Breakfast with Mom

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”! Today I want to tell you a story about Colin McLaren, an Australian documentary filmmaker, crime writer and former police detective sergeant and task force team leader. Colin McLaren joined the police academy at the age of 24 and worked in law enforcement during the 1980s and 1990s.  He was asked to join a covert surveillance unit, h...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”! Today I want to tell you a story about Bertha Gifford, Missouri’s first known woman serial killer.  As always you can find my resources in the show notes along with our facebook link and email address. Bertha Alice Williams Gifford was born October 30th 1871 to William and Matilda Williams in Morse Hill Missouri, she was one of ten c...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”! In today's episode we will talk about season 2 of the HBO show Perry Mason and the true crime story that inspired the season.  In this episode we will compare and contrast the true crime story and the fictionalized story.  As of the recording of this episode season 2 has not yet wrapped so we have no idea how the season will end...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to "Breakfast with Mom"! Today I’m going to tell you about the song “Ode to Billie Joe”, the artist Bobbie Gentry and the Tallahatchie River.   **Trigger warning, we will be touching a little on suicide and child murder.** Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallahatchie_River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_Billy_Joe_(film) https://en.wi...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom” In 1878, the Dowdy family packed up their belongings and headed off to start their homestead in the hills of the Texas Hill Country. However, their dream of starting a new life quickly turned into a nightmare when four of the Dowdy children were brutally murdered. This unfortunate event is known as the Dowdy Family Massacre. Thank you...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”.  Today we want to tell you a story about Josephine Cochran, the inventor of one of the most frequently used appliances anyone can have in their home, hotel or restaurant.  Thank you for stopping by our table!  Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Cochrane https://www.invent.org/inductees/josephine-garis-cochran https://...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”.   Today I’m going to tell you about a Dallas newspaper called The Dallas Express formerly known as The Dallas Bee.  My sources will be listed below.  Today’s story combines two topics I love, history and true crime. Resources: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/king-william-elisha https://www.michaelcorcoran.net/hattie-burle...

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone!  I’m Shanoa and this is my mother Sandra.  We thought it would be fun to start a podcast of our own.  We call it “Breakfast with Mom”.  Whether you are listening in the car, getting chores done around the house, exercising or just sitting back and relaxing we hope you enjoy this passion project we have created for you.  We hope you stick around to hear all the thin...