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• Halloween Short Story: Faces at the Window

  Happy Halloween! In this episode, I'm sharing one of my favorite short ghost story called "Faces at the Window" by Rose Wilder Lane. It is based, in part, on the true story of the Bloody Benders, who murdered lodgers at their residence in the 1800s. Lane is the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the Little House on the Prairie book series. Lane did not publish this story before her death in 1968; it was released posthumously in 1972. Enjoy!If you like this episode, please subscribe, rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher, and consider supporting this one-woman show at Patreon. Host: Paris BrownProduced, written, & edited by: Paris BrownCredits:Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner ([email protected])Featured photo:  The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum Social Media:FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTubeReddit discussion groupSources:Lane, Rose Wilder. "Faces at the Window." 1972. A Little House Sampler. U of Nebraska P, 1988.Music Clip:"Midnight, the Stars, and You." Performed by Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and his Orchestra. Written by Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, and Reginald Connelly. Published in 1934 by Cinephonic Music Company, LTD. 

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• Oscar Zeta Acosta: Fear, Loathing, and the Disappearance of a Brown Buffalo

  The character of Dr. Gonzo in the book and film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is based on a real person:  a one-time military airman...turned Baptist missionary...turned legal aid attorney...turned Los Angeles County Sheriff's candidate...turned author...turned missing person. This is the story of the intriguing life and mysterious, unsolved disappearance of Oscar Zeta Acosta. We'll take a trip back to Los Angeles in the 1970s that features psychedelics, Chicano civil rights activism--and a lone, self-described brown buffalo wandering the halls of justice. If you like this episode, please subscribe, rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher, and consider supporting this one-woman show at Patreon. Host: Paris BrownProduced, written, & edited by: Paris BrownCredits:Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner ([email protected])Featured photo:  The New YorkerSocial Media:FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTubeReddit discussion groupSources:Aguirre, Abby. “What ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ Owes to Oscar Acosta.” The New Yorker, 13 Jul 2021.Brown, Paris W. “’The Mexican Situation:’ An Evolution of the Marked Body in The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo.” 2012.Cassidy, Craig. “Remember Oscar? Memories Stir over Long-Lost Folk Figure, OHS Alumnus.” The Oakdale Leader [Oakdale, California], 17 May 1995.Maza, Michael. “’Buffalo’ Roams into the Hollywood Slapstick Trap.” Arizona Republic, 29 Apr 1980, p. 17.Moore, Burton. Love and Riot: Oscar Zeta Acosta and the Great Mexican American Revolt. Floricanto P, 2002. Moreno, Dorinda. Personal interview, 20 Nov 2021.Nájera, Marcos. “The Ladies in His Life.” The Zeta Podcast Series 1.3. 17 Mar 2018.The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo. Directed by Phillip Rodriguez, performances by Dave Beaudrie, Xavier Becerra, and Anahi Bustillos, City Projects, 2017.Stavens, Ilan. Bandido: Oscar “Zeta” Acosta and the Chicano Experience. HarperCollins, 1995. ADDITIONAL SOURCES LISTED ON LINKED WEBSITE BELOW.Music:“Theme for ‘The Mad Thinker’” from The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein’s Lab. Dr. Frankenstein, 2005 ADDITIONAL SOURCES LISTED ON LINKED WEBSITE BELOW.

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• 11. Truman Capote & Ann Woodward: Miss Bang-Bang, Part 2

  A glamorous but ostracized socialite shoots her husband in their home one night but claims she thought he was a prowler. High society (mostly) takes her word for it...until Truman Capote, the author of the first true crime novel, In Cold Blood, reminds the public of the Woodwards' fraught relationship and accuses Ann of murder by writing a vicious short story about her. This is part 2, which focuses on Ann and Billy Woodward and the infamous shooting. At the 45-second mark, Batty the podcat joins in with the cutest little squeak ever. This is the fourth episode in the podcast's second season, "Stranger than Fiction." Click on our website link below for source information. If you like this episode, please subscribe, rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher, and consider supporting us at Patreon. Host: Paris Brown Produced, written, & edited by: Paris Brown Recorded at The Dope Spot Studios, Pomona, CA., USA. Music: Dr. Frankenstein. "Theme for 'The Mad Thinker'" from The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein's Lab, 2005 and Tchaikovsky. "Piano Concerto No. 1," 1874-75, as performed by Martha Argerich, 1975. Creative Commons attribution license. Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner ([email protected]) Logo lettering by: St. Anchor Graphics Website Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Reddit discussion group

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• 10. Truman Capote: The Socialite, the Shooting, and the Suicide, Part 1

  A glamorous but ostracized socialite shoots her husband in their home one night but claims she thought he was a prowler. High society (mostly) takes her word for it...until Truman Capote, the author of the first true crime novel, In Cold Blood, reminds the public of the Woodwards' fraught relationship and accuses Ann of murder by writing a vicious short story about her. This is part 1, which focuses on Capote's own tumultuous life. This is the third episode in the podcast's second season, "Stranger than Fiction." Click on our website link below for source information. If you like this episode, please subscribe and rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. Host: Paris Brown Produced, written, & edited by: Paris Brown Recorded at The Dope Spot Studios, Pomona, CA., USA. Music: Dr. Frankenstein. "Theme for 'The Mad Thinker'" from The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein's Lab, 2005 and Tchaikovsky. "Piano Concerto No. 1," 1874-75, as performed by Martha Argerich, 1975. Creative Commons attribution license. Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner ([email protected]; IG: nathalie_rattner). Logo lettering by: St. Anchor Graphics (IG: st.anchor). Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Reddit discussion group

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• 9. Assia Wevill: The Oven Suicides, Part 2

  In 1969, Assia Wevill--hailed as a great beauty and advertising talent--bizarrely committed suicide in the same manner as her paramour's wife six years earlier. To add to the tragedy, she killed her 4-year-old daughter, Shura. This is the story of a woman tormented by the dead poet Sylvia Plath, the refusal of Sylvia's husband Ted to commit to her even after he fathered her child, and the memory of her narrow escape from Hitler and the Holocaust. This is the second episode in the podcast's second season, "Stranger than Fiction." Click on our website link below for source information. If you like this episode, please subscribe and rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher. Host: Paris Brown Produced, written, & edited by: Paris Brown Music by: Dr. Frankenstein. "Theme for 'The Mad Thinker'" from The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein's Lab, 2005 and by Punch Deck. "Oppressive Ambiance," 2018, under a Creative Commons attribution license. Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

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