Kristy, Amber, and Scott talk about the strange tale of Roland Molineuxm, chemist, gymnast, and feeble snob. 

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Sources:

Harold Schecter. “The Devil’s Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial that Ushered in the Twentieth Century.”

LA Herald, New York Trbune, Virginian-Pilot via LOC https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-roland-molineux/selected-articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromo-Seltzer; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Molineux

Brooklyn Daily Eagle via LOC https://www.newspapers.com/image/50342932/?terms=Eleanor%20Kindberg%20divorce&match=1

Nathan Ward. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119387540635078407

Tom Miller. Daytonian in Manhattan. http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-lost-manhattan-athletic-club.html

https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/roland-molineux-trials-1899

https://jimfisher.edinboro.edu/forensics/mol1.html

https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-knickerbocker-murders/3009755.article

https://malefactorsregister.com/wp/unpleasantness-at-the-knickerbocker-club/

https://www.librarything.com/character/Blanche+Molineux+Scott,+nee+Chesebrough

https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/archives/p_molineux.htm

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914aac8add7b04934729615

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/800938076/how-the-molineux-rule-permits-certain-witnesses-in-the-harvey-weinstein-trial

 

 

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