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Tonight, we tell the story of Helen Brach — candy heiress, socialite, horse enthusiast — and the mystery that still lingers nearly fifty years later.

Was it kidnapping? Was it murder? Or was it something even darker?

Sources:

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

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7576712/helen-marie-brach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brach%27s

https://www.brachs.com/about-us

https://www.newspapers.com/image/528324062/?match=1&terms=helen%20brach

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Today’s episode is about warmth — not just the kind that fills a room on a winter night, but the kind that comes from innovation, persistence, and vision.

This is the story of Alice H. Parker — the woman whose groundbreaking heating system laid the foundation for the central heating systems we rely on today.

Let’s travel back to the early 1900s. Imagine it’s January in the northeastern United States. There’s no thermostat on the wall. No automatic heat humming through vents. If you wanted warmth, you had to build a fire — usually in a fireplace using a wood or coal-burning stove.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_H._Parker

https://www.aga.org/alice-parker-the-mother-of-natural-gas-heating/

https://pensacolaenergy.com/alice-parker-trailblazer-in-space-heating/

https://members.nabwic.org/blogpost/1762819/489469/NABWIC-SERVES-AS-AN-HISTORIAN-FOR-BLACK-WOMEN-IN-CONSTRUCTION-FEATURING-ALICE-H-PARKER

https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/parker-alice-h-1895/

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In 1871, a woman stood accused in a courtroom that did not fully recognize her as a legal equal—or, in many ways, as a full person. The charge against her was serious. But what mattered just as much as the alleged crime was who she was believed to be: a wife, a woman, and—according to the State—someone who had stepped far outside her proper role.

This is not just a story about guilt or innocence.

It’s a story about how justice works when society has already made up its mind.

True crime loves endings. A verdict, a sentence, a clean line between guilt and innocence. But history almost never gives us that, because when the courtroom doors closed in 1871… Elizabeth Wharton’s story didn’t end. It just got quieter. And quieter stories are harder to hear.

Sources:

https://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msaref04/msa-sc-5339-68-192/pdf/bg-wharton-trial-0002.pdf

https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/3752/trial-of-mrs-elizabeth-g-wharton-on-the-charge-of-poisoning-general-w-s-ketchum-tried-at-annapolis-md

https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2021/08/a-baltimore-borgia.html

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Today’s story has a connection to the assasination of Abraham Lincoln. Do you recognize the name Eugenia Surratt or Elisabeth Surratt or Mary Surratt?

Anna:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9723985/eugenia_susanna-tonry

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/anna-surratt-%E2%80%9Ca-daughter-is-a-daughter-for-all-her-life%E2%80%9D.170818/

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jenkins-2705

https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/09/anna-surratt.html

William:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65131607/william_p-tonry

https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/post-1283.html

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It’s been a while since we have been able to record. Life has been wild since Thanksgiving between work and family stuff.

Today, we have the Teen Daughter with us. I wanted today’s episode to be festive with this going live the week of Christmas. I have the history of the Christmas tree and a story about a Christmas Tree along with two AITA stories.

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Today, we’re stepping back into the 1940s, to a moment in World War II when the United States desperately needed pilots. Not just any pilots, but more pilots. Faster and in larger numbers than ever before.

What came next was an unexpected revolution in military aviation.

This is the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots known simply as the WASP, the first women in U.S. history to fly military aircraft.

This is the remarkable story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Stay curious, keep your wings level and may your breakfast be hot and your coffee strong.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots#Notable_WASP_aviators

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

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49467378/hazel_ying-yim_qun

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

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101163009/hannah_lincoln-love

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

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7691192/jacqueline-cochran

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/aviation-pioneer-jacqueline-cochran

https://cafriseabove.org/wasp-killed-in-service/

https://www.wwii-women-pilots.org/the-38.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81530123/robert_harvey-cochran

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Today’s story is about a woman I stumbled upon in my research about someone else. I found this woman interesting and deserving of her own episode rather than a highlight in someone else’s. Here is the back story of how I found Doris. I found a list of names I made 3 years ago. My list contained the names and links to the 11 confirmed murders the Barrow Gang committed. Bonnie and Clyde were credited with killing many more people than they should have.

I will tell you the story of a young widow who carried her husband’s gun, wore his badge, and changed what it meant to be a Texas Ranger.

Her name… was Doris Elizabeth Brown Wheeler.

Doris was believed to be the last surviving widow of the infamous bank robbers' victims.

Thanks for joining us at our breakfast table. Please leave us a rating and review any where you listen to our little show, it really helps us to reach new ears.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20127006/doris_elizabeth-edwards

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46412268/arthur_edwin-edwards

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43810470/robert_vernon-sandlin

https://www.texascourthistory.org/Content/Newsletters//TSCHS%20Summer%202023.pdf?utm_source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_O%27_Hill_Terrace

https://archive.texasranger.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NEWSLETTER_October2022.pdf

https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/the-twilight-of-the-texas-rangers/

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Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!

Happy Halloween, and until next time—stay curious, and stay safe.

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