Episode 122: Paper Trail
In this week's episode, Kate and Paul head to 1855 rural Ohio, where a farmer has died under suspicious circumstances. After an investigation and the rounding up of the usual suspects, a very unique situation arises.
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Sources:
“Love & Arsenic: The Great Piqua Murder” by C.W. Tolford
https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sat2014#page/4/mode/1up
https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2024/03/elizabeth-and-arthur.html
“Reviving Old Miami County Poisoning Case” by Howard Burba (Springfield News-Sun) 1937.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/824255548/?match=1&terms=elizabeth%20riggen%20trial
“The Piqua Poisoning Case: Confession of a Murderess” (The Dayton Empire via The New York Times) 1855.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/20548040/?match=1&terms=%22ragan%22%20confession%20arsenic%20arthur
“The Celebrated Regan Case: Miami’s First Murder Trial” by T.C. Harbaugh (Piqua Leader-Dispatch) 1910.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/935901039/?match=1&terms=%22elizabeth%20ragan%22%20arsenic
“The Bench and Bar, Famous Trials” (Harbaugh’s 1909 History of Miami County Ohio)
https://thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/Stories/hist1909/chap-11.htm
“Miami County’s Famous Old Murder Trials” (Miami Union) 1898.
“1855 Trail Failed to Prove Poisoning in Husband’s Death” by Rosalie Yoakam (Dayton Daily News) 2014.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/430421786/?match=1&terms=%22elizabeth%20ragan%22%20arsenic
“Woman 82 Years Ago is First Indicted for Miami County Murder” (Miami Union) 1837.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/947490774/?match=1&terms=elizabeth%20riggen%20trial
“Charge of Judge Hart to the Jury” (The Troy Times) 1856.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/950511653/?match=1&terms=riggen%20arthur
“Piqua, Ohio” (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation)
https://www.achp.gov/preserve-america/community/piqua-ohio
“Examining Trial” (LSD)
https://www.lsd.law/define/examining-trial
“Arsenic” (World Health Organization)
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/arsenic
“Cooper” (Merriam-Webster)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooper
“History of Monroe Township” (Monroe Township Ohio)