EVIL GOES ON TRIAL – 1888

The story of Madame Editha Diss DeBar, a fake psychic and professional con artist, who fooled Luther Marsh, a nice old man (a retired judge!) into believing she had amazing and miraculous powers to communicate with the dead, including his late wife. In 1888, she nearly fleeced him of his entire life savings, until she and her cronies were arrested for conspiracy to commit fraud, and were put on trial.
 
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
 
New York Sun, March 29, 1888.
 
New York Tribune, April 2 & May 1, 1888.
 
The New York Times, March 29, 1888.
 
New York Times, June 17, 1888.
 
Editha Diss DeBar – background:
 
Empress of Swindle: The Life of Ann Odelia Diss Debar, by John Benedict Buescher
 
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Swami_Laura_Horos
 
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19011225.2.50
 
Howe & Hummel law firm - background:
 
Murphy, Cait, Scoundrels in Law. The Trials of Howe & Hummel (2010).
 
Rovere, Richard, Howe and Hummel: Their True and Scandalous History (1947, second ed., 1985) [original title: The Magnificent Shysters].
 
GUEST VOICES:
 
Editha Diss DeBar: Lanie Hobbs from the True Crime Fan Club podcast and the We’re All Just Pretending podcast.
 
Luther Marsh: Pete Lutz from the Pulp Pourri podcast, the Jake Dimes podcast, the Range Detective podcast; and the Save the Last Word for Me podcast.
 
William Howe: Frank Docherty from the English Martial Arts podcast.
 
Jeremy Collins from Podcasts We Listen To podcast and Facebook group.
 
Host Intro & Extro Aphorism: Anabelle D-C from Forgotten News Podcast, and also [email protected].
 
EPISODE MUSIC:
 
Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com –
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by/3.0
 
At Rest
 
The Curtain Rises
 
I Knew A Guy
 
Midnight_Meeting
 
Nightmare Machine
 
Simple Music to Frighten Small Children By
 
Freesound.org:
 
Ghostly Music
 
Strange_Ambient_Music_1_-_Monastery_-_Broken_Chime
 
Scary Violins
 
SOUND EFFECTS:
 
Dementia a.k.a. Daughter of Horror - 1955 (film intro, public domain).
 
EXTRO APHORISM:
 
Source:  Chesterton, G.K., The Resurrection of Father Brown (stort story, 1926), available in the collection, The Incredulity of Father Brown
 
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