• Episode 147 Helen Spence Arkansas Delta Folk Hero

  • May 27 2024
  • Duración: 29 m
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Episode 147 Helen Spence Arkansas Delta Folk Hero

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  • In 1931, 18 year old Helen Spence became a household name, and Arkansas folk hero, after she sought vengeance for the death of her father and stepmother. Over the next three years, the media followed Helen’s trial, imprisonment, second murder charge, prison escapes, and her murder at the age of 22.

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    Episode Sources

    • Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Helen Spence (1912–1934)
    • People’s River History Project: A Secret History of American River People
    • Denise White Parkinson: Daughter of the White River: Depression-Era Treachery and Vengeance in the Arkansas Delta
    • Only In Arkansas: River of Redemption: The Helen Spence Story
    • The Daily World: Decisions of the Arkansas Supreme Court, January 13, 1930
    • The Shreveport Journal: Wounded Man is Thrown in River, April 24, 1930
    • Hope Star: Body of Timber Worker, Drowned in River, Found, June 5, 1930
    • The Columbus Ledger: Girl Kills Accused Slayer of Father in Courtroom, January 20,1931
    • The Barre Daily Times: Young Woman Didn’t Trust Jury with Trial, January 20, 1931
    • Sun Herald: Courtroom Slayer Gets Five Year Term, April 2, 1931
    • Reading Times: Arrest Trusty for Killing Girl Who Fled Prison, July 13, 1934
    • Daily News: Tragedy of Helen Spence Eaton, July 22, 1934
    • Hope Star: Martin Acquitted in Eaton Slaying, September 28, 1934
    • Arkansas Times: The river people, August 17, 2006
    • Fox 16 TV: River Justice: pardon sought for Delta folk hero
    • Malvern Daily Record: Helen Spence: An Arkansas Folk Hero for the Ages, March 6, 2023

    Episode Music

    Impromptu, Traveler and Unanswered Questions by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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