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Episode 77: A Life of Wealth and Privilege with a Little Bit of Candy and Kidnapping

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2117763/fan_mail/new] Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Tonight, we tell the story of Helen Brach — candy heiress, socialite, horse enthusiast — and the mystery that still lingers nearly fifty years later. Was it kidnapping?  Was it murder?  Or was it something even darker? Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Brach [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Brach] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7576712/helen-marie-brach [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7576712/helen-marie-brach] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brach%27s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brach%27s] https://www.brachs.com/about-us [https://www.brachs.com/about-us] https://www.newspapers.com/image/528324062/?match=1&terms=helen%20brach [https://www.newspapers.com/image/528324062/?match=1&terms=helen%20brach] All the things:  Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king [https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king/] Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured [https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured] Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa with the help of ChatGPT Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112] X (formerly Twitter): @breakfastmompod Email: breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com [breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com]

Episode 76: The Woman Who Warmed the World – The Life of Alice H. Parker

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2117763/fan_mail/new] Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today’s episode is about warmth — not just the kind that fills a room on a winter night, but the kind that comes from innovation, persistence, and vision. This is the story of Alice H. Parker — the woman whose groundbreaking heating system laid the foundation for the central heating systems we rely on today. Let’s travel back to the early 1900s.  Imagine it’s January in the northeastern United States. There’s no thermostat on the wall. No automatic heat humming through vents. If you wanted warmth, you had to build a fire — usually in a fireplace using a wood or coal-burning stove. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_H._Parker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_H._Parker] https://www.aga.org/alice-parker-the-mother-of-natural-gas-heating/ [https://www.aga.org/alice-parker-the-mother-of-natural-gas-heating/] https://pensacolaenergy.com/alice-parker-trailblazer-in-space-heating/ [https://pensacolaenergy.com/alice-parker-trailblazer-in-space-heating/] https://members.nabwic.org/blogpost/1762819/489469/NABWIC-SERVES-AS-AN-HISTORIAN-FOR-BLACK-WOMEN-IN-CONSTRUCTION-FEATURING-ALICE-H-PARKER [https://members.nabwic.org/blogpost/1762819/489469/NABWIC-SERVES-AS-AN-HISTORIAN-FOR-BLACK-WOMEN-IN-CONSTRUCTION-FEATURING-ALICE-H-PARKER] https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/parker-alice-h-1895/ [https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/parker-alice-h-1895/] All the things:  Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king [https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king/] Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured [https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured] Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa with the help of ChatGPT Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112] X (formerly Twitter): @breakfastmompod Email: breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com [breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com]

Episode 75: The Trial of Elizabeth Wharton

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2117763/fan_mail/new] Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! In 1871, a woman stood accused in a courtroom that did not fully recognize her as a legal equal—or, in many ways, as a full person.  The charge against her was serious. But what mattered just as much as the alleged crime was who she was believed to be: a wife, a woman, and—according to the State—someone who had stepped far outside her proper role. This is not just a story about guilt or innocence. It’s a story about how justice works when society has already made up its mind. True crime loves endings. A verdict, a sentence, a clean line between guilt and innocence. But history almost never gives us that, because when the courtroom doors closed in 1871… Elizabeth Wharton’s story didn’t end. It just got quieter. And quieter stories are harder to hear. Sources: https://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msaref04/msa-sc-5339-68-192/pdf/bg-wharton-trial-0002.pdf [https://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msaref04/msa-sc-5339-68-192/pdf/bg-wharton-trial-0002.pdf] https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/3752/trial-of-mrs-elizabeth-g-wharton-on-the-charge-of-poisoning-general-w-s-ketchum-tried-at-annapolis-md [https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/3752/trial-of-mrs-elizabeth-g-wharton-on-the-charge-of-poisoning-general-w-s-ketchum-tried-at-annapolis-md] https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2021/08/a-baltimore-borgia.html All the things:  Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king [https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king/] Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured [https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured] Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa with the help of ChatGPT Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112] X (formerly Twitter): @breakfastmompod Email: breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com [breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com]

Episode 74: The Tonry’s- For Better or For Worse

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2117763/fan_mail/new] Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom.   Today’s story has a connection to the assasination of Abraham Lincoln.  Do you recognize the name Eugenia Surratt or Elisabeth Surratt or Mary Surratt? Anna: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9723985/eugenia_susanna-tonry [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9723985/eugenia_susanna-tonry] https://civilwartalk.com/threads/anna-surratt-%E2%80%9Ca-daughter-is-a-daughter-for-all-her-life%E2%80%9D.170818/ [https://civilwartalk.com/threads/anna-surratt-%E2%80%9Ca-daughter-is-a-daughter-for-all-her-life%E2%80%9D.170818/] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jenkins-2705 [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jenkins-2705] https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/09/anna-surratt.html [https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/09/anna-surratt.html] William: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65131607/william_p-tonry [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65131607/william_p-tonry] https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/post-1283.html [https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/post-1283.html] All the things:  Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king [https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king/] Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured [https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured] Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa with the help of ChatGPT Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112] X (formerly Twitter): @breakfastmompod Email: breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com [breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com]

Episode 73: The Christmas Tree

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2117763/fan_mail/new] Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! It’s been a while since we have been able to record.  Life has been wild since Thanksgiving between work and family stuff. Today, we have the Teen Daughter with us.  I wanted today’s episode to be festive with this going live the week of Christmas.  I have the history of the Christmas tree and a story about a Christmas Tree along with two AITA stories. All the things:  Music: by Dmitrii Kolesnikov [https://pixabay.com/users/the_mountain-3616498/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=439998] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=439998] Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured [https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured] Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa Social Media:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090200010112] X (formerly Twitter): @breakfastmompod Email: breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com [breakfastwithmompodcast@gmail.com]