The Duluth Lynchings w/ Michael Fedo
In 1920 three African-American men were lynched in Duluth, Minnesota, accused of raping a white woman. Over 10,000 people gathered in the street to watch them hang. Michael Fedo, author
The Peck Family Poisonings w/ Tobin Buhk
I’m joined by Tobin T. Buhk, the author of “Poisoning The Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot”. We talk about the charming, devious killer Arthur Warren Waite,
Female Spies in the Civil War w/ Karen Abbott
Original Air Date: 2/21/16 Karen Abbott, author of “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy”, joins me to talk about a group of extraordinary women in 1860s America, both Union and Confederate, who
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Murder in 1937 Peking w/ Paul French
Original Air Date: 2/7/2016 In 1937, on the eve of the Japanese occupation of Peking (Beijing), China, a young English woman is found brutally murdered at the base of Fox
Texas Gangster & Poker King Benny Binion w/ Doug Swanson
Original Air Date: 1/31/2016 Benny Binion was a larger-than-life character, a gangster who grew up in Texas and built a criminal empire. Eventually he moved to Las Vegas, started the
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The Portland Torso Murder w/ J.D. Chandler
Original Air Date: 1/11/2016 J.D. Chandler, author of “Murder and Scandal in Prohibition Portland”, tells the tale of the Torso Murder in 1946 Portland, Oregon, including his decade long investigation
The Wounded Knee Massacre w/ Jerome A. Greene
December 29th, 2020, marked the 130th anniversary of one of the most tragic events in American history. My guest Jerome A. Greene, author of “American Carnage: Wounded Knee 1890”, talks
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Nazis in 1930s America w/ Arnie Bernstein
Original Air Date: 1/4/2016 In this episode, host Erik Rivenes talks with Arnie Bernstein, author of “Swastika Nation”, about the rise Nazism in the United States in the 1930s under
Machine Gun Kelly w/ Joe Urschel
Original Air Date: 12/27/2015 Author Joe Urschel is the Executive Director of the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington D.C. He’s also the author of “The Year of Fear: Machine
The Lawson Family Christmas Murders w/ Trudy J . Smith
On Christmas Day, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina, Charlie Lawson murdered his wife and six children on their rural farm. This horrific crime is part of local lore, and Trudy
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