Author: The Kitchen Table Historian
Episode 51: The Koenig Murder/Suicide of 1870
William Koenig came to America with his family for a better opportunity. On a warm August night in 1870, it…
The Koenig Murder/Suicide of 1870
Some have said that the most dangerous people that you can ever come across are people that have nothing to…
Episode 50: The Girl in Room 30: The Murder of Marie Wick
In 1921, 18-year-old Marie Wick checked into a Fargo hotel while travelling to visit her aunt. What happened that night…
The Girl in Room 30: The Murder of Marie Wick
Earlier this year, I was driving down Illinois Route 84, heading north toward the town of Fulton. The road runs…
Episode 48: Ghosts of the Pandemic, Part 2: Home Front
In 1918, Americans on the home front were supporting their troops fighting in Europe while waging a war of their…
Episode 46: Ghosts of the Pandemic, Part 1: Arrival
As America prepared to fight World War I, the deadliest pandemic the world has ever seen arrived silently. 50 million…
Ghosts of the Pandemic, Part 3: Burial
Mt. Zion is a small cemetery outside of Newton, Iowa. For decades, farmers and their families have buried their loved…
The Devil You Know: The John Hoskins Murders
I have always loved Adams County. Located in the southwestern portion of the state, Adams county is the least populous…
Ghosts of the Pandemic, Part 2: Home Front
When I was attending Iowa State University, I decided that I needed to take up running. Up until that point,…
Table Scraps, Vol. 2
History is a forgetful creature. While there is much about our past that we know, there is so much more…