Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth
SamfunnHistorieA college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
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- Babette in Retrospect and FAQ I (00:19:24)
Was Babette's relationship with the Judge and Billie a polyamorous triad? Did Babette commit suicide? Wouldn't Babette's story be better told by someone less cis? Babette's house sounds super creepy, was it haunted? You share a lot of personal bodily details about Babette. Isn't that disrespectful? Was Babette aware the FBI surveilled her? What was Babette's relationship with the LGBTQ+ community? Did Babette speak German? Before the book came out, how was Babette viewed by the local trans community?
- Epilogue (00:14:08)
This final chapter includes details from Babette's FBI files and other supporting documentation that completes some gaps in her story.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 45 - Alaska / A strange reunion (00:12:00)
Near the end of silver trolling season, a chance dive bar encounter in Sitka loops back an unexpected figure from Babette's obsessions.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 44 - Nausea while longlining (00:04:12)
At long last I read Babette's favorite book during a longlining season in the Gulf of Alaska. I become struck with its appropriateness while writing about our times together. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 43 - Late night croquet / The second kidnapping (00:17:00)
A poorly planned memorial to Babette is disrupted by emergency croquet with gutterpunks. Following an auto theft, another kidnapping unfolds.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 42 - Exodus III / Leaving the Tolman Street house (00:02:54)
After concluding final affairs, I make a final tour of Babette's house before ending my residence and moving on.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 41 - Duty and deceptions / The ashes return (00:42:25)
Babette's lawyers encounter difficulties and Bonnie Church brings me a surprising gift.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 40 - Instructions fulfilled / The house exploration (00:27:15)
Following Babette's wishes, Zoya and I scour the house and eliminate Canadian material yet many other items come to light only deepening the mysteries.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 39 - The second death / Babette's family (00:28:04)
Following Babette's sensational demise, Roselyn reveals her true identity. I also meet Babette's third wife and the Ellsworth family becomes inadvertently involved in the complex situation.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 38 - Babette's last feast (00:25:39)
Babette invites several favorite students over for a dinner party and afterward viewing one of her favorite films, Babette's Feast. She reveals her final scheme for tricking a church into honoring Hitler.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 37 - A lost sister - The game is afoot (00:15:46)
Babette discovers a long lost relative and begins strategizing their reunion. She also receives an alarming email from Canada as the game with Mother Superior ignites.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 36 - Babette returns - Christmas in Seattle (00:10:09)
After 9/11 delays Babette's return from France, she spends the holidays with my family in Seattle while suppressing her usual urges toward shocking people.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 35 - The house to ourselves / A sudden engagement (00:07:22)
While Babette summers in France, Zoya and I play house and she poses a question that allow one final moment of bliss before the world changes forever.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 34 - Bonnie Church / Canadian mysteries examined (00:16:30)
Babette's friend Bonnie from Canada visits and we exchange information. I learn even more about the mysterious Benedictine convent.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 33 - Adventures with Zoya and Annakiya (00:16:27)
I spend a night out with Annakiya introducing Zoya to the local stripping scene, yet things take an unexpected turn.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 32 - At the matinee / A colleague explains Professor Ellsworth (00:08:32)
Babette invites an old colleague out to view the film Chocolat, as her church harshly criticized it. I learn more about her life pre-transition and receive another warning.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 31 - Household turmoil / Babette's wrath unleashed (00:23:30)
A visit from my friend James leads to Babette turning her anger against me for the first time. We negotiate a new understanding, yet our relationship feels newly tenuous.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 30 - Entertaining Buenaventura (00:13:39)
Babette invites my friend and choreographer Buenaventura over for dinner. We entertain her with incidents from past performances and afterward I explain to him some of the cognitive dissonance necessary in my living situation.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 29 - An unexpected evening (00:22:44)
My friend Annakiya invites me out for an evening of cruelty voyeurism which leads to some tense moments during a sex scam operation.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 28 - The southbound train / Mother Superior (00:15:03)
On a luxury train trip together, Babette finally reveals more information about her Canadian convent. She admits to a secret scheme involving Mother Superior.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 27 - Visiting Yakima / Awadagin Pratt (00:10:24)
We visit Yakima again to see Babette's favorite pianist, but before the performance, her hospital injury returns, causing the lease relaxing Jacuzzi episode in my life. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 26 - Hospital break out / A late night visitor (00:27:13)
Babette awakens me under alarming circumstances and a bloody adventure ensues. We traumatize a Wong's Garden waitress after I break her out of the hospital. The following night another nocturnal adventure ruins my sleep. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 25 - Rehersal / Marching on Portland State (00:10:44)
I begin dance rehearsals as the Dance SS and lead an impromptu teenage mob against a Democrat Party fundraising event featuring the band Everclear and an anarchist drum line.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 24 - Intrigues at the Red Sea (00:16:44)
Annakiya invites me out for an evening and lets me observe her operate.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com
- Chapter 23 - Klub Z / The dance SS (00:08:17)
While out dancing, I'm invited to take part in a Nazi themed gay dance performance. I find out more details on a late night political postering mission funded by the Reform Party who seeks to solve global crisis using transcendental meditation.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com