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Ready for some old timey Meghan Markle vibes? Unfortunately, America has its own homegrown case. Back in the day, the Rhinelander name was synonymous with success. The Rhinelanders were as wealthy as they were well connected. They were American royalty. But the Rhinelander family was rocked by scandal when Leonard \u201cKip\u201d Rhinelander had the audacity to fall in love with a working class woman of color named Alice Jones.\xa0\n
\n\nThen Brandi tells us a story that, on the surface, seems pretty straightforward. On February 16, 1981, Arne Cheyenne Johnson killed Alan Bono. That can\u2019t be debated. But what can be debated is why Arne killed Alan. According to Arne\u2019s defense attorney, the murder wasn\u2019t Arne\u2019s fault. The devil made him do it.\n
\n\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.\n
\n\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:\n\u201cRhinelander v Rhinelander: The 1920s Race & Sex Scandal You\u2019ve Never Heard Of,\u201d by Melina Pendulum on YouTube\nThe Ted Talk, \u201cChallenge your biases, America. Make fairer laws: Angela Onwuachi-Willig at TedxDesMoines\u201d\n\u201cWhen one of New York\u2019s glitterati married a \u2018quadroon,\u2019\u201d by Theodore R. Johnson III for NPR\n\u201cLove and race caught in the public eye,\u201d by Heidi Ardizzone and Earl Lewis for Notre Dame News\n\u201cThe Rhinelander Affair,\u201d by Carlyn Beccia for HistoryofYesterday.com\n\n\u201cLeonard \u201cKip\u201d Rhinelander Trial,\u201d by Barbara Behan for BlackPast.org\n\n\u201cWhat interracial and gay couples know about passing,\u201d by Angela Onwuachi-Willig for The Atlantic\n\u201cRhinelander v. Rhinelander,\u201d entry on Wikipedia\n
\n\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:\n\u201cBy Demons Possessed\u201d by Lynn Darling, Washington Post\n\u201cThe Twisted Murder Trial Of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, The Man Who Claimed To Be Possessed By Demons\u201d by Marco Margaritoff, allthatsinteresting.com\n\n\u201c'The Conjuring 3': The True Story Behind 'The Devil Made Me Do It\u2019\u201d by Samuel Spencer, Newsweek\n\u201cWhat Really Happened With Arne Cheyenne Johnson's 1981 'The Devil Made Me Do It' Trial?\u201d by Kevin Dolak, oxygen.com\n\n\u201cBrookfield man sues over 'demon' book\u201d The News-Times\n\u201cTrial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson\u201d wikipedia.org\n\n\n
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