About this episode
In this episode, Myra Van Zandt returns to her family's horse farm and makes a desperate deal to save it by betting on her horse's success in a race.
PULP SPORTS Bluegrass Betrayal By Astrid Hale Read by Kristen Eleven In 1990 Lexington, Myra Van Zandt returns to her family's dilapidated horse farm, "The Bleeding Heart," burdened by her father's scandal. Her only hope is a filly, Midnight Skipper. To save the farm from foreclosure, Myra makes a desperate deal with the powerful Elias Blackwood, betting everything on the horse's success in a high-stakes race. Pulp Magazines is a creation of Richard O Jones and Pulpular Media. We invite you to tune in to our flagship podcast TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN with tales of the scandals, scoundrels, and scourges of the past told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism. If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES , telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular literature, give your ears a treat with PULP MAGAZINES with two new stories every week This episode includes AI-generated content.
People in this episode
Host: Richard O Jones
Topics covered
- fiction
- arts
- books
- history
- sports
Keywords
- Bluegrass Betrayal
- Myra Van Zandt
- Elias Blackwood
- Midnight Skipper
- horse racing
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Bluegrass Betrayal, The Bleeding Heart, TRUE CRIME HISTORIAN
Places: Lexington
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