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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

“O how I shall feel when I see the castle of Miramar among the trees and the long yellow quays of Trieste.” — James Joyce, 1909

View of Miramare Castle in Trieste, Italy, a white stone fortress with towers rising above the Adriatic, framed by dark green trees under a pale blue sky.

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“O how I shall feel when I see the castle of Miramar among the trees and the long yellow quays of Trieste.” — James Joyce, 1909

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Been writing about early mugshots and the women behind them—not as crime evidence but as historical erasure. It’s not about true crime spectacle. It’s about how systems archived their faces & scrubbed their stories. What can we learn from them? What happens if we start asking better questions?

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What might their mugshots reveal, not just about their alleged crimes, but about their lives, their conditions, and the worlds they moved through?
What stories do we lose if we don’t go hunting for them?

Aimee Baker
Criminal. Deviant. Woman.
Girlhunt.substack.com

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

When she and another were finally captured, they asked to be sent to prison. “We could tell a plenty concerning the institution at York if we cared to,” Ruby said. These girls knew what awaited them. GIRLHUNT returns Thursday. Subscribe if this is your kind of storytelling. www.girlhuntmedia.com

Black and white photo of the scales of justice. The text reads: When they were caught, they begged to be sent to prison—not back to the reformatory. When asked why, Ruby said: “We could tell a plenty concerning the institution at York if we cared to.”

Side view of a 1920s mugshot of Ruby Fox. The text reads: When pressed for details Myrtle simply said, “Let the state tell you.”

They were sentenced to one year in the Nebraska State Penitentiary

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Ruby Fox was teenager when she was arrested for shoplifting in 1920. What followed? Escape. Re-capture. Escape again. She’s not anyone who would make history books, but her commentary alludes to a broken system. A true story for GIRLHUNT (my Substack on forgotten women + true crime).

A black and white mugshot of a young woman from the 1920s. The text reads: This is Ruby Fox. In 1920 she was arrested for shoplifting in Scottsbluff, Nebraska

A black and white photo of a field with a woman in a 1920s style dress at the edge of the frame. The text reads: She had just moved to town and was staying with the Morrissey sisters. The the of them were caught with stolen clothing. One sister was charged. One walked free. And Ruby?

A black and white photo of a grated window. The text reads: Ruby was sent to the State Reformatory for women in York. She escaped. Then escaped again. And again.

A black and white photo of mountains in Wyoming. The text reads: Her last escape took her to Wyoming with another escaped inmate Myrtle Hettrick. They were free for months.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

So thankful for my dog. Walking him helps me process and brainstorm story connections. W/O him there’s no way I would have been out today (7 degrees at my house -7 at kid’s school) PS. These ferries break through ice. As the lake freezes we often see bald eagles since it’s one of the few open spots

A ferry that takes cars over Lake Champlain is docked. The water is filled with broken up ice. Another ferry is approaching in the distance.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Starting the week writing a poem in honor of a woman missing since 1972. Every poem I write is a reminder of what is lost when we don’t know their stories.

Desk with a computer monitor, keyboard, mouse, and plant on a decorative container

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Today’s book mail apparently needs to pass inspection before going on the shelf.

Hand holding the book “Barbara Newhall Follett: A Life in Letters” edited by Stefan Cooke. A large mixed breed dog with shaggy black and gray fur sniffs the top corner.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I mean, I guess...good for her for finding her passion?

A 1929 newspaper image. The text at top reads "Caterpillars Are Her Hobby." Below is a smiling woman standing near some flowers. Below that is a closeup of her hand with six large caterpillars on her palm.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Every episode of our podcast she goes by Jane features my original poems written in honor of the missing or unidentified women we feature. These is read by celebrity guests like Kathy Najimy, Louise Penny, or Tonantzin Carmelo. I think I need us to book a well-known novelist for this one...😔

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Long before she became a ghost story or a reality television crew clattered through her house, Mimi Boomhower was a party-loving, big-game-hunting woman who had been lying about her age for years. And in 1949 she became part of one of LA's biggest mysteries. Listen here: shorturl.at/CEmJJ

cover image for the podcast she goes by jane. The background is grey with black tree trunks. The text "she goes by Jane" is in the center in white.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A man tried to pet him today. He’s now traumatized and recovering on his emotional support chair.

Black and silver large mixed breed dog with long fur and floppy ears curled up on a cream chair covered in a fabric chair protector

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It's podcast release day. It's about this fascinating woman, Mimi. When I say I want to know as much as possible about the missing beyond what happened with their disappearance, it's true. Mimi is an example why. Lying about her age, constructing rooms around elephant heads, a solid ghost story...

black and white newspaper photo of Mimi Boomhower. She is a woman in her 60s sitting down with a drink glass in her right hand. Her face is tilted to the side as though she's in conversation and her mouth is slightly open. She's wearing a light colored hat with a large dark decorative detail on the front. She has on a coat and underneath and a dress with what appears to be a small floral print.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Things I can’t be casual about: bald eagles hanging out in a tree by my house

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Excuse me @theatlantic.bsky.social ? Did you just call me…an oldlennial?

Screenshot of a social media post by The Atlantic about Ian Bogost’s article “The Bluesky Bubble.” The text reads: Gen Xers and Oldlennials will remember the strange and delightful experience of rediscovering friends on early social media. On Bluesky, that feels possible again. But the platform isn’t a fix to our social-media landscape, Ian Bogost writes.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

My cat knows what to do during the afternoon sleepies

Torbie cat with orange, brown, and and white fur wraps her tiger striped leg around her face. She is sleeping on a white sheet.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

After months of trying to figure out what allergens were causing her to rip out her fur, we just discovered it’s actually that she has panic attacks whenever my husband leaves the house. Which, fair. I get it.

Closeup shot of a black and white cat curled up. Only her tail, eye, and part of a foot are visible

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My view from my bed every morning. When we bought this place it only had a single window but I never wanted to miss the sunrises here so my husband added two more for me.

View through three windows overlooking a lake. It’s sunrise and the sky is pink, purple, yellow, and orange.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

This is Doe which won the Akron Prize and published by University of Akron Press. The poems are abt missing and unidentified women. It led to a doc abt it with Kate Mulgrew narrating and Raven Goodwin & Coco Jones voicing some of the poems. And then a song by a county musician & now a podcast by me

Cover of the book Doe by Aimee Baker on a wood table

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Look, I don’t want to give away his secrets, but this guy is going to be a movie star soon. I mean you can see his star potential on display here, so I’m not sure why I ever doubted him.

Large mixed breed dog rolling on his back in the road. He’s in the shadow of his owner who was influenced to buy Adidas Sambas like every other middle aged dog mom. The shoes can be seen at the bottom of the photo.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

If you’re wondering what happens when poetry & true crime meet, it’s this, my podcast. Usually we get a celebrity to read the poem tribute at the end, but this time my co-host read it. I feel like this case could easily be solved if it got in front of the right people, so consider listening/sharing

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

My co-worker today. He snores.

Large mixed breed black and silver dog sleeping on a dog bed.

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Quote post with a picture of street graffiti on your phone. Rome - Parco degli Acquedotti in 2019 I always take photos of street graffiti on my travels

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

I just recorded a podcast episode where we talked about how often dead bodies are found by dog walkers…he wouldn’t do that to me, right?

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Aimée Baker @aimeebaker.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Not part of the 5am writers club but still have to be awake to drive my kid to school. It’d be a lose/lose situation except for views like this.

Sun rising over the horizon reflecting sunlight on a large lake with waves in the foreground

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