A True Crime History Podcast
In the spring of 1853 the ill-fated William and Mary, an American sailing ship captained by the incompetent Timothy Stinson, departed from England carrying over 200 Dutch, Scotch, Irish and
Continue readingThe 1853 Shipwreck of the Ill-Fated William & Mary with Gill Hoffs
Do you have a criminal from your family’s past that you’ve always wanted to learn more about, but don’t know where to start? On this special episode of Most Notorious,
Continue readingTracing Your Criminal Ancestors w/ Stephen Wade
Of all of the Jack the Ripper suspects, Montague Druitt is the most maligned in modern times, my guests argue, despite the fact that many of his contemporaries believed him
Continue readingWas Montague Druitt Jack the Ripper? w/ Jonathan Hainsworth & Christine Ward-Agius
The Cherry Mine in Cherry, Illinois was built to be one of the safest in the United States. However on November 13th, 1909, it caught fire, killing 259 boys and
Continue readingIllinois’ 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster w/ Karen Tintori
On the evening of December 23rd 1881, three teenagers, alone in a farmhouse in Ashland Kentucky, were savagely murdered and the house set afire to cover the crime. What followed
Continue readingKentucky’s 1881 Ashland Murders w/ Joe Castle
At the tail end of World War Two, a serial killer named James Waybern “Red” Hall, stalked the roads of Arkansas, Kansas and other middle American states, remorselessly murdering kind
Continue reading1940s Serial Killer “Red” Hall w/ Janie Nesbitt Jones
When sheriff’s deputies arrived at David and Allene Lamson’s Palo Alto home on Memorial Day, 1933, they found David frantic over what he said was a terrible accident in their
Continue reading1933 California’s Lamson Murder Case w/ Tom Zaniello
In November of 1912, a young woman named Ella Barham journeyed home, on her horse, to her family farm in Boone County, Arkansas, but never arrived. After her body was
Continue readingThe 1912 Murder of Ella Barham w/ Nita Gould
Imprisoned in a Turkish war camp during WW1, two British officers pull off an unbelievable con against their captors involving a Ouija board, an angry ghost and feigned madness –
Albert Johnson is famous in Canadian crime history for leading Mounties on a sensational and deadly chase through the Yukon and Northwest Territories during the winter of 1931-32. How he
Continue readingCanada’s Famous “Mad Trapper” Manhunt w/ Helena Katz