Sordid: The Life & Death of Mary Scott

Reports of an American woman slain in Italy's scenic Lake Como circulated across the globe in the summer of 1910. The murdered woman was Mary Scott: socialite, actress, and woman with a past so scandalous that the press blamed her for her own murder. This episode is about the life and death of Mary Scott.

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(Il Manicomio, April, 1916.) Valtorta, Dr. Dario." Journal of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry. October, 1917. p. 600-602. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/889FAF3371DD3716AD9C2CA50F748C1D/S0368315X00180211a.pdf/the-crime-of-porter-charlton-il-delitto-di-porter-charlton-il-manicomio-april-1916-valtorta-dr-dario-the-crime-of-porter-charlton-il-delitto-di-porter-charlton-il-manicomio-april-1916-valtorta-dr-dari.pdf

"Charlton V. Kelly." United States Supreme Court. 229 U.S. 447.  CHARLTON  v.  KELLY. Argued: April 18, 1913. Decided: June 10, 1913. Wikisource. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Charlton_v._Kelly

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"Mary Scott Crittenden Castle Charlton." Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228163753/mary-crittenden-charlton

Newspapers (1897-1901, 1905, 1909, 1910-1913, 1915):

• The Chico Record
• The Colusa Daily Sun
• The Enterprise (Riverside)
• The Humboldt Press
• The Minneapolis Press
• The Los Angeles Herald
• The Press Democrat
• The Morning Press
• The New York Times
• The New York Tribune
• The New York World
• The Sacramento Daily Union
• The San Diego Union & Daily Bee
• The San Francisco Call
• The San Jose Herald
• The San Jose Mercury News
• The Stockton Independent

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