The story of the creepy unsolved mystery of the disappearance of a YouTube celebrity.

Plus:  an important announcement regarding the immediate future of this podcast. 

Spoken entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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REFERENCES:

Is Kate Yup Dead or Alive?

I Went Down the Kate Yup Rabbit Hole.

Missing: Is Kate Yup Dead or Alive in Real Life? 

YouTube Stars Who Completely Disappeared.

Top 5 YouTubers Who Disappeared Without a Trace.

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HALF-WAY TO HALLOWEEN  EPISODE!

Creepy Thoughts and Things ...

Spoken entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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REFERENCES:

2 Sentence Horror Stories (Facebook Page) (story collection, 2019 / 2020).

Alwaysslightlysleepy, Eerie quotes to help keep you from sleeping tonight (audio, 2019).

Brown, Fredric, Knock, Thrilling Wonder Stories (Dec. 1948); X Minus One, Audio adaptation (expanded story, 1955).

King, Steven, Paranoid: A Chant, in Skeleton Crew (1985), at p. 289.  Audio adaptation (non-whisper).

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CLOSING THOUGHTS:

Source: A portion of a quote, widely attributed to Anna Peters, but could not find an original cite or verification, despite a very long search). Audio adaptation (complete quote; non-whisper).

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Hear about the story of an unsupervised all-teen party in Los Angeles, that led to the murder and suicide of two teen girls. 

Spoken entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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In 1814, the White House was set on fire.   It would have burned to the ground.

Except for an incredible miracle.

Also:

Hear about the exciting future of this podcast!

Told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Smith, Page, The Shaping of America (book, 1980), pp. 628-40.

Ambrose, Kevin; Weiss, Andrew & Henry, Dan, Washington Weather (book, 2002).

Zielinski, Sarah, The Tornado That Saved Washington, Smithsonian (August 2010).

Ubbelohde, Carl, War of 1812, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (webpage).

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CLOSING THOUGHTS:

Source: Lermontov, Mikhail, A Hero of Our Time (1840), Penguin (reprint, 2009), p. 120.

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HALLOWEEN MINI-EPISODE !!! 

Also:  Hear about plans for the future of this podcast! 

Told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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CLOSING THOUGHTS:

Source:  Chesterton, G.K., The Napoleon of Notting Hill  (1904), at p. 23.

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On the afternoon of May 1, 1947, Georgia Jean Weckler, an 8 year old girl, simply vanished from her driveway, in a small town in Wisconsin. 

Hear the story of the disappearance … the decades of unsuccessful investigations, and … why it matters … nearly 75 years later.

Told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES

Georgia Jean Weckler - Charley Project  (webpage).

Doe Network: Case No. 1727DFWI (Georgia Jean Weckler webpage).

Georgia Jean Weckler - Find A Grave (webpage).

Georgia Jean Weckler: Kidnapped May 1, 1947 (Weckler family website)

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (website).

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CLOSING THOUGHTS:

You Are Like Water, and You Matter (essay, #BlackLivesMatter), by u/AmbulanceButNotForMe (reddit - free use script).

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On the evening of August 6, 1930, Judge Joseph Crater vanished from a street corner in New York City.  He was never seen, or heard from, again.

This episode shares the story with you – told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES

Crater, Stella & Fraley, Oscar, The Empty Robe (book, 1961) 

Gibson, John Winslow, Judge Crater, the Missingest Person: How He Disappeared and Why They Couldn't Find Him (2010).

Tofel, Richard J., Vanishing Point: The Disappearance of Judge Crater and the New York He Left Behind (book, 2004).

Kelly, Jack, Judge Crater Vanishes Forever. American Heritage Magazine  

Furneaux, Rupert, The Disappearance of Judge Crater, The People's Almanac #2 (1978), at pp. 1268-69.

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CLOSING THOUGHT:

Source - Chesterton, G.K., The Red Angel (short story), available as Chapter XVII, in Tremendous Trifles (book, collected stories and essays, 1909). 

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Ignorance Was Bliss

Targeted: Domestic Violence True Crime 

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The brutal killing of Harriet Lane in 1857, was the most infamous slaying in England, prior to the multiple murders committed by Jack the Ripper in the 1880s. 

This episode shares the story with you – told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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Chronicles of Crime and Criminals (No. 1), Beaver Publishing Co (Toronto,  Canada, 1880s, author and exact year, unknown), Chapter 1.

Fortey, H.S., Lamentation of Henry Wainwright, for the Murder and Mutilation of Harriet Lane (1875).

Storey, Neil,  The Little Book of Murder, "The Businessman and His Mistress", (2013).

Lachanudis, Paula, The Murder of Harriet Lane, Herts Memories (webpage, 2011).

Jackson, Victoria (compiler), Wainwright, Henry, Murderpedia (webpage).

Treguer, Pascal, The Gruesome Origin of “Harriet Lane” and “Fanny Adams”, Word Histories (webpage, 2017) (the history of these names as military slang for preserved or canned meat); see also, Harriet Lane, Green’s Dictionary of Slang (2019).

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CLOSING THOUGHT:

Source - Chesterton, G.K., The Flying Stars (short story, 1911), included within story collection, The Innocence of Father Brown.

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True Crime Finland

American Sex Podcast

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HALLOWEEN EPISODE!

featuring Spooky Stories, sent by listeners.

Told told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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CLOSING THOUGHT:

Source - Mearns, William Hughes, Antigonish (a.k.a. "The Little Man Who Wasn't There") (poem, 1899). 

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Death In The Afternoon

Good Nightmare

Meet My Ghost

Ghost In The Burbs

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In 1887, in New York, two  female con artists opened a phony “bank for ladies”. They then swindled over  $1 million (in today’s money), from dozens of the richest families in the  city. 

This episode shares the story with you – told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Lyons, Sophie, Why Crime Does Not Pay (book, 1913), at Chapter 4.

Segrave, Kerry, Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920 (book, 2007), pp. 128-135.

Robb, George, Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression (book, 2017).

Eldridge, Benjamin & Watts, William, Our Rival, the Rascal: A Faithful Portrayal of the Conflict Between the Criminals of This Age and the Defenders of Society, the Police (book, 1897), pp. 373-375.

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CLOSING THOUGHT:

Source - attributed to humorist Damon Runyon.  Sophie Lyon's book was titled: Why Crime Does Not Pay.

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Naptime Nancy - True Crime Podcast. 

Active Shooter: The Podcast. 

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