The Wreck of the Mentor w/ Eric Jay Dolin
In May of 1832, an American whaleship called the Mentor went down on a remote reef in the western Pacific. Of the crew, eleven men made it out alive, but
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The Wreck of the Mentor w/ Eric Jay Dolin
In May of 1832, an American whaleship called the Mentor went down on a remote reef in the western Pacific. Of the crew, eleven men made it out alive, but
The Curse of the Blumenthals w/ Phyllis Karas
My guest is New York Times bestselling author Phyllis Karas. She shares the deeply personal story of two shocking tragedies in her family history: a 1935 car accident that killed
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The Capone’s Vault Fiasco w/ William Hazelgrove
In 1986, The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults drew a larger audience than the Super Bowl or David Frost’s interview with Richard Nixon. The special was intended as a comeback
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The Journalist & the Serial Killer w/ Mark Braude
In 1939, the crimes of German serial murderer Eugen Weidmann captivated France, culminating in a sensational trial and a public execution by guillotine, the last of its kind in the
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Jack the Ripper: Edward Buckley w/ Jonathan Tye
Edward Buckley was a violent East End tough whose life unfolded in the same streets and shadows as the Whitechapel murders. Born into a rough, crime-entangled family, he grew up
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Conversations With Serial Killers w/ Jeffrey Smalldon
My guest this week is forensic psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon. He shares stories from decades of correspondence, prison visits, and interviews with some of America’s most notorious killers, including Charles
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The Murders That Inspired Lincoln’s Lyceum Address w/ Saladin Ambar
My guest is award-winning author Saladin Ambar, who examines a wave of racially motivated killings along the Mississippi River in the 1830s – events that left a deep impression on
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Julia Bulette: Murdered by a Serial Killer? w/ Robin Flinchum
One chill January night in 1867, a Virginia City prostitute was strangled to death in her bed. The murderer was caught and hanged in front of a crowd of thousands,
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Chicago’s Apartment 131 Murders w/ Gregg Owen
On a chilly night in March of 1976, a father searching for his missing son made a horrifying discovery inside a Chicago apartment – in at what first appeared to
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The Cape Cod Murder of 1899 w/ Theresa Mitchell Webster
On a crisp September evening in 1899, a seventeen-year-old petty thief named Edwin Ray Snow shot and killed a bakery deliveryman named Jimmy Whittemore outside Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The gunshots rang
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