A True Crime History Podcast
Between November 1938 and May 1940, Margaret Martin, Rachel Taylor and Faye Gates were abducted and sexually assaulted, their bodies dumped within 50 miles of Penn State College. My guest
Continue readingThe Nittany Nightmare Murders Part 1 w/ Derek Sherwood
On October 7, 1896, the citizens of Sherburn, a small town in southwestern Minnesota, were horrified when two brothers from Iowa held up the local bank and murdered two men
Continue readingThe Deadly 1896 Sherburn Bank Robbery w/ Jeffrey Sauve
The Harp(e) brothers have been called America’s first serial killers, once notorious enough to be the stuff of folklore and legend before fading into obscurity. In the chaos of the
Continue readingThe Murderous Harp Brothers Revisited w/ Katherine Grandjean
William Morgan was last seen in Batavia, New York, in September 1826, shortly after threatening to publish purported Masonic secrets. He was arrested that same month in Canandaigua, transported to
Continue readingThe Mysterious Disappearance of William Morgan w/ Ann Webster Bunch
Ted Bundy grew up in Tacoma in the shadow of one of the most toxic smelters in the United States, and he wasn’t the only one. Between the 1970s and
Continue readingDid a Tacoma Smelter Help Create a Generation of Serial Killers? w/ Caroline Fraser
My guest this week is Phillip Barlag, author of Evil Roman Emperors: The Shocking History of Ancient Rome’s Most Wicked Rulers from Caligula to Nero and More. He shares stories
Joaquin Murrieta has been remembered as a Robin Hood of the California Gold Rush — a wronged miner turned avenging outlaw, the supposed inspiration for Zorro. The truth is far
Continue readingBandit Chief Joaquin Murrieta: Myth Vs. Fact w/ John Boessenecker
On July 17, 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts, attractive nineteen-year-old Frances Cochran stepped off a commuter bus and into a mysterious black automobile. Three days later, police discovered her mutilated body
Continue readingThe Murder of Frances Cochran w/ Robert Fitzgibbon
On October 7, 1964, Debra Miller’s life turns upside down when her mother is arrested for the murder of her father. At only fourteen years old, Debra becomes a ward
Continue readingA Memoir of Murder in the Golden State w/ Debra Miller
In the first decades of the twentieth century, saloon proprietor Erastus Wallace Scott of Des Moines―with his cousins in the infamous Carter Gang―operated a campaign of murder, fraud, corruption, and prostitution
Continue readingIowa’s Notorious Carter Gang w/ David & Rose Donovan