Generally Speaking...About Crime
by Wood Library
Jenny and Carrie hail from Wood Library in Canandaigua, NY and are eager to share their love for TRUE CRIME and cookies in Generally Speaking...About Crime!
Podcast episodes
Season 1
The Donner Party: How would you survive a snow storm?
In this grisly tale....during 1846, a group of migrants traveling to California got stuck in a surprise October snow storm. After exhausting all their resources, they turn to cannibalism to survive. We’ll delve into the details many leave behind.TW: murder discussion; issues of cannibalisms;
The House on Ocean Avenue....Did Paranormal Activity exist?
In 1974, a mass murder shook the sleepy waterfront town of Amityville, New York. One November night, police found the DeFeo family shot dead, face down in their beds. Only one survived: Ron DeFeo Jr., the eldest son with a troubled past. In this episode, Carrie and Jen review the mysterious occurrences of "The House on Ocean Avenue" and dive deeper into the houses next owners The Lutz, a couple who had fled their home in Amityville, NY to escape a powerful, evil supernatural presence living there and whether paranormal activity really exist.TW: murder discussion; issues of haunting; mental health; Adult Sci-Fi Books read/mentioned:" Amityville Horror" by Jay AnsonBibliography for “The House on Ocean Avenue”“The Amityville Horror” by Jay Anson“My Amityville Horror”, a documentary featuring Daniel Lutz, 2012“In Search Of: The Amityville Horror”, original airdate October 4, 1979“Who Lives in the Amityville Haunted House Now (2023)?” at thehauntedplaces.com“Behind the Evil Eyes: The (Real) Story of the Amityville House” by Ioana Neamt at fancypantshomes.com“Amityville Horror: Inside the DeFeo Family’s Brutal Murders” by Aaron Rasmussen at investigationdiscovery.com“The True Story of 112 Ocean Avenue” at amityvillemurders.com“Inside the ‘Amityville Horror’ house today, Long Island’s most notorious Mansion” by Mary Jacobs, nypost.comProperty history of 112 Ocean Avenue at realtor.com
The Vanishing lady...The Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
In 1937, Amelia Earhart, a pioneer of aviation, attempted to fly around the world. Near the end of this journey, she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. In this episode we discuss her life, Earhart's rise to fame, her world flight, her mysterious disappearance, and the theories about what might have happened to her.
The Mystery of D.B Cooper-Is he Alive of Dead?
In 1971, a man operating under the pseudonym "Dan Cooper" hijacked a plane, stole $200,000, strapped the money to his body, and then parachuted into the darkness below. Who was he? What happened to the money? What happened to him?Sources:Unsolved Mysteries: Season 1, Episode 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vheOLu4p8MMFBIRecords: The Vault https://vault.fbi.gov/D-B-Cooper%20FBIHistory: DB Cooper Hijacking https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijackingDBCooper wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper"DNATest Negative for D.B. Cooper Suspect; A New Sketch Emerges", New York Magazine, August 9, 2011 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/08/dna_test_negative_db_cooper_su.html"IntoThe Blast : The True Story of D.B. Cooper", Skipp Porteous, available in the OWWL system https://evergreen.owwl.org/eg/opac/record/414445?query=The%20Blast%20%3A%20The%20True%20Story%20of%20D.B.%20Cooper;qtype=keyword;locg=1Watch on youtube https://youtu.be/z4T583wV5Y4
