Episode 15: Dan Sickles GETS AWAY WITH MURDER! Part One
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2020
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
With Valentine's Day near Eric and Jim wanted to share a special story of love with their Super Fans. Of course, that story is the infamous 1859 murder of Barton Key at the hands of Congressman Daniel Sickles over the illicit affair Key was having with Dan’s wife Teresa. Part One covers the background of Sickles before the murder, his relationship with Teresa, the affair with Key, and so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host |
| 0:04.4 | licensed battlefield guide Eric Lindblade and as always I am joined by my |
| 0:08.0 | co-host licensed battlefield guide Jim Hesseler and today we're coming to you |
| 0:11.9 | from a special location. We have left the friendly |
| 0:15.4 | confines of the mine and at this very moment we are in the front room of the |
| 0:20.2 | Joseph Sherfe House on the Gettysburg National Military Park. |
| 0:24.0 | Right now I'm looking out the window. |
| 0:25.5 | I see the peach orchard. |
| 0:26.7 | Jim, what do you see right now? |
| 0:28.6 | Well right now I see you and I also have a life-size cut out of Dan Sickles standing right behind me giving me inspiration |
| 0:36.3 | but that's probably not what you meant I can also see what would have been kind of the north side of the |
| 0:41.1 | house where some large cherry trees once stood. |
| 0:44.4 | Eric, I can't emphasize enough, the atmosphere in here today is electric. |
| 0:48.6 | Dare I say, this might be the best show we've ever put together. |
| 0:52.0 | You know, it's a great topic, great location. |
| 0:55.3 | Honestly, this is amazing. |
| 0:57.6 | It is. And before we get started on that, we're here in the Sherfi Farm. |
| 1:01.8 | Thanks to an exciting new partnership |
| 1:03.7 | that we have with the Gettysburg Foundations |
| 1:06.6 | in the footsteps of Leaders Program. |
| 1:09.3 | They have given us exclusive access today |
| 1:12.1 | to record here on the Sherfe property and we're going to be talking a lot more |
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