One of Minnesota’s most fascinating unsolved murder cases began on the morning of December 9, 1937, when firefighters discovered the charred body of 31-year-old Ruth Munson in an abandoned Saint

Continue readingThe Murder of Ruth Munson w/ Roger Barr

There are two interviews packed into this week’s episode of Most Notorious! First Dale Ross, author of “A Voice for Ira” joins me to talk about the horrific death of

Continue readingThe Strange Death of Ira Gurley w/ Dale Ross & the Birmingham Axe Murders w/ Jeremy Gray

On October 24, 1588, the city of Bologna, Italy was shaken when a knight named Paola Barbieri stabbed his wife Isabella to death with a sword. He then fled, dressed

Continue readingMurder and Madness in Bologna w/ Mònica Calabritto

Best-selling author Margalit Fox returns to the show to talk about Marm Mandelbaum, an extraordinary woman who lived the classic rags to riches story, rising out of immigrant poverty into

Continue readingNew York City Crime Boss Marm Mandelbaum w/ Margalit Fox

The Reno Gang is best known for being the first group of outlaws in history to rob a moving train, but their criminal enterprises stretched far beyond that. They were

Continue readingThe Notorious Reno Gang w/ Rachel Dickinson

In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on

Continue readingThe Incorruptibles w/ Dan Slater

On the morning of May 16, 1922, a young man’s body was found on a desolate road in Westchester County. The victim was penniless ex-sailor Clarence Peters. Walter Ward, the

Continue readingThe Ward-Peters Murder Case w/ James Polchin

I’m joined by former Scotland Yard detective Steven Keogh, who examines the Jack the Ripper case in his recent book, “Murder Investigation Team: Jack the Ripper”. He applies current investigative

Continue readingA Modern-Day Police Perspective on the Jack the Ripper Murders w/ Steven Keogh

In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves

Continue readingMafia Spies w/ Thomas Maier

My guest this week is award-winning author Dean Jobb. He joins me to talk about one of the most colorful criminals of the Jazz Age, Arthur Barry. Barry, who has

Continue readingGentleman Jewel Thief Arthur Barry w/ Dean Jobb