Turning back the glowing dial to the United States factories during World War I, we will touch on the working lives of the Radium Girls. The lies that were kind of literally fed to them about the poison they were exposed to everyday. Music Credit: Melancholia by Ryan Creep Sources: https://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-lie https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace https://www.historynet.com/radium-girls-vs-us-radium/#:~:text=Young%20Women%20Hired%20to%20Paint%20Gadgets&text=Painting%20an%20average%20of%20250,earn%20in%20other%20factory%20jobs.
Lizzie Borden had an axe...this episode talks about the infamous story of Lizzie Borden goes back a bit farther than the bludgeoned deaths of her parents. We will discuss her upbringing, as well as the relationships and conspiracies surrounding the murders. Music Credit: Creepy Music B0x (Dark Music) by Terra Fantasy Sources: https://historycooperative.org/lizzie-borden-and-her-acquital/#:~:text=that%20remains%20unsolved.-,Early%20Life,at%20only%20two%20years%20old. https://lizzie-borden.com/history/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Moody https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/ https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/lizzie-borden/
This episode talks about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. The author of many classic horror stories and great poems about love and loss, his life was filled with tragedy and loneliness. Music: Creepy Music Box (Dark Music) by Terra Fantasy Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/darkest-child Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/NDJ7uBPVcH8 Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-Poe https://poemuseum.org/poe-biography/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/ https://www.biography.com/writer/edgar-allan-poe
