Mary Elizabeth Dunning

John P. Dunning

Cordelia Botkin

Karen:

The Chocolate Box murders of 1898

Episode sources:

1. “Murder by Mail” (Murder by Gaslight) 2022

2. “Dying for Chocolate” by Kerry Segrave

3. “Murder by mail: The story of San Francisco's most infamous female poisoner” by Katie Dowd (SFGate)

4. "Death of Mrs. J. P. Dunning" "Another Death at Dover from Eating Chocolate Bon Bons" (Daily Republican) 1898

5. “The Request for Extradition” (The San Francisco Call) 1898

6. “Victims of Arsenic Poisoning” (The Morning News) 1898

7. “Strangers with Candy: Delaware‘s Chocolate Box Murders of 1898” by Jake Rossen (Mental Floss) 2023

8. “State of Delaware, Kent County” (The San Francisco Call) 1898

9. “Candy from a Stranger: The Gifts of Cordelia Botkin” by Paul Drexler (San Francisco Examiner) 2015

10. “Cordelia Botkin” (Murderpedia)

11. “Mrs. Botkin May Have Double in San Francisco” (The San Francisco Call) 1900

12. “Dover's infamous 'Chocolate Candy Murders' brought back to life on anniversary” by Jerry Smith (Delaware Online) 2018

13. Arsenic: A Murderous History (Dartmouth Toxic Metals)

14. “Victorian era” by Susie Steinbach (Britannica)

Georgia:

The murder of Dominick Ciscone during the 1977 New York City blackout

Episode sources:

1. “45 Years Ago Tonight, a Blackout Struck New York City” by James Barron (New York Times)

2. “A Look Back: Major blackout hits New York City on July 13, 1977” (CBS New York)

3. “Blackout: Chapter 1” (PBS American Experience)

4. “Ed Koch” (Wikipedia)

5. “How we got here: the 70's, the decade that brought you modern life (for better or worse)” by David Frum (Basic Books) 

6. “Keep Your Mouth Shut” by Clare Amari and Rachel Bailey (Shoe Leather Podcast, Columbia University)

7. “Mystery of the 17-year-old boy who was shot dead during New York City's 1977 power blackout” by Cheyenne Roundtree (Daily Mail)

8. “NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: CARROLL GARDENS; Blackout. Murder. Mystery.” by Edward Lewine (New York Times)

9. “New York City blackout of 1977” (Wikipedia)

10. “Northeast Blackout of 1965” (Wikipedia)

11. “NYC Blackout: What It Was Like When the City Lost Power in 1977” (NBC New York)

12. “New York's Power Outages Offer Rare Stargazing Opportunity” By Joe Rao (Space.com)

13. “The Infamous 1977 Blackout Is Focus Of New PBS Documentary” by Jen Chung (Gothamist)

14. “The mystery behind the only murder during the 1977 NYC blackout” by Brad Hamilton (New York Post)

15. “The Night New York’s Lights Went Out” by Kirstin Butler (PBS American Experience)

16. “The Real Story of the New York City Blackout of 1977” by Gena Vazquez (Medium)

17. “These photos show the infamous New York City blackout of 1977” (Rare Historical Photos)

18. “Why the 1977 Blackout Was One of New York’s Darkest Hours” by Jennifer Latson (Time)

Lightless skyline of New York City during the 1977 blackout

(Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images)

Dominick Ciscone

People walking during the New York City blackout, July 13, 1977

(Alamy)