Ye Olde Crime

Lindsay and Madison discuss the murder of Narcissa Cowart, as well as the dangers of courting two women at the same time, why you should never trust your kid with a pocket knife, and how to get away with murder.Information pulled from the following sources 2022 Murder by Gaslight blog post by Robert Wilhelm 1878 The Atlanta Constitution (1) (2) (3) (4) 1878 The Ellijay Courier 1878 Georgia Weekly...

Lindsay is joined by author Stephanie Cowell to discuss her book, “The Man in The Stone Cottage.” In 1846, Yorkshire, the Brontë sisters— Charlotte, Anne, and Emily— navigate precarious lives marked by heartbreak and struggle. Charlotte faces rejection from the man she loves, while their blind father and troubled brother add to their burdens. Despite their immense talent, no one will publish...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Corgarff Castle, as well as how to construct a kick-ass castle, that the Jacobites liked to eff shit up, and why you shouldn’t play a drinking game to this episode every time there’s a fire.Information pulled from the following sources Atlas Obscura Britain Express Castle Finders The Castles of Scotland Great Castles (1) Hidden Scotland post by Graeme Johncock...

Lindsay is joined by author Cinda Gault to discuss her book, “A Small Compass.” In 1806, Isobel Gunn is staring down the inevitability of a spinster’s farm life in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, often referred to as the Island of Women. At the same time and across the ocean in Maskinongé, Quebec, Marie-Anne Gaboury is facing the prospect that her dashing new coureur de bois husband will leave her...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Giacomo Casanova, as well as how to win and lose it all gambling, that blasphemy is no joke, and how to be both charming and also a horrible human being.Information pulled from the following sources 2025 Kiss From Italy blog post 2025 Walks of Italy blog post 2024 The Article post by Jeffrey Meyers 2024 The Collector article by Stephanie Jelks 2023 Yale University...

Lindsay is joined by Alan Katz from Costard & Touchstone Productions to see if he can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean.Visit Costard & Touchstone Productions and listen to one (or all) of their many productions wherever you catch your podcasts.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss the phenomenon of “prairie madness,” as well as how isolating the Great Plains are, that silence can be just as dangerous as sound, and how man needs community.Information pulled from the following sources 2025 Retrospect Journal post by Kate Phillips 2024 Homestead article by Barbara Bamberger-Scott 2023 Medium post by Mel Carriere (1) (2) 2022 Atlas Obscura article...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the popular nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man,” as well as how to lure children in the 16th century, that you should never trust a door-to-door pastry salesman, and how to start an urban legend.Information pulled from the following sources 2024 Atlas Obscura article by Kaleena Fraga (1) 2024 Kaneland Krier article by Sophie Thill 2024 Mirror article by Alan Johnson 2023...

Lindsay is joined by author D. Paul Fleming to discuss his book, “Mystery’s at the Windham Inn: The Feral Feline,” which was released October 1, 2025.On a bitterly cold December morning nearly 280 years ago, a young woman named Elizabeth was executed…twice!With the governor’s pardon in hand, her father was within musket shot when the noose finally stopped twitching. Ms. Elizabeth’s last breath...

Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy month and discuss Nicola Aubrey, as well as how exorcisms work, that religious wars are awful, and how to get your new religion put on blast by Satan himself.Information pulled from the following sources 2022 All That’s Interesting article by Kaleena Fraga 2022 Unam Sanctam Catholicam blog post 2022 Los Angeles Review of Books article by Ed Simon 2020 Esoterx...