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Death in Dakota
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Death in Dakota tells true crime and disaster stories from the American Great Plains.
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BONUS: Episode 9A: An Unreached Mountain
Aug 12, 202100:38:58Tap to summarizeOn this bonus true crime companion episode, Bryce travels to Denver, Colorado, where the crash of another airplane, along the same route as flight 409, raises suspicions about what really happened. The case would go on to live in infamy as the second of its kind to ever occur in the United States, and the first in which cameras would be allowed into a court of law. Audiences should listen to Episode 9: Mystery on Medicine Bow before diving in. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20100623145747/http://uwlib5.uwyo.edu/omeka/archive/files/03autumnannals_09ddebde6b.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20040301155939/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/jack_graham/ https://law.jrank.org/pages/541/Assassination-Assassination-law.html https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33539Civil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport https://books.google.com/books?id=s1QEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/80-years-later-plane-bombing-remains-a-mystery/1964534/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150215232408/http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/jack-gilbert-graham
Transcribe →Episode 9: Mystery on Medicine Bow
Aug 10, 202100:29:45Tap to summarizeOn this week's disaster episode, Bryce travels to Medicine Bow Peak in Wyoming to investigate the crash of United flight 409. The flight killed 66 passengers and tied two other crashes as the deadliest aviation incidents of 1955. Sources: https://gettotext.com/all-good-things-come-in-threes-origin-and-meaning/ https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550322-0 https://web.archive.org/web/20081215065525/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807756,00.html https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33537 https://web.archive.org/web/20100623145747/http://uwlib5.uwyo.edu/omeka/archive/files/03autumnannals_09ddebde6b.pdf https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/united-flight-409-1955-crash-killed-66-people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Altensteig_mid-air_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdedicine_Bow_Peak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_in_the_United_States#Deadliest_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_409
Transcribe →Episode 8: The Bodies We Bury
Aug 3, 202100:27:20Tap to summarizeOn this week's true crime episode, Bryce travels to Genoa, Nebraska to cover the Genoa Indian School as well as some of the history of residential boarding schools across North America. As mentioned in the episode, you can text 907-312-5085 with your zip code or city and state to find out what nations and people lived on your land prior to you. (Data or text rates may apply). You can also visit https://native-land.ca for an interactive world map. Sources: https://genoaindianschool.org/about-genoa-indian-boarding-schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misconceptions_about_HIV/AIDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee_people https://www.avert.org/professionals/history-hiv-aids/origin https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/child-labor https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/world/canada/Indigenous-residential-schools-photos.html https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/flashback-friday-tragedies-and-successes-genoa-indian-school https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/trachoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1448 https://www.doi.gov/about https://www.doi.gov/secretary-deb-haaland https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/us/indigenous-children-indian-civilization-act-1819.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/a-century-of-trauma-at-boarding-schools-for-native-american-children-in-the-united-states
Transcribe →Episode 7: The Feast
Jul 27, 202100:23:48Tap to summarizeOn this week's disaster episode, Bryce travels to Kansas, and across the Great Plains region, to report on the disgusting summer in which billons of locusts overtook the region and ruined pretty much everything. Sources: 1874: The Year of the Locusts by Chuck Lyons The US Treasury CNN National Geographic
Transcribe →Episode 6: The Assassinations of Roe
Jul 13, 202100:40:06Tap to summarizeOn this week's true crime episode, Bryce travels to Wichita, Kansas to discuss the turbulent life of Dr. George Tiller, an abolition provider who was assassinated by an anti-abortion extremist while attending church. He also discusses a brief history of abortion rights in the United States and the similar assassinations of Drs. David Gunn, John Baynard Britton, and Barnet Slepian.
Transcribe →BONUS: Episode 5A: Fraud in the Falls
Jul 8, 202100:28:01Tap to summarizeSurprise! We weren't done with this week's disaster story. Listeners are strongly encouraged to listen to Episode 5: They Won't Stop Coming before listening to this one. On this surprise bonus true crime companion episode, Bryce travels far outside our jurisdiction to Juneau, Alaska where Special Forces Army Captain William James Clark is shopping for ATVs at a gun show in 2010. An unexpected connection to the I-40 bridge collapse complicates the disaster response and changes our understanding of the aftermath of that May day. Selected Source: The Curious Cases of William James Clark by Austin Baird for Anchorage Daily News. Full sources can be found at brycevanvleet.com/deathindakota --- Purchase Tired Pages: Stories in paperback or for your Kindle here.
Transcribe →Episode 5: They Won't Stop Coming
Jul 6, 202100:26:16Tap to summarizeOn this week's disaster episode, Bryce covers the I-40 Bridge Collapse in Webbers Falls Oklahoma. This disaster led to the deaths of 14 people and changed the way Oklahoma thought about its infrastructure forever. Selected Sources: NTSB Accident Report Tulsa World A full list of sources can be found at brycevanvleet.com Bryce's book can be purchased here. We all have to die. Just try not to die in Dakota.
Transcribe →Episode 4: Love and Lemurs
Jun 23, 202100:35:37Tap to summarizeIn this week's true crime episode, Bryce takes us to Crestone, Colorado where the leader of a New Age religious movement, or a cult, is found dead and mummified. A full list of sources can be found at brycevanvleet.com/deathindakota. We all have to die. Just try not to die in Dakota.
Transcribe →Episode 3: Children in the Cockpit
Jun 15, 202100:31:01Tap to summarizeOn this week's disaster episode, Bryce takes us to Cheyenne, Wyoming to cover the tragic 1996 plane crash that killed child pilot Jessica Dubroff, her father Lloyd, and pilot instructor Joe Reid. The crash led to the Child Pilot Safety Act being passed in the United States Congress. Selected Sources: Final Adventure by Rob Howe for People Magazine NTSB Aircraft Accident Report There's no such thing as a 'Child Pilot': The tragedy of Jessica Dubroff by Andrew Chamings for SF Gate. Full sources and show notes can be found at brycevanvleet.com/deathindakota. We all have to die. Just try not to die in Dakota.
Transcribe →Episode 2: Horror at Higgins Gulch
Jun 8, 202100:35:01Tap to summarizeOn this week's true crime episode, Bryce takes us to Spearfish, South Dakota to investigate the brutal torture and murder of Chester Poage at the hands of three killers. This case led to South Dakota's first death penalty execution in over sixty years. Selected Sources: Murderpedia Rapid City Journal articles by Kevin Woster, Bill Cissell, Bill Harlan, and Andrea Cook. Full sources and links can be found by visiting brycevanvleet.com/deathindakota We all have to die. Just try not to die in Dakota.
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