THE STORY OF MABEL PARKER

In 1903, at the age of 21, Mabel Parker, was an expert in committing forgery and larceny.

Listen to her story.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 11/23/2021

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Train, Arthur C., True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office (1908), at Chapter 1.

Woman Held as Head of Band of Forgers; Police set Elaborate Trap for Youthful Mabel Parker, New York Times, August 16, 1903, p. 1.

Mabel Parker Sentenced: Convicted of Forgery and Sent to the Reformatory; May Study and Play Croquet There for Year; Teases Husband About His Ten-Year Term, New York Times, January 3, 1904, p. 1.

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GUEST NARRATOR:

Colleen McMahon of LibriVox.org

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MISCELLANEOUS

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source: Chandler, Raymond, The Long Goodbye (1953).

Aphorism voice - Kit Caren, host of Whispered True Stories podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From Freesound.org. 

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