The “Hero” Who Kidnapped an Amazon, a Child, & a Goddess (Theseus Finale)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Theseus, Theseus, Theseus. He's not done terrorizing the Hellenic world, next up: a kidnapping spree including a very, very young Helen of Sparta, an Amazonian queen, and a flesh and blood goddess.
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton, Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum, Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology translated by Robin Hard, Ovid's Fasti as found on theoi.com's entry on Ariadne; The Greek Myths by Robert Graves; the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus as found on theoi.com's entry on Dionysus.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2017, Libby Caswell was found dead in a motel room in Independence, Missouri. |
| 0:07.0 | We have a term called JDLR, which means just don't look right. |
| 0:11.0 | My name is Melissa Jkelson. |
| 0:12.0 | I've spent the last year talking to Libby's friends and family, uncovering details of her life and |
| 0:18.0 | the secrets that may have endangered it. |
| 0:20.4 | I knew she was doing something, but she just wouldn't admit it to me at first. |
| 0:24.0 | Join me on the journey to uncover what really happened to Libby Caswell. |
| 0:29.0 | Everyone deserves to know the truth, and if there was something that was not right and someone should be held accountable. |
| 0:35.6 | I think the law is set up to punish families in the situation. |
| 0:39.0 | Libby's case stands out in my mind and keeps me awake at night. |
| 0:43.0 | What happened to her is unknown. |
| 0:46.2 | It's something that I need to know. |
| 0:57.0 | Listen to what happened to Libby Caswell on the I Heart Radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.0 | When Tracy Raquel Burns was two years old, her baby brother died. |
| 1:05.0 | I was told that Matthew died in an accident and no one really talked about it. |
| 1:09.9 | Her parents told police she had killed him. |
| 1:14.0 | Medical records said that I killed my baby brother. |
| 1:18.0 | I'm Nancy Glass. |
| 1:23.0 | Join me for Burden of Guilt, the new podcast that tells the true an incredible story of a toddler who was framed for murder and how she grew into an adult determined to get justice |
| 1:36.4 | and protect her family. While we had prosecuted some cold cases this this was the coldest, this was frigid. |
| 1:45.0 | But how does a two-year-old get blamed for murder? |
| 1:48.4 | She said, we wanted a new life. |
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