Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth

Jan 15 2024 48 ep.

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A 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: [email protected]

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Chapter 1 - Blood / A marriage proposal

Jan 04 2024 6 mins

Portland. The year 2000. A subculture youth encounters a bloody hospital scene and becomes faced with a wrenching decision. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Chapter 2 - Exodus I / Seattle to Portland

Jan 05 2024 13 mins

The story rewinds to 1998 as I abandon a questionable living situation in Seattle and ride my motorcycle south to embark on new adventures. I move into a boarding house in the suburb of Gresham with an unemployed trucker across the hall who befriends me. Misfortunes soon abound, yet despite losing multiple vehicles, Portland isn't the worst place to be stranded.If you enjoy this st

Chapter 3 - A strange professor

Jan 05 2024 10 mins

I begin attending Portland Community College and encounter an unusual history professor with terrible driving skills. She invites me out for lunch and I begin discovering more strange aspects about Dr. Ellsworth.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Chapter 4 - The library and Mt. Angel / An invitation

Jan 05 2024 14 mins

Dr. Ellsworth deepens our relationship and invites me to visit Mt. Angel Abby. I am escorted into her museum-like house which contains an extensive library. The very next day after class she extends a serious offer.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Chapter 5 - Exodus II / The Tolman Street house

Jan 05 2024 16 mins

I move into Babette's house and navigate a bizarre situation on her doorstep. I take up residence in the basement pantry surrounded by endless drygoods and an immense model train table. We set up some expectations for our new relationship.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Chapter 6 - German symphonies and sympathies

Jan 05 2024 7 mins

An Anton Bruckner symphony disrupts our neighborhood and I learn more details about my professor's mysterious past. It seems incredible that a French woman would express sympathy for WWII era Germany.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Babette 7 - Religious mistresses / The convent

Jan 05 2024 11 mins

I discover Babette maintains her relationships between multiple churches the way some lovers conceal affairs. If that isn't enough, she also announces her intention of joining a convent in Canada.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Chapter 8 - Babette's true messiah

Jan 05 2024 7 mins

My professor expands on her love for Marcus Aurelius. While dining at the golf course nearby, a dark view into my professor's childhood is exposed. Content warning: child abuseIf you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Chapter 9 - Pantry inventory

Jan 05 2024 5 mins

I create a detailed list of overstocked pantry items and confront Babette with her hoarding. She reluctantly acknowledges food storage has become a problem and we arrive at a creative solution.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]

Chapter 10 - History I / Babette's origins

Jan 05 2024 27 mins

Babette reveals the curious circumstances involving her teenage birth mother Mildred Sweet-Holm in Yakima, plus the involvement of Germaine Bonnefont and Robert Brown Sr. The saga leads from upper class French society to revolutionary Ireland in 1919 and winds through the rural Northwest. If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: [email protected]