431: The Cape Cod Murder of 1899 w/ Theresa Mitchell Webster
About this episode
The episode discusses the 1899 murder of bakery deliveryman Jimmy Whittemore by petty thief Edwin Ray Snow in Cape Cod, featuring insights from author Theresa Mitchell Webster.
On a crisp September evening in 1899, a seventeen-year-old petty thief named Edwin Ray Snow shot and killed a bakery deliveryman named Jimmy Whittemore outside Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The gunshots rang out for only a moment, but the effects resounded on Cape Cod for half a century. The idyllic atmosphere of turn-of-the-century Cape Cod was shattered in a flash. My guest is Theresa Mitchell Webster, author of "The Cape Cod Murder of 1899: Edwin Ray Snow's Punishment & Redemption". She guides us through the crime and the long, complicated prison journey that followed. The author's website: theresawebster.com The author's email address: theresa@theresawebster.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Guest: Theresa Mitchell Webster
Topics covered
- true crime
- historical crime
- Cape Cod history
- murder case
- prison journey
- 19th century crime
Keywords
- Cape Cod
- murder
- 1899
- Edwin Ray Snow
- Jimmy Whittemore
- true crime
- prison
- Theresa Mitchell Webster
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Blue Ewe Media, theresawebster.com
Books & works: The Cape Cod Murder of 1899: Edwin Ray Snow's Punishment & Redemption
Places: Yarmouth, Massachusetts
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