Episode 132: Railroad Ties
On today’s episode, Kate and Paul head to late 1899 New York, where a conductor finds, what he thinks, is a small bit of flesh in the front of his train engine. After an impressive investigation and unfolding of a curious family dynamic, a full picture starts to take shape.
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Sources:
“Hidden: The Unsolved Mystery of Sarah Mumford” by Michelle Graff (2023)
https://books.google.com/books/about/Hidden.html?id=ZpYo0AEACAAJ
“Who Killed Sarah Mumford” Michelle Graff
https://whokilledsarahmumford.com/
“Family Arrested for Murder” (New York Times) 1899.
“Two Tripps Spent the Night in Jail” (Buffalo Times) 1899.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1138599565/?match=1&terms=sarah%20mumford
“Girl of Sixteen Ground to Death” (Democrat and Chronicle) 1899.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/135435649/?match=1&terms=sarah%20mumford