FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST Podcast

FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST

Forgotten News Podcast
Welcome to the Forgotten News podcast. This is your window to hear true stories from long ago. Stories that once made headlines. Stories that people thought would be unforgettable, but soon were lost in the sands of time, or were buried deep in the dustbin of history. In this podcast, we brush off the sand and dust, and share those stories with you, today — as fresh as when they were first told.
THE TRAGIC MURDER OF CATHERINE RICHARDS
In 1878, Catherine Richards, a 14 year old girl in Plainfield, New York, was murdered by an obsessed man, after she rejected his marriage proposal. ⁠⁠Support this podcast⁠⁠===EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  03/22/2025.===HISTORICAL REFERENCES -The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards:Local History Notes of Southern New York, July 14, 2024,specifically, reprints of news articles from the Oneonta Herald (Oneonta, NY) and the Daily Republican (Utica, NY), June 28, 1878. Gordon W. Treadwell, Myron Buel: The Boy Murderer (1879)  Murder By Gaslight, The Confession of Myron Buel (Oct. 29, 2022). Police Blotter & Court News (The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -⁠⁠⁠⁠Did a Woman Go To Jail for Wearing Slacks in 1938?, Snopes, Sept. 2, 2022.Arrested for Wearing Pants, Trace Your Past, Nov. 12, 2021.In 1938, L.A. Woman Went To Jail For Wearing Slacks In Courtroom, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 2014.⁠Meet Helen Hulick: The Woman Who Was Jailed For Wearing Pants To Court, ⁠ All That's Interesting, April 21, 2023.VOICES -The Tragic Murder of Catherine Richards:Guest Narrator - ⁠ Victoria Kelemen - Voice Artist and Podcaster.Police Blotter & Court News(The case of Helen Hulick, the Girl in Slacks) -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Narrator -⁠ Frank Guglielmelli, voice artist. Helen Hulick - Erin Suminsby, voice artist. Judge Arthur Guerin - Mike Polo, voice artist. ⁠Appeals Court Judge - Jerry Kokich, voice artist.Title Voice - ⁠⁠Chrisi Talyn Saje⁠ (Madison Standish) of the ⁠Madison On The Air ⁠podcast. ===MISCELLANEOUS:Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.Exit Aphorism - How A Girl Can Become A Legend, attributed to Martha Jane Canary, better known as "Calamity Jane", circa 1890 (original source unknown). Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.===MUSIC:Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.At RestThe Curtain RisesI Knew A Guy.===All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠ or the Public Domain.===HEY!  CONTACT US!E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FNP Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren's Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky:⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠
Mar 22
48 min
THE BLACK HOPE MYSTERY
In the 1980s, a series of strange, unexplainable things begin to occur, after a new, upscale housing development is built over a forgotten cemetery for ex-slaves. Support this podcast⁠⁠===EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  02/17/2025.===HISTORICAL REFERENCES:The Black Hope Mystery -Ben and Jean Williams, The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting (1991).Black Hope Curse, article (with many news articles and reference sources listed at bottom of page).Police Blotter & Court News -The Subterranean (newspaper), June 3, 1846.===VOICES -The Black Hope Mystery -Guest Narrator: Bernie Horton, voice performer.Police Blotter & Court News -Guest Narrator: ⁠ Ashlee Craft⁠, voice performer.Title Voice: ⁠ Astrid WS⁠, voice performer. Judge: ⁠Glenn Hascall⁠, voice performer.===MISCELLANEOUS:Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.Exit Aphorism - extract from The Twelve Men, an essay (1909), by G.K. Chesterton. Aphorism Voice -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.===MUSIC:Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.At RestThe Curtain RisesI Knew A Guy.===All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org or the Public Domain.===HEY!  CONTACT US!E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FNP Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren's Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky: ⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠
Feb 17
36 min
TWO MYSTERIOUS UNSOLVED DEATHS
The true stories of the mysterious deaths of two random American women in 1932.   The cases remain unsolved.⁠Support this podcast⁠===EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  01/28/2025.===HISTORICAL REFERENCES:Death of Elizabeth Cook - New York Times, Feb. 20 & 21, 1932.Associated Press, Feb. 18 & 20, 1932.Boston Post, Feb. 12, 1932.Death of Nora Smithson -Arizona Daily Star, January 19th, 1932.Police Blotter & Court News -Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 28, 1863.⁠⁠VOICES -Death of Elizabeth Cook - Narrator - Samantha Thompson, Voice Artist and Podcaster.Death of Nora Smithson -Narrator - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.Police Blotter & Court News:Narrator - Alyssa PetreyTitle Voice - Kathleen Li Judge - Glenn Hascall===MISCELLANEOUS:Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.Exit Aphorism - How to Create an "Enemies to Lovers" Arc (Author Unknown). Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.===MUSIC:Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.At RestThe Curtain RisesI Knew A Guy.===All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org or the Public Domain.===HEY!  CONTACT US!E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FNP Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren's Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social
Jan 28
45 min
2024 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Back By Popular Demand! On this episode, we feature our Sixth presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut. ENJOY !!! Merry Christmas!   Support this podcast ==== HISTORICAL REFERENCES: A Christmas Carol, Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio). O’Leary, Dorothy, Barrymore’s Scrooge, New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel Barrymore). Chesteron, G.K., ⁠The Wrong Books at Christmas⁠, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary). Dickens, Charles, ⁠A Christmas Carol⁠ (1843) (complete text of book). We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print. ==== GUEST VOICES: Lionel Barrymore - Pete Lutz, voice artist and producer, ⁠Narada Radio Company⁠, an audiodrama podcast. G.K. Chesterton - ⁠Logan Smith⁠ - free-lance professional voice actor. ==== MISCELLANEOUS: Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host ⁠Forgotten News Podcast⁠. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠Already Gone⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - Source:⁠ ⁠ Author Unknown ==== 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 I Knew A Guy All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org , Or the Public Domain.  ⁠ ==== HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X - formerly known as Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@NewsForgotten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Dec 20, 2024
1 hr 20 min
2024 HALLOWEEN EPISODE !
Listen to our wild collection of Strange, Spooky, and Sinister Stories, for Halloween !!! Boo! Support this podcast === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  10/18/2024. === THE STORIES: 1_My Childhood Paranormal Experience 2_A Sinister Neighbor 3_Time Reversed For Me 4_A Haunted Husband – Narrated by Kathleen Li  (00:18:42) 5_Something In The Corner 6_The Vanishing Rest Stop 7_A Ghost Ruined My Date 8_Your Nightmares 9_My Mom's Antique Clock – Narrated by Erin Suminsby  (00:34:54) 10_The Ouija Board That Started A Fire 11_A Conversation With My Secret Crush – Narrated by Jenifer Tissot (00:41:32) 12_Our  Attic Was Haunted 13_Sorority Scare – Narrated by Victoria Kelemen (00:49:54) 14_I Told You, I'm Not Scared 15_The Old Farmhouse 16_Lethal Question 17_Grim Reaper Pays A Visit 18_Wedding Day 19_Our First Date Ghost Story 20_Donkey Tale 21_Telly Savalas' host Story 22_There's A Bear Out There 23_The Woman in the Painting. === NOTE:   STORIES WITHOUT LISTED NARRATORS ARE VOICED ANONYMOUSLY. === MISCELLANEOUS: Aphorism Source: G.K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, Chapter 2 ⁠(book, 1904). Exit Music: Screamin' Ball at Dracula Hall - The Duponts (1958) === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest I Knew A Guy === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠Freesound.org.⁠⁠ === HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@NewsForgotten ⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Oct 18, 2024
1 hr 41 min
WE'RE COMING BACK !!!
Our hiatus is almost over! Listen for details!
Oct 7, 2024
1 min
PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES
Sorry, that we've been away, without explanation. Listen, and hear what's going on. For both Now, and the Future.
Aug 24, 2024
1 min
THE MAN FROM NOWHERE
In 1851, an unknown man suddenly appeared in a small town Germany, saying he was a survivor of a shipwreck, but claiming to be from a country (and continent) that no one had ever heard of. Yet, he was fully believed. The police chief wondered if he might have somehow traveled from another world. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  06/26/2024. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Newspaper Clipping of the Day, Strange Company, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Jophar Vorin, Obscure Legends Wiki (2021). A New Man, Reynold's Newspaper, London, England, April 13, 1851. ⁠Jophar Vorin⁠, Paranormal Strange Wiki (2023). Incredible, But True: Voice of the Dead⁠, Episode of ⁠radio broadcast⁠ (1951; exact date unknown). === VOICES - The Man From Nowhere: Narrator - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - extract from "The Duty of the Historian" (1921) by G.K. Chesterton. Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === 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. === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org.⁠⁠⁠⁠ === HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠⁠ FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠ X - formerly known as Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@NewsForgotten⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠⁠⁠
Jun 26, 2024
26 min
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ELAINE FAY LEHTINEN ?
Approximately a half century ago, a young female Navy officer vanished without a trace. The incident remains completely unsolved, and extremely puzzling. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  04/26/2024. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: What Ever Happened To Elaine Faye Lehtinen: Vanished Veteran Elaine Faye Lehtinen  (Oct 22, 2018). Elaine Faye Lehtinen, The Charley Project  (April 1, 2012). Kidnap-Murder Top Theory on Missing Napa Woman, Napa Valley Register (Aug. 31, 1976). MISSING - US Navy Officer Elaine Faye Lehtinen, Naptime Nancy podcast (Mar. 20, 2019). Got Disappeared: Elaine Faye Lehtinen Tips Received, Naptime Nancy podcast (My 20, 2020). Incredible, But True: Beware, My Son, Episode of radio broadcast (1950; date unknown). === VOICES - What Ever Happened to Elaine Fay Lehtinen: Narrator - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - Take it Slow, by Evergreen Evergreen (poem). Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === 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. === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org.⁠⁠⁠ === HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠⁠ FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠ X - formerly known as Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@NewsForgotten⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠⁠
Apr 26, 2024
37 min
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF JOAN GAY CROFT
In April 1947, in Woodward, Oklahoma, during the aftermath of a massive violent tornado, a 4 year old girl was mysteriously kidnapped at a hospital, and was never seen again. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> === EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  03/23/2024. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to this episode, upon your request, by email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ === VOICES: The Mysterious Disappearance of Joan Gay Croft: Guest Narrator - Meadow Hemphill, free-lance voice performer. Police Blotter & Court News - 1872: Guest Narrator - Kelsey Olivieri, free lance voice performer. Police Blotter Title Voice - Erin Suminsby⁠, free-lance voice performer. Behold: A Woman: Episode of radio broadcast - April 28, 1950. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - Albert Einstein, quoted in Life magazine, May 2, 1955. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === 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. === All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠Freesound.org.⁠⁠ === HEY!  CONTACT US! E-Mail:  ⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠⁠ FNP Facebook page: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠ Kit Caren's Facebook page: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠ X - formerly known as Twitter: ⁠⁠@NewsForgotten⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@KitCaren ⁠⁠
Mar 23, 2024
56 min
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