14. The Murder of Pearl Bryan

In 1896 a young woman's headless body was found in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.  During the autopsy it was discovered she had been pregnant at the time of her death.  She was identified by her shoes and a birth defect that left her with webbed toes. Pearl Bryan was a beautiful  22 year old socialite from Green Castle, Indiana.  Her family thought she was visiting friends. In reality, she was visiting her lover, Scott Jackson, a 30 year old dental student in Cincinnati.


Music by Isaiah Hildreth
Male Narrator Curtis Hildreth

Sources

Photos
Pearl Bryan photo Public Domain

Crimes of the Century Podcast
Most Notorious Podcast
The Betrayal of Pearl Bryan -Unraveling the Gilded AgeMystery By Larry Tippin
Murder By Gaslight
Newspapers.com
https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-gruesome-murder-of-pearl-bryan-492eb83a859ehttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/29569/29569-h/29569-h.htm
https://cemeteryindex.com/wordpress/featured-cemeteries/mt-washington-cemetery/julie-rimer-historical-ramblings/unwed-and-pregnant-in-1893/

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