The tragic tale of a beautiful French Socialite has captivated audiences for over a century. But was she really just a victim, or is there a twist in the story that no one saw coming?
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - The Discovery
2:08 - NOT Blanche
3:03 - Back Story
5:16 - Why?
8:20 - The Aftermath
10:40 - The Trial & Marcel's Side Of The Story
13:39 - The Truth?
18:08 - Blanche's Fate
18:58 - My Thoughts
20:30 - Outro Recommendation!

SOURCES:
https://www.retronews.fr/faits-divers/echo-de-presse/2021/08/10/1901-lignoble-cas-de-la-sequestree-de-poitiers
https://gw.geneanet.org/gntstarmonnierblan?lang=en&n=monnier&p=charles+emile
https://www.bestfranceforever.com/prisoner-in-her-bedroom-for-25-years-the-terrible-reason-why-blanche-was-locked-up/
https://www.amazon.fr/Lhistoire-véridique-séquestrée-Poitiers-Jean-Marie/dp/2213609519/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=jean-marie+augustin&qid=1625234453&sr=8-3
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tragic-story-blanche-monnier-samantha-cooper
https://www.bestfranceforever.com/prisoner-in-her-bedroom-for-25-years-the-terrible-reason-why-blanche-was-locked-up/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/blanche-monnier
https://www.propensitypod.com/episodes/blanche-monnier
https://www.propensitypod.com/episodes/blanche-monnier
https://vocal.media/criminal/the-woman-who-was-locked-in-an-attic-for-25-years-for-falling-in-love
https://baltimoresun.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-blanche-monnier/109591100/
https://www.ranker.com/list/mademoiselle-blanche-monnier-facts/inigo-gonzalez
https://www.fabledcollective.com/blanche-monnier/#google_vignette
https://medium.com/new-writers-welcome/blanche-monnier-a-fate-worthy-of-a-horror-story-fa1cc1a6144d
https://www.bestfranceforever.com/prisoner-in-her-bedroom-for-25-years-the-terrible-reason-why-blanche-was-locked-up/
http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p42/screaming.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Monnier#:~:text="Blanche Monnier was imprisoned in,a Nightmare: Blanche Monnier”.

SOURCES:

https://mummipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Edith_Howard_Cook

https://www.gardenofinnocence.org/miranda-eve-childs-casket-found-under-home

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Howard_Cook

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/farewell-girl-buried-100-years-ago/

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/girl-found-buried-in-sf-backyard-identified/article_994d267a-0bf9-5d0c-b292-47b14921681c.html

https://www.gardenofinnocence.org/miranda-eve-childs-casket-found-under-home

https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a40981186/hidden-history-san-francisco-graveyards/#

A brief history of how drugs came over to America and some of the ways they were used in the Old West.

SOURCES:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-drugs/

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & The incident
1:15 - Other related Incidents
4:01 - UFO Sightings in 1947
7:07 - The Roswell Crash
12:00 - The Investigation & A Cover up?
14:48 - Alien Bodies & Hoaxes
17:32 - The Government ADMITS to lying!
19:33 - Frankie Rowe -The Firefighters Daughter
23:38 - The Military & The FBI have conflicting stories
27:40 - Declassified memos & Conspiracy Theories
29:25 - My Theory

SOURCES: http://roswellproof.homestead.com/

Video of Firemen’s Daughter interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es4AGX8Y_sw&t=2092s

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Operation_High_Dive

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-roswellufo/

https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/roswell-the-final-verdict/articles/6-things-witnesses-said-about-roswell

https://www.af.mil/The-Roswell-Report/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Roswell-incident

https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened

https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/27/2001330219/-1/-1/0/AFD-101027-030.pdf

https://libraries.uta.edu/roswell/images

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/roswell-ufo-incident

https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/roswell-the-final-verdict/articles/6-things-witnesses-said-about-roswell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-roswellufo/

http://vincentamatoauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11-Sealed-Affidavit-Of-Walter-G.-Haut.pdf

https://ia802804.us.archive.org/26/items/DayAfterRoswell/TheDayAfterRoswell.pdf

https://archive.org/details/witnesstoroswell0000care/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/roswellincidente0000care/mode/2up

https://www.liquisearch.com/roswell_ufo_incident/developments_since_1990s/walter_haut_controversy

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - What was a Knocker Upper?
1:58 - How did they stop waking the Neighbors?
2:50 - Mary Smith
4:09 - Who woke up, the Knocker Uppers?
5:20 - Knocking up as a second job
6:27 - Getting Knocked up means something different today!
7:14 - When did getting 'Knocked Up' start meaning: Getting pregnant?
9:01 - Helping the Police + Taking advantage to commit crimes
11:37 - The End of Knocking up

SOURCES:

https://beyondthename.weebly.com/smith-mary.html

https://www.mernick.org.uk/elhs/Newsletter/Series 1/2000 1-18.pdf

https://theoddmentemporium.tumblr.com/post/36990173546/collective-history-mary-smith-earned-sixpence-a

https://academic.oup.com/jvc/article/25/3/331/5829726

https://www.snopes.com/articles/439163/who-were-the-knocker-uppers/

https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/viewVideo.php?token=6057agw25821Hq2517904xZYm3814b49H&token=6057agw25821Hq2517904xZYm3814b49H

https://bigthink.com/the-past/knocker-uppers/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35840393

https://www.geriwalton.com/knocker-up/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/origin-of-knocked-up-slavery/

► In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing suffragette hunger strikes AND force feeding!

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Women’s Suffrage Unions/Groups

2:24 - From Peaceful to Militant

3:10 - Hunger Strikes & Forced Feedings

5:52 - Lady Constance Lytton

10:48 - The Cat & Mouse Act

13:30 - WWI changes minds

18:09 - The 1918 Act - Men couldn’t vote either!

19:44 - The 1923 Act

► THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, Based on actual events.

►Sources:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/edwardian/cat-mouse-force-feeding-suffragettes-hunger-strike/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4812186/Hunger-striking-suffragettes-pictured-rare-images.html
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-study-the-right-to-vote/the-right-to-vote/birmingham-and-the-equal-franchise/1918-representation-of-the-people-act/
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/overview/thevote/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_(Equal_Franchise)_Act_1928
https://www.historyextra.com/period/edwardian/what-life-like-women-edwardian-britain/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-48459860
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-44210012

Valentina Vassilyeva was born in Russia in 1707 in the city of Shula, which is northeast of Moscow. She was a peasant and is said that between the years of 1725 and 1765 Valentina & her husband Feodor Vassilyeva had 69 children! There were 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets. That means she had 27 pregnancies and deliveries.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:13 - Valentina & Feodor Vassilyeva
1:33 - The Guinness Book of World Records
1:54 - Was this really possible?
4:08 - How Long was she pregnant for? Multiples genetics
5:42 - What Records do we have?
7:00 - History or HEARSAY?!?

SOURCES:

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/2023/07/01/64a02569ca4741a8518b459a.html

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151020-did-one-woman-really-give-birth-to-69-children

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_Vassilyev

Ya’ll, this lady not only stole children to sell them, but she would also RE-POSSESS them, if the adoptive parents couldn’t pay. She would RE-POSSESS BABIES?!?

Timestamps:
00:38 - Early Life and Career
5:33 - Georgia’s Reputation & The Truth
10:16 - Opportunity for BIG Money!
11:55 - Co-Conspirators
13:05 - Norma Sue & her 5 siblings
13:45 - How she got away with all of this?
15:25 - Shady Health Care Professionals & Gene Tapia’s story
16:49 - Free Medical Care Ruse
18:14 - June Camille Kelly
19:22 - Newspaper Ads & Christmas BABY give away!
20:56 - Stories of Victims + Norma Sue 23:38 - The Investigation
26:30 - What happened to the money?
27:43 - Survivors
29:30 - Adoption Changes

SOURCES: https://unearthedmemphis.com/2020/07/19/episode-one-georgia-tann-and-the-tennessee-childrens-home-society/
Legacy of Devy Bruch
https://fayettewoman.com/legacy-devy-bruch-life-stolen-baby.html

Georgia Tann Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tann

Tennessee Children’s Home Society
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Children%27s_Home_Society

This woman stole children from poor to give to the rich
https://nypost.com/2017/06/17/this-woman-stole-children-from-the-poor-to-give-to-the-rich/

The Hollywood Baby Snatcher
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1131282/The-Hollywood-Baby-Snatcher-The-sinister-story-woman-stole-children-sold-stars.html

TN State Library and Archives
Georgia Tann/Tn Children’s Home Society Investigation Scrapbooks, 1950
https://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/georgia-tanntennessee-childrens-home-society-investigation-scrapbooks-1950

http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/11/child-care-provider-kidnapper-serial.html

Find a Grave: Ann Atwood Hollinsworth
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51788547/ann-hollinsworth

Find a Grave: George Allen Hollinsworth
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54178737/george-allen-hollinsworth

http://www.southernhollows.com/episodes/routine-papers

https://casetext.com/case/state-et-al-v-hollinsworth-et-al

https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-tann-tennessee-children-home-society-survivors-speak-out-2019-12