Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - What was a Knocker Upper?
1:58 - How did they stop waking the Neighbors?
2:50 - Mary Smith
4:09 - Who woke up, the Knocker Uppers?
5:20 - Knocking up as a second job
6:27 - Getting Knocked up means something different today!
7:14 - When did getting 'Knocked Up' start meaning: Getting pregnant?
9:01 - Helping the Police + Taking advantage to commit crimes
11:37 - The End of Knocking up
https://beyondthename.weebly.com/smith-mary.html
https://www.mernick.org.uk/elhs/Newsletter/Series 1/2000 1-18.pdf
https://theoddmentemporium.tumblr.com/post/36990173546/collective-history-mary-smith-earned-sixpence-a
https://academic.oup.com/jvc/article/25/3/331/5829726
https://www.snopes.com/articles/439163/who-were-the-knocker-uppers/
https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/viewVideo.php?token=6057agw25821Hq2517904xZYm3814b49H&token=6057agw25821Hq2517904xZYm3814b49H
https://bigthink.com/the-past/knocker-uppers/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35840393
https://www.geriwalton.com/knocker-up/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/origin-of-knocked-up-slavery/

► In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing suffragette hunger strikes AND force feeding!

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Ana Luisa
2:24 - Women’s Suffrage Unions/Groups
3:10 - From Peaceful to Militant
5:52 - Hunger Strikes & Forced Feedings
10:48 - Lady Constance Lytton
13:30 - The Cat & Mouse Act
18:09 - WWI changes minds
19:44 - The 1918 Act - Men couldn’t vote either!
21:15 - The 1923 Act

https://www.historyextra.com/period/edwardian/cat-mouse-force-feeding-suffragettes-hunger-strike/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4812186/Hunger-striking-suffragettes-pictured-rare-images.html
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-study-the-right-to-vote/the-right-to-vote/birmingham-and-the-equal-franchise/1918-representation-of-the-people-act/
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/overview/thevote/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Equal_Franchise)_Act_1928
https://www.historyextra.com/period/edwardian/what-life-like-women-edwardian-britain/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-48459860
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44210012

Women don't have a monopoly on dangerous fashion trends. Edwardian men also sacrificed their health for the sake of wearing popular stiff collars. The collars were detachable, so they could be worn with different shirts, making them practical. But they also were so stiff that they choked numerous men when they fell asleep wearing them.

As they dozed off, their head fell forward and the collar's rigid material blocked their windpipe. Other men also choked on their food when their collar was too tight. While it's impossible to know how many men died this way, there were enough cases to earn these stiff collars the nickname, "father killers.”
SOURCES: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/what-not-to-wear/https://www.kickassfacts.com/why-didnt-britain-allow-dangerous-fashion-choices/#google_vignette
https://medium.com/the-illusion-of-choice/even-menswear-can-be-dangerous-those-edwardian-collars-969a102144af

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150624-when-fashion-kills

The Most Mysterious Disappearance in History, this is a cold case that ignites every parent’s worst fears: on Christmas morning, 1945, five siblings vanish from their family home in West Virginia during a raging fire. The devastated Sodder family spends the rest of their lives trying to find out what happened. Despite the work of dozens of investigators and thousands of amateur sleuths, the mystery remains: what happened to the Sodder children?
The Most Mysterious Disappearance in History - UNSOLVED: Sodder Children: Mysterious Disappearance After House Burned Down

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - ALREADY KNOW this story? Think again!
1:06 - Backstory
2:25 - Christmas Eve 1945
5:41 - Tragedy Strikes
9:42 - Fire Department response
11:30 - Police & Fire Determine cause
14:20 - George & Jennie’s response
16:43 - Odd Coincidences & The Sodders Investigation
20:54 - Police Suspect / Arrest
23:22 - George & Jenny’s Theories
24:39 - Who had a motive?
27:55 -Janulato Family
33:22 - The Coroners Inquest
35:31 - Remains? Evidence of a conspiracy?
38:01 - George finds bones!
40:02 - Offering a Reward + Supposed sightings of the kids
43:01 - Where the children taken our of the country? Mafia?
44:48 - Postal codes in Italy or Mexico?
48:17 - The Family’s continued search
49:19 - My Initial Theory (SPOILER: It has changed)
50:36 - Was not a cover up? Stacey Horn’s EVIDENCE
52:32 - Does this happen a lot? Was someone torturing this family?
53:50 - The fire burned MUCH longer than reported
54:46 - My NEW theory + The OTHER Sodder Children
56:31 - What do YOU think happened? + Outro
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►Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/creepy-stories/2 (First I ever heard about it) https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvrcbiog/WhatReallyHappenedToChildrena.html
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/mystery/5-curious-details-about-the-missing-sodder-children
https://www.history.com/shows/historys-greatest-mysteries/season-3/episode-8
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/
https://archive.ph/20131014191841/http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_358182913.html#selection-1117.1-980.111
https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/The-Mysterious-Disappearance-of-the-Sodder-Children
Evidence that the children possibly actually died in the fire: https://stacyhorn.com/2005/12/28/long-long-long-sodder-post/

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the strange tale of Walburga “Dolly” Oesterreich her secret attic lover and her husbands death. Let me know what you think! ~ Christina
#history #historystories #historyandhearsay #truecrime #didtheygetawaywithmurder
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►Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro + DISCLAIMER
0:36 - Fred & Dolly's Early life
1:50 - The Drama Begins
3:45 - Otto's Attic Life
8:00 - The Incident
9:18- The aftermath
11:00 - More affairs - The guns are found?
14:04 - Dolly is Arrested +Otto is discovered & flees
16:12 - Dolly is betrayed & arrested again
17:41 - Dolly's Trial
19:38 - Otto's Trial
20:32 - Dolly & Otto's life after their Trials
21:14 - My Thoughts + Another Theory & Outro
22:44 - BLOOPERS
► THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, always do your own research when searching for the truth =) **
**Anytime you research a story, you may find some conflicting details. In my episodes, I be telling the ones that seem to be the most widely accepted as fact, but I may also mention multiple versions of the story - when I come across details that I feel effect the overall story enough to be worth mentioning. ***

►Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/female.O/o/oesterreich-walburga.htm
https://laist.com/news/la-history/hidden-history-of-la-the-murderous-lover-who-lived-in-a-silver-lake-attic
https://laist.com/news/la-history/hidden-history-of-la-the-murderous-lover-who-lived-in-a-silver-lake-attic
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2022/11/14/dolly-oesterreich/?safari=1&A1c=1
https://allthatsinteresting.com/dolly-oesterreich
https://www.milwaukeemag.com/the-legend-of-milwaukees-most-infamous-love-triangle/
https://annasayce.com/man-attic-results-intuitive-experiment-24/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-married-woman-who-kept-her-lover-in-the-attic
https://www.vintag.es/2016/06/the-strange-and-true-case-of-dolly.html
https://murderpedia.org/female.O/o/oesterreich-walburga.htm

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the case of 11 year old Virginia Tokin who died suddenly. Striken with grief her family kept her body for over a year!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Tokin Family Tragedy
1:44 - Victorian Era Death & Funeral Customs
11:23 - Superstitions in the Victorian Era
12:11 - The Tokin Family's story goes viral - DEATH THREATS?!?
14:14 - Location of the Mausoleum and Tokin Mansion
15:45 - Theories & Outro

**THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, always do your own research when searching for the truth =) **
Sources:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132408594/virginia-webster-tonkin
https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2018/02/six-feet-under-glass-girl-in-glass.html
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/bmd_death/?name=Virginia_Tonkin&geo_a=t&geo_s=au&geo_t=us&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41018&o_lid=41018&o_sch=Web+Property
https://www.funeralbasics.org/8-intriguing-funeral-customs-victorian-era/#:~:text=Victorians%20carried%20the%20deceased%20out,trapped%20in%20a%20looking%20glass
https://americanstudiesmediacultureprogram.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/the-american-perception-of-death-in-the-1890s-and-1990s/
https://thesolitaryhistorian.com/2020/11/06/mourning-the-dead-funeral-practices-in-1870-and-1900/
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/09/evolution-of-american-funerary-customs-and-laws/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16765952/cora-l.-sweet
https://www.victorianlondon.org/cassells/cassells-35.htm
Additional works Consulted:
“September 13, 1997 (Page 10 of 63).” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1927-2008), Sep 13, 1997, pp. 10, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Singleton, S. (1994, Jun 18). The high cost of death–the funeral business. New York Amsterdam News Retrieved from
“Mr. Wyman’s Funeral.” Boston Journal, 1 Jan. 1897.
Brett, Mary. The Custom Of Mourning During The Victorian Era. 2011, https://www.nps.gov/jofl/learn/historyculture/upload/MourningArticle2011.rtf.

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At the turn-of-the-century in Oswego New York, tragedy struck the Tonkin family,. As whispers about a disturbing incident began to circulate - the family’s response sent shockwaves through the community.
Today’s story takes place in October 1899 in Oswego New York, where one of the wealthiest families in the area - The Tonkin Family experienced the tragic loss of their 11 year old daughter, who passed away suddenly from appendicitis. Despite the fact that this family could afford all the best doctors, they were unable to save sweet Virginia.
Shocked and overwhelmed with grief, the Tonkins placed Virginia's body in a hermetically sealed, (basically airtight) glass-topped coffin.
They held the viewing in the library of the house, and then afterward moved the fairy tale coffin into her old bedroom, until that they could build a family mausoleum in a nearby cemetery.
But as the months went by people began to notice that Virginia was never moved and it appeared as though the family was continuing to hold nightly vigils in Virginia's room. This began to attract tabloid attention and gossip began spreading like wildfire.