EPISODE · Jun 11, 2026 · 3 MIN
1. A Quiet Saturday on Marble Street
from It Made the Papers · host Students of Durgee Junior High
Episode 1 of 11: On June 9, 1900, Harriet Schmoll crossed Marble Street with a .38 revolver hidden in a bundle of newspapers. Lulu Ostrander was dead within hours, and the papers couldn't stop writing about it.It Made the Papers is researched, written, and produced by 8th-grade journalism students at Durgee Junior High School in Baldwinsville, NY, with support from their ELA teacher and school librarian. Season one, Murder on Marble Street, follows a 1900 murder in the students' own village and the questions it raises about life at the turn of the century. The series was inspired by Johnathan Croyle's November 2025 article on the case for Syracuse.com: https://www.syracuse.com/living/2025/11/did-jealousy-or-temporary-insanity-cause-a-baldwinsville-woman-to-shoot-her-neighbor-in-1900.html Image ResourcesEpisode cover art from the Christopher Collection, courtesy of the Baldwinsville Public LibrarySound ResourcesVillage Sounds - field polder river ambiance village Lage-Zwaluwe 0918 pm 240801_0874 by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/811777/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Footsteps on Sidewalk - footstep on sidewalk with light suburban atmo sound effect by Garuda1982 -- https://freesound.org/s/570378/ -- License: Attribution 4.0Revolver Shots - Revolver calibre 38 - vários disparos_02 by reishugo -- https://freesound.org/s/346906/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
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