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Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Ross Eliot
47 episodes
7 months ago
A college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
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A college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
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Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Babette in Retrospect and FAQ I

Was Babette's relationship with the Judge and Billie a polyamorous triad? Did Babette commit suicide? Wouldn't Babette's story be better told by someone less cis? Babette's house sounds super creepy, was it haunted? You share a lot of personal bodily details about Babette. Isn't that disrespectful? Was Babette aware the FBI surveilled her? What was Babette's relationship with the LGBTQ+ community? Did Babette speak German? Before the book came out, how was Babette viewed by the local trans community?

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1 year ago
19 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Epilogue

This final chapter includes details from Babette's FBI files and other supporting documentation that completes some gaps in her story.
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1 year ago
14 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 45 - Alaska / A strange reunion

Near the end of silver trolling season, a chance dive bar encounter in Sitka loops back an unexpected figure from Babette's obsessions.
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1 year ago
12 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 44 - Nausea while longlining

At long last I read Babette's favorite book during a longlining season in the Gulf of Alaska. I become struck with its appropriateness while writing about our times together. 
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1 year ago
4 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 43 - Late night croquet / The second kidnapping

A poorly planned memorial to Babette is disrupted by emergency croquet with gutterpunks. Following an auto theft, another kidnapping unfolds.
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1 year ago
17 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 42 - Exodus III / Leaving the Tolman Street house

After concluding final affairs, I make a final tour of Babette's house before ending my residence and moving on.
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1 year ago
2 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 41 - Duty and deceptions / The ashes return

Babette's lawyers encounter difficulties and Bonnie Church brings me a surprising gift.
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1 year ago
42 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 40 - Instructions fulfilled / The house exploration

Following Babette's wishes, Zoya and I scour the house and eliminate Canadian material yet many other items come to light only deepening the mysteries.
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1 year ago
27 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 39 - The second death / Babette's family

Following Babette's sensational demise, Roselyn reveals her true identity. I also meet Babette's third wife and the Ellsworth family becomes inadvertently involved in the complex situation.
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1 year ago
28 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 38 - Babette's last feast

Babette invites several favorite students over for a dinner party and afterward viewing one of her favorite films, Babette's Feast. She reveals her final scheme for tricking a church into honoring Hitler.
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1 year ago
25 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 37 - A lost sister - The game is afoot

Babette discovers a long lost relative and begins strategizing their reunion. She also receives an alarming email from Canada as the game with Mother Superior ignites.
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1 year ago
15 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 36 - Babette returns - Christmas in Seattle

After 9/11 delays Babette's return from France, she spends the holidays with my family in Seattle while suppressing her usual urges toward shocking people.
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1 year ago
10 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 35 - The house to ourselves / A sudden engagement

While Babette summers in France, Zoya and I play house and she poses a question that allow one final moment of bliss before the world changes forever.
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1 year ago
7 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 34 - Bonnie Church / Canadian mysteries examined

Babette's friend Bonnie from Canada visits and we exchange information. I learn even more about the mysterious Benedictine convent.
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1 year ago
16 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 33 - Adventures with Zoya and Annakiya

I spend a night out with Annakiya introducing Zoya to the local stripping scene, yet things take an unexpected turn.
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1 year ago
16 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 32 - At the matinee / A colleague explains Professor Ellsworth

Babette invites an old colleague out to view the film Chocolat, as her church harshly criticized it. I learn more about her life pre-transition and receive another warning.
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1 year ago
8 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 31 - Household turmoil / Babette's wrath unleashed

A visit from my friend James leads to Babette turning her anger against me for the first time. We negotiate a new understanding, yet our relationship feels newly tenuous.
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1 year ago
23 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 30 - Entertaining Buenaventura

Babette invites my friend and choreographer Buenaventura over for dinner. We entertain her with incidents from past performances and afterward I explain to him some of the cognitive dissonance necessary in my living situation.
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1 year ago
13 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 29 - An unexpected evening

My friend Annakiya invites me out for an evening of cruelty voyeurism which leads to some tense moments during a sex scam operation.
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1 year ago
22 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
Chapter 28 - The southbound train / Mother Superior

On a luxury train trip together, Babette finally reveals more information about her Canadian convent. She admits to a secret scheme involving Mother Superior.
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1 year ago
15 minutes

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
A college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com