Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-02-24
Books mentioned on The Murder of Jane Stanford
Stanford University was co-founded by Jane Stanford. Not long after she was murdered and it was covered up.
Josh Clark discussed The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford by Robert W. P. Cutler and Who Killed Jane Stanford? by Richard White.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford
Discussed“It just kind of went cold until a writer named Robert W. P. Cutler, who was a neurology professor at Stanford and a physician put out a book called uh The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford.”
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Who Killed Jane Stanford?
Discussed“another book from another Stanford professor, the historian named Richard White, came out. And he just came out and said it, Who Killed Jane Stanford? was the title of his book.”
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