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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

Richard White: Who Killed Jane Stanford?

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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True Crime

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In 1905, many people seemed to have a reason to kill one of the richest women in America and Stanford University’s co-founder, Jane Stanford. Author and Stanford Professor Dr. Richard White tells us about the wealthy eccentric’s troubled legacy and mysterious death.   

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0:49.2

and language. Listen to our discussion is advised.

0:58.5

Jane Stanford, she embarrasses the University of Great deal because the University is trying

1:02.9

to be a respectable new research university and at the same time, the founder of the University

1:09.1

and the person for all practical purposes and charge of his finances is consulting with

1:13.8

mediums. She attracted a lot of mediums.

1:21.6

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a non-fiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

1:26.8

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime Podcast, Tenfold War Wicked, and the co-host

1:31.9

of the podcast, Barry Bones, on exactly right. I've traveled around the world interviewing

1:37.4

people for the show. And they are all excellent writers. They've had so many great true crime

1:42.6

stories. And now we want to tell you those stories with details that have never been published.

1:48.1

Tenfold War Wicked presents Wicked Words is about the choices that writers make good

1:53.2

and bad. It's a deep dive into the stories behind the stories.

2:00.1

Stanford University's co-founder, Jane Stanford, was a mess. Her husband and beloved son

2:06.5

were dead. Stanford's officials despised her, Jane abused her servants, and then she

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