The Reno Redfield Heist w/ Gavin Schmitt
The 1952 burglary of eccentric multi-millionaire LaVere Redfield’s mansion in Reno, Nevada was the largest of its time, but also a comedy of errors. “Masterminded” by a French-Canadian woman with
The First Forensic Hanging w/ Summer Strevens
The First Forensic Hanging: The Toxic Truth That Killed Mary Blandy by Summer Strevens tells the story of Mary Blandy, executed in 1752 for poisoning her father Frances Blandy with
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The Legend of Belle Starr w/ Michael Wallis
Myra Maybelle Shirley, better known as Belle Starr, was one of the most notorious female outlaws of the Old West (if you believe period newspapers, anyway). My guest, bestselling and
The Life & Crimes of Robert Spears w/ Jerry Jamison
“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
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John Wilkes Booth & the Last Year of the Civil War w/ Scott Ellsworth
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
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The Hazel Drew Murder Revisited w/ Jerry C. Drake
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
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The 1951 Murder of Clarence Pellett w/ Clem Pellett
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
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The Murder of Beatrice Epler w/ Allie Seibert
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
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The Castleton Massacre with Margaret Carson & Sharon Anne Cook
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
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The Man Who Shot J.P. Morgan w/ Mary Noé
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