The History Chick

Send us a text“Because they treated him like a beast of burden…” Those were the words of Antoine LeBlanc as he awaited the gallows in Morristown, New Jersey.In this episode, The History Chick takes you through one of the strangest murders and executions in NJ history. From LeBlanc’s desperate search for fortune to the brutal killings at the Sayre farm, his capture at the Mosquito Tavern, and even the bizarre experiments on his corpse, this is a tale of opportunity gone horribly wrong.💀 What you’ll hear in this episode:The background of Morristown in the 1830sAntoine LeBlanc’s troubled past and failed American dreamThe murders of Samuel, Sarah, and Phoebe SayreThe trial, confession, and execution before a crowd of 10,000The shocking aftermath: galvanic experiments, flayed skin, and ghostly legends✨ Connect with The History Chick:📧 Email: [email protected]🌐 Website: www.historychicktours.com🎥 TikTok & Instagram: @historychicktours💌 Join my email list via the website for tour updates, spooky extras, and first dibs on new episodes!🎙️ If you enjoyed this story, please share the podcast, leave a review, or forward it to a friend who loves history with a spooky twist.Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textIn 1910, 10-year-old Marie Smith disappeared just 600 feet from her home in Asbury Park, New Jersey. What followed wasn’t just a tragic murder — it exposed the racial tensions, investigative failures, and dark underbelly of a resort town trying to maintain its pristine image.Join host Lesley Schierenbeck (aka The History Chick) as she unpacks one of the most shocking — and nearly forgotten — true crime cases in New Jersey history. This episode takes you from the rushed arrest of Tom Williams, to the arrival of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, to a professional “roper” who lured the real killer into confessing inside an Atlantic City hotel.🕵️‍♀️ It’s a story of injustice, persistence, and a chilling confession — all set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Asbury Park.📚 Further Reading: This episode was inspired in part by The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP by Alex Tresniowski — a gripping account that dives even deeper into this case and its national implications.📖 Find The Rope on AmazonThanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textWe're back in action! And just in time for Summerween! We're kicking off these sweltering days with a true crime story that is sure to leave you shuckin' for more! Join Lesley Schierenbeck this week as she delves into the true crime story of the Summer Solstice Murder of 1901 - which happened in Tuckerton, New Jersey. Hear about how one clammer's fate brought an oyster watchman to vengeance!  Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textJoin me this week as Heirloom Historical is back in action - with live interviews from the 2024 New Jersey Decoy Collectors Annual Show! Listen and find out more about decoy carving, what makes it a unique American Folk Art, and how to get started in collecting or carving your own bird! If you want to join the Facebook Group:  CLICK HEREThanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textJoin us this week as we 'Hang Ten!' and learn about the "Queen of the Waves" here in Asbury Park! If you want to know more about Emma, check out this  new book!Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textDecoys—it's not just a man's world anymore! Join us this week for our very first guest, Nancee Jo Luciani, who will discuss how she broke into the field of decoy carving and ultimately made her mark! If you want to support Nancee Jo's Art, please check out her craft page: The Painted ParrotOr, check out other female carvers by buying the book: Tradition From A Woman's Hand here! Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textA shipwreck survivor. A (legal) witch. A patriotic rebel at 74. These are just some of the baddies that you'll learn about here in this episode as we delve into the histories of New Jersey's most tenacious ladies of the colonial period! Join us this month as we celebrate women's history! Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textNestled along the Maurice River is the now-sleepy community of Shell-Pile, New Jersey - once the world's Oyster Capital!Come find out about the African Americans that made this community thrive! If you want, check out the Smithsonian Article! Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textJoin us this week as we stroll down Springwood Avenue in Asbury Park to take listeners back to a time when Ike & Tina, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and other jazz, blues, and R&B greats would serenade audiences in many of the nightclubs that were a part of the culture and Black community. Want to read more about Asbury? | Check out Daniel Wolff's BookWant to get involved in the preservation of the Turf Club? | Check out AP-AAMPThanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textDid you know that New Jersey was home to over a dozen all-Black towns?  Well, it's true! Come learn about one of the longest-lasting all-Black towns here in the Garden State, Whitesboro! The Colored AmericanWhitesboro Concerned CitizensThanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textHey, thanks for listening to Heirloom Historical! You can email Me! [email protected] Learn about the rich history of enslavement here in New Jersey! Touted as a "Northern State" doesn't mean that enslavement stopped - in fact, we still had over 400 people enslaved after the Civil War was over! Learn more in this episode, and check out the book list below: Books: Stories of Slavery in New JerseyThe Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey Tinton Falls Iron Works: Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textHave you ever wanted to sip some white wine - guzzle a gallon of coffee like our beloved Teddy Roosevelt? Well join me this week as we venture into the world of NYC and see where Roosevelt would have wined, dined, and danced the night away at three hot spots, in addition to his birthplace!  Bonus! You'll hear about when TR came to OG! That's right! Ocean Grove!Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a text5? 7? Who cares!?!? There were at least 5 Presidents that came and summered in (even if it was a short stop - McKinley, I'm lookin at you!) Long Branch, New Jersey. Known back then as "the Branch" we'll take a look at the chapel's building, its famous congregants, and the future of the building thanks to historic preservation. If you want to help out the Church of the Presidents, check out the Long Branch Historical Society's Facebook page and become a member! Thanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textWhich witch is which? This episode delves into the folklore and legend of the Pine Barren's own Peggy Clevenger. A supposed shape-shifter and mason jar fixer, find out what lore lies behind the abandoned town of Pasadena in the Pine Barrens. Want to read more? Check these books out ... John Mc Phee's Pine Barrens  Henry Charlton Beck's Tales and Towns of Northern New JerseyThanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textWelcome to Heirloom Historical! Each week, we uncover some little unknown historical tidbits about New Jersey History and Americana Folklore! Join Lesley Schierenbeck, your host, and she uncovers some of the nuances that make Jersey, and America epic! Have a burning question? Got a yearnin' burn to learn more about something and want to see it featured? Email us! [email protected] for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]

Send us a textHe's known affectionately to us as the "Brush Daddy."   Today we investigate the life of  James A. Bradley, the founder of Asbury Park, New Jersey.  Join us on this first episode for a look into Bradley's life, his business, and the reasoning behind starting the "City by the Sea."  The three books I mentioned about the history of Asbury Park can be purchased here: Daniel Wolf's 4th of July, Asbury Park Helen-Chantal Pike's Asbury Park's Glory DaysJoe Bilby's Asbury Park RebornThanks for listening!Want to walk the very streets where this chilling story unfolded? Join me on one of my History Chick Tours in Asbury Park, NJ. Visit historychicktours.com for upcoming dates and tickets. 💌 Contact: Got an idea for a future episode? Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]