Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! This is the bonus episode we promised you!! With us today we have the “Adult Daughter” and the “Teen Daughter”. Today we thought we’d do something fun and read from Reddit’s Am I the A-hole. Mom and I will take turns reading the scenario and the others will comment. Stick around for a bon…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! As we mentioned in our last episode we will be highlighting the female Pinkerton Detectives. Today is dedicated to Hattie Lawton. Hattie was Pinkerton’s second — and often called the best — female detective. Described as both “delicate and driven,” she was renowned at the agency for her s…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! The next few episodes of Breakfast with Mom we will highlight the first female Pinkerton detectives. Today is dedicated to the very first woman to be hired by Allan Pinkerton and one that would be a lifelong friend of Allen’s. She was even buried in his family plot. Kate Warne was an Amer…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! The history of diving girls is a fascinating chapter in the world of entertainment and athleticism, dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Diving girls, also known as "high divers" or "swan divers," were performers who specialized in diving from great heights into small bo…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today’s episode will be a little different than what we normally cover. This will most likely be a long one, so sit back and relax with a nice cup of coffee or tea. Resources for today’s episode will come from https://texasobituaryproject.org/ and Newspaper.com exact links will be in the …

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Do you recognize the following names: Norma Jean Baker Gladys Pearl Baker Charles Stanly Gifford Today I want to tell you a story about Norma Jean Baker aka Marilyn Monroe, not the story we have all heard time and time again. Resources can be found below. Resources: https://michelle-morga…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today I want to tell you about a female journalist from the mid- 19th century. Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran on May 5, 1864, in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania to Michael Cochran and Mary Jane Kennedy. She was one of 15 children in her family, and her father was a wealthy landowne…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Seneca Village. Seneca Village was a community in the early 19th century located in what is now Central Park, New York City. Established around the 1820s, it was one of the first predominantly African American communities in the city. The village was home to…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today Mom and talk about our Denver trip! All the things: Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured Episode was researched, writte…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! We are headed to Denver to the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival! In this episode we talk about our hopes and dreams for the weekend along with who we are excited to see again or meet for the first time. In our next episode we will discuss the reality of the weekend, please stay …

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! In this week's episode we talk about Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge. Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Warren_Roebling https://structurae.net/en/persons/emily-warrren-roeblinghttps://bridgebuilderinpetticoats.com/bibliography/ https://www.findagrave.com/memoria…

Send us a text *****TRIGGER WARNING***** Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom Today we are going to discuss a phenomenon that occurred in the 19th century commonly referred to as “Fasting Girls”. Please note this episode makes reference to eating disorders and mental illness, if these topics are triggering please feel free to skip this epis…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to talk about Sister Rosetta Tharpe. You can find resources in the show notes along with a link to her music on YouTube. Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a pioneering American musician who played a significant role in the development of early rock and roll and gospel music. Born Ros…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Gustav Klimt, and the story of his stolen art. Gustav was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent figures in the Vienna Secession movement. Born on July 14, 1862, in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria, Gustav demonstrated artistic talent fr…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Trigger warnings….this story includes fetal homicide and decapitation please listen with caution. Pearl Bryan was a 22-year-old pregnant American woman from Greencastle, Indiana who was found decapitated in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on February 1, 1896 by a 17-year-old farm hand named Johnny…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! This is the 112 anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. I won’t bore you with the story of the Titanic but I do want to give a brief summary of the Titanic story just in case there are some out there that have been living under a rock their whole life- the luxury liner RMS Titanic,…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today we take a light hearted approach, I tell Mom two Easter Stories and some "dad" jokes. I hope you find it as fun as we did! Resources: https://www.surfnetkids.com/easter/activities/two-silly-easter-bunny-stories/ https://parade.com/1165566/marynliles/easter-jokes/ All the things: Mus…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Mary Ludwig Hays, commonly known as Molly Pitcher, was a legendary figure of the American Revolutionary War. Molly was a common nickname for women named Mary in the Revolutionary time period. Mary was born on October 13, 1754 in Trenton, New Jersey, British America. Historians argue over …

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! This episode contains content related to domestic abuse as both physical and sexual assault. Some may find this triggering, please listen at your own risk. On March 9, 1977 Francine Hughes stood outside her Michigan home, watching it burn. Inside was her abusive husband, Mickey. Earlier t…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! On February 18, 1820 – 27 year old Lavinia Fisher was hanged in South Carolina for murder, alongside her husband. She wore her white wedding dress for her execution. They were executed for the robbery and murders of guests at their inn, known as the Six Mile House, at Charlestown. Lavinia…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I wanted to highlight an actor who was once in the military. I really didn’t know much about but was an excellent actor, but I’m glad I took the time to get to know him a little better. Charles Bronson was born Charles Dennis Buchinsky on November 3, 1921 to Walter and Mary Buchinsk…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! The San Francisco Witch Killers are known to be James Clifford Carson (a.k.a. Michael Bear Carson and Susan Barnes Carson (aka Suzan Bear Carson). Resources: https://dbpedia.org/page/Michael_Bear_Carson_and_Suzan_Carson https://www.oxygen.com/blogs/the-bizarre-case-of-the-california-witch…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. HAPPY 2024! In today’s episode we would like to do a 2023 wrap up episode. I would like to express our gratitude to all the consistent listeners. I cannot tell you how shocked I am at the amount of downloads we have had for our small podcast. We released our intro episode on March 6th and…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! We are going to conclude our Christmas series. Today’s Christmas story takes place in New York City 1897. I found this story when I watched the 2009 movie on Netflix. I’m sure some of our listeners have seen the movie’s thumbnail while surfing Netflix for a Christmas movie but may not kno…

Send us a text Welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! We are continuing our Christmas series. Today’s Christmas ghost story comes from the Victorian Era, 1868 to be exact. My resources can be found in the show notes. This story is called A Strange Christmas Game written by Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell also known as Mrs J. H. Riddell. Charlotte Ridde…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Since we are in the holiday season, for the month of December, I thought we would do something different and go off script. Instead of talking about historical true crime or discussing people and events we find interesting, for our December episodes I would like to talk about old forgotte…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today I want to tell you about the Teapot Dome Scandal. The Teapot Dome Scandal was a major political scandal in the United States during the 1920s. It centered around the secret leasing of federal oil reserves, including the Teapot Dome oil field in Wyoming, and two other fields in Calif…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today we talk about Bessie Coleman. Bessie Coleman was a pioneering African American aviator. She was born on January 26, 1892, in Texas. Bessie Coleman faced racial and gender discrimination but was determined to become a pilot. She moved to France to pursue her dream since flight school…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today discuss the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots. These riots took place from June 3 to June 8, 1943, primarily between American servicemen, who were predominantly white, and young Mexican American and Mexican immigrant men, who were often seen wearing distinctive "zoot suits." The zoot suit was a …

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today we discuss the murder on August 15, 1914 at The Frank Lloyd Wright Mansion, also known as The Taliesin Massacre. Taliesin is a town in Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright was an influential American architect who left an indelible mark on the world of architecture in the 20th century. He …

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to another episode of Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Bass Reeves, a lawman from the late 1800’s. In light of the new series coming out on Paramount sometime this year. The series will be called Lawmen: Bass Reeves, created by Chad Feehan. This series will be part of the Taylor Sheridan produ…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! As you, our listeners, can see from the title of this episode today we are going to share with all of you our weekend in Austin at the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival. I would like to take this time to shout out the podcast creators we had the pleasure of meeting and speaking w…

Send us a text Hello and welcome to a bonus episode of “Breakfast with Mom”. By the time this goes live Mom and I will be headed to Austin for the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival. We wanted to take this time to ask a favor. We are asking, our listeners, to take a few minutes to leave us a rating and review on whatever platform you use to…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”. Today we want to tell you a story about a very dark time in our history. The Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot or the Black Wall Street Massacre, was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921. You can find al…

Send us a text Hello everyone and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about a very confusing story. Today’s story comes with trigger warnings, we will touch on murder and suicide, please listen with caution. My resources can be found in the show notes. Scott Ruffalo was born on February 1, 1969 to parents Frank Lawrence and…

Send us a text Hello everyone and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about the remarkable life and groundbreaking achievements of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer. Strap in and get ready for a journey through history, innovation, and the visionary mind of Ada Lovelace. Resources: https://findingada.com/about/who…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom. Today I want to tell you about Anna Moore, she was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island, New York. For those of you that do not know or remember, Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York, that was t…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Jayne Mansfield and the mandate for tractor trailers to be equipped with the rear bumper bar. Jayne Mansfield was a very iconic American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contr…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you the story about Lora Lee Michel. Lora Lee Michel is an American former child actress. She appeared in several feature films during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1950, she was the focus of a custody dispute in Beverly Hills, Cali…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”! Today I want to tell you a story about Colin McLaren, an Australian documentary filmmaker, crime writer and former police detective sergeant and task force team leader. Colin McLaren joined the police academy at the age of 24 and worked in law enforcement during the 1980s and 1990s. He …

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”! Today I want to tell you a story about Bertha Gifford, Missouri’s first known woman serial killer. As always you can find my resources in the show notes along with our facebook link and email address. Bertha Alice Williams Gifford was born October 30th 1871 to William and Matilda Willia…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”! In today's episode we will talk about season 2 of the HBO show Perry Mason and the true crime story that inspired the season. In this episode we will compare and contrast the true crime story and the fictionalized story. As of the recording of this episode season 2 has not yet wrapped s…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to "Breakfast with Mom"! Today I’m going to tell you about the song “Ode to Billie Joe”, the artist Bobbie Gentry and the Tallahatchie River. **Trigger warning, we will be touching a little on suicide and child murder.** Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallahatchie_River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom” In 1878, the Dowdy family packed up their belongings and headed off to start their homestead in the hills of the Texas Hill Country. However, their dream of starting a new life quickly turned into a nightmare when four of the Dowdy children were brutally murdered. This unfortunate event …

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”. Today we want to tell you a story about Josephine Cochran, the inventor of one of the most frequently used appliances anyone can have in their home, hotel or restaurant. Thank you for stopping by our table! Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Cochrane https://www.invent.o…

Send us a text Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”. Today I’m going to tell you about a Dallas newspaper called The Dallas Express formerly known as The Dallas Bee. My sources will be listed below. Today’s story combines two topics I love, history and true crime. Resources: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/king-william-elisha …

Send us a text Hello everyone! I’m Shanoa and this is my mother Sandra. We thought it would be fun to start a podcast of our own. We call it “Breakfast with Mom”. Whether you are listening in the car, getting chores done around the house, exercising or just sitting back and relaxing we hope you enjoy this passion project we have created for you. We…

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Well, this is a scary one for me to post but my intention is to candidly share my feelings to help normalize the internal battle that many people are having right now. I mostly definitely didn’t say everything correctly, but I’m open to learning ❤️