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Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

372 // American Sherlock & Ghost Clubs w/Kate Winkler Dawson

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna have a really wonderful conversation with the amazing Kate Winkler Dawson. Her books American Sherlock, Death Is In The Air, All That Is Wicked and The Ghost Club are all must reads, with the exception of The Ghost Club, which is available in audio form exclusively, making it a must listen. The conversation explores the life of America's first forensic scientist Oskar Heinrich, the London serial killer John Reginald Christie and stories from the exclusive Ghost Club. Keep up to date with everything Kate has going on by visiting: https://www.katewinklerdawson.com/ Follow Kate: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kwinklerdawson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katewinklerdawson/ Make sure to pick up all of Kate's books at: https://bookshop.org/search?keywords=kate+winkler+dawson or https://a.co/d/83pwaMx and show some love by leaving a great review! Listen to Kate's podcast, Tenfold More Wicked, part of the Exactly Right Network: https://www.tenfoldmorewicked.com/ This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh which mean you get a deal! Go to HelloFresh.com/crawlspace50 and use code crawlspace50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free! Check out our Subscription Service where we have a bundled our bonus material from both the Missing and Crawlspace shows! Ad-free episodes and more at https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ Use promo code, "Missing" for your first month FREE! This episode is also sponsored by Morgan & Morgan! If you’re ever injured, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. Their fee is free unless they win. For more information go to ForThePeople.com/CRAWLSPACE. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Join the Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Crawlspace Media is part of the Glassbox Media Network. Check them out here: https://glassboxmedia.com/ Follow Private Investigations For the Missing https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:30.0

Welcome to Crawl Space. I'm Tim here today with Lance Lance. How are you today?

0:38.0

I'm doing fantastic today, Tim, despite the fact that my voice sounds a bit like I swallowed the proverbial frog.

0:44.0

There's warmer weather out there, so things are blooming and getting into my lungs.

0:48.0

But you know what's blooming now, Tim? You're moved. I can tell. Your mood is blooming. How are you?

0:53.0

I am always happier in warmer weather and that is definitely true now.

0:57.0

Yeah, I'm doing well. Thanks for asking. And I'm really excited to introduce this conversation with Kate Winkler Dawson,

1:05.0

who is a fantastic journalist, author, and podcaster.

1:09.0

She wrote a couple of great books called American Sherlock, All That's Wicked, and another one called Death in the Air.

1:17.0

And we know that listeners are going to really enjoy American Sherlock, the story of Oscar Heinrich.

1:23.0

He was essentially the father of forensic science in America, and Kate does a masterful job capturing this man's life and telling his story.

1:31.0

And she has a brand new audio book that just came out called The Ghost Club.

1:35.0

And it's a really fascinating, fun story, a true story about some of the world's most important thinkers and leaders,

1:42.0

people who gathered once a month and discussed the supernatural at this thing that they called The Ghost Club in London.

1:49.0

So we highly recommend that you check that out as well. It's funny because we end up talking more about this book than I think we all expected to.

1:56.0

It's a really fun topic, really interesting historical topic. And Kate goes into the history of The Ghost Club.

2:01.0

The fact that they're still around today, she actually visited The Ghost Club and really a fun way to wrap up this episode.

2:08.0

And definitely check out her podcasts too. She's got wicked words and tenfold more wicked.

2:15.0

So make sure you check that out. That's on the exactly right network.

2:19.0

And you can check out everything about her at Kate Winkler Dawson dot com.

2:25.0

And Tim, I've been hearing about the subscription service that we have for all of our shows.

2:30.0

Where can someone go to access all of that content?

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