Murder and The Coal Police - December 15 2021 - Todays True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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December 15th: John Barkoski Born (1889) Power can go to even the most well meaning heads. And, with power, not to sound completely cliche, comes great responsibility. On December 15th 1889 a man was born who would die at the hands of 3 men with an infinite amount of unchecked power. A murder that, in the aftermath, change the way private policing was handled in the state of Pennsylvania. Wikipedia, explorepahistory.com, peoplepill.com, forbes5.pitt.edu, workers.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.6	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
1:02.8	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
1:06.2	We have a weird homicide.
1:09.0	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
1:12.4	A cop of murder.
1:14.4	Power can go to even the most well-meaning heads.
1:18.0	And with power, not to sound completely cliche, comes great responsibility.
1:23.6	On December 15, 1889, a man was born who had died the hands of three men with an infinite amount of unchecked power.
1:32.5	A murder that, in the aftermath, changed the way private policing was handled in the state of Pennsylvania.
1:39.4	So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, Sit back and start your day with a morning cup of
1:44.7	murder. John Borkowski, born December 15, 1889 in Poland, immigrated to the United States in
1:55.4	2006, where he met and married fellow Polish immigrant, Sophia Blusick, who helped him to welcome four children
2:02.5	into their family.
2:04.6	John was both a union employee at the Pittsburgh Coal Company's Montour Mine No. 9 in McAdams,
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