A True Crime History Podcast
On December 6th, 1969, The Rolling Stones headlined a free concert at Altamont Speedway outside of San Francisco. It quickly turned ugly, culminating with the stabbing death of eighteen-year-old Meredith
In early 1942, as World War II raged and Japan threatened Australia, tens of thousands of American servicemen arrived in Melbourne to provide assistance in the Pacific Theater. One young
Continue readingWartime Melbourne’s “Brownout Strangler” Serial Killer w/ Ian W. Shaw
In 1902 New York City, a group of wealthy young men, known as the Bedford Avenue Gang, spent their free time terrorizing their neighborhood – including drinking, stealing, fleecing businesses
Continue readingThe Murder of Walter Brooks w/ Virginia A. McConnell
In February of 1921 in Missoula, Montana, a wife and mother of two named Nora Shea was gunned down near some railroad tracks. The main suspect was a local hoodlum
In August of 1965, the idyllic little community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was shaken to its foundation when housewife Mariann Colby shot to death her neighbor boy, eight-year-old Cremer Young
Continue readingThe Murder of Cremer Young Jr. w/ William L. Tabac
The subject of today’s episode is Henri Landru, the most notorious serial killer in French history. He placed advertisements in Paris newspapers in the late 1910s, preying on lonely women
Continue readingWWI-Era French Serial Killer Henri Landru w/ Richard Tomlinson
Ann Marie Ackermann is my guest on this episode, author of the book “Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee”.
Continue readingThe Assassin Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee w/ Ann Marie Ackermann
In the late 19th century, inventors were rushing to perfect and patent motion picture devices, and leading the race was a Frenchman named Louis Le Prince. In September of 1890
Continue readingWhat Happened to Louis Le Prince? w/ Paul Fischer
On October 24th, 1961, one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Massachusetts history began when housewife and mother Joan Risch vanished from her home. Investigators were perplexed by a kitchen
My guest is Dr. Emilie La Beau Lucchesi, author of “Ugly Prey: An Innocent Woman and the Death Sentence That Scandalized Jazz Age Chicago”. She discusses the case of Sabella
Continue readingChicago’s Accused Murderess Sabella Nitti w/ Emilie La Beau Lucchesi