On New Year’s Day, 1886, Edwin Bartlett was found dead in his Pimlico home — his stomach filled with chloroform, but with no sign of how it got there. Was it murder, suicide, or something science couldn’t yet explain? Step into thePimlico Poisoning Mystery, a case that baffled Victorian doctors, scandalized London, and left one woman forever in the shadows.

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t18860405-466 | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder, Held at the Central Criminal Court from Monday, April 12, to Saturday, April 17, 1886

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Ambrose Bierce was a Civil War veteran, journalist, and master of the macabre whose razor-sharp pen made him both feared and admired. In 1913, at seventy-one yearsold, he left the United States for war-torn Mexico—and vanished. This episode traces Bierce’s journey from log cabin childhood to battlefield survivor, from satirical journalist to literary legend, before diving into one of the greatestmysteries in American history: what became of Ambrose Bierce?

Source MaterialsIntroduction to A Sole Survivor: Bits of Autobiography by Ambrose Bierce

Why did brothers fight on opposite sides of the Civil War? | HowStuffWorks

Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce - Historic Mysteries

Ambrose Bierce, Hoosier author and Civil War vet, vanished in Mexico

Carey McWilliams. Ambrose Bierce: A Biography. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1929.

S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz. Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Lexicographer. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002.

In 1928, a Wineville chicken farm became the center of aharrowing investigation into missing boys. Gordon Stewart Northcott and his mother, Sarah Louise, were tied to the disappearances of Walter Collins, the Winslow brothers, and others. This episode follows the crimes, the investigation, and the trials that exposed what really happened on the ranch.

Source Materials:

Wineville Chicken Coop Murders: The Horrifying Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott – True Crime Archives

During the 1920s, Boys Became the Prey of a Brutal Killer - Los Angeles Times

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders — Boomtown — Crime Library

Child Killer: Gordon Northcott and the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

What Really Happened When Walter Collins Disappeared In 1928

Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott