A True Crime History Podcast
In the early morning hours of October 17, 1953, a frightened, battered woman named Diane Wells told a horrific tale to police. She said intruders had broken into the top-floor
Continue readingThe Murder of Cecil Wells w/ James T. Bartlett
In February of 1896 the decapitated corpse of a young woman, who would later be identified as Pearl Bryan, was discovered in the woods of Northern Kentucky. Evidence would lead
(Part One) June 9th (or) 10th marks the 110th anniversary of one of the most notorious crimes in American history – the brutal axe murders of Josiah and Sarah Moore,
Continue readingThe Villisca Axe Murders w/ Edgar Epperly (Three Part Series)
The Ocean Monarch, captained by James Murdock, was a disciplined and safety-conscious passenger ship that should have smoothly sailed from England to the United States in 1848. Not long after
Continue readingThe Wreck of the Ocean Monarch w/ Gill Hoffs
On the afternoon of December 2nd, 1945, a fourteen-year-old student named Thora Chamberlain walked with friends to a high school football game in Campbell, California. A man wearing a U.S.
Continue readingThe Murder of Thora Chamberlain w/ Rod Kackley
In October of 1905, the schooner Harry A. Berwind was intercepted off the coast of North Carolina. On board were four Black sailors, three of them alive and one dead.
Mary Ann Cotton has long been considered the first female serial killer in England, with allegations that she used arsenic to poison over twenty people, including her children, mother and
Continue readingMary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Female Serial Killer? w/ Martin Connolly
Arnie Bernstein was one my first guests on Most Notorious, way back on episode #26, and talked about the horrifying 1927 Bath Consolidated School massacre. Since the initial publication of
Continue readingBath Massacre (New Edition) w/ Arnie Bernstein
May 18th, 2016, marks the 89th commemoration of the Bath, Michigan School Massacre. In 1927 Andrew Kehoe rigged the school with over 600 pounds of dynamite. The explosion killed 38
Continue readingThe 1927 Bath School Massacre w/ Arnie Bernstein
Harper Lee, author of “To Kill A Mockingbird”, famously accompanied Truman Capote as he investigated the murder of the Clutter family; ultimately writing about the terrible events in his true
Continue readingHarper Lee & Murderer Willie Maxwell w/ Casey Cep