Twisted Roots: A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast

Froseth Family Massacre

S3E3: In this brief but difficult episode of Twisted Roots, we share yet another family massacre in our archive. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] page for updates, and review the documentation on our website [https://twistedrootspod.com/]. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots] Our Website: https://twistedrootspod.com/ [https://twistedrootspod.com/] Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots]! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

Manslaughter by Billiard Cue

S3E2: One day in 1907, a man walks into a bar on a routine work round and is thrown into a coma, never to awake again.  He was "the best man in the world", according to his wife and young son. Hear the stories of Charles Breitwieser and John Kleis in this episode of Twisted Roots All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] page for updates, and review the documentation on our website [https://twistedrootspod.com/]. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots] Our Website: https://twistedrootspod.com/ [https://twistedrootspod.com/] Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots]! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

A Death at La Junta Army Air Field (1944)

S3E1: This episode is a "Call to Action" to help find additional information to determine the cause of circumstances surrounding the death of Pvt. Theodore W. Haley at the La Junta Army Air Field in 1944.  We will also touch on the murder of another solider from that same base, Waddell W. Keith Jr (1953), and Theodore's mother Lucy Conn (1930), and we will even learn about one of the first semo-pro baseball players of the Negro League Baseball, the first husband of Lucy Conn, Pearl Franklin "Specks" Webster. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] page for updates, review the documentation on our website [https://twistedrootspod.com], and join in on the discussions in our Discord server [https://discord.com/invite/pHATUkGc]. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots] Our Website: https://twistedrootspod.com [https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page] Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots]! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" [https://soundcloud.com/eerilycalm/eerily-calm-horror-ambience] by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

Updates (Lizzie Halliday & Pearl Osten)

S2E9: In this episode we will have a brief announcement on the future of Twisted Roots and will explore some interesting updates on some previous episodes about Lizzie Halliday (The Talented Mrs. Halliday), and Pearl Osten. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] page for updates, review the documentation on our wiki [https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page], and join in on the discussions in our Discord server [https://discord.com/invite/pHATUkGc]. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots] Our Wiki Archives: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page [https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page] Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] Discord (chat & discuss!): https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv [https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv] Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots]! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" [https://soundcloud.com/eerilycalm/eerily-calm-horror-ambience] by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.

Killing at the Golden Eagle Hotel

S2E8 - In the true old west of Sacramento, California in 1855 - an abusive father and a desperate daughter - with a gentle but proud young man caught between them.  There wasn't room enough for all of them in that town.  Was justice really done?  For the first time, you can hear the story of the killing of Amiel Brickell, quoted directly from the accounts of the time, and determine for yourself. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship manifests, immigration records, land records, etc, etc, etc. Please be sure to like, rate, and subscribe - and don't forget to follow our Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] page for updates, review the documentation on our wiki [https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page], and join in on the discussions in our Discord server [https://discord.com/invite/pHATUkGc]. All links below: Support Twisted Roots! (Membership!): https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots] Our Wiki Archives: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page [https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page] Facebook page (for updates): https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/ [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootsPod/] Discord (chat & discuss!): https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv [https://discord.gg/wdDzF74VBv] Please support Twisted Roots to keep this podcast going! Become a member at BuyMeACoffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/twistedroots]! Theme music: "Forever Yours", original vocals and piano tracks produced by Arthouse Acoustics, with additional original tracks and mixing by Tyrai Lawton Background music: "Eerily Calm Horror Ambience" [https://soundcloud.com/eerilycalm/eerily-calm-horror-ambience] by EerilyCalm, Creative Commons License, released 1 Jun 2021 Researched, Written, Recorded, and Edited by Dale Sheldon.