A True Crime History Podcast
In the summer of 1483 Edward and Richard, sons of the deceased King Edward IV, disappeared from the Tower of London, where they were being held by the recently crowned
Continue readingWhat Happened to the Princes in the Tower? A New Suspect w/ M.J. Trow
From World War I through the 1920s a midwife known as Auntie Suzy readily supplied arsenic to women in a small Hungarian village. The women, who would become known as
Continue readingThe Angel Makers of Nagyrév w/ Patti McCracken
In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar went missing in the Louisiana swamps. After an eight-month search that electrified the country and destroyed Bobby’s parents, the boy was found, filthy and hardly
Continue readingThe Mysterious Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar w/ Tal McThenia
In the third season of the acclaimed HBO series Deadwood, one of the most villainous characters in a show full of villains was introduced. Ruthless mining magnate George Hearst arrived,
In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The
On the afternoon of March 21st, 1924 a horrific crime shook the city of Chicago (and the entire country). Bobbie Franks, on his way home from school, was kidnapped and
Continue readingThe Murder of Bobby Franks (Leopold & Loeb Revisited) w/ Penny Wilson & Greg King
I’ve combined two of my shorter interviews into one episode this week. First up, Kelly Sullivan, author of “Murder at Rocky Point Park: Tragedy in Rhode Island’s Summer Paradise” joins
Edgar Allan Poe is, of course, one of America’s most iconic writers. Many credit him with inventing or popularizing multiple literary genres, including mystery, horror, and detective fiction. But the
Continue readingThe Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe w/ Mark Dawidziak
In early 1922, Hollywood was in damage control. The recent “Fatty” Arbuckle manslaughter and rape case had brought unwanted scandal to the motion picture industry, so when Paramount Pictures director
Continue readingThe Murder of William Desmond Taylor w/ William J Mann
On December 3rd, 1894, a dressmaker named Catherine “Kitty” Ging was found shot to death on a snowy Lake Calhoun road in Minneapolis. Police patched together clues and evidence, which
Continue readingThe 1894 Murder of Kitty Ging w/ Shawn Francis Peters