A True Crime History Podcast
Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were two complicated men whose steadfast friendship became one of the legendary relationships of the American West. Both were flawed, and often on uncertain moral
Continue readingWyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Tombstone w/ Mark Lee Gardner
My guest is Chris Pouy, who shares an astonishing true story of love, betrayal, and murder on this latest episode of Most Notorious. His grandmother, Zoya Fyodorova, was a celebrated
In November 1856, Dublin was shaken by the murder of George Little, chief cashier at the Broadstone railway terminus. He was found in his office, beaten and with his throat
Continue readingThe 1856 Dublin Railway Murder w/ Thomas Morris
In “The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys”, investigative journalist Lise Olsen tells the gripping true-crime story behind the “Lost Boys” murders in 1970s Houston,
Continue readingThe Scientist & the Serial Killer w/ Lise Olsen
In November 1926, Cecelia Gullivan, treasurer of the Cone Automatic Machine company of Windsor, Vermont, was brutally killed in her home. Local police quickly arrested Cone Automatic machinist John Winters
Continue readingThe Murder of Cecelia Gullivan w/ Jeffrey L. Amestoy
Victorian London is often remembered for the Ripper murders, yet at the same time another equally chilling series of slayings unfolded. Between 1887 and 1889, the dismembered bodies of four
Continue readingThe Thames Torso Murders w/ Sarah Bax Horton
The small Southern California island of Coronado rarely makes news for violent crime. But in the spring of 1975, World War II widow and retired librarian Ruth Quinn was murdered,
Continue readingThe Murder of Jujube Heiress Ruth Quinn w/ Taylor Kiland
In the early twentieth century, eugenics captivated scientists and the public alike, giving researchers license to exploit the infirm, the mentally ill, prisoners, Native communities and many others considered “defective”
Continue readingA History of Eugenics in America w/ Mark A. Torres
Clay Allison was both liked and loathed in his lifetime, embodying the contradictions of the American frontier. He could show moments of kindness for the downtrodden, but also carried deep
Continue readingGunfighter Clay Allison w/ Donna Blake Birchell
In the sultry summer of 1949, a sleepy Florida beach town was rocked to its core. A brutal home invasion, a shocking murder, and a desperate, month-long manhunt captivated—and terrified—an