Ep#9: 1947 Timeline Twist & The Porthole Murder

1/24/2024: On today's episode, Valerie and Amy Jo discuss Raytheon Wrap, Days of Our Lives possession storylines, and Mitt Romney's origin story. Next Amy Jo covers the mysterious disappearance on the high seas of stage actress Gay Gibson, from the cruiseliner, Durban Castle, the compelling details of the case, and the subsequent murder trial with no body!

Cover Photo: Stage Actress, Gay Gibson

1. Front page Roswell Daily Record

2. Queen Elizabeth II gives her pledge of service speech

3. Sno-Ball advertisement

4. The Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe

5. Untitled by Rothko, 1947

6. Jackie Robinson

7. Durban Castle

8. The Cape Route map

9. Gay's cabin the following morning

10. James Camb

Sources/Photo Sources

Timeline Twist Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Transportation_Deployment_Casebook/History_of_the_Automobile:_Ownership_per_Household_in_U.S.

https://www.insider.com/air-travel-in-every-decade-2017-8#planes-in-the-1920s-shook-loudly-and-were-unpressurized-air-travel-was-often-slower-than-train-travel-1

https://www.supercars.net/blog/best-cars-1947/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_year-end_top_singles_of_1947

https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/bg_hits/bg_hits_47.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_Thames_flood

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Doomsday-clock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Products_introduced_in_1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparritas_El_Naranjo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_in_radio

https://www.invaluable.com/blog/art-history-timeline/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Route#:~:text=The%20European%2DAsian%20sea%20route,the%20southern%20edge%20of%20Africa.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Atlantic-Ocean

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_of_the_oceans

https://a-z-animals.com/animals/location/ocean/south-atlantic/

https://greenvillejournal.com/history/glimpses-of-greenville-sc-1940-to-1950/

https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/pc-14/pc-14-01.pdf

Timeline Twist Photo Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1947-high-altitude-balloon-crash-landed-roswell-aliens-never-left-180963917/

https://people.com/royals/king-charles-views-queen-elizabeth-21st-birthday-speech-south-africa-state-visit/

https://www.nwitimes.com/lifestyles/columnists/philip-potempa/hostess-sno-balls-vintage-advertisement/image_ea532a1b-9aa3-575f-9dd7-417b6eecb277.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bill-Monroe

https://www.markrothko.org/untitled/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson#/media/File:Jackie_Robinson,_Brooklyn_Dodgers,_1954.jpg

The Porthole Murder Sources:

https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/murder-suspicious-deaths-and-disappearing-at-sea-aboard-liners-of-the-past-have-made-cruise-history-crimes-still-happen-today-many-more-than-the-past-the-romantic-decks-of-the-love-boat-can/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Gay_Gibson

https://internationalcruisevictims.org/

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-porthole-murder-1947-james-camb-convicted-of-the-murder-news-photo/866724938

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/strange-stories-uk/strange-stories-uk-the-NPeLBr4OhUz/#google_vignette

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2019/06/24/podcast-episode-254-the-porthole-murder/

https://crimereads.com/the-actress-the-steward-and-the-ocean-liner-what-really-happened-in-cabin-126/

https://metpolicehistorysociety.org/the-porthole-murder-case.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIkTby9Em8M

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/camb-james.htm

https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/The-Porthole-Murder

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-43478495

The Porthole Murder Photo Sources:

https://crimereads.com/the-actress-the-steward-and-the-ocean-liner-what-really-happened-in-cabin-126/

https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/murder-suspicious-deaths-and-disappearing-at-sea-aboard-liners-of-the-past-have-made-cruise-history-crimes-still-happen-today-many-more-than-the-past-the-romantic-decks-of-the-love-boat-can/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Gay_Gibson#/media/File:Postcard_RMMV_Durban_Castle.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Route#/media/File:Russian_2nd_and_3rd_Pacific_Fleet_voyage_in_1905.svg