A True Crime History Podcast
Murder, Inc. was arguably the most ruthless and successful hit squad in American history, killing hundreds of people throughout the 1930s. It was led by a brutal Brooklyn gangster named
Continue readingAbe “Kid Twist” Reles & Murder, Inc. w/ Michael Cannell
In honor of Black History Month, my guest Ben Montgomery tells the story of George Dinning, a former slave who was visited one night in 1897 by a mob, hellbent
Somehow Jane Toppan managed to skirt through the first half of her life murdering people at will, before finally being caught and committed to an insane asylum in 1901. Her
Continue readingAmerica’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan w/ Mary Kay McBrayer
In late 1960s a serial murder stalked the city of London, Ontario, killing at will and baffling police, even to this day. My guest is author, bookstore owner and historian
Continue readingOntario’s Forest City Serial Killer w/ Vanessa Brown
Francis Tumblety was one America’s greatest 19th century charlatans. A medical quack who became rich peddling cure-all herbal remedies, his larger-than-life character and questionable morals put him into some sticky
Continue readingJack the Ripper Suspect Francis Tumblety w/ Michael L. Hawley
In the first few months of 1931, Francis “Two Gun” Crowley, an illiterate, psychopathic nineteen-year-old kid, went on a violent New York crime spree, which included murdering a Nassau county
Continue readingNew York Gangster Francis “Two Gun” Crowley w/ Jerry Aylward
Travel back in time to the darkest depths of the Gilded Age with a show that chronicles the strangest and most terrifying true crime tales of 1892. Each story you
In February of 1903, wealthy businessman Ed Burdick was beaten to death in the den of his Buffalo, New York mansion. Investigators were faced with a strange crime scene and
Continue readingThe Mysterious 1903 Murder of Ed Burdick w/ Kimberly Tilley
My guest, historian and author Tui Snider shares the wild story of the ill-fated Helms-Ratliff gang, who held up the First National Bank in Cisco, Texas on December 23rd, 1927.
Continue reading1927 Texas’s “Santa Claus Bank Robbery” w/ Tui Snider
In March of 1950, a young woman named JoAnn Dewey, trying to get home, was beaten and kidnapped on a Vancouver, Washington street corner, in full view of witnesses. None
Continue readingThe 1950 Murder of JoAnn Dewey w/ Pat Jollota