35.1 The Secret Files of Nellie Bly: “February 2nd, 1896: A Champion of Her Sex"
Fireside Mystery Theatre
Fireside Mystery Theatre
4.5 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2018
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The first of four installments from **The Secret Files of Nellie Bly**. Recorded live at The Slipper Room on March 25th, 2018.
Featured in this episode:
David Linton as Arthur Brisbane
Ali Silva as Nellie Bly
Mary Murphy as Susan B. Anthony
Eirik Davey-Gislason as The Newspaper Barker & Seller
Mary Murphy, Alain Laforest, Kacie Laforest & Gustavo Rodriguez as The Newspaper Readers
Musical performance:
“Nelly Bly” written by Stephen Foster
performed by Martina DaSilva accompanied by Nico Sleator
Radio play by Silbin Sandovar
Directed by Holly Payne-Strange
Musical score improvised by Steve Blanco
Sound Effects Designer and Engineer: Greg Russ
Technical Director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard
Production Coordinator: Brontis Shane Orengo
Theme music by Jason Graves
Post-production audio by Ali Silva
Podcast production by Ali Silva & Daniel Graves
Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez, Ali Silva, Daniel Graves, & Rebecca Graves for Fireside Mystery Productions
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| 0:00.0 | It is said that history is written by the victors. |
| 0:08.0 | In fact, some have made history even as they wrote it into being. |
| 0:12.0 | But what are those heroes whose tales of triumph remain woefully unsung? |
| 0:17.5 | Enter Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, or as she was known, Nellie Bly, to change the face of investigative |
| 0:24.5 | reporting. Who, what, why, Miss Bly, you may be asking yourself, and true enough, you won't |
| 0:30.6 | find her face in a museum or her statue standing anywhere in New York City. But her legacy of |
| 0:37.2 | storytelling, relentless reporting, and female |
| 0:40.3 | empowerment lives on. And so we, in our small way, honor Miss Bly with this tribute show. |
| 0:48.0 | February 2, 1896, a champion of her sex, was recorded live at Slipper Room on March 25th, 2018. |
| 0:56.5 | It was part of our show, |
| 0:58.2 | The Secret Files of Nellie Bly. |
| 1:10.8 | Get your copy here, folks. Read all about it. Here first. A New York World Exclusive evening edition. Nellie Bly takes on the Tammany Tiger! |
| 1:20.6 | Nellie Bly exposes a gambling siren of the Coleman House. |
| 1:24.6 | Look at Nellie, by golly what she got her done now. |
| 1:30.3 | What's this? Nellie Bly trains an elephant? |
| 1:33.3 | Trains an elephant? |
| 1:34.3 | A lady parading around on a pachyderm? |
| 1:36.3 | Unseemly. |
| 1:37.3 | Unseemly. |
| 1:38.3 | Did you hear? |
| 1:39.3 | She pretended she was insane. |
| 1:40.3 | Got herself locked up. |
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