Episode #24: The Great Harris Mansion Heist (Robbery at Elmshade) & 1929 Zodiac Back

5/8/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie tells the story of five blue eyed (mostly) bandits, and their careless plan to rob wealthy partygoers attending a lavish celebration at Elmshade Mansion on the day of the BIG Fighting Illini vs. Army Cadets football game in the Great Harris Mansion Heist. Amy Jo’s Zodiac Back reflects on the Mars Neptune conjunction and the trends it can signify, as well as financial astrology, Wall Street, and the market crash of 1929, including two astrologers who got it wrong, and one astrologer, Edgar Cayce, who got it very right. Finally, the co-hosts discuss the boom bust cycle and how uncertainty can bring forth interests like the current resurgence of depression era habits and hacks.

Cover Photo: The Harris house at Church Street and Prospect Avenue, Champaign, as it appeared at the time of a November 1929 robbery

1. Fighting Illini vs. Army Souvenir Program

2. Illini Yells from the Fighting Illini vs. Army Souvenir Program

3. Secretary of War and U.S. Chief of Staff observe Army Day in Washington. The Secretary of War James W. Good and General Charles P. Summerall, U.S. Chief of Staff

4. Ashton Kutcher of Punk'd

5. Ursula the Sea Witch

6. Champaign Police Badge

7. Mars Conjunction Neptune

8. Astro-Seek Neptune Cycle Chart

9. The Wizard of Oz Emerald City

10. 1928 article about astrologers predicting that 1929 will be a year of prosperity Jacqueline Moen

11. Evangeline Adams

12. Edgar Cayce, The Sleeping Prophet

13. New York Daily News, Wednesday, October 30th, 1929

Sources/Photo Sources

Intro Sources:

https://www.amazon.com/Oldest-History-World-Benny-Evangelist/dp/1588985679

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929

https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history

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

The Great Harris Mansion Heist Sources:

https://youtu.be/Aw46zOuc9pA?si=IM0MImuHk7dg2lVM

https://champaigncountyhistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/the-great-harris-mansion-heist/fighting-illini-football

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskee_Wow-Wow

https://www.news-gazette.com/living/family/inside-out-champaign-county-history-museum-gallery-highlights-harris-house-robbery/article_695af47e-5d79-536f-8871-c08c37dee76a.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign#Athletics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Illinois#List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Illinois

https://www.news-gazette.com/living/family/inside-out-champaign-county-history-museum-gallery-highlights-harris-house-robbery/article_695af47e-5d79-536f-8871-c08c37dee76a.html

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

https://youtu.be/Aw46zOuc9pA?si=t5l3PYdLuwKtctFL

https://www.alamy.com/secretary-of-war-and-us-chief-of-staff-observe-army-day-in-washington-the-secretary-of-war-james-w-good-and-general-charles-p-summerall-us-chief-of-staff-led-the-national-capital-in-observing-army-day-today-april-6-they-both-spoke-to-a-large-gathering-on-the-north-front-of-the-war-department-image329069056.html

The Great Harris Mansion Heist Photo Sources:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/360693956917

https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.35347/

https://www.news-gazette.com/living/family/inside-out-champaign-county-history-museum-gallery-highlights-harris-house-robbery/article_695af47e-5d79-536f-8871-c08c37dee76a.html

https://www.police1.com/police-heroes/articles/ill-cop-finds-long-lost-badge-of-fellow-officer-slain-54-years-ago-TtuU95UHTL2GqoUn/

https://youtu.be/xOG-tXqsuP4?si=IslF8XNbRuMO7slO

1929 Zodiac Back Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history

https://members.tripod.com/tra_nations/1e_black_thursday.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/astrologers-predict-1929-will-be-year-of-prosperity-172256047/

https://www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?showgif&lang=e&gif=astro_2anz__business_wall_street_crash_hw.13504.742252.png&cd=castro_2anz_e&res=90&wiki=2&adbtitle=Astro-Databank%20chart%20of%20Business:%20Wall%20Street%20Crash,%20born%20on%2029%20October%201929&adblink=/astro-databank/Business:%20Wall%20Street%20Crash

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Business:_Wall_Street_Crash

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1654275830/1929-the-stars-astrology-book-tesla

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/edgar-cayce-tales-from-the-sleeping-prophe

11 Great Deptression Era Habits Coming Back in Style - Oak Abode YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJrQQy2gLY0 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sunspot-cycle-is-more-intricate-than-previously-thought/

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

https://www.edgarcaycenyc.org/edgar-cayce-on-astrology-the-cosmos-the-self 

https://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Cayce-Mystery-Man-Miracles/dp/B000NLO534

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

https://www.josephaddeo.com/blog/mars-conjunct-neptune-in-pisces 

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/calculate-planetary-cycles/?planeta_1=9&aya=&narozeni_rok_od=2024&hide_aspects=0#aspect_list 

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/calculate-birth-chart-horoscope-online/?narozeni_den=3&narozeni_mesic=7&narozeni_rok=1929&narozeni_hodina=08&narozeni_minuta=14&narozeni_mesto_hidden=Unknown%20place&narozeni_stat_hidden=XX&narozeni_podstat_kratky_hidden=&narozeni_city=&narozeni_sirka_stupne=0&narozeni_sirka_minuty=0&narozeni_sirka_smer=0&narozeni_delka_stupne=0&narozeni_delka_minuty=0&narozeni_delka_smer=0&narozeni_timezone_form=auto&narozeni_timezone_dst_form=auto&house_system=placidus&hid_fortune=&hid_fortune_check=on&hid_vertex=&hid_vertex_check=on&hid_chiron=&hid_chiron_check=on&hid_lilith=&hid_lilith_check=on&hid_uzel=&hid_uzel_check=on&&nick=Exact%20Aspect%20(0%C2%B0)%20-%20Mars%20Conjunction%20Neptune 

https://www.astro.com/swisseph/ae/1900/ae_1929.pdf

1929 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/astrologers-predict-1929-will-be-year-of-prosperity-172256047/

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/edgar-cayce-tales-from-the-sleeping-prophe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangeline_Adams#/media/File:EvangelineAdams.jpg

https://www.josephaddeo.com/blog/mars-conjunct-neptune-in-pisces

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/calculate-birth-chart-horoscope-online/?narozeni_den=3&narozeni_mesic=7&narozeni_rok=1929&narozeni_hodina=08&narozeni_minuta=14&narozeni_mesto_hidden=Unknown%20place&narozeni_stat_hidden=XX&narozeni_podstat_kratky_hidden=&narozeni_city=&narozeni_sirka_stupne=0&narozeni_sirka_minuty=0&narozeni_sirka_smer=0&narozeni_delka_stupne=0&narozeni_delka_minuty=0&narozeni_delka_smer=0&narozeni_timezone_form=auto&narozeni_timezone_dst_form=auto&house_system=placidus&hid_fortune=&hid_fortune_check=on&hid_vertex=&hid_vertex_check=on&hid_chiron=&hid_chiron_check=on&hid_lilith=&hid_lilith_check=on&hid_uzel=&hid_uzel_check=on&&nick=Exact%20Aspect%20(0%C2%B0)%20-%20Mars%20Conjunction%20Neptune

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/calculate-planetary-cycles/?planeta_1=9&aya=&narozeni_rok_od=2024&hide_aspects=0#aspect_list

https://www.nydailynews.com/2022/10/27/black-tuesday-a-look-back-at-the-wall-street-crash-of-1929/