Anna Habersham Wright Smith, 2004
Ghosts haunt Savannah's 'most diabolical crime' (Savannah Morning News)
Savannah Much Excited over a Double Murder (Brunswick News)
Was Husband Aided in Three Women's Death? (Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal)
Three Women are Murdered (Los Angeles Herald)
O Yes, A Negro (Fulton History)
New Evidence is Secured in the Savannah Case (Brunswick News)
A Revolting Crime (The Progress)
Negro Strikes Down Women (New York Times)
Savannah Terrors
Richard Gribble (Archives.com)
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Friday Aug 02, 2024
Friday Aug 02, 2024
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session gets into the Night Stalker's murder of Peter Pan in San Francisco and how then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein almost foiled the entire investigation.
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Sources:
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Episode 3 (Netflix)
Pan Gravestone
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
The Valley Intruder: PETER PAN : San Francisco, Aug 17 (LA Times)
L.A. 'Intruder' tied to Slaying in San Francisco (LA Times)
Night Stalker Strikes Again (ArchiveNewsFootage)
Yesterday's crimes: The Night Stalker comes to San Francisco (SF Weekly)
Night Stalker: How Dianne Feinstein Jeopardized the Search for Serial Killer Richard Ramirez (The Wrap)
Mayor lets word out on 'Night Stalker' (SF Gate)
Yesterday's crimes: How Dianne Feinstein Tipped off the Night Stalker (SF Weekly)
The day Dianne Feinstein jeopardized 'The Night Stalker' investigation (FOX Nation)
'Night Stalker' appears in S.F. Court (San Francisco Examiner)
The Night Stalker: Epilogue (Deranged LA Crimes)
Police Identify Night Stalker Suspect (UPI Archives)
Verdicts reached in Night Stalker trial (UPI Archives)
Night Stalker faces trial in San Francisco slaying (UPI Archives)
Sheriff wants Night Stalker in another jail (UPI Archives)
The Night Stalker: Serial Killer Richard Ramirez (Crime Library)
'Night Stalker' dies before needle gets him (SF Gate)
A look at the life of Dianne Feinstein (Politico)
Dianne Feinstein Biography (Britannica)
Harvey Milk Biography (Wikipedia)
How serial killer Richard Ramirez was ultimately caught. (El Paso Times)
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Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session is PART THREE of one of the most infamous American political scandals - Watergate - and the man behind the plot, President Richard Nixon.
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Have a case you want us to cover? Want to be the first to know when new episodes are out? Sign up for our email list here!
Sources:
Graff, G. M. (2022). Watergate: A New History.
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Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
**We had every audio issue in the book with this episode! Please ignore the background noises and echo - we will be re-recording this episode at a later date, but didn't want to keep you waiting for Part II**
Hey Crimestituents! We're gaveling in another session of Crime in Congress, a new true crime podcast with hosts Harley and Sarah that examines political scandals and infamous crimes with elected officials.
This session kicks off a two-part series where we will dive into the murder of DC Attorney General Philip Barton Key, son of the author of the Star Spangled Banner, by sitting Congressman from New York Daniel Sickles.
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Sources:
Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America by Chris DeRose
Murder in Lafayette Square by Heather Thomas (Library of Congress)
MURDER ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE: A 19th-Century Shooting Across from the White House Drew World-Wide Attention by James F. Lee
Web Archive (Assumption.edu)
Daniel E. Sickles by James Hessler (Essential Civil War Curriculum)
The Assassination of Philip Barton Key (Unresolved)
Evening Star (Monday, Feb. 28, 1859)
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