FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST

Forgotten News Podcast

Welcome to the Forgotten News podcast. This is your window to hear true stories from long ago. Stories that once made headlines. Stories that people thought would be unforgettable, but soon were lost in the sands of time, or were buried deep in the dustbin of history. In this podcast, we brush off the sand and dust, and share those stories with you, today — as fresh as when they were first told.

  1. 10/26/2025

    2025 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

    Listen to our awesome collection of Strange, Spooky, and Sinister Stories and Surprises , for Halloween !!! Boo! ⁠Support this podcast⁠ === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  10/25/2025. === THE STORIES AND STUFF: 1_Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall) - The Duponts (04:15). 2_Paramedic Paranormal Story – Kelsey Oliveri & JerryKokich (07:13) 3_Haunted House - Johnny Fuller (08:23) 4_The Screaming From Our Neighbor’s Back Yard – Astrid W.S. (11:26) 5_Demonic TV Set (13:36) 6_At The House of Frankenstein - Big Bee Kornegay (16:34) 7_Date Night Becomes Spooky (19:21) 8_Ghost Girl Becomes Jealous - Chrisi Talyn Saje (24:16) 9_Monster Rap - Bobby "Boris" Pickett (29:55) 10_Jean Spangler Mystery (34:57) 11_Moonlight Music Mystery - Astrid W.S. (34:57) 12_Kill It - The Antwinettes (38:47) 13_The Hike (42:39) 14_My Missing Wife - Dan Ware & Rhonda Sigler-Ware (43:57) 15_Janie Made A Monster - The Fabulous Five (45:59) 16_Teen Sleepover Gets Creepy, After Playing With Ouija Board (49:44) 17_We're Gonna Be SO Happy Soon - Erin Suminsby (50:28) 18_He's A Vampire - Archie King (59:46) 19_The Charm - Alyssa Petrey (01:02:40) 20_Choke (01:02:39) 21_It's Halloween - The Shaggs (01:04:11) 22_Ghost Girl Is Shocked – Kathleen Li (01:07:34) 23_My Childhood Encounter With A Ghost (01:13:15) 24_Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickie Lee (01:14:44) 25_The Girl In The Red Bikini - Jerry Kokich (01:18:33) 26_My Old Boyfriend's Military Funeral (01:26:19) 27_You Can Get Her, Frankenstein - The Castle Kings (01:27:29) 28_Kayla Berg, Unsolved Disappearance (01:30:22) 29_A Twisted Sister's Obsession Becomes Possession (01:35:03) 30_Walkin' Through A Cemetery - Claudine Clark (01:47:48) 31_She Drove Down The Haunted Road (01:51:16) 32_Weird Home Invasion (01:55:09) 33_Rockin' Zombie - The Crewnecks (01:56:13) 34_The Bone (01:59:29) 35_The Static (02:01:31) 36_Frankie Frankenstein - Ivan (02:07:41) 37_Her Green Ribbon (02:10:55) 38_We Saw A Ghost, On Our First Date (02:12:43) 39_That Halloween Night - Denise & The Double Dates (02:18:44) 40_The Unnatural (02:22:15) === NOTE:   STORIES THAT DO NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED NARRATORS WERE VOICED ANONYMOUSLY. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Aphorism Source – Dashiell Hammett, Letter to Josephine Hammett Marshall, November 12, 1951. Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0. I Knew A Guy. All Other Music & Sound Effects Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.  ===  HEY!  CONTACT US!  E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ ===

    2h 30m
  2. 09/17/2025

    THE MURDER OF DR. HARVEY BURDELL

    In 1857, a wealthy New York dentist was murdered. The alleged killer was a young woman who was devious, pretty, and greedy. Her trial made headlines across the U.S. Support this Podcast! === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  09/17/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Forgotten News, Jack Finney (book, 1980). Butchery on Bond Street, Benjamin Feldman (book, 2007) 31 Bond Street, Ellen Horan (book, 2007) The Desperate Would-be Housewife of New York, Smithsonian Magazine (2013) The Murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell, Historical Crime Detective (webpage) Murder on Bond Street!, NoHo NYC (webpage) Scenes from the Burdell Murder, Murder by Gaslight (webpage) NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast. === Police Blotter & Court News: Bell's New Weekly Messenger, published on April 30, 1837. NARRATOR: Erin Suminsby, Voice Artist. Title Voice: Emily G. Thompson, host, Morbidology Podcast. Judge: Glenn Haskell, Voice Artist === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aohorism - quoted from A Short History of England by G.K. Chesterton (1917). Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0. At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy. ===  All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.  ===  HEY!  CONTACT US!  E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  BlueSky: ⁠⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠⁠ ===

    1h 16m
  3. 06/13/2025

    THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

    In 1931, Ulman Owens, a lighthouse keeper, suffered a sudden, horrible death. The cause of his death is an unsolved mystery. Many people believe he was murdered. Support this podcast⁠⁠⁠ === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  06/13/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES - The Mysterious Death of a Lighthouse Keeper : History of the Holland Island Bar Lighthouse FBI Investigation Does Not Solve Mystery In Death of Lighthouse Keeper , Lighthouse Digest, Oct. 2007. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (webpage). Ulman Owens, Wikipedia. Somebody Knows: The Unsolved Murder of Jean Long. CBS Radio show, episode, Aug. 17, 1950. ⁠ === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - attributed to G.K. Chesterton. Source unknown. Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0. At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy. ===  All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.  ===  HEY!  CONTACT US!  E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  BlueSky: ⁠⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠⁠

    1h 5m
  4. 03/22/2025

    THE TRAGIC MURDER OF CATHERINE RICHARDS

    In 1878, Catherine Richards, a 14 year old girl in Plainfield, New York, was murdered by an obsessed man, after she rejected his marriage proposal. ⁠⁠Support this podcast⁠⁠ === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  03/22/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES - The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards: Local History Notes of Southern New York, July 14, 2024,specifically, reprints of news articles from the Oneonta Herald (Oneonta, NY) and the Daily Republican (Utica, NY), June 28, 1878. Gordon W. Treadwell, Myron Buel: The Boy Murderer (1879)   Murder By Gaslight, The Confession of Myron Buel (Oct. 29, 2022). Police Blotter & Court News (The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -⁠⁠⁠⁠ Did a Woman Go To Jail for Wearing Slacks in 1938?, Snopes, Sept. 2, 2022. Arrested for Wearing Pants, Trace Your Past, Nov. 12, 2021. In 1938, L.A. Woman Went To Jail For Wearing Slacks In Courtroom, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 2014. ⁠Meet Helen Hulick: The Woman Who Was Jailed For Wearing Pants To Court, ⁠ All That's Interesting, April 21, 2023. VOICES - The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards: Guest Narrator - ⁠ Victoria Kelemen - Voice Artist and Podcaster. Police Blotter & Court News (The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Narrator -⁠ Frank Guglielmelli, voice artist. Helen Hulick - Erin Suminsby, voice artist. Judge Arthur Guerin - Mike Polo, voice artist. ⁠ Appeals Court Judge - Jerry Kokich, voice artist. Title Voice - ⁠⁠Chrisi Talyn Saje⁠ (Madison Standish) of the ⁠Madison On The Air ⁠podcast. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - How A Girl Can Become A Legend, attributed to Martha Jane Canary, better known as "Calamity Jane", circa 1890 (original source unknown). Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0. At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy. ===  All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠ or the Public Domain.  ===  HEY!  CONTACT US!  E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  BlueSky: ⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠

    49 min
  5. 02/17/2025

    THE BLACK HOPE MYSTERY

    In the 1980s, a series of strange, unexplainable things begin to occur, after a new, upscale housing development is built over a forgotten cemetery for ex-slaves. Support this podcast⁠⁠ === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  02/17/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Black Hope Mystery - Ben and Jean Williams, The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting (1991). Black Hope Curse, article (with many news articles and reference sources listed at bottom of page). Police Blotter & Court News - The Subterranean (newspaper), June 3, 1846. === VOICES - The Black Hope Mystery - Guest Narrator: Bernie Horton, voice performer. Police Blotter & Court News - Guest Narrator: ⁠ Ashlee Craft⁠, voice performer. Title Voice: ⁠ Astrid WS⁠, voice performer. Judge: ⁠Glenn Hascall⁠, voice performer. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - extract from The Twelve Men, an essay (1909), by G.K. Chesterton. Aphorism Voice -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0. At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy. === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org or the Public Domain. === HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BlueSky: ⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠

    36 min
  6. 01/28/2025

    TWO MYSTERIOUS UNSOLVED DEATHS

    The true stories of the mysterious deaths of two random American women in 1932.   The cases remain unsolved. ⁠Support this podcast⁠ === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  01/28/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Death of Elizabeth Cook - New York Times, Feb. 20 & 21, 1932. Associated Press, Feb. 18 & 20, 1932. Boston Post, Feb. 12, 1932. Death of Nora Smithson - Arizona Daily Star, January 19th, 1932. Police Blotter & Court News - Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 28, 1863. ⁠⁠ VOICES - Death of Elizabeth Cook - Narrator - Samantha Thompson, Voice Artist and Podcaster. Death of Nora Smithson - Narrator - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. Police Blotter & Court News: Narrator - Alyssa Petrey Title Voice - Kathleen Li Judge - Glenn Hascall === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - How to Create an "Enemies to Lovers" Arc (Author Unknown). Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0. At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy. ===  All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org or the Public Domain.  ===  HEY!  CONTACT US!  E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  @forgottennews.bsky.social

    45 min
  7. 12/20/2024

    2024 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

    Back By Popular Demand! On this episode, we feature our Sixth presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut. ENJOY !!! Merry Christmas!   Support this podcast ==== HISTORICAL REFERENCES: A Christmas Carol, Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio). O’Leary, Dorothy, Barrymore’s Scrooge, New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel Barrymore). Chesteron, G.K., ⁠The Wrong Books at Christmas⁠, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary). Dickens, Charles, ⁠A Christmas Carol⁠ (1843) (complete text of book). PLEASE NOTE: The radio play is a shortened and adapted version of the book. We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print. ==== GUEST VOICES: Lionel Barrymore - Pete Lutz, voice artist and producer, ⁠Narada Radio Company⁠, an audiodrama podcast. G.K. Chesterton - ⁠Logan Smith⁠ - free-lance professional voice actor. ==== MISCELLANEOUS: Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host ⁠Forgotten News Podcast⁠. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠Already Gone⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - Source:⁠ ⁠ Author Unknown ==== MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest At Rest I Knew A Guy All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org , Or the Public Domain.  ⁠ ==== HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X - formerly known as Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@NewsForgotten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    1h 21m
  8. 10/18/2024

    2024 HALLOWEEN EPISODE !

    Listen to our wild collection of Strange, Spooky, and Sinister Stories, for Halloween !!! Boo! Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  10/18/2024. === THE STORIES: 1_My Childhood Paranormal Experience 2_A Sinister Neighbor 3_Time Reversed For Me 4_A Haunted Husband – Narrated by Kathleen Li  (00:18:42) 5_Something In The Corner 6_The Vanishing Rest Stop 7_A Ghost Ruined My Date 8_Your Nightmares 9_My Mom's Antique Clock – Narrated by Erin Suminsby  (00:34:54) 10_The Ouija Board That Started A Fire 11_A Conversation With My Secret Crush – Narrated by Jenifer Tissot (00:41:32) 12_Our  Attic Was Haunted 13_Sorority Scare – Narrated by Victoria Kelemen (00:49:54) 14_I Told You, I'm Not Scared 15_The Old Farmhouse 16_Lethal Question 17_Grim Reaper Pays A Visit 18_Wedding Day 19_Our First Date Ghost Story 20_Donkey Tale 21_Telly Savalas' host Story 22_There's A Bear Out There 23_The Woman in the Painting. === NOTE:   STORIES WITHOUT LISTED NARRATORS ARE VOICED ANONYMOUSLY. === MISCELLANEOUS: Aphorism Source: G.K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, Chapter 2 ⁠(book, 1904). Exit Music: Screamin' Ball at Dracula Hall - The Duponts (1958) === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest I Knew A Guy === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠Freesound.org.⁠⁠ === HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@NewsForgotten ⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    1h 41m
4.1
out of 5
86 Ratings

About

Welcome to the Forgotten News podcast. This is your window to hear true stories from long ago. Stories that once made headlines. Stories that people thought would be unforgettable, but soon were lost in the sands of time, or were buried deep in the dustbin of history. In this podcast, we brush off the sand and dust, and share those stories with you, today — as fresh as when they were first told.