Episodes

  • Episode 6 - Easy Money
    Mar 16 2021

    This is a short episode, just to test out a new microphone setup. 

    Wilbert Laird wants money. George Movius's aunt has money...

    Website: 1000 Words

    YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIrLuIfNQEZ0nX1itYdZ6Pw

    Newspapers.com 

    https://www.podbean.com/1000Words

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    6 mins
  • Episode Lena: More Than 1000 Words
    Feb 13 2021

    The 5th episode!! The one where I whine and talk a mile a minute, can't speak clearly to save my life and decided I needed more words to tell this story.

    A man is pictured holding a sign asking for evidence to help solve a crime it seems, but what was the crime? Who is the man? 

    Written version at 1000WordsPodcast.com

    Additional voices by: Sam Thomas & Melaina Bell.

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    13 mins
  • Episode 4 - The Life of a House
    Aug 23 2020

    A mystery photo of a house in the Washington State Digital Archives leads me on the a journey to tell its life story all the way to the depressing end. 

    Apologies for this sounding like I recorded it in a tin can in the middle of traffic. I promise to do better next time. 

    This podcast uses these sounds from freesound:

    https://freesound.org/people/BristolStories/sounds/51710/

    https://freesound.org/s/480777/

    Music: Limehouse Blues - The Colombians

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    11 mins
  • Episode 3 - Ordinary Citizen: Cyril Mee
    May 15 2020

    Housekeeping: This is 1001 words. The extra one is on the house, you're welcome. Do I say "Gallipoli" incorrectly? Probably. Do I care? Nope. You may hear a train in the background. For some reason, trains keep running even though I have recording to do. 

    This is the one where I whine before we get to the story. 

    The story is this. There was man and a woman and they had a car. They lived in Spokane. 

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    9 mins
  • Episode 1 - The Case of the Hard-Boiled Criminals
    Apr 24 2020

    Two troubled girls, a stolen car, and a possible miscarriage of justice. 

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    8 mins
  • Episode 2 - She Craved Whoopee
    Apr 19 2020

    In 1930, Colville, Washington a record number of people showed up to watch a pair of supposed lovebirds stand trial for the murder of one of their mothers. Who pulled the trigger? What prompted the murder? Then what happened? 

    Transcript and resources found at: 1000WordsPodcast.com

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    9 mins