Uncle Al Capone w/ Deirdre Marie Capone
Al Capone is the most infamous gangster in American history, forever associated with Chicago, and known around the world for his connection to the bloody St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. But did
Cannibal and Murderer Alfred Packer w/ Harold Schechter
In February of 1874, a group of six men set off through the high mountains of Colorado. Weeks later, only a man named Alfred Packer came out. Packer would later
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Con Man “Count” Victor Lustig w/ Jeff Maysh
Original Air Date: 5/24/16 My guest on this episode is Jeff Maysh, author of the Kindle single “Handsome Devil”, a book that documents the life and death of one of
Serial Killer Dr. Thomas Neill Cream w/ A.J. Griffiths-Jones
Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was a 19th century contemporary of Jack the Ripper, and many claim that they were one and the same. The UK’s A.J. Griffiths-Jones, author of “Prisoner
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Arthur Koehler & the 1932 Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping-Murder w/ Adam Schrager
Original Air Date: 4/4/16 When authorities have difficulties linking physical evidence to Bruno Hauptmann in the Charles Lindbergh Jr. abduction and murder, Arthur Koehler, an expert on wood, helps them
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The Chicago Haymarket Riot w/ James Green
On May 4th, 1886 in Chicago’s Haymarket, a labor rally is interrupted first by a column of police officers, and then by a bomb from the crowd thrown into their
The Murder of John Hossack w/ Patricia Bryan
In the winter of 1900, John Hossack is brutally attacked and mortally wounded with an axe while in bed next to his wife. Patricia Bryan, author of Midnight Assassin, talks
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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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