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1 year ago

The Zankou Chicken Murders

The first of the Mysteries on the Menu series

Episode Notes

Books

Garcia, Chris. Food and Crime, London: Pen & Sword Crime, 2022. ISBN: .978-1399063524

Panossian, Razmik. The Armenians: From Kings and Priests to Merchants and Commissars. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-231-50861-8. Link: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-armenians/9780231508618

Der Matossian, Bedross. Shattered Dreams of Revolution: From Liberty to Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8047-8717-4. Link: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=22185

Petrosian, Irina, and David Underwood. Armenian Food: Fact, Fiction & Folklore. Yerevan: Yerkir Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-9800491-0-7. Link: http://armenianfoodbook.com/

Sarkisian, Sonya. Armenian Cuisine: Traditional Recipes for the Armenian Table. Los Angeles: Armenian Heritage Foundation, 1997. ISBN: 978-0-9642447-1-3.

Boghosian, Armen. Lavash: The Bread that Launched a Thousand Meals. Yerevan: Tigran Mets Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-9815571-0-0.

Articles and Web Resources

Berberian, Houri. "The Armenian Diaspora: An Overview." The Armenian Weekly, April 24, 2015. Link: https://armenianweekly.com/2015/04/24/diaspora-overview/

Der Sarkissian, Aline. "Zankou Chicken: An Armenian Immigrant Success Story." Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2016. Link: https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-zankou-chicken-20161210-story.html

Seferian, Taleen. "The Culinary Legacy of Armenian-Americans." The Smithsonian Institution, August 5, 2019. Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/culinary-legacy-armenian-americans-180972816/

Melkonian, Aram. "The History of Zankou Chicken: From Beirut to Los Angeles." Eater LA, March 15, 2017. Link: https://la.eater.com/2017/3/15/14928368/zankou-chicken-history-beirut-los-angeles

Tashjian, Anoush. "Exploring Armenian Cuisine Through Its Most Famous Dishes." Serious Eats, July 20, 2020. Link: https://www.seriouseats.com/armenian-cuisine-guide-recipes

Websites and Blogs

Zankou Chicken Official Website. "Our History." Zankou Chicken. Link: https://www.zankouchicken.com/our-history

Cookbook Village. "Armenian Cookbooks - Selection of Vintage and Contemporary Armenian Recipe Books." Link: https://www.cookbookvillage.com/collections/armenian-cookbooks

Armenian Museum of America. "Exploring Armenian Culinary Traditions." Link: https://www.armenianmuseum.org/armenian-culinary-traditions

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1 year ago

The Hollywood Con Queen

AN ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENT LOOK AT A SERIES OF ARTIFICIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

Episode Notes

Articles

"The Great Hollywood Con Queen Scam: How a Fake Film Executive Was Conning Workers Worldwide" Hollywood Reporter, by Scott Johnson, and Rebecca Sun, November 27, 2018. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/great-hollywood-con-queen-scam-how-a-fake-film-executive-was-conning-workers-worldwide-1164627/

"Inside the Hollywood Con Queen Scam: A 2-Year Investigation Into the Man Who Fooled Tinseltown" Variety, by Gene Maddaus, June 25, 2020. https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/hollywood-con-queen-scam-investigation-1234693476/

"The Hollywood Con Queen: The Most Audacious Scam Artist in History?" Rolling Stone, by Brent Lang, and Matt Donnelly, June 27, 2020. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hollywood-con-queen-scam-podcast-investigation-1017670/

"Inside the Mind of the Hollywood Con Queen" BBC News, by Vincent Ni, July 8, 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53335546

"The Story Behind the Hollywood Con Queen" GQ Magazine, by David Kushner, August 10, 2020. https://www.gq.com/story/hollywood-con-queen-david-kushner

"How the FBI Tracked Down the Hollywood Con Queen" The Guardian, by Rory Carroll, November 20, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/20/hollywood-con-queen-harga-legal-clerk-arrested

"How an Investigation Tracked Down the Mastermind Behind the Hollywood Con Queen" The New York Times, by Nicholas Kulish, December 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/world/asia/hollywood-con-queen.html

Podcasts "Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen" A Podcast by Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis. https://www.campsidemedia.com/shows/chameleon-hollywood-con-queen" Dial-A-Crime: The Hollywood Queen Con with Rebecca Lieb" https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-hollywood-queen-con-with-rebecca-from-ghost-town/id1554614595?i=1000528596815

Video Reports

"The Real Story Behind the Hollywood Con Queen" ABC News Nightline, November 25, 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/hollywood-con-queen-scam-74574665

Books

"The Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for the World's Most Dangerous Impostor" Book by Ryan Morris, 2021. https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Con-Queen-Worlds-Dangerous/dp/1542026661

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1 year ago

The Boston Marathon Bombing

One of the darkest days in one of America's greatest cities.

Episode Notes

Boston Globe. "The Day the City Changed Forever." https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/specials/boston-marathon-bombing Esquire. "The Boston Marathon Bombing, Seven Years Later: A Look Back at How the Event Unfolded." https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a31969688/boston-marathon-bombing-2020/ Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Boston Marathon Bombings." https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/boston-marathon-bombings National Public Radio (NPR). "Timeline of the Boston Marathon Bombing and Investigation." https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/04/17/400908326/timeline-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing-and-investigation The New York Times. "Boston Bombing Suspects: A Portrait of an Immigrant Family." https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/boston-marathon-bombing.html The Guardian. "The Boston Marathon Bombing: How Events Unfolded." https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/apr/19/boston-marathon-bombing-how-it-unfolded Time. "Remembering the Boston Marathon Bombing 7 Years Later." https://time.com/5817983/boston-marathon-bombing-anniversary/ CNN. "Boston Marathon Bombing Fast Facts." https://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/03/us/boston-marathon-bombings-fast-facts/index.html CBS News. "How the Boston Marathon Bombing Case Unfolded." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boston-marathon-bombing-case-timeline/ The Washington Post. "Boston Marathon Bombing: What We Know About the Attackers." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/03/04/boston-marathon-bombing-what-we-know-about-the-attackers/ ABC News. "The Boston Marathon Bombing: Timeline of What Led Up to the Explosions." https://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-marathon-bombing-timeline-led-explosions/story?id=18955394 NBC News. "A Look Back at the Boston Marathon Bombing: The Lives Lost, The Recovery, and The Resilience." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boston-marathon-bombing-remembering-lives-lost-resilience-city-six-years-n995286 Boston Herald. "The Boston Marathon Bombing: Five Years Later." https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/04/15/the-boston-marathon-bombing-five-years-later/ Rolling Stone. "The Bomber: How a Popular, Promising Student Was Failed by His Family, Fell into Radical Islam, and Became a Monster." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-bomber-how-a-popular-promising-student-was-failed-by-his-family-fell-into-radical-islam-and-became-a-monster-804997/ HBO. "The 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing Documentary." https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/boston-marathon-the-hunt PBS Frontline. "The Brothers Who Became the Boston Marathon Bombers." https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-brothers-who-became-the-boston-marathon-bombers/ The Atlantic. "Why the Tsarnaev Brothers Attacked the Boston Marathon." https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/boston-marathon-bombers/357569/ Los Angeles Times. "Boston Marathon Bombing Timeline: From Gruesome Day to Justice Served." https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-boston-marathon-bombing-timeline-20150406-story.html USA Today. "The Boston Marathon Bombing: A Look Back at the Tragedy and the Hunt for the Tsarnaev Brothers." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/19/boston-marathon-bombing-timeline/2098281/ VICE. "How the Boston Marathon Bombing Changed American Policing." https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb3wpa/how-the-boston-marathon-bombing-changed-american-policing History.com. "The Boston Marathon Bombing: What Happened, What We Learned." https://www.history.com/topics/crime/boston-marathon-bombings The Atlantic. "Five Years After the Boston Marathon Bombing: How The City Recovered." https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/04/five-years-after-the-boston-marathon-bombing-how-the-city-recovered/558338/ Smithsonian Magazine. "What Drove the Boston Marathon Bombers to Kill?" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-drove-boston-marathon-bombers-kill-180968315/ The Boston Marathon Official Site. "The Impact of the Boston Marathon Bombing." https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/boston-marathon-history The New Yorker. "How the FBI Tracked Down the Boston Marathon Bombers." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/22/the-trail TIME Magazine. "One Year After the Boston Marathon Bombing: The City’s Unlikely Journey from Tragedy to Strength." https://time.com/61274/one-year-after-the-boston-marathon-bombing/ The New York Times. "The Tsarnaev Brothers’ Deadly Trail: A Timeline." https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/tsarnaev-brothers-timeline-boston-marathon-bombing.html The Wall Street Journal. "How Boston’s Emergency Services Responded to the Marathon Bombing." https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-bostons-emergency-services-responded-to-the-marathon-bombing-1428678324 ABC News. "The Boston Marathon Bombing: Survivors Recount Their Stories." https://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-recount-stories/story?id=23405734 Boston Magazine. "What the Boston Marathon Bombing Teaches Us About Survivorship." https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2018/04/13/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors/ WGBH News. "Boston Strong: How the City Came Together After the Marathon Bombing." https://www.wgbh.org/news/2018/04/13/local-news/boston-strong-how-city-came-together-after-marathon-bombing CNN. "Boston Marathon Bombing: Three Years Later." https://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/15/us/boston-marathon-bombing-2016/ NPR. "Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor's Emotional Testimony." https://www.npr.org/2015/04/07/398296571/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-emotional-testimony Los Angeles Times. "How the Boston Marathon Bombing Inspired a Film." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-boston-marathon-movie-20161221-story.html CBS News. "Behind the Scenes: The Making of 'Patriots Day'." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/behind-the-scenes-the-making-of-patriots-day/ PBS. "American Experience: Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing." https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/marathon/ National Geographic. "The Boston Marathon Bombing: Inside the Hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/4/130416-boston-marathon-bombing-tsarnaev-brothers-america-terrorism/ Boston Herald. "A City United: Boston’s Response to the Marathon Bombing." https://www.bostonherald.com/2013/04/15/a-city-united-bostons-response-to-the-marathon-bombing/ Huffington Post. "Boston Marathon Bombing: How Social Media Played a Crucial Role." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/boston-marathon-bombing-social-media_n_3117694 Boston Globe. "Remembering the Victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing." https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/specials/marathon/victims The Atlantic. "Boston Marathon Bombing: The Impact on Immigration Debate." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/boston-marathon-bombing-impact-immigration-debate/316289/ Time. "The Boston Marathon Bombing and the Rise of Homegrown Terrorism." https://time.com/3838735/boston-marathon-bombing-homegrown-terrorism/ PBS Frontline. "Terror in Boston: How the Bombing Changed U.S. Homeland Security." https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/terror-in-boston-how-the-bombing-changed-us-homeland-security/ New York Daily News. "Boston Marathon Bombing: Examining the Aftermath of the Tragedy." https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boston-marathon-bombing-aftermath-article-1.2274054 Smithsonian Magazine. "Boston Strong: A City Rebuilt After Terror." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/boston-strong-a-city-rebuilt-after-terror-180957089/

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1 year ago

The Carnegie Library Book Heist

AI looks at Theft in the Rare Book World

Episode Notes

Notes go here Fessenden, Marissa. "Inside the Carnegie Library's $8 Million Literary Heist." Smithsonian Magazine, December 3, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/inside-carnegie-librarys-8-million-literary-heist-180970962/.

French, Megan. "How Two Men Allegedly Stole $8M in Rare Books, Maps, and Atlases from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library." People, July 21, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://people.com/crime/how-two-men-allegedly-stole-8-million-in-rare-books-from-pittsburghs-carnegie-library/.

Grady, Constance. "The Carnegie Library’s $8 Million Rare Book Theft Shows How Vulnerable Cultural Heritage Is." Vox, July 26, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/7/26/17613444/carnegie-library-heist-rare-books-stolen. Levenson, Eric. "Two Men Charged in Scheme to Steal $8M Worth of Rare Books from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library." CNN, July 21, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. ]https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/21/us/carnegie-library-theft-charges/index.html. Lutz, Eric. "How a Pittsburgh Librarian and a Rare Books Dealer Stole $8 Million in Artifacts." Vanity Fair, January 31, 2020. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/01/how-a-pittsburgh-librarian-and-a-rare-books-dealer-stole-dollar8-million-in-artifacts. Smith, Andy. "Carnegie Library Heist: The $8 Million Rare Book Theft." Book Riot, August 21, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://bookriot.com/carnegie-library-heist/. Tegler, Eric. "How Two Employees Allegedly Stole Millions in Rare Books from Carnegie Library." Rolling Stone, July 23, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/carnegie-library-rare-books-theft-703611/. Zraick, Karen. "2 Charged in $8 Million Theft from Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh." The New York Times, July 20, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/us/carnegie-library-rare-books-theft.html.

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1 year ago

Black Bart

One of Early California's most legendary figures

Books: Rae, Charles. Black Bart: Boulevardier Bandit. The intriguing life of Charles E. Boles, better known as Black Bart, is chronicled in this comprehensive biography. Rae explores Bart’s early life, his infamous career as a stagecoach robber, and the cultural impact he had on the American West. Available at Google Books. Secrest, William B. California Desperadoes: Stories of Early California Outlaws in Their Own Words. Secrest delves into the stories of several notorious outlaws, including Black Bart. The book includes first-hand accounts and rare historical details. Find it on Amazon. Horan, James D. Desperate Men: The James Gang and the Wild Bunch. While focusing on different outlaws, Horan’s work provides context for the era in which Black Bart operated. It also contrasts his methods with those of more violent contemporaries. Available at Internet Archive. Articles: O'Neill, John. "Black Bart: California's Infamous Stagecoach Robber." True West Magazine, October 2015. This article offers a detailed account of Black Bart’s criminal career and his poetic flair, which left a lasting legacy in popular culture. Access it at True West Magazine. "Black Bart: The Poet Bandit." HistoryNet. This article explores the life of Black Bart, focusing on his poetic notes left at crime scenes, which distinguished him from other outlaws of the time. Read more at HistoryNet. Documentaries: Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West: Black Bart. This documentary provides a visual and narrative history of Black Bart, with interviews from historians and reenactments of his notorious heists. Available for streaming on YouTube. The Wild West: Black Bart. This episode from the Wild West series gives an in-depth look at Black Bart’s life, his criminal activities, and eventual capture. It also places his story within the broader context of Western outlaws. Watch it on PBS

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2 years ago

Dr. Sam Sheppard

One of the most frustrating cases of the mid-20th century. Warning: some wrestling content.

Episode Notes

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2 years ago

Robert Earl Burton & The Fellowship of Friends

A problematice Cult Leader

Episode Notes

Notes go here1.    Garcia, Chris. "Food and Crime: Theft, Poisoning and Murder for Food, Pen & Sword True Crime 2021. URL: [https://www.amazon.com/Food-Crime-Theft-Poisoning-Murder/dp/1399063529] 2.    FBI. "White-Collar Crime." [URL: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/white-collar-crime] 3.    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. "Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking." [URL: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/organized-crime/index.html] 4.    National Institute of Justice. "Crime and Justice Research." [URL: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/crime] 5.    U.S. Department of Justice. "Crime Statistics." [URL: https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/statistics] 6.    The Economist. "Special Report: Crime." [URL: https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021/11/13/special-report-crime] 7.    American Psychological Association. "Understanding and Preventing Crime." [URL: https://www.apa.org/topics/crime] 8.    The New York Times. "Crime and Criminals Section." [URL: https://www.nytimes.com/section/us/crime] 9.    The Guardian. "Crime News." [URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/crime]

  1. World Economic Forum. "The Global Risks Report 2021." [URL: https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2021]
  2. International Association of Chiefs of Police. "Policing Resources." [URL: https://www.theiacp.org/policing-resources]
  3. Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Crime and Justice Data." [URL: https://www.bjs.gov/]
  4. National Crime Prevention Council. "Crime Prevention Resources." [URL: https://www.ncpc.org/topics/crime-prevention/]
  5. Library of Congress. "Criminal Justice Research." [URL: https://www.loc.gov/research/criminal-justice/]
  6. The Atlantic. "The Crime Issue." [URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2021/11/]
  7. Scientific American. "Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention." [URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/crime-justice/]
  8. The Conversation. "Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention." [URL: https://theconversation.com/us/topics/crime-prevention-1931]
  9. United Nations. "Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice." [URL: https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/crime-prevention-and-criminal-justice/index.html]
  10. Federal Trade Commission. "Consumer Information: Scams and Fraud." [URL: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/scam-alerts]
  11. National Criminal Justice Reference Service. "Criminal Justice Resources." [URL: https://www.ncjrs.gov/]
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2 years ago

Historical Insurance Fraud - Part Two

A look at the Rising Sun

Episode Notes

Balleisen, Edward J. "Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff." Princeton University Press, 2017. [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691164557/fraud-an-american-history-from-barnum-to-madoff]

  1. Ehrenberg, Ronald G. "Capital Markets: Fraud, Negligence, and Insider Trading." John Wiley & Sons, 1990. [https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Capital+Markets%3A+Fraud%2C+Negligence%2C+and+Insider+Trading-p-9780471603823]
  2. Geis, Gilbert. "White-Collar and Corporate Crime: A Documentary and Reference Guide." Greenwood Publishing Group, 2011. [ https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A3154C ]
  3. Green, Stuart P. "Lying, Cheating, and Stealing: A Moral Theory of White-Collar Crime." Oxford University Press, 2006. [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lying-cheating-and-stealing-9780198038096?cc=us&lang=en&]
  4. Helmholtz, R. H. "On Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors' Bills." Harvard Law Review, vol. 34, no. 2, 1920, pp. 161–191. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1327654]
  5. MacGillivray, I. H., and C. D. Germain. "MacGillivray on Insurance Law: Relating to All Risks Other Than Marine." Sweet & Maxwell, 2008. [https://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Product/Insurance-Law/MacGillivray-on-Insurance-Law/9780421952503]
  6. Marshall, Ben. "The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat." Broadway Books, 2009. [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/112539/the-last-stand-of-fox-company-by-bob-drury-and-tom-clavin/]
  7. Montalbano, Thomas J. "Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting: New Tools and Techniques." John Wiley & Sons, 2006. [https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Fraud+Auditing+and+Forensic+Accounting%3A+New+Tools+and+Techniques-p-9780471784876]
  8. Spitzer, Martin L. "Regulating the Insurance Industry: Protecting Consumers and Insurers." Yale University Press, 2010. [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300123153/regulating-insurance-industry]
  9. Vaughan, Emmett J. "The Law of Suretyship and Guarantee: A Comprehensive Treatise on Suretyship and Guarantee." Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1992. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/law-of-suretyship-and-guarantee-a-comprehensive-treatise-on-suretyship-and-guarantee/oclc/27060869]
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2 years ago

Historical Insuarance Fraud, part 1

Yep, it's an artificially intelligent two-parter!

Episode Notes

  1. Bickerstaff, Linda. "A Brief History of Insurance Fraud." Claims Journal, August 8, 2013, https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2013/08/08/234370.htm.
  2. Shapiro, Stuart. "Insurance Fraud: A Brief History." Business Insurance, September 14, 1997, https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/19970914/story/10008556/insurance-fraud-a-brief-history.
  3. Hatcher, Donald L. "A Brief History of Insurance Fraud in America." LexisNexis Legal Newsroom, August 9, 2019, https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/insurance/b/insurance-law-blog/posts/a-brief-history-of-insurance-fraud-in-america.
  4. National Insurance Crime Bureau. "History of Insurance Fraud." NICB, Accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.nicb.org/prevent-fraud-theft/history-insurance-fraud.
  5. Gencarelli, Tony. "The History of Insurance Fraud." SIS International Research, September 6, 2019, https://www.sisinternational.com/the-history-of-insurance-fraud/.
  6. Mackenzie, Don. "A History of Insurance Fraud: From Sinking Ships to Staged Crashes." CBS News, May 30, 2012, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-history-of-insurance-fraud-from-sinking-ships-to-staged-crashes/.
  7. Broyles, Jake. "A Historical Perspective on Insurance Fraud." Insurance Journal, August 7, 2019, https://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/academy-journal/2019/08/07/534574.htm.
  8. Halio, Stephen. "Insurance Fraud: A Historical Perspective." IRMI, Accessed April 19, 2024,
  9. Chappell, Bill. "Insurance Fraud - A History." The Hartford, Accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.thehartford.com/business-insurance/strategy/history-of-insurance-fraud.

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2 years ago

The Murder of Harvey Milk

An legendary figure silenced

Episode Notes

  1. Shilts, Randy. "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk." St. Martin's Griffin, 2008. https://www.amazon.com/Mayor-Castro-Street-Times-Harvey/dp/0312560850
  2. Jones, Cleve. "When We Rise: My Life in the Movement." Hachette Books, 2016. https://www.amazon.com/When-We-Rise-My-Movement/dp/0316315435
  3. Black, Allida M. "Letting Go: A Memoir." Feminist Press at CUNY, 2018. https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/letting-go
  4. Milk, Harvey. "An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings." University of California Press, 2013. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520275492/an-archive-of-hope
  5. Weiss, Mike. "Double Play: The Hidden Passions Behind the Double Assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk." Vince Emery Productions, 2010. http://www.vinceemery.com/2010/11/01/double-play/
  6. "The Times of Harvey Milk." Documentary film directed by Rob Epstein, 1984. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088275/
  7. "Milk." Biographical film directed by Gus Van Sant, 2008. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/
  8. "The Harvey Milk Papers: Personal and Political Collections." Online Archive. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5t1nf3d3/
  9. "Harvey Milk Foundation." Official Website. https://milkfoundation.org/
  10. "Harvey Milk: The First Openly Gay Elected Official in California." Biography.com. https://www.biography.com/activist/harvey-milk
  11. "Harvey Milk." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk
  12. "Remembering Harvey Milk." San Francisco Chronicle. https://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/Remembering-Harvey-Milk-50-years-after-his-16953535.php
  13. "The Legacy of Harvey Milk." Human Rights Campaign. https://www.hrc.org/blog/the-legacy-of-harvey-milk
  14. "Harvey Milk: The Life and Legacy of the Martyred Mayor of Castro Street." The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/harvey-milk-life-death-lgbt-san-francisco-castro-a8587426.html
  15. "Harvey Milk's Final Words: 'If a Bullet Should Enter My Brain, Let That Bullet Destroy Every Closet Door.'" The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/11/27/harvey-milks-final-words-if-a-bullet-should-enter-my-brain-let-that-bullet-destroy-every-closet-door/
  16. Podcast Episode: "The Assassination of Harvey Milk." The Assassination. https://www.theassassinationpodcast.com/episodes/2018/11/18/the-assassination-of-harvey-milk
  17. Podcast Episode: "Remembering Harvey Milk's Murder 40 Years Later." The Bay. https://www.kqed.org/news/11690329/remembering-harvey-milks-murder-40-years-later
  18. Television Program: "The Times of Harvey Milk." PBS American Experience. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/milk/
  19. Television Program: "Harvey Milk: The Assassination and Legacy." CNN Special Report. https://www.cnn.com/specials/us/harvey-milk
  20. YouTube Video: "The Assassination of Harvey Milk - San Francisco City Hall." Real Stories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgu3SjJt5g
  21. YouTube Video: "Harvey Milk Assassination - CBS News." CBS News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmOrwIuhNQ
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