Case 02 -- The Strange Lives of George Silverthorn

Case 02 -- The Strange Lives of George Silverthorn

In today’s case a man vanishes. A knock at the door stops the wedding day festivities dead in their tracks. The respectable groom kisses his blushing bride one last time. He answers the door…

And is never seen again. 

Or was he?

An unsolved mystery over 150 years old, or dear listener has this detective finally cracked it? 

From the case files of Heritages Mississauga, this is Mississauga Confidential.

Mississauga Confidential is a Heritage Bytes podcast produced by Heritage Mississauga.

Mississauga Confidential  is written by Bryan Ho and Nicole Mair.

Research by Bryan Ho, Nicole Mair and Matthew Wilkinson.

An adaptation of this story by Matthew Wilkinson first appeared in the Heritage News.

Video Production Team: Bryan Ho, Nicole Mair and Ryan Parks.

“Georgie Porgie” song team: Keiffer Davies, Vanessa Davies and Nicole Mair.

 

Mississauga Confidential is a Heritage Mississauga production.  Heritage Mississauga is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to researching, recording and celebrating the history of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Your support helps create programming just like this.

 

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Music Credits:

“Fast Talkin” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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“Bass Walker” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Clips from “Let George Do It” and “The Burns and Allen Show” radio plays are in the public domain and can be found on archive.org.