The Podcast: Bad Trial Town (Re-Release)
Bad Trial Town (Re-release)
Summary
Bad Trial Town, aka “For the Love of Moses” is about a sensational murder that occurred on Forest Street, near the Majestic Hall in Bellingham, Washington. It’s about a man who shot his wife and his son-in-law, who was also his wife’s lover. It’s about fancy-talking lawyers with pink toupees. It’s about an acquittal based on patriarchal biblical law. And lastly, it’s about the flaws in our justice system then and NOW.
Content warning on this one for topics of domestic violence and other disturbing situations.
This episode is a re-release from the 2020 season of “Bad Town” on the City of Subdued Podcast, hosted by Annika Fleming, Maria Dalla Gasperina and yours truly along with Good Time Girls founder Marissa McGrath.
We are taking a break to focus on some research and development for the next season, meanwhile we are going to offer up for your listening enjoyment, re-released episodes from the City of Subdued Podcast Season 2 - BAD TOWN - featuring yours truly.
Some of you will have heard these before and if so feel free to revisit or not. For those who haven’t these were recorded back in 2020 during peak pandemic. We were the guest hosts of Annika and Maria on the City of Subdued Podcast, along with Marissa McGrath, founder of the Good Time Girls Tours. We discussed a lot of Bad Bellinghistory - some of our darkest tales, lots of true crime.
Please do give us a shout and tell us what you’d like to hear from us meanwhile. Keep following us on social media and the rest as we have some fun events both in person and virtual planned for the dark months ahead.
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Meanwhile, enjoy this little trip down the recent memory hole.
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To read more about this story, also see Todd Warger’s Murder & Mayhem in the Fourth Corner, True Stories of Whatcom, Skagit & San Juan Counties’ Earliest Homicides.
In this episode we discuss the early history of Bellingham’s historic Hotel Leo, aka the Leopold Hotel. From its earliest days as the Byron House through its take-over and expansion under PNW beer baron Leopold Schmidt. And since it’s spooky season, we include stories about some “potential ghosts” that might be wandering the halls…