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   HISTORICAL REFERENCES:   New York Sun, March 29, 1888.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   CONTACT US:   E-Mail:  [email protected]   Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast   Twitter: @NewsForgotten   HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?!   PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES.   ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT!       Just click on this PayPal link, to contribute.       PAYPAL      Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!