My guest this week is John Oller, author of the new book “Gangster Hunters: How Hoover’s G-men Vanquished America’s Deadliest Public Enemies”. He walks us through the evolution of J.

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Summer 1948. In the scenic, remote river town of Oregon, Illinois, a young couple visiting the local lovers’ lane is murdered. The shocking crime garners headlines from Portland, Maine, to

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In early 1900s Indiana, John Terrell was the wealthiest man in Wells County, thanks to oil discovered on his farm. But when his youngest daughter, Lucy, became pregnant and entered

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In December of 1883 Peter Lazier, a traveling farm implement salesman, was shot in the heart during the botched robbery of a prosperous Quaker farmer and his wife in Prince

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Absinthe is a drink that has been both romanticized and demonized over the centuries. While the spirit was a favorite of avant-gardists like Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and Baudelaire, it was

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Troy Taylor, host of the American Hauntings Podcast, returns to the show – this time for an interview with a bit of a Halloween theme. He’s here to talk about

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In 1931, San Diego was left reeling from the brutal murders of ten-year-old Virginia Brooks, seventeen-year-old Louise Teuber, and twenty-two-year-old Hazel Bradshaw. The murders left period investigators flummoxed – and

Continue readingThe Murders of Virginia Brooks, Louise Teuber & Hazel Bradshaw w/ Richard L. Carrico

My guest this week is Simon Read, author of “Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force’s Most Infamous Murder Cases”. He walks us through a number of the

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While on a search for more information on her great-grandmother, my guest Michelle Graff uncovered a fascinating mystery involving the very suspicious 1899 death of a fifteen-year-old Pendleton, New York

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On January 2, 1800, the body of a young woman was pulled out of a secluded, boarded-up well, horrifying the citizens of New York City’s Lower Manhattan neighborhood. The trial

Continue readingThe Manhattan Well Murder w/ Gavin Whitehead