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31. BARNABY CASTLE: Part 2 | A Murder Mystery
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Don't just listen, see inside Barnaby Castle yourself at this years HALLOWEEN PARTY! Tickets at: http://www.kaitlyn-alyece-events.com/barnaby-castle
Last week we explored the story of Barnaby Castle and the first person convicted of committing murder via the mail. This week, we’ll dive deeper into that murder mystery and ask, what if the man who was convicted didn’t do it?
Plus, hear from one of the tenants living in Barnaby Castle about what it’s like to live in such a unique historical building.
Episode Source Material:
- "A revolting transaction": Conrad, Barnaby: 9780877955344
- American State Trials - Volume 13 - 1921
- Extravagant Barnaby's Castle and Murder Most Foul - Online Review of Rhode Island History
- Happy New Year… in April? – The Rhode Island Historical Society
- COLONEL JOHN HOWARD CONRAD: CONRAD CITY NEVER FULFILLED HIS EXPECTATIONS by Jane Gaffin (This article originally ap
- THE BARNABY MURDER. — San Francisco Call 10 May 1891 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
- Why do Females and Males Have Different Handwriting Styles? | SiOWfa16: Science in Our World: Certainty and Controversy
- Men and women differ in the neural basis of handwriting
- Barnaby Castle
- Barnaby Castle – Doors Open RI
- Jerothmul B. Barnaby House
- J. B. Barnaby Obit - September 19, 1889
- New York Times - April 2, 1877 - General Notes
- Dr. T. Thatcher Graves and The Rhode Island Mail Order Murder
- The Bangor Mystery.
- Oklahoma Bar Journal - October 10, 2009 - Volume 80
- Death in The Mail. A Narrative of The Murder of a Wealthy Widow and The Trial and Conviction of The Assassin,… by Martin C Day - First Edition - 1892 - from Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (SKU: 3533)
- New York Times - December 18, 1884 - Wedding Notice Conrad-Barnaby
- New York Times - May 3, 1891 - The Barnaby Murder Mystery - No clue yet to the person who sent the poisoned liquid
- THE BARNABY MURDER. — San Francisco Call 10 May 1891 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
- New York Times - January 5, 1892 - The News in Providence
- Mower County Transcript - January 6, 1892
- New York Times - April 18, 1892 - Dr. Graves Wants a New Trial
- Herald Democrat - August 7, 1892
- New York Times - January 18, 1893 - New Trial for Dr. Graves
- New York Times - February 8, 1893 - Dr. Graves Surrendered. His Counsel Determined to Force a New Trial at Once
- Page 6 — Indiana State Sentinel 6 September 1893
- Page 5 — Pontiac Gazette (1877) 8 September 1893 — Digital Michigan Newspapers Collection
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- Happy New Year… in April? – The Rhode Island Historical Society
- COLONEL JOHN HOWARD CONRAD: CONRAD CITY NEVER FULFILLED HIS EXPECTATIONS by Jane Gaffin (This article originally ap
- THE BARNABY MURDER. — San Francisco Call 10 May 1891 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
- Why do Females and Males Have Different Handwriting Styles? | SiOWfa16: Science in Our World: Certainty and Controversy
- Men and women differ in the neural basis of handwriting
- Barnaby Castle
- Barnaby Castle – Doors Open RI
- Jerothmul B. Barnaby House
- J. B. Barnaby Obit - September 19, 1889
- New York Times - April 2, 1877 - General Notes
- Dr. T. Thatcher Graves and The Rhode Island Mail Order Murder
- The Bangor Mystery.
- Oklahoma Bar Journal - October 10, 2009 - Volume 80
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- THE BARNABY MURDER. — San Francisco Call 10 May 1891 — California Digital Newspaper Collection
- New York Times - January 5, 1892 - The News in Providence
- Mower County Transcript - January 6, 1892
- New York Times - April 18, 1892 - Dr. Graves Wants a New Trial
- Herald Democrat - August 7, 1892
- New York Times - January 18, 1893 - New Trial for Dr. Graves
- New York Times - February 8, 1893 - Dr. Graves Surrendered. His Counsel Determined to Force a New Trial at Once
- Page 6 — Indiana State Sentinel 6 September 1893
- Page 5 — Pontiac Gazette (1877) 8 September 1893 — Digital Michigan Newspapers Collection
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