Lena Baker, Charlie Chaplin & The Castle Warden Fire
April & May 1944: Lena Baker, Charlie Chaplin & The Castle Warden Fire
Joe is joined by Steve from the Gruff & Loud Show and the Debra Jo Ruppiverse to discuss April and May of 1944. Stories include The first and last woman to ever be executed in the electric chair in Georgia, A haunted castle fire, and Chat GPT hipster styled story about Charlie Chaplin & the Mann Act. Plus some birthdays and other stuff.
Credits: Southernghoststories.com, Ripleys.com, Georgiaencyclopedia.org
Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com.
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Music by MATT TRUMAN EGO TRIP, the greatest American Band. Click Here to buy their albums!
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A Conversation with Roger Newman, author of the novel, BOYS
Author Roger Newman joins Artstar and Joe to discuss his novel, BOYS.
Imagine a young boy whose family is killed by the Ku Klux Klan during the Great Depression and is raised by the farmer whose farm he hides on, alongside the farmer’s son. The two boys—one Black, one White— come to view themselves as brothers.
When the brothers head off to fight in segregated military units in World War II, they are separated by diverging military careers and escalating racial hostility.
This is the true story of South Carolina author Roger Newman’s North Carolina family, and the inspiration for his fifth novel, BOYS, newly released on January 14 (Koehler Books). Newman was compelled to write the book after learning about his Black uncle who disappeared during World War II.
BOYS, which has been touted by Kirkus as “A powerful and nuanced novel about racial tensions in 20th-century America,” paints a vivid picture of many lesser-known aspects of history, from service in WWII to Vietnam and beyond.
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Serial Killer Marcel Petiot & George Junius Stinney Jr. (March 1944, ep. 239)
Episode 239. Amy and Joe jump into March 1944. WW2 is going strong, a soldier survives a jump from a plane without a parachute, Bob Hope hosts the Oscars, a Jewish Mobster who invented Murder Inc. dies, a child is executed after being wrongfully convicted of murder, and Amy covers a French serial killer doctor who pretended to be part of the Resistance.
American Timelines, by History for Jerks. Check out historyforjerks.com for all the fun stuff we make.
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Episode 238: Jeep Show – A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge
Joe interviews author Robert B. O’Connor about his World War 2 based book: Jeep Show, as well as some other topics such as soccer, baseball, cigars and weed!
Robert B. O’Connor is the author of the WWII novel Jeep Show – A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge (https://jeepshowbook.com/)
and the non-fiction Gumptionade – A Booster for Your Self-Improvement Plan. Two radically different books about morale.
Please visit Robert’s charity of choice , Shields and Stripes, and share it and/or donate if you are able. https://shieldsandstripes.org/
Part of the Queen City Podcast Network: www.queencitypodcastnetwork.com.
Information may not be accurate, as it is produced by jerks.
Music by MATT TRUMAN EGO TRIP, the greatest American Band. Click Here to buy their albums!
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Episode 237: The Lynching of Willie James Howard
Amy is back to tell us all about the tragedy of the lynching of Willie James Howard. Plus: Birthdays galore with Bonnie Franklin, Angela Davis, Joe Frazier and Stockard Channing.
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Amy & Joe discuss true crime & pop culture and crazy events through history year by year. Amy takes a deep dive on something creepy while Joe tells us about wacky stuff that happened. Amy likes murder, Joe likes old sitcoms, and they podcast to escape the monotony of adulthood.
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