It Made the Papers

Episode 11 of 11: After the trial, residents of Marble Street began reporting a woman in white who called out for her daughter. The final episode covers the ghost of Lulu Ostrander, and why Central New York was the one place in America guaranteed to believe in her.    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 of newspaper article courtesy of the Evening Herald, Syracuse, 1900 Sound ResourcesSpooky Loop - Spooky Horror High Pitch Ambience by Darklitstudio -- https://freesound.org/s/700193/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Episode 10 of 11: Harriet Schmoll admitted to the shooting, and twelve men spent six hours deciding what to do about it. We reveal the verdict and discuss what usually happened to women on trial for violent crimes in 1900.    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 of photo courtesy of the Library of CongressSound ResourcesHeartbeats - Real heartbeat sound fastest by under_the_hood -- https://freesound.org/s/455440/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 9 of 11: The safest move was silence. Harriet Schmoll chose the stand. We'll cover the testimony that packed the courthouse and the risk it carried.   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 of newspaper article courtesy of the Evening Herald, Syracuse, 1900 

Episode 8 of 11: Ten years before her murder, Lulu Ostrander's husband walked out and left her with two children and a label: grass widow. We look at what 1900 did to a woman raising a family without a ring on her finger.  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 of a woman washing clothes, courtesy of the West Hempstead Historical Society

Episode 7 of 11: Harriet Schmoll was put out of her father's house and married at 14, to a man who turned out to already have a wife. We trace a life that went wrong early, and ask why divorce was never really on the table. 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 of newspaper sketches courtesy of the Evening Herald, Syracuse, 1900 Sound ResourcesWedding Bells - church bells ringing for wedding close good detail with traffic Montreal, Canada.flac by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/455677/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 6 of 11: Harriet Schmoll never denied the shooting, so her lawyers tried something else: doctors who testified that menopause had made her temporarily insane. We examine the medical beliefs of 1900 and the defense built on them. 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 of Dr. Locke courtesy of the Evening Herald, Syracuse, 1900 

Episode 5 of 11: In 1900, New York considered women too delicate to hear courtroom testimony, but not too delicate to sit at the defense table facing a death sentence. We look at the twelve men who held Harriet Schmoll's life in their hands. 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 of the Schmull jury courtesy of the Evening Herald, Syracuse, 1900 Sound ResourcesCrowd talking - 072510_crowd_05.wav by moxobna -- https://freesound.org/s/102099/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 4 of 11: Spectators brought their lunches to Harriet Schmoll's trial so they wouldn't lose their seats, and most of them were women. We look at how the newspapers turned a village murder into the biggest show in Central New York. 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 of the Onondaga County Courthouse as depicted in Clayton's History of Onondaga County, New York

Episode 3 of 11:The electric chair was invented in Auburn, NY, practically next door to Baldwinsville, and its first execution went so badly that witnesses called it torture. We’ll explore what it meant for Harriet Schmoll to face the prospect of that machine.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 courtesy of the Auburn Correctional FacilitySound ResourcesHeartbeat - heartbeat-80bpm-limited.wav by loudernoises -- https://freesound.org/s/332819/ -- License: Creative Commons 0Electric shock - electric_shock.flac by musmaster -- https://freesound.org/s/581290/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 2 of 11: Where did Harriet Schmoll get the revolver? Even in 1900, nobody could agree. We dig into the lives of both women and the gun laws that made the question almost beside the point. 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 Library

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