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Join sisters Lindsay & Madison every Wednesday as we discuss the funny, strange, and obscure crimes of yesteryear. Proud member of the OSSA and Cultiv8 Networks.

Ye Olde Crime Lindsay Valenty and Madison Stangl

    • History

Join sisters Lindsay & Madison every Wednesday as we discuss the funny, strange, and obscure crimes of yesteryear. Proud member of the OSSA and Cultiv8 Networks.

    The Colfax Massacre

    The Colfax Massacre

    Lindsay and Emily from Pineapple Pizza Podcast discuss The Colfax Massacre, as well as why the Reconstruction Era , that there’s a big difference between a “riot” and a “massacre,” and how to not to whitewash history.
    Information pulled from the following sources:

    2024 Free Speech Center article by John R. Vile

    2023 NBC News article by Claretta Bellamy

    2023 Smithsonian Magazine article by Danny Lewis

    2020 Daily Kos article by Denise Oliver Velez

    Bill of Rights Institute article by Julie Silverbrook

    Britannica

    Colfax Memorial

    History Channel

    United States Senate article

    Wikipedia

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    • 37 min
    The Stillwell Murder

    The Stillwell Murder

    Lindsay and Madison discuss The Stillwell Murder, as well as why you should be cautious about marrying people a lot younger than you, that divorce is much simpler than murder, and how to spill some tea in the pettiest way possible in a court of law.
    Information pulled from the following sources:

    2018 Murder By Gaslight article by Robert Wilhelm

    2016 Mary Lou Montgomery blog post

    1908 The Stillwell Murder or Society Crime book by Minnie T. Dawson

    1895 The Chicago Chronicle article

    1890 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article


    Find a Grave (1) (2)


    Marion County Genealogy Village article

    Wikipedia

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    • 47 min
    Can You Crack the Cramp-Word? As The Money Burns

    Can You Crack the Cramp-Word? As The Money Burns

    Lindsay is joined by Nicki Woodard from the As The Money Burns podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean.

    Listen to As The Money Burns wherever you catch your podcasts.
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    • 26 min
    Jane Toppan

    Jane Toppan

    Lindsay and Madison discuss Jane Toppan, as well as why people are scared of going to the hospital, that just because someone seems Jolly doesn’t mean you should drink their mineral water, and how to be a terrifying female serial killer in the early 20th Century.
    Information pulled from the following sources:

    2024 Irish Central article by Kate Hickey

    2023 New England Historical Society article

    2022 Lowell Historical Society article

    2009 Mental Floss article by Miss Celania

    1938 The Boston Globe article

    1902 JAMA Network article

    1902 The Saint Paul Globe article

    Crime Museum

    Find a Grave

    Murderpedia

    Wikipedia

    Go check out our friends Alecia and Sierra over at Twisted and Uncorked podcast.
    Send us your listener questions to bit.ly/AskYOC.
    Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show. 
    Get your groceries and essentials delivered in as fast as 1 hour via Instacart. Free delivery on your first 3 orders. Min $10 per order. Terms apply.
    You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show.
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    • 59 min
    Lilias Adie, the Torryburn Witch

    Lilias Adie, the Torryburn Witch

    Lindsay and Madison discuss Lilias Adie, as well as why you should never trust a Jean, that sea burials won’t keep you safe, and how awesome technology is at reminding us to be human.
    Information pulled from the following sources:

    2023 My Veggie Travels blog post by Sarah

    2021 Welcome to Fife article by Scotland’s Stories

    2019 All That’s Interesting article by Marco Margaritoff

    2019 Smithsonian Magazine article by Bridgit Katz

    2019 The Washington Post article by Meagan Flynn

    2017 Atlas Obscura article by Natasha Frost

    2017 BBC article

    Atlas Obscura

    Engole

    IZI Travel

    The Occult Encyclopedia

    Wikipedia

    YouTube video by Mackie Outdoors

    Go check out our friends Amanda and Trevin over at Live, Laugh, Larceny: A Petty True Crime Podcast.
    Send us your listener questions to bit.ly/AskYOC.
    Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show. 
    Get your groceries and essentials delivered in as fast as 1 hour via Instacart. Free delivery on your first 3 orders. Min $10 per order. Terms apply.
    You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show.
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    • 47 min
    Can You Crack the Cramp-Word? Spooky Spouses

    Can You Crack the Cramp-Word? Spooky Spouses

    Lindsay is joined by Lindsey and Jordan from the Spooky Spouses podcast to see if they can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean.

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    • 41 min

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