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I have three short bios to share with you this week. Let’s get the distasteful one out of the way first.
H. H. Holmes was indeed a monster. He was guilty of crimes described in this episode and more. The good news is that if the events of “The World’s Columbian Exposition” had actually happened, our team would’ve stopped many more deaths. Most likely 10 or more. After the World’s Fair, he ran a con that saw the deaths of the Pitezel family – but after he was caught soon thereafter, firemen and police found the remains of several children and adults on Holmes’ property.
He confessed to an insurance scam (the aforementioned con), and was subsequently tried on a murder charge related to said scam. At that point, he confessed to many murders – but some of those “victims” were actually still alive. He did indeed sell his story to the Hearst Newspaper outlet for $7,500 and was finally executed by hanging in 1896.
As we mention in the podcast, Sophia Hayden did actually exist, and her story was very close to the one outlined in this episode of Timeless. She was the first female graduate of the Architecture program at MIT, and she designed the Woman’s Pavilion at the Chicago’s World’s Fair.
Sophia won the right to do so out of a field of thirteen entries, and was paid $1,000 for the design – at a time when male architects were making $10,000 for similar buildings. The construction committee micro-managed the project and she felt her design was compromised – so she was fired from the on-site construction. She appeared at the Inaugural Celebration, but never worked again as an architect.
Robert Robinson Taylor was mentioned in “The World’s Columbian Exposition” as the first African-American student enrolled at MIT. He had a long and prolific career, most notably designing the bulk of the structures at Tuskegee University.
He felt that his crowning achievement was the chapel, which was lauded as one of the most visited buildings on the campus over the course of it’s life. Sadly, it burnt down in 1957 – but it was replaced by a new chapel designed by several University Alumni who created another stunning edifice on the site.
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American Horror Story: Murder Castle
Wyatt and Rufus were led to Holmes’ ‘Murder Castle’ by one of Flynn’s Henchmen, and were detained by Holmes himself. He pretended to be locked up with them (and Sophia) as a man named George, presumably on Flynn’s direct orders.
The plans were thwarted by Lucy and Houdini, because HOUDINI. …
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
As mentioned above, Lucy teams up with Houdini thanks to Flynn. Of course that’s not Flynn’s goal, he wanted to use Harry in order to pick locks for his gain alone, but he underestimates Lucy’s ability to silently communicate with him to subvert those plans.
Rufus Goes on the Record
Once Rufus and the others return to home base, he confronts Connor with the Rittenhouse audio mechanism. He makes a recording for the “R-Dude” outlining that he’s not going to play along, and how Rittenhouse doesn’t have much choice – since he’s their only pilot. Malcolm Barrett gave an outstanding performance in this episode, and this scene was his best in my opinion.
Flynn-strated (pronounced like frustrated, but with Flynn)
Flynn becomes more frantic here, after learning he is unable to track down John Rittenhouse. His plan has become to pursue each member of the organization and kill them in turn to take the group down piece by piece. We can see him start to come unraveled as shown in his erratic behavior and his lack of focus.
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On May 30
1431 – Hundred Years’ War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. The Roman Catholic Church remembers this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc
1806 – Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel
1814 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition: The Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon is exiled to Elba.
1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1958 – Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high “Goddess of Democracy” statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
Notable Births:
1846 – Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler
1896 – Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1899 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer
1908 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor
1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader
1918 – Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants
1943 – Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist
1944 – Meredith MacRae, American actress
1948 – Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (Star Trek)
1949 – Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge
1951 – Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director
1953 – Colm Meaney, Irish actor
1958 – Ted McGinley, American actor
1962 – Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1962 – Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer
1964 – Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1974 – CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
Notable Deaths:
1431 – Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint
1778 – Voltaire, French philosopher and author
1911 – Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company
1912 – Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company
1986 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand
2011 – Clarice Taylor, American actress (Sesame Street, The Cosby Show)
2012 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
2015 – Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware…
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