Episode #38: The Witchcraft Murder of Clothilde Marchand & the 1930 Zodiac Back

8/14/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie covers the intriguing story of philandering sculptor, Henri Marchand, who had a habit of charming young native women into his studio, out of their clothes, and into his bed, claiming “professional necessity”. She recounts the salacious details that came out after the murder of his artist wife Clothilde, including witchcraft, Ouija boards, and mysterious letters from Cleveland, and how the trials did little more than shed light on his narcissism, master manipulation, and coercion to murder? Amy Jo’s Zodiac Back presents all things Pluto, starting with a quick run-down of Pluto facts. Next she tells the story of the search for the elusive Planet X, which made itself known by perturbing other bodies in the night sky. It includes a delightful Kansas connection, resulting in Pluto’s discovery as the 9th planet (Yay!), it’s demotion to a dwarf planet (Boo!), and how it was caused by astronomers defining what a planet even is! She rounds out the ZB with info on the Mars conjunct Jupiter in Gemini which is happening today!

Cover Photo: Clothilde Marchand with her dog

1. Henri Marchand

2. Rodin's The Thinker (1879–1889) is among the most recognized works in all of sculpture.

3. 1930s Dioramas and the Marchand Family

4. Lila Jimerson

5. Nancy Bowen

6. This incriminating letter, supposedly written by Lila Jimerson to Nancy Bowen, was likely a forgery.

7. Lila Jimerson pled guilty from her hospital beds and then recanted.

8. Jello Pudding Pops

9. Image courtesy of the Courier-Express archives.

10. Nancy Bowen on her way back to the Cattaraugus reservation.

11. January 1, 1930

12. December 22, 1930

13. Clyde Tombaugh at the guide scope of the 13-inch astrograph he would use to discover Pluto.

14. Clyde Tombaugh, in Kansas

15. Discovery photographs of Pluto

16. New Horizons before launch

17. August 10 - August 18, Mars passes Jupiter

Sources/Photo Sources

Intro Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/video/226771/did-you-know-Mount-Rushmore#:~:text=Before%20Europeans%20reached%20the%20Great%20Plains%2C%20the%20Black,the%20Sioux%20a%20place%20for%20prayer%20and%20devotion

The Witchcraft Murder of Clothilde Marchand Sources:

https://forest-lawn.com/blog/2019/03/09/the-scandal-of-the-century-the-murder-of-clothilde-marchand/

https://www.buffalospree.com/app/buffalospreemagazine/archives/2008_12/1208fearandloathing.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Marchand_(sculptor)

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/unknown-stories/the-scandal-of-the-century-remembering-the-trial-of-nancy-bowen-and-lila-jimerson-buffalo-history-museum/71-caf1389c-cb35-43bd-b183-7991a67da901

https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/witch-craft-murder-clothilde-marchand/

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

https://sni.org/culture/history/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/897003402/?match=1&terms=Marchand

The Witchcraft Murder of Clothilde Marchand Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin#/media/File:The_Thinker,_Rodin.jpg

https://forest-lawn.com/blog/2019/03/09/the-scandal-of-the-century-the-murder-of-clothilde-marchand/

https://www.sciencebuff.org/sixteen-stories/

https://sporked.com/article/what-are-jelo-pudding-pops/

https://www.buffalospree.com/app/buffalospreemagazine/archives/2008_12/1208fearandloathing.html

1930 Zodiac Back Sources:

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

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

https://www.nvwoa.nl/txt/ruisen.pdf

https://lowell.edu/discover/history-of-pluto/#:~:text=Nineteen%20years%20after%20the%20purchase,used%20it%20to%20discover%20Pluto.&text=On%20February%2018%2C%201930%2C%20Clyde,possible%20about%20the%20new%20planet.

https://lowell.edu/discover/history-of-pluto/#:~:text=Nineteen%20years%20after%20the%20purchase,used%20it%20to%20discover%20Pluto.&text=On%20February%2018%2C%201930%2C%20Clyde,possible%20about%20the%20new%20planet.

https://science.nasa.gov/dwarf-planets/pluto/

https://www.britannica.com/list/10-important-dates-in-pluto-history

https://union.ku.edu/planetary-man

https://www.thecut.com/article/what-pluto-symbolizes-in-astrology-explained.html

https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/calculate-birth-chart-horoscope-online/?input_natal=1&send_calculation=1&narozeni_den=1&narozeni_mesic=1&narozeni_rok=1930&narozeni_hodina=12&narozeni_minuta=00&narozeni_sekunda=00&narozeni_city=&narozeni_mesto_hidden=Manually+place%3A+0%C2%B00%27N%2C+0%C2%B00%27E&narozeni_stat_hidden=XX&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=placidus&hid_fortune=1&hid_fortune_check=on&hid_vertex=1&hid_vertex_check=on&hid_chiron=1&hid_chiron_check=on&hid_lilith=1&hid_lilith_check=on&hid_uzel=1&hid_uzel_check=on&tolerance=1&aya=&tolerance_paral=1.2&zmena_nastaveni=1&aktivni_tab=&nick=Sun+enters+Aquarius&hide_aspects=0&dominanta_metoda=1&dominanta_rulership=1#tabs_redraw

1930 Zodiac Back Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#/media/File:Pluto_discovery_plates.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#/media/File:Clyde_W._Tombaugh.jpeg

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#/media/File:New_Horizons_on_work_stand.jpg

https://lowell.edu/who-was-clyde-tombaugh/