Episode #23: 1929 Timeline Twist & The Evangelista Occult Murders of Detroit (Rock City)
- youaintawoofin
- May 1, 2024
- 1 min read

5/1/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie covers the Exposición Iberoamericana de 1929 of Seville, Spain, the detailed recipe notes of an Afternoon Tea Menu spy that infiltrated Schraffts in NYC, the patriotic chicken, Victory Maid, and her record-breaking egg laying year due to Ful-O-Pep Dry Mash chicken feed, and a problematic and hopefully forgotten holiday in the 1929 Timeline Twist. Amy Jo’s tells the story of The Evangelista Occult Murders - an unsolved murder of real estate mogul, healer, herbalist, astrologist, and occult leader Benny Evangelista and his family, detailing the writing of HIS BOOK, with possibly the longest title ever presented on the podcast, and including his strangely crafty basement altar, the bungled crime scene, and theories on whodunit (ha!).
Cover Photo: Benjamin Evangelista and Family
Poster for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, held in Sevilla, Spain
Ceramic provincial alcoves and benches at Plaza de España
Schrafft's Stores Afternoon Tea Menu (Annotated)
Through 1950, the ingredients for 7UP included lithium citrate, a mood-enhancer, 1930s
Ful-O-Pep Dry Mash for chickens ad, Everybody’s Poultry, January 1929, page 2.
Vintage 1929 Thanksgiving Postcard, Dinner Table, Thinking of You Today
Kianti Ecolove playing washtub bass. From a public domain image photographed by Jesse Looming http://www.muse4life.com/
Pink Lady cocktail, Liquor.com / Tim Nusog
An older Benny
The Oldest History of the World, by Bennie Evangelist
KISS Detroit Rock City
Young Benny Evangelista and wife wife and child
Elton John, Benny and the Jets
Police in 1929, removing papier-mâché gods from the basement of Benny Evangelista.
The Black Hand were known for extortion, but do not seem to be linked to the Evangelista murders (RootOfAllLight / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sources/Photo Sources
Timeline Twist Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Academy_Awards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Express
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibero-American_Exposition_of_1929
https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/schraffts1929b149.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good-Bye_to_All_That
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Products_introduced_in_1929
https://www.drugtopics.com/view/just-facts-look-pharmacy-circa-1929
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377281/
https://uselessinformation.org/1929-ful-o-pep-dry-mash/
https://montclairlocal.news/2024/03/montclair-art-museum-postcard/
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1072135995/vintage-1929-thanksgiving-postcard
https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/1928
Timeline Twist Photo Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibero-American_Exposition_of_1929#/media/File:Plaza_Espa%C3%B1a_2.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(film)#/media/File:Hallelujah_(1929_ad_sheet).jpg
https://montclairlocal.news/2024/03/montclair-art-museum-postcard/
https://uselessinformation.org/1929-ful-o-pep-dry-mash/
https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/schraffts1929b149.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washtub_bass#/media/File:Washtub-bass-Kianti-Ecolove.png
https://www.liquor.com/pink-lady-cocktail-recipe-5217012
The Evangelista Occult Murders of Detroit (Rock City) Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hand_(extortion)
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/evangelista
https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/evangelista-murder/24942/
https://detroithistorypodcast.com/podcast/evangelista-occult-murders/
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Evangelista-116
https://the-line-up.com/benny-evangelist-murders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s_in_organized_crime#1929
The Evangelista Occult Murders of Detroit (Rock City) Photo Sources:
https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/evangelista-murder/24942/
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/evangelista
https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/a/ad/Evangelista-116.jpg
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95008079/bennie-evangelista/photo
https://the-line-up.com/benny-evangelist-murders
https://www.discogs.com/release/4364767-Kiss-Detroit-Rock-City-Beth
https://www.amazon.com/Oldest-History-World-Benny-Evangelist/dp/1588985679
































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