Captain Kidd w/ Richard Zacks
Richard Zacks, bestselling author of “Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd” is my guest, and he tells some stories (and breaks some myths) about a man considered one
Boston’s Millen-Faber Gang w/ Nathan Gorenstein
The 1930s were filled with news of midwest bank-robbers like John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd and Bonnie & Clyde, but few know that Boston had its own
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Wartime Los Angeles’s Sleepy Lagoon Murder & Zoot Suit Riots w/ Eduardo Pagán
Two events in early 1940s L.A. grabbed newspaper headlines almost back to back- The murder of Jose Diaz and following trial of 22 boys, and the race riots between American
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Lynchings, Vigilantism and Murder in 1850s Frontier Los Angeles w/ John Mack Faragher
Few of us think of 19th century Los Angeles in the same breath as Tombstone, Dodge City, or Deadwood, but in the 1850s it was filled with rampant racism and
The Santa Claus Con Artist w/ Alex Palmer
In 1913 a PR man named John Gluck successfully petitioned the US Post Office for control of New York City’s Santa Claus letters. From that point forward, he not only
The 1920s Murders of Two Oregon Sheriffs w/ Cory Frye
Cory Frye, author of “Murder in Linn County, Oregon: The True Story of the Legendary Plainview Killings” is my guest. He tells two stories. On June 21, 1922, Linn County
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The 1945 Sodder Family Tragedy w/ Jennie Henthorn
One of the most enduring historical mysteries of the 20th century is of the missing Sodder children. After a fire in their West Virginia family home on Christmas Eve of
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California’s McGlincy Murders w/ Tobin Gilman
On the morning of May 27, 1896, the peaceful township of Campbell awoke to shocking news. Six people were brutally murdered at the home of Colonel Richard P. McGlincy, one
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The 1970 Murder of Boxer Sonny Liston w/ Shaun Assael
Rumors for many years have circulated about the mysterious death of famed boxer Sonny Liston in December of 1970. My guest, Shaun Assael, author of “The Murder of Sonny Liston:
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The Kinck Family Murders in 1869 France w/ G.S. Johnston
In the outskirts of France in 1869, an entire family is found dead after being stabbed and then buried alive. G.S. Johnston, author of “The Cast of a Hand”, talks
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