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Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Mary Ludwig Hays, commonly known as Molly Pitcher, was a legendary figure of the American Revolutionary War. Molly was a common nickname for women named Mary in the Revolutionary time period.  Mary was born on October 13, 1754 in Trenton, New Jersey, British America.  Historians argue over where she was born, but she was either born in...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!   This episode contains content related to domestic abuse as both physical and sexual assault.  Some may find this triggering, please listen at your own risk. On March 9, 1977 Francine Hughes stood outside her Michigan home, watching it burn. Inside was her abusive husband, Mickey. Earlier that night, he had beaten and raped her for th...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! On February 18, 1820 – 27 year old Lavinia Fisher was hanged in South Carolina for murder, alongside her husband. She wore her white wedding dress for her execution. They were executed for the robbery and murders of guests at their inn, known as the Six Mile House, at Charlestown.  Lavinia was an American criminal who, according to urb...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I wanted to highlight an actor who was once in the military.  I really didn’t know much about but was an excellent actor, but I’m glad I took the time to get to know him a little better.  Charles Bronson was born Charles Dennis Buchinsky on November 3, 1921 to Walter and Mary Buchinsky.  He was the eleventh of fifteen children, i...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! The San Francisco Witch Killers are known to be James Clifford Carson (a.k.a. Michael Bear Carson and Susan Barnes Carson (aka Suzan Bear Carson). Resources: https://dbpedia.org/page/Michael_Bear_Carson_and_Suzan_Carson https://www.oxygen.com/blogs/the-bizarre-case-of-the-california-witch-killers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_B...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom.  HAPPY 2024!   In today’s episode we would like to do a 2023 wrap up episode.   I would like to express our gratitude to all the consistent listeners.  I cannot tell you how shocked I am at the amount of downloads we have had for our small podcast.  We released our intro episode on March 6th and our first full episode was released on M...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  We are going to conclude our Christmas series.  Today’s Christmas story takes place in New York City 1897.  I found this story when I watched the 2009 movie on Netflix.  I’m sure some of our listeners have seen the movie’s thumbnail while surfing Netflix for a Christmas movie but may not know it was based on a true story. Laura Virgin...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! We are continuing our Christmas series.  Today’s Christmas ghost story comes from the Victorian Era, 1868 to be exact.  My resources can be found in the show notes. This story is called A Strange Christmas Game written by Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell also known as Mrs J. H. Riddell.  Charlotte Riddell was born on September 30, 1832 in Carrickf...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Since we are in the holiday season, for the month of December, I thought we would do something different and go off script.  Instead of talking about historical true crime or discussing people and events we find interesting, for our December episodes I would like to talk about old forgotten traditions.  Today I want to read a Christmas...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today I want to tell you about the Teapot Dome Scandal.  The Teapot Dome Scandal was a major political scandal in the United States during the 1920s. It centered around the secret leasing of federal oil reserves, including the Teapot Dome oil field in Wyoming, and two other fields in California, to private oil companies without competi...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today we talk about Bessie Coleman.  Bessie Coleman was a pioneering African American aviator. She was born on January 26, 1892, in Texas.  Bessie Coleman faced racial and gender discrimination but was determined to become a pilot. She moved to France to pursue her dream since flight schools in the United States wouldn't admit her...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today discuss the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.  These riots took place from June 3 to June 8, 1943, primarily between American servicemen, who were predominantly white, and young Mexican American and Mexican immigrant men, who were often seen wearing distinctive "zoot suits."  The zoot suit was a flamboyant style of clothing charact...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today we discuss the murder on August 15, 1914 at The Frank Lloyd Wright Mansion, also known as The Taliesin Massacre.  Taliesin is a town in Wisconsin.  Frank Lloyd Wright was an influential American architect who left an indelible mark on the world of architecture in the 20th century.  He designed more than 1,000 structures over a cr...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to another episode of Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Bass Reeves, a lawman from the late 1800’s.  In light of the new series coming out on Paramount sometime this year.  The series will be called Lawmen: Bass Reeves, created by Chad Feehan.  This series will be part of the Taylor Sheridan production portfolio.   Bass Reeves, born in July...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  As you, our listeners, can see from the title of this episode today we are going to share with all of you our weekend in Austin at the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival. I would like to take this time to shout out the podcast creators we had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with. Where the Weird Things Are Nature vs Narci...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to a bonus episode of “Breakfast with Mom”.  By the time this goes live Mom and I will be headed to Austin for the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival.  We wanted to take this time to ask a favor.  We are asking, our listeners, to take a few minutes to leave us a rating and review on whatever platform you use to listen to our show.  I know it doesn’t seem...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”.   Today we want to tell you a story about a very dark time in our history.  The Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot or the Black Wall Street Massacre, was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921.  You can find all our resources in the show notes.  Cheers!...

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about a very confusing story.  Today’s story comes with trigger warnings, we will touch on murder and suicide, please listen with caution.  My resources can be found in the show notes. Scott Ruffalo was born on February 1, 1969 to parents Frank Lawrence and Marie Rose Ruffalo in Kenosha Wisconsin.   He...

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about the remarkable life and groundbreaking achievements of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer. Strap in and get ready for a journey through history, innovation, and the visionary mind of Ada Lovelace. Resources:  https://findingada.com/about/who-was-ada/ https://www.biography.com/scholars-ed...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today I want to tell you about Anna Moore, she was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island, New York.  For those of you that do not know or remember, Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Jayne Mansfield and the mandate for tractor trailers to be equipped with the rear bumper bar.   Jayne Mansfield was a very iconic American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Mansfield was known f...

Send us Fan Mail   Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you the story about Lora Lee Michel.   Lora Lee Michel is an American former child actress. She appeared in several feature films during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1950, she was the focus of a custody dispute in Beverly Hills, California, in which she alleged that her adopti...

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...