A True Crime History Podcast
Author Jack Kelly joins me to discuss his book, “Heaven’s Ditch: God Gold and Murder”. He shares some stories of early 19th century murder and mystery surrounding the great engineering
Continue readingThe Murder of William Morgan & Other Tales of the Erie Canal w/ Jack Kelly
In November, 1849, Dr. George Parkman, Boston businessman and Harvard Medical School benefactor, disappeared. While many believed he might have been done in by an Irish immigrant, the discovery of
Continue readingThe Murder of Dr. George Parkman w/ Paul Collins
My guest, author and journalist Paul Hoffman, discusses the July 1925 abduction and murder of little Buddy Schumacher in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He wrote the book, “Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious
Continue readingThe Murder of Buddy Schumacher w/ Paul Hoffman
My guest is Nathan E. Bender, who wrote the introduction for the most recent edition of the 1958 classic “Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson”. Johnson, (who was the
My guest is Karen L. Cox, author of “Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South”. She tells the story of Jennie Merrill, an aged Southern
Continue readingThe Natchez Goat Castle Murder w/ Karen L. Cox
True crime history enthusiasts are devouring TNT’s “The Alienist”, the television show based on the popular Caleb Carr novel. Richard Zacks, the author of “Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt’s Quest
Continue readingNYC Crimefighter & Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt w/ Richard Zacks
Historian James L. Neibaur, author of “Butterfly in the Rain: The 1927 Abduction and Murder of Marion Parker”, talks about the horrific kidnapping and murder of little Marion Parker in
Continue readingThe Kidnap & Murder of Marion Parker w/ James L. Neibaur
1952 post-war London was a city in the throes of tragedy. Thousands were sickened and killed from a great filthy smog that choked the city. In the meantime a serial
Continue readingSerial Killer John Reginald Christie & the Great London Smog w/ Kate Winkler Dawson
Perhaps the most notorious killer in 19th century America was H.H. Holmes, a man who committed fraud and murder with cold abandon across the United States. His infamous Chicago “murder
My guest, Jay Atkinson, author of “Massacre on the Merrimack”, tells the notorious and controversial story of Hannah Duston. After members of the Abenaki tribe captured her and her newborn
Continue readingThe Revenge of Hannah Duston w/ Jay Atkinson