A True Crime History Podcast
“Doctor” Robert Spears was arguably one of the greatest con artists of the twentieth century, and very likely a mass murderer. In thirty nine years of grift, he had 25
Continue readingThe Life & Crimes of Robert Spears w/ Jerry Jamison
My guest this week is Scott Ellsworth, author of Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America. He talks
Continue readingJohn Wilkes Booth & the Last Year of the Civil War w/ Scott Ellsworth
In July of 1908 the body of twenty-year-old Hazel Drew was found floating in a mill pond in Upstate New York. Her death captured headlines across the nation and around
Continue readingThe Hazel Drew Murder Revisited w/ Jerry C. Drake
Clem Pellett grew up knowing very little about his grandfather, Clarence Pellett, who was murdered along Montana’s iconic Hi-Line in April of 1951. Pellett’s father had cut ties with the
Continue readingThe 1951 Murder of Clarence Pellett w/ Clem Pellett
On the morning of September 5th, 1917, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Epler was found dead just steps from her home in Alma, Michigan. The investigation into her murder would soon entangle a
Continue readingThe Murder of Beatrice Epler w/ Allie Seibert
On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what
Continue readingThe Castleton Massacre with Margaret Carson & Sharon Anne Cook
On the morning of July 3, 1915, John Pierpont Morgan Jr., one of the most famous names in finance, was entertaining guests at his sprawling Long Island estate when the
George Lowther was a mutineer and a pirate, one of the most prolific during the golden age of piracy. His first mate, Edward “Ned” Low, went on to establish himself
Continue readingGolden Age Pirate George Lowther w/ Craig Chapman
Charles Cowlam stands out as one of the most remarkable con artists of nineteenth-century America. He talked his way into receiving pardons from both President Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Continue readingCivil War Era & Gilded Age Con Artist Charles Cowlam w/ Frank W. Garmon Jr.
In November 1945, James Newton, a young World War II veteran, was shot four times—twice in the back—in his room at an Abingdon, Virginia boardinghouse owned by Helen Clark. She
Continue readingAbingdon’s Boardinghouse Murder w/ Greg Lilly