Tea Time Crimes
A Criminal Confabulation: Narcissa Fowler and Kate Southern
Episode Summary
In 1876 in Pickens County, Georgia, ladies were expected to marry as soon as possible to avoid becoming spinsters. So when Bob Southern chooses Kate Hamrick over Narcissa Fowler, a rivalry fueled by gossip and jealousy erupts in the small town, leaving one woman dead and another on the run. Tune in to hear what led up to that fateful day and the arguments that begged for a killer to go free.
Episode Notes
In 1876 in Pickens County, Georgia, ladies were expected to marry as soon as possible to avoid becoming spinsters. So when Bob Southern chooses Kate Hamrick over Narcissa Fowler, a rivalry fueled by gossip and jealousy erupts in the small town, leaving one woman dead and another on the run. Tune in to hear what led up to that fateful day and the arguments that begged for a killer to go free.
Tea of the Day: Rishi Turmeric Ginger
Theme Music by Brad Frank
Sources:
- Deadly Woman: Season 9 Episode 12
- The Sad Case of Kate Southern
- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.69015000005450&seq=6
- http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2022/08/mrs-southerns-sad-case.html
- The Indiana State Sentinel - 12 Jun 1878, Wed · Page 6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/174373634/
- Choctaw County News - 18 Jul 1878, Thu · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/319518967/
- The Des Moines Register - 25 May 1878, Sat · Page 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/127680727/
- Bolivar Bulletin - 27 Jun 1878, Thu · Page 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/70784354/
- Memphis Daily Appeal - 26 May 1878, Sun · Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/167992261/
- The Morristown Gazette - 05 Jun 1878, Wed · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/586425650/
- The Morristown Gazette - 20 Oct 1886, Wed · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/586201026/
- Omaha Daily Bee - 06 Feb 1882, Mon · Page 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/738516589/
- Savannah Morning News - 21 Jan 1882, Sat · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/830438893/
- Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Journal and Messenger - 28 May 1878, Tue · Page 4
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