Crime in Congress

Session 8: Philip Barton Key - Part 1

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)
Antonio Bagioli (Wikipedia)
Women and Reproduction in the United States during the 19th Century by Shannon K. Withycombe (Oxford Research Encyclopedia)
Teresa Sickles (Women in History Blog)
The Life and Times of Teresa Bagioli Sickles (A Story Telling Podcast)
The Assassination of Philip Barton Key (Unresolved)
 
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Session 9: Watergate - Part 2

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 TWO 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.
 
Featuring: the creaks, hums, and sounds of Sarah's house
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Instrumental intro/outro music by Dmitry Taras
 

Session 7: Watergate - Part 1

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 series where we will dive into 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.
The Seattle Times: How Nixon Beat `Pink' In '50 Race
Daily Beast: 'Tricky Dick' vs. the Pink Lady
PBS: Nixon’s Checkers Speech
The New Yorker: The Deceit and Conflict Behind the Leak of the Pentagon Papers
The New York Times: Cuban Says He and Two Others Broke Into Psychiatrist's Office
 
Featuring: the creaks, hums, and sounds of Sarah's house
Gavel strike audio by odditonic 
Instrumental intro/outro music by Dmitry Taras
 

Session 6: DC Stephenson

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.
 
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Sources: 
D.C. Stephenson 
Indiana Klan
Smithsonian Magazine
The D.C. Stephenson Trial: A Chronology
The Dying Declaration of Madge Oberholtzer
Belt Magazine
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
 
Featuring: the creaks, hums, and sounds of Sarah's house
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Instrumental music by Dmitry Taras
 

Session 5: Senator Arthur Brown

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 recounts the scandal of one of Utah’s first Senators after becoming a state. This is a classic case of a love affair turned deadly resulting in the shooting and death of Senator Arthur Brown at the hands of his longtime mistress, Anne Madison Bradley.
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Sources: 
Antioch University: Our Roots
The "Gentile Polygamist": Arthur Brown, Ex-Senator from Utah 
By: Linda Thatcher, Utah Historical Quarterly
Utah Statehood
By: Dennis Lythgoe, Deseret News
Isabel Cameron, The Church Historian's Press
Political Suicide, Arthur Brown (1843-1906)
By: Erin McHugh
The Midland Monthly, Volume V
The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah (September 28, 1902)
The Salt Lake Herald (September 30, 1902)
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction), Volume 10 (November 22, 1902)
Salt Lake Telegram (February 16, 1903)
Salt Lake Telegram (September 30, 1903)
Desert News (December 10, 1906)
The Salt Lake Herald (January 12, 1908)
 
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Session 4: Cilley-Graves Duel

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 episode details the first fatal congressional duel in United States history.
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Sources: 
The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman, Chapter 3: The Pull and Power of Violence: The Cilley-Graves Duel (1838)
Judicial Combat (Wikipedia)
The History of Dueling in America (PBS)
Dueling: the Violence of Gentlemen (National Endowment for the Humanities Magazine)
Congressional Globe, 25th Congress, Session 2
Three Pamphlets about the Duel of February 24, 1838, Between Jonathan Cilley of Maine and  William J. Graves  Kentucky (United States Congress, accessed through Bangor Public Library)
Legislator Misconduct Database (Govtrack.us)
Man who requested trial by combat in custody dispute clears sanity test, requests testing for ex-wife and her attorney (Des Moines Register)
 
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Session 3: Chappaquiddick

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.
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Sources: 
Our Mary Jo By Georgetta Potoski and William Nelson
TIME
EDGARTOWN DISTRICT COURT INQUEST
TIME
NEW YORK TIMES
 
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Session 2: Byron Looper

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.
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Sources: 
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BYRON LOOPER
Nashville Scene
Dying to Belong Season 1 Episode 4
Crossville Chronicle
Byron Looper
 
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Session 1: Chandra Levy

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.
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Sources: 
Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery
By Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz
MODESTO BEE
 
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