Episode #30: The Atrocious Murder of F. Adolphus Muir & the 1846 Zodiac Back

6/19/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie shares the story of prominent Victorian Era Southern gentlemen ensnared in a land dispute that led to murder, including a determined relative’s search for the truth about his brother’s sudden and mysterious disappearance, and the three suspicious letters that provided the clues he needed to make his final allegations against the dastardly suspected killer. Next, Amy Jo’s 1846 Zodiac Back covers the amazing story of the discovery of Neptune, the ice giant associated with mysticism, fantasy, and dreams, introducing the clever characters involved, and the complicated mathematical feats it took them all to get there. The ZB also touches on all things Neptune, such as the 16 moons of Neptune and the first spacecraft to view it, Neptune facts, Neptune astrology, and Neptune’s generational cycle. Get to know the planet of imagination and illusion!

Cover Photo: Capt. William Epes #1 from trial transcript

1. This Dinwiddie County Map is a portion of a 1911 Virginia Map by Rand McNally

2. Map of the United States in 1846

3. Letter #1 from trial transcript

4. Letter #2 from trial transcript

5. Letter #3 from trial transcript

6. Lisa Loeb Album Cover

7. Announcement of a reward by John Muir and Peter Boisseau

8. January 1, 1846 Chart

9. December 31, 1846 Chart

10. September 24, 1846 Chart

11. John Couch Adams

12. Painting of Le Verrier from the records of Paris Observatory

13. Heinrich Louis d'Arrest

14. Uranus and Neptune

15. An annotated picture of some of Neptune's many moons as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright blue diffraction star is Triton, Neptune's largest moon; while Hippocamp, its smallest regular moon, is too small to be seen.

Sources/Photo Sources

Intro Sources:

https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/lies-across-america/ 

https://www.hmdb.org/

https://www.masshist.org/events/misled-virtual-tour-inaccurate-historical-markers

https://www.dncr.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/10/13/pioneering-black-comedian-and-civil-rights-activist-be-featured-highway-historical-marker 

The Atrocious Murder of F. Adolphus Muir Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinwiddie,_Virginia

https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2023/03/most-atrocious-murder.html#more

https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sat1802#mode/1up

https://www.newspapers.com/image/767178118/?match=1&terms=Muir

The Atrocious Murder of F. Adolphus Muir Photo Sources:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.gct00482/?sp=28&r=0.162,0.198,0.885,0.402,0

https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2023/03/most-atrocious-murder.html#more

https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sat1802#mode/1up

https://www.mygenealogyhound.com/maps/Virginia-County-Maps/VA-Dinwiddie-County-Virginia-Map-1911-Rand-McNally-Petersburg-McKenney-Burgess.html

1846 Zodiac Back Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune#:~:text=There%20is%20evidence%20that%20Neptune,a%20planet%20at%20the%20time.

https://science.nasa.gov/neptune/facts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_in_astrology#:~:text=In%20astrology%2C%20Neptune%20is%20associated,way%20to%20discovering%20universal%20truths.

https://astrolibrary.org/interpretations/neptune/

https://www.wikihow.com/Neptune-in-Aquarius#:~:text=A%20natal%20Neptune%20in%20Aquarius,Gen%20Z's%20activism%20and%20innovation.

https://www.everand.com/podcast/717892342/THE-TRUE-STORY-OF-THE-POLTERGEIST-GIRL-and-More-True-Stories-WeirdDarkness-IN-THIS-EPISODE-In-1846-a-14-year-old-peasant-girl-from-rural-France

https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/angelique-cottin 

https://science.nasa.gov/neptune/facts/

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

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/calculate-traditional-chart/?tradicni=1&chiron_asp=on&send_calculation=1&narozeni_den=1&narozeni_mesic=1&narozeni_rok=1846&narozeni_hodina=00&narozeni_minuta=00&narozeni_sekunda=00&narozeni_city=&narozeni_mesto_hidden=Manually+place%3A+%C2%B0%27N%2C+%C2%B0%27E&narozeni_stat_hidden=&narozeni_podstat_kratky_hidden=&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=whole_horizon&aya=&terms=&house_system2=&hid_fortune=1&hid_spirit=1&hid_syzygy=1&hid_syzygy_check=on&hid_uzel=1&hid_uzel_check=on&display_trans=on&custom_aya=&custom_aya_zmena_smer=0&custom_aya_zmena_stupne=00&custom_aya_zmena_minuty=00&custom_aya_zmena_vteriny=00&custom_aya_vlastni_smer=0&custom_aya_vlastni_stupne=00&custom_aya_vlastni_minuty=00&custom_aya_vlastni_vteriny=00&tolerance=1

https://www.astronor.com/neptune.htm

https://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Discovery_of_Neptune#google_vignette

https://www.astro.com/cgi/chart.cgi?showgif&lang=e&gif=astro_2gw_event_podcast.15475.947094.png&res=100

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Neptune#:~:text=By%20far%20the%20largest%20of,the%20discovery%20of%20Neptune%20itself.

1846 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

https://www.astro.com/free/free_chart_e.htm

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-01-05-new-images-reveal-what-neptune-and-uranus-really-look-0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Couch_Adams#/media/File:John_Couch_Adams_1870s.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbain_Le_Verrier#/media/File:Le_Verrier_colored.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Louis_d%27Arrest#/media/File:Heinrich_Louis_d'Arrest.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Neptune#/media/File:New_Webb_Images_Capture_Rare_View_of_Neptune%E2%80%99s_Rings_(Labeled).png