SHOW NOTES | Old Blood Podcast

Jan 17, 2022

Episode 17 - Goodbye, Billy

New York's Adirondack Mountains have long been praised for their tranquility and restorative powers on the body and soul. But in 1906, a...

Dec 20, 2021

Episode 16: He Done Her Wrong

In 1899, Allen Britt did Frankie Baker wrong. The consequence of his betrayal was murder and a ragtime song from St. Louis that became a...

Dec 6, 2021

Episode 15 - A Terrible Tango

In 1917, a dance craze swept through the streets of New York City, prompting reformers to launch a campaign against tango bars and the...

Nov 23, 2021

Episode 14: Let Him Kill Me

Episode 14 - Let Him Kill Me In a real game of thrones, the Julio-Claudian family jostled for power throughout their century-long...

Nov 8, 2021

Episode 13: The Real Rappe (Part II)

If you recognize the name Fatty Arbuckle at all, it is likely in conjunction with Hollywood's greatest scandal. He's known as the man who...

Oct 25, 2021

Episode 12: The Real Rappe (Part I)

Episode 12 - The Real Rappe (Part I) If you recognize the name Fatty Arbuckle at all, it is likely in conjunction with Hollywood's...

Oct 11, 2021

Episode 11: The Dreadful Place

The Bastendorffs’ home was considered one of the few respectable boarding homes in Victorian London...until the discovery of a corpse...

Sep 27, 2021

Episode 10 - Liver Eaters & Liars

John "Liver-Eating" Johnston was one of the "mountain men" who explored the American Northwest in the mid to late 1800s. Like the other...

Sep 20, 2021

Episode 9- The Terror: July

By 1793, radical revolutionaries had unleashed a wave of bloodshed that threatened to swallow France whole. Charlotte Corday travels to...

Sep 7, 2021

Episode 8- The Terror: September

Jean-Paul Marat terrorized France with his newspaper long before the most famous period of the French Revolution known as the Terror. By...

Sep 6, 2021

Episode 7: Aqua Tofana

Episode 6 - Aqua Tofana Newly widowed women began to fill the streets of 17th century Rome. This prompted an investigation into their...

Aug 30, 2021

Episode 6 - Crippen

Show Notes Episode 6 - Crippen In 1910, London police discovered human remains underneath the home of a homeopathic doctor. The discovery...

Aug 23, 2021

Episode 5: The Women of Alexandria

Show Notes Episode 5 - The Women of Alexandria Raya and Sakina have become legends in Egypt, infamous for being the sisters who murdered...

Aug 16, 2021

Episode 4 - Francis Blandy

When Mary Blandy fell in love with a Scottish nobleman in 1747, she had no idea that in just a few years, her father would be murdered...

Aug 9, 2021

Episode 3: Ruby McCollum

It is 1952 in Florida, the heart of Jim Crow. A black woman walks into a white doctor's office and shoots the doctor dead. But why? And...

Aug 2, 2021

Episode 2: Bobby Franks (Part 2)

In part 2 of the Leopold and Loeb murder case, Nathan and Richard scramble to cover up their murder of Bobby Franks, leading to a...

Jul 26, 2021

Episode 1: Bobby Franks (Part 1)

In Chicago in 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb abducted and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. The murder ignited a national...