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  • She Left the Babies in the Bed

  • Family Scandal Lost to History for Over 100 Years
  • By: Elaine Crume
  • Narrated by: Jennifer Walden
  • Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

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She Left the Babies in the Bed

By: Elaine Crume
Narrated by: Jennifer Walden
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Cousin Fred leaned forward in his chair and stage-whispered, “She left the babies in the bed and ran off with a salesman.” So many questions went through my head. What could compel a woman of the 1860s to leave three young boys sleeping in their beds and flee with a stranger? Why did Fred have nothing to say about her husband, my great-grandfather? Where did she go and how did it work out for her? 

The reason for Lydia’s shocking decision was lost to history for over 100 years—until I stumbled across her yellowed and tattered journals in my great-uncle’s trunk. Now the truth can be told.

©2023 Elaine Crume (P)2023 Elaine Crume

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