EPISODE 39: Warning Bell
On today's episode, Kate and Paul go back to late 1800s Virginia where a farmer finds his wife murdered. After ringing the bell to alert the neighbors of the incident, does the killer return to the scene of the crime or will an investigation produce a suspect?
Sources:
“A Murder in Virginia” by Suzanne Lebsock
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Virginia-Southern-Justice-Trial/dp/0393326063
“Prosecution Rests” (Richmond Dispatch) April 24, 1896
https://www.newspapers.com/image/70962953/?terms=%22lucy%20pollard%22%20murder&match=1
“Lynchburg Jail: Editor Mitchell Visits the Prisoners” (Richmond Planet) June 6, 1896
“Women Innocent” (Richmond Planet) July 27, 1895
https://www.newspapers.com/image/72087117/?terms=%22lucy%20pollard%22&match=1
“Women Not Guilty” (Richmond Planet) August 10, 1895
https://www.newspapers.com/image/72087230/?terms=%22lucy%20pollard%22&match=1
“A Black-and-white whodunit from 1895” (Chicago Tribune) 2003.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-06-29-0306280015-story.html
“The Murder of Lucy Pollard” by Caleb Crain (The New York Review) 2004.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2004/07/15/the-murder-of-lucy-pollard/
“A case of racism and injustice with an unexpected ending.” By Jonathan Yardley (Washington Post) 2003.
“A murder mystery in the Old South still fascinates a century later” by John C. Walter (Seattle Times) 2003.
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030523&slug=murder23