Capt. Matt Leach Vs. John Dillinger
Original Air Date: 10/14/2019 Ellen Poulsen is back, this time to discuss her new book (co-written with Lori Hyde), “Chasing Dillinger: Police Captain Matt Leach, J. Edgar Hoover and the
The Murder of President James Garfield w/ Candice Millard
On July 2nd, 1881, a disappointed and mentally unstable office-seeker named Charles Guiteau shot President James A. Garfield in a Washington D.C. train station. Over the next weeks, Garfield would
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Lucky Luciano’s 1930s NYC Prostitution Trial w/ Ellen Poulsen
In 1936, New York City prosecutors, desperate to put infamous Murder Inc. boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano behind bars, decided to arrest him on tenuous charges for running the Big Apple’s
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The Black Dahlia Murder Revisited w/ Piu Eatwell
The 1947 Los Angeles Black Dahlia murder case has long been one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in American history, and many suspects have been accused over the years of
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Texas Gunfighters Ben Thompson & King Fisher w/ G.R. Williamson
When many of us think about Old West gunfighters, our minds turn to men like Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, and Billy the Kid. But there were others equally as compelling,
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1930s Outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd (Parts 1 & 2) w/ Michael Wallis
In this classic episode of Most Notorious, I speak to acclaimed author Michael Wallis, who wrote the definitive work on infamous Depression-era outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd. Among other topics covered
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The 1931 Leavenworth Prison Break w/ Kenneth LaMaster
Original Air Date: 4/17/20 Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas was once home to some of the most notorious criminals in America, including Carl Panzram, Robert “the Birdman” Stroud, Frank Nitti and
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Chicago’s Iroquois Theater Fire w/ Troy Taylor
On December 30th, 1903, over two thousand people were packed into Chicago’s brand new Iroquois Theater for a matinee performance of Mr. Bluebeard, starring comedian Eddie Foy.Little did theatergoers know,
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Did Lee Harvey Oswald Assassinate JFK Alone? w/ Gerald Posner
For almost sixty years, the Kennedy assassination has occupied the hearts and minds of Americans. Hundreds of books have been written about the fateful day at Dealey Plaza in November
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The Acid Bath Murderer w/ Gordon Lowe
In the years following World War II, serial killer John George Haigh committed five perfect murders, using sulphuric acid to dissolve his victims into soup. His sixth murder, however, was