The Baltimore Plot

Detectives Don't Sleep

NOISER

True Crime, Fiction, History, Drama

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In February 1861, concerned railroad bosses learned of a plot to destroy the main route to Washington DC, in order to disrupt the inauguration of President-Elect, Abraham Lincoln. They immediately called in the country’s leading Private Detectives to help stop the attack. Allan Pinkerton, of the famous Pinkerton National Detective Agency, took two of his top agents—Kate Warne and new recruit, Harry Davies, straight to Baltimore to find out what was afoot. There, they discovered that the plot against the railroad was just the tip of the iceberg. These disgruntled Southerners would stop at nothing to prevent Lincoln from reaching Washington. Even if that meant killing the man himself. A Noiser production, written by Sean Coleman For ad-free listening, exclusive content, and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.8	It's just a little after midnight.
0:41.3	February 23rd, 1861, in Cecil County, Maryland. Passenger train chuffs steadily through the rural landscape,
0:46.3	white steam billowing into the cold night air.
0:49.3	A flat farmland gives way to gently rolling hills, shrouded in darkness.
0:56.0	Silence, apart from the puffing of the engine and the screech of wheels on cold iron rails.
1:03.0	This regular sleeper train is Baltimore bound.
1:07.0	Its engine, cargo cars, and passenger carriages all appear perfectly standard.
1:12.6	Inside, travelers do their best to catch a couple of hours of uncomfortable shut-eye.
1:18.6	Again, all seemingly normal.
1:22.6	But this train carries a dangerous secret, one which only four passengers aboard know anything about,
1:30.3	and one which, if exposed, could change the course of history in the United States.
1:39.3	Here at the very back of the train, the rearmost sleeper carriage, plays host to two middle-aged businessmen
1:45.6	and a young woman traveling with her invalid brother. But none of them are who they seem to be.
1:53.2	One of the businessmen, 300 pounds of muscle and grit, is a man called Ward Hill Lamon.
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