Episode 234 The Murder (and Ghost) of Captain Joseph White

Family Plot · Feb 6, 2025 · 1h 24m

Another episode that is just so full of goodness, you'll wonder how we were able to pack it all into one episode! We go to Salem for this one, specifically the Gardner-Pingree House, which was once owned by Captain Joseph White. White was a a fair bit unsavory due to some of his business practices as a captain, but once he retired, he was murdered by four men who frankly, were not criminal masterminds by any stretch of the imagination. We talk his life, his murder, his murderers and their trial. They even had a special prosecutor, a celebrity lawyer of his time, Daniel Webster. We also talk…