A True Crime History Podcast
On the morning of July 16, 1936, the crumpled body of nineteen-year-old college student Helen Clevenger was found by her uncle in her room at Asheville, North Carolina’s Battery Park
Continue readingThe Murder of Helen Clevenger w/ Anne Chesky Smith
The Texas Rangers in the late 1880s were a tough and colorful lot, especially the members of Company F. And while they made their livings hunting down outlaws, none proved
Continue readingTexas Ranger Company F Vs. The Conner Family w/ Joe Pappalardo
Between July 1st and 12th, 1916, a sensational series of shark attacks terrorized seaside resorts and communities along the Jersey Shore. Four people would ultimately die before the shark thought
Continue readingThe 1916 Shark Attacks w/ Dr. Richard Fernicola
In September of 1916 a mysterious fire consumed a cottage nestled on Ossipee Lake in New Hampshire, and when local law enforcement searched the wreckage they made a horrifying discovery.
Continue readingThe Murder of Florence Small w/ Janice S. C. Petrie
In August of 1892, one of the most famous double murders in American history was committed in brutal fashion. Andrew and Abby Borden were hacked to death in their Fall
Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp and their wives united in Tombstone, Arizona in 1879 with the intent to make their fortunes, but along the way crossed paths with a gang
Continue readingTombstone, the Earp Brothers and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral w/ Tom Clavin
The tranquility of Ohio’s Pleasant Valley was forever scarred in June of 1896 when tragedy struck the Rose family. Twenty-three-year-old Ceely Rose was infatuated with neighbor boy Guy Berry. When
Continue readingThe Ceely Rose Murders w/ Mark Sebastian Jordan
In the summer of 1932, with the Cubs in the thick of the pennant race, Billy Jurges broke off his relationship with Violet Popovich to focus on baseball. The famously
Continue readingThe Shooting of Chicago Cubs Shortstop Billy Jurges w/ Jack Bales
In 1835 Marcus and Narcissa Whitman arrived to the Pacific Northwest, building a mission on Cayuse land near the present day Washington/Oregon border with hopes of converting members of the
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