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Episode 75 - The Beautiful & The Bestial: A Courtesan, a Prince, and a Murder at the Savoy
A deadly shooting at London’s extravagant Savoy Hotel in 1923 prompted a murder trial that pitted East against West. Was the tragedy the...
Jun 30


Episode 74 - If Murder There Was: Typhoid & Tragedy in 1909 Missouri
Six nurses threatened to storm out of the Swope mansion in Missouri at the height of a 1909 typhoid epidemic, claiming that “people are...
Jun 9


Episode 73- Bullets for Ruth: The Wanderers & The Ragged Stranger
Chicago crime reporters descended upon Ruth and Carl Wanderer’s Chicago home after the war hero’s wife was shot dead in a holdup at their...
May 19


Episode 72- Broken Pearl: The 1896 Beheading of Pearl Bryan
A boy’s shortcut through a Kentucky fruit farm in 1896 uncovered the headless body of a woman, later identified as Pearl Bryan. How did...
Apr 28


Episode 71 - Fear No Evil: Ed Johnson & 1906 Tennessee
The 1906 assault of a white woman in Chattanooga led to a murder and the U.S. Supreme Court’s first and only intervention in a state...
Apr 7


69 and 70- Vile Business: The Murder of Duchess Praslin, Part I & II
In 1847, servants of Paris’s Hotel Sebastiani rushed to help Duchess Praslin after hearing her screams. This is part one of the murder...
Feb 20


Episode 68- Dead Man's Hand: The Bennetts & 1929 Kansas City
Show Notes- Episode 68 Dead Man’s Hand: The Bennetts & 1929 Kansas City In 1929, a Kansas City housewife shot and killed her husband...
Feb 17


Episode 67- Renaissance Virago: Caterina Sforza, Tigress of Forli
Countess Caterina Sforza was raised in the Renaissance court of Milan and survived the assassination of her father and husbands. She then...
Jan 27
Episode 66- A Violent Vacancy: The 1902 Disappearance of Nora Fuller
On January 11, 1902, 15-year-old Nora Fuller responded to a nanny wanted advertisement in the San Francisco Examiner. She called her...
Jan 2


Episode 65- The Wicked Witch of Ringtown: Murder in Pennsylvania
A man murdered a woman in rural Pennsylvania after claiming she had cursed him with black magic. How did this region become known as the...
Nov 4, 2024


Episodes 63 & 64: Flapper Fatale- The Murder of Edith Thompson
Show Notes for Episode 63-Â Flapper Fatale: The Murder of Edith Thompson, Part I A night out on the town turns deadly after a love...
Oct 7, 2024


Episode 62- Dr. Strange: A Tragedy in New Orleans
In 1889, a father discovered his daughter dead at the home of Dr. Etienne Deschamps, a dentist-surgeon and hypnotist. Was the death truly...
Sep 16, 2024


Episode 61 - Maniac: Insanity & Tragedy in South Pasadena
In 1940, a principal snapped and went on a shooting spree at his Southern California junior high school. Who or what was to blame?...
Aug 26, 2024


Death Came for Dongo: A Massacre in Old Mexico
In October of 1789, a search for the owner of an abandoned carriage led to a gruesome discovery in the home of a wealthy merchant. Don...
Aug 5, 2024


Episodes 58 & 59- Killer at the Knickerbocker Part I & II: Roland Molineux & the Great Poison Mystery
The Great Poison Mystery began in 1898 after two people were killed by poison sent to them by mail. The packages were eventually traced...
Jul 31, 2024


Episode 57- Of Fire and Blood: Massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright's Love Bungalow
In the summer of 1914, a fire broke out at the love bungalow of Frank Lloyd Wright and his mistress Mamah Borthwick. When the smoke...
Jun 17, 2024


Episode 56 - Destroying Angel: A Hollywood Mystery
Two actors fled Hollywood for Salt Lake City in 1928. One was bludgeoned to death, and the other would call upon none other than Charlie...
Jun 6, 2024


Episode 55 - Woman in White: The Dictaphone Murder Trial
In the summer of 1914, someone shot through the window of a Long Island doctor’s office, killing a woman inside. When investigators found...
May 6, 2024


Episodes 52 & 53 - The Wallpaper Widow: The Murder of Mary Emsley (Parts I &II)
Show Notes for Episode 52/53 - The Wallpaper Widow: The Murder of Mary Emsley (Part I & II) A widow is found brutally murdered in...
Mar 18, 2024


Episode 51 - Blood Will Out: Dolly & the Bat Man Slayer
Show Notes for Episode 51 - Blood Will Out: Dolly & the Bat Man Slayer A decade-old murder mystery unravels when a secret is discovered...
Mar 18, 2024
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