#americanhistory

Mar 18

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...

Dec 4, 2023

Episode 49 - Feral: The Dark Strangler

The Dark Strangler prowled the streets of Jazz Age San Francisco. His murder spree spanned nine states, two countries, and three years,...

Oct 23, 2023

Episode 47 - The Sausage King & the Vat of Phat

In 1897, sausage sales plummeted after the wife of the so-called Sausage King suddenly went missing. Chicago police investigated the...

May 1, 2023

Episode 38 - Death Dealing: Ned Doheny, Hugh Plunkett & LA Noire

In 1929, the son of oil magnate Edward Doheny was found dead beside his secretary in an apparent murder-suicide. The news exploded onto...

Oct 31, 2022

Episode 31 - A Deadly Thrust: The Hatpin Panic

When women discovered newfound freedom on the streets of turn-of-the-century America, they also observed new dangers. When society failed...

Sep 19, 2022

Episode 29 - Monstrous Strange: Lydia Broadnax, Michael Brown & George Wythe

In 1806, a founding father of the newly created United States was murdered. This episode is the story of a botched murder investigation,...

Jul 18, 2022

Episode 26 - Battle for Babylon: The LA Times Bombing (Part II)

When the LA Times exploded in 1910, a labor war erupted in Los Angeles. At stake was nothing less than the future of their city. This is...

Jul 4, 2022

Episode 25 - Battle for Babylon: The LA Times Bombing (I)

In 1910, the city of Los Angeles was an inferno of unrest. A handful of men used coercion, corruption, and outright theft to build their...

May 16, 2022

Episode 23 - Slum Angel: Elsie Sigel & The Chinatown Trunk Murder

In 1909, New York City Police discovered the corpse of a white woman stuffed into a trunk. Because cops found the corpse in a Chinese...

Apr 11, 2022

Episode 21: We Not Whipped Yet - The Stono Rebellion

In the very early hours of September 9, 1739, a group of slaves digging a drainage ditch for the Stono River near Charleston, South...