May Fosburgh

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Description

A dapper burglar murdered a 24-year-old spinster. Or did he?

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Credits

Hosted and edited by Lars Hacking

Researched and written by Charlie Worroll

Music by Marc Walloch

Cover art by Lars Hacking

Sources

INTERNET

• https://theberkshireedge.com/connections-part-i-invitation-to-a-murder/

• https://theberkshireedge.com/connections-part-ii-crime-of-the-century-the-trial/

• https://theberkshireedge.com/connections-crime-of-the-century-part-iii-the-verdict-and-aftermath/

NEWSPAPER

• Pittsfield's Fosburgh Murder Mystery: Scandal in the Berkshires, Leskovitz, 2016

• Cowardly Murder of a Young Woman, The Buffalo Review, 21 Aug 1900

• Fosburgh Accused of Killing His Sister, Buffalo Evening News, 26 Jan 1901

• Government Shows Its Hand in the Fosburgh Case, The Boston Globe, 19 Jul 1901

• First of the Family, The Boston Globe, 22 Jul 1901

• Brother’s Story, Fall River Evening News, 23 Jul 1901

• Chief on Stand, The Boston Globe, 23 Jul 1901

• State Ends Its Case, The Baltimore Sun, 24 Jul 1901

• Defense Scores, Fall River Daily Evening News, 25 Jul 1901

• Summary of Closing Day Fosburgh Trial, The Boston Globe, 26 Jul 1901