Jake Bird *BONUS EPISODE*
Black True Crime Podcast
Black True Crime Podcast
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today’s case will have us taking a trip to 1901, when a transient murderer would take two lives… but later be found responsible for many more. JOIN US as we discuss the man known as "The Tacoma Ax-Killer", Jake Bird.
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| 0:00.0 | BlackTue Crime is a podcast that researches and discusses murders committed by Black offenders. |
| 0:05.3 | It is a podcast that anyone and everyone is welcome to enjoy, but it may not be enjoyed by anyone |
| 0:11.1 | and everyone, so listen to discretion is advised. Now without further ado, this is BlackTue Crime. |
| 0:30.4 | Hello, everyone. Hey, y'all. I'm Kayla and I'm Kristen and welcome to BlackTue Crime. |
| 0:48.4 | For the second time this week is giving too much. I've been talking too much. |
| 0:56.0 | Kristen is wore out. My girl has a full-time job job and she's been working like a Hebrew. |
| 1:02.2 | So there we are. Yes, for sure. Today, I'm really excited about this case because it has like |
| 1:07.9 | a crazy twist at the end and I don't even want to waste too much time. Let's get right into it. |
| 1:12.5 | Period. Today's case will have us taking the trip to 1901 when a transient murderer would take |
| 1:19.6 | two lives, but later be found responsible for many more. Join us as we discuss the man known |
| 1:26.4 | as the Tacoma X Killer Jake Bird. Oh, Jake Bird. Wow. It's giving America Horror Story. |
| 1:37.9 | Kristen, yeah, I like that you said that. It's giving America Horror Story season of the |
| 1:46.0 | Carnegie Circus. Yes, for sure. So Jake Bird was born on December 14th, 1901 in Louisiana. |
| 1:56.1 | Kristen, what happened in Black History in whatever year you chose? |
| 2:01.5 | Okay, because I definitely didn't choose 1901. I went back. When I say back, I went back and |
| 2:06.9 | back because I saw this really cool fun fact. Did y'all know that the first chip, yes, |
| 2:13.2 | potato chip, lace chip, chip was made by a black man. Yeah, his name was George Crumb and he was |
| 2:21.2 | actually the son of a African American man, a gay black man and a Native American woman. They |
| 2:28.3 | had him around 1824. He grew up and then he found out he had a knack for cooking in the culinary |
| 2:35.0 | arts. So believe it, get this. A black man in 1853 working as a chef in a restaurant. Period. Wow. |
| 2:45.0 | Yes. And the restaurant that he was working out was known for these french fried potatoes. |
| 2:51.9 | Yeah, you heard it, right? It was a potato sliced not thin, but like, you know, like a french fry |
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