Tea Time Crimes

The Strange Disappearance of Nell Cropsey

Episode Summary

Content warning: This episode contains suicide ideation and mentions of suicide. It’s the turn of the twentieth century in North Carolina and Nell Cropsey has gone missing.  All fingers point to Jim Wilcox, her ex-boyfriend who was the last person to see her alive. But the story isn’t that simple: there are fake letters, strange sightings, and too many rumors to count. Follow along and let us know what you think happened to Nell Cropsey.

Episode Notes

Content warning: This episode contains suicide ideation and mentions of suicide. 

It’s the turn of the twentieth century in North Carolina and Nell Cropsey has gone missing.  All fingers point to Jim Wilcox, her ex-boyfriend who was the last person to see her alive. But the story isn’t that simple: there are fake letters, strange sightings, and too many rumors to count. Follow along and let us know what you think happened to Nell Cropsey. 

Tea of the Day: Fairie Tea 

Theme Song by Brad Frank

Sources:

• Nell Cropsey and Jim Wilcox- The Chill of Destiny by William E. Dunstan
• The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey: A Nonfiction Novel by Bland Simpson
• https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/nell-cropsey
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40129598/ella-maud-cropsey
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107911521/james-wilcox
• https://northcarolinaghosts.com/coast/ghost-nell-cropsey/
• https://www.dailyadvance.com/news/local/a-proper-funeral-cropsey-murder-figure-given-funeral-80-years-later/article_2cf0ff2c-188d-5e13-a4ba-be24344c069f.html
• https://www.dailyadvance.com/features/local/author-wilcox-wrongly-convicted-of-cropsey-murder/article_f17c6c23-f236-58fc-8a24-24b526b451df.html
• https://www.dailyadvance.com/features/local/dunstans-new-book-about-nell-cropsey-mystery/article_fe7c18cd-117b-5e32-bb1f-aa43f2be4bab.html
• https://medium.com/murder-mystery-and-mayhem-in-the-old-north-state/the-murder-of-nell-cropsey-a58d6f155d50
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIEpNdzrOKs
• Salisbury Evening Post - 05 Feb 1913, Wed · Page 8 https://www.newspapers.com/image/80503805/
• Omaha World-Herald - 22 Dec 1901, Sun · Page 6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/859691748/
• The Daily Free Press - 10 Jan 1903, Sat · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/76115627/
• The Greensboro Record - 15 Feb 1908, Sat · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/936415598/
• Salisbury Evening Post - 25 Mar 1915, Thu · Page 6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/80508975/
• Birmingham Post-Herald - 12 Jan 1902, Sun · Page 14  https://www.newspapers.com/image/882679700/
• The Sunbury American - 28 Mar 1902, Fri · Page 8 https://www.newspapers.com/image/511915128/
• The Dayton Herald - 10 Mar 1902, Mon · Page 8 https://www.newspapers.com/image/392132704/
• Wilkes-Barre Times  - 10 Mar 1902, Mon · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/119405500/
• Democrat and Chronicle - 15 Sep 1902, Mon · Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/135296561/
• The Charlotte News - 11 Mar 1902, Tue · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/57833673/
• The Times-Mercury - 19 Mar 1902, Wed · Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/67769910/