A True Crime History Podcast
In the southeastern corner of 1901 Wyoming, cattle ranchers were furious that sheep were destroying valuable range land. When Willie Nickell, the son of a local sheep rancher was found murdered
Continue readingGunfighter-For-Hire Tom Horn’s 1902 Murder Trial w/ John W. Davis
Through most of the 1920s the Bernstein Brothers, known more colorfully as the Purple Gang, ran Detroit’s underworld with an iron fist. Partnering with Chicago’s Al Capone, they were responsible
Continue readingDetroit’s Notorious Purple Gang w/ Gregory Fournier
“Oh the humanity!” were the famous words spoken by news reporter Herb Morrison when on May 6, 1937, the Nazi-funded airship Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed into a New
Continue readingThe 1937 Hindenburg Disaster: Michael McCarthy
No historical true crime case is more hotly debated around the world than the one involving the near-mythical serial killer “Jack the Ripper”. My guest, Edward Stow, believes the killer was
Continue readingWas Charles Lechmere Jack the Ripper? w/ Edward Stow
My guest, Gary Sosniecki, shares the story of the horrific murder of his great-grandmother, Cecilia, at the hands of her husband Albin Ludwig in Mishawaka, Indiana in September of 1906.
Continue readingThe 1906 “Potato Masher Murder” of Cecilia Ludwig w/ Gary Sosniecki
By June of 1978, the once massively popular television star Bob Crane (of Hogan’s Heroes fame) was relegated to doing dinner theater in Scottsdale, Arizona. In between shows, he and hanger-on
Continue readingThe 1978 Murder of Hogan’s Heroes Star Bob Crane w/ John Hook
Hurricane season is now upon us, and with it potential dangers to the coastal populations of the United States. But the continent has lived through centuries of devastation and death,
Continue readingAmerica’s Most Notorious Hurricanes w/ Eric Jay Dolin
Original Release Date: 3/7/2016. In the late 1920s, an estimated 20 boys or more are abducted, tortured and murdered at a chicken ranch in Wineville, California. My guest is Anthony
Continue readingThe Wineville Chicken Ranch Serial Murders w/ author Anthony Flacco
Original Air Date: 3/21/2018. Fifty years after the brutal murders of three Tucson women, an inside account of killer Charles Schmid, aka “The Pied Piper of Tucson” is published – written
Continue readingThe Pied Piper of Tucson Killer w/ Lisa Espich
In this special interview episode from the files of Where Blood Runs Cold, I interview Sharon Henry Darby, author of Glensheen’s Daughter, about the notorious Minnesota murderer and arsonist Marjorie Congdon,
Continue readingMarjorie Congdon and the Glensheen Murders w/ Sharon Darby Hendry