Ep#2: Murder on the Mississippi - The Ohio Belle & 1856 Zodiac Back
- youaintawoofin
- Dec 20, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 12, 2024

12/13/2023: On today's episode, Valerie covers the dastardly murder aboard the antebellum steamboat, Ohio Belle, and the retribution that followed. Amy Jo's Zodiac Back covers the great Jupiter/Neptune conjunction in Pisces from 1856 and 2022.
Cover Photo: The Ohio Belle
Mississippi River Map
Southern Duels
Saloon of Mississippi River Steamboat Princess by Marie Adrien Persac, 1861
Main Cabin on the Str. Minneapolis
An obituary for Captain John Sebastian
1856 Outer Planets
1856 Chart
A Victorian Era Séance
Sources/Photo Sources
Murder on the Mississippi - The Ohio Belle Sources:
Sanders, Stuart. (2020) Murder on the Ohio Belle. The University Press of Kentucky.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/confederate_ships/ohio-belle.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_honor_(Southern_United_States)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Dame_aux_Cam%C3%A9lias
https://www.newspapers.com/image/466044666/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/167656345/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/174829699/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/171434778/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/321470399/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/119177381/?terms=
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/349155343/?terms=%22ohio%20belle%22&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/321470399/?terms=%22ohio%20belle%22&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/349155667/?terms=%22ohio%20belle%22&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/440202370/?terms=%22ohio%20belle%22&match=1
https://pastisaforeigncountry.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/murder-aboard-the-ohio-belle/
https://cincinnati.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-john-sebastian-d/17550791/
Murder on the Mississippi - The Ohio Belle Photo Sources:
https://1848.cincinnatilibrary.org/
https://cincinnati.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-john-sebastian-d/17550791/
https://kmalexander.com/2017/02/27/riverboat-interiors/
https://kmalexander.com/2017/02/27/riverboat-interiors/
https://www.americanrivers.org/river/mississippi-river/
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Honor-and-Violence-in-the-Early-American-South
Zodiac Back Sources:
Nicholas, Chani. (2021) You Were Born for This. Harper One
https://www.nylon.com/life/jupiter-neptune-conjunction-pisces-2022
https://anneortelee.com/the-jupiter-neptune-conjunction/
Zodiac Back Photo Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ance#/media/File:John_Beattie_Eugene_Rochas_seance.jpg


















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