S3E3: In this brief but difficult episode of Twisted Roots, we share yet another family massacre in our archive. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship man...
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S3E3: In this brief but difficult episode of Twisted Roots, we share yet another family massacre in our archive. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship man...
The Fainting Widow, or the Murder of Heinrich Werner
Twisted Roots: A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast
44 minutes
1 year ago
The Fainting Widow, or the Murder of Heinrich Werner
S2E1: In this new format episode of Twisted Roots, genealogist Dale Sheldon tells the true story of a murder within his own family. In the barn of a secluded ranch in Washington State in 1914, a man is brutally murdered by persons unknown. His wife, (and Dale's 2nd great-aunt), is put through the ordeal of a trial - her four children scattered to various households. But did she do it? Listen, and decide for yourself. All information told on Twisted Roots, including qu...
Twisted Roots: A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast
S3E3: In this brief but difficult episode of Twisted Roots, we share yet another family massacre in our archive. All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation such as newspaper articles, court records, census records, vital records (birth/marriage/death), WW1 & WW2 Draft registrations, other military records, city directories, social security administration records, voter registrations, probate records, ship man...