Twisted Roots: A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast

Twisted Roots
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The Twisted Roots podcast is hosted by genealogist Dale Sheldon.  He shares true crime stories with the facts and descriptions coming directly from the original source documentation.  From famous unsolved cases, to small town murders lost for a century, here you will discover what really happened.  When the truth is stranger than fiction, there is no need to make it up.

  1. MAR 27

    Froseth Family Massacre

    S3E3: In this brief but difficult episode of Twisted Roots, we share yet another family massacre in our archive. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, and review the documentation on our website. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Website: https://twistedrootspod.com/ Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    11 min

  2. FEB 11

    Manslaughter by Billiard Cue

    S3E2: One day in 1907, a man walks into a bar on a routine work round and is thrown into a coma, never to awake again.  He was "the best man in the world", according to his wife and young son. Hear the stories of Charles Breitwieser and John Kleis in this episode of Twisted Roots All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, and review the documentation on our website. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Website: https://twistedrootspod.com/ Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    24 min

  3. JAN 13

    A Death at La Junta Army Air Field (1944)

    S3E1: This episode is a "Call to Action" to help find additional information to determine the cause of circumstances surrounding the death of Pvt. Theodore W. Haley at the La Junta Army Air Field in 1944.  We will also touch on the murder of another solider from that same base, Waddell W. Keith Jr (1953), and Theodore's mother Lucy Conn (1930), and we will even learn about one of the first semo-pro baseball players of the Negro League Baseball, the first husband of Lucy Conn, Pearl Franklin "Specks" Webster. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, review the documentation on our website, and join in on the discussions in our Discord server. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Website: https://twistedrootspod.com Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    44 min

  4. 10/03/2024

    Updates (Lizzie Halliday & Pearl Osten)

    S2E9: In this episode we will have a brief announcement on the future of Twisted Roots and will explore some interesting updates on some previous episodes about Lizzie Halliday (The Talented Mrs. Halliday), and Pearl Osten. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, review the documentation on our wiki, and join in on the discussions in our Discord server. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Wiki Archives: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Discord (chat & discuss!): https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    57 min

  5. 09/26/2024

    Killing at the Golden Eagle Hotel

    S2E8 - In the true old west of Sacramento, California in 1855 - an abusive father and a desperate daughter - with a gentle but proud young man caught between them.  There wasn't room enough for all of them in that town.  Was justice really done?  For the first time, you can hear the story of the killing of Amiel Brickell, quoted directly from the accounts of the time, and determine for yourself. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, review the documentation on our wiki, and join in on the discussions in our Discord server. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Wiki Archives: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Discord (chat & discuss!): https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    56 min

  6. 09/19/2024

    The Manhattan Murder of Dr. Burdell!

    S2E7 - On a cold drizzly night in Manhattan, 1857, the attractive and strong Dr. Burdell returns to his once fashionable marble stooped 4-story home on Bond St, shortly before midnight.  He would never be seen alive again.  The murderer must be one of the several residents of the house.  Was it the cook? The fop? The politican?  The widow?  The butcher?  The ingenue?  Or even a child?  Hear the story and determine for yourself - who killed Dr. Harvey Burdell?!? All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, review the documentation on our wiki, and join in on the discussions in our Discord server. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Wiki Archives: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Discord (chat & discuss!): https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    1h 5m

  7. 09/12/2024

    Jack the Ripper Files: Annie Chapman

    S2E6: This episode is the third in our Jack the Ripper Files.  Periodic future episodes will be dedicated to each of the victims and suspects of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders that took place in Whitechapel, London in 1888.  In this episode we will focus on Mrs. Annie Chapman, aka Annie Eliza Smith, aka Annie Sivvey, the second of the "Canonical Five".  We will travel through the details of her very difficult life, marked with one tragedy after another.   All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, review the documentation on our wiki, and join in on the discussions in our Discord server. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Wiki Archives: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Discord (chat & discuss!): https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    48 min

  8. 09/05/2024

    The Origin of Sweeney Todd

    S2E5 - The tale of Sweeney Todd that most of us are familiar with today takes place on Fleet Street in London in about 1846.  The murderous barber serviced dozens of the citizens of that grand city, sent them falling through a trap door into the deep basement below, where his neighbor Mrs. Lovett would grind them down into her meat pies.  But what is the origin of this story?  Listen to this episode of Twisted Roots to find out. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook page for updates, review the documentation on our wiki, and join in on the discussions in our Discord server. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots Our Wiki Archives: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ Discord (chat & discuss!): https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

    38 min
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The Twisted Roots podcast is hosted by genealogist Dale Sheldon.  He shares true crime stories with the facts and descriptions coming directly from the original source documentation.  From famous unsolved cases, to small town murders lost for a century, here you will discover what really happened.  When the truth is stranger than fiction, there is no need to make it up.

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