A True Crime History Podcast
Original Air Date: 11/1/2015 In the 1930s, Saint Paul Minnesota was considered a vacation home for some of the most notorious bank-robbing gangsters of the Depression-era, including John Dillinger and
Continue readingGangsters in 1930s Minnesota with Paul Maccabee
Original Air Date: 2/5/19 For decades, the 1912 Villisca, Iowa axe slaughter of the Moore family has been one of the greatest unsolved family massacres in American history. Many believe
Continue reading“The Man From the Train” Serial Killer w/ Rachel McCarthy James
Original Air Date: 7/1/20 Most of us probably know at least the basics of the 1959 Kansas Clutter family murders case, in large part because the story was dramatically detailed by
Continue readingThe “In Cold Blood” Clutter Murders w/ Gary McAvoy
Part One: Much has been written about Jesse James, including his gang’s ill-fated trip to Northfield, Minnesota, a botched bank raid met with death and tragedy, but never told like
Continue readingThe 1876 Northfield Bank Raid by the James-Younger Gang (Parts 1 &2)
On the evening of November 17th, 1973, five teenagers, enjoying a campfire at the Gitchie-Manitou State Park in Iowa, were terrorized by three sociopathic brothers, who would end up murdering
In January of 1923, a 20-year-old dancer named Fritzie Mann left home to meet a mysterious man for what she told her mother was a house party. When she was
Continue readingThe Mysterious Death of Fritzie Mann w/ James Stewart
Original Air Date: 3/8/18 My guest is the prolific true crime author Harold Schechter, who returns to talk about his latest book, Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher
Continue readingIndiana Serial Killer Belle Gunness w/ Harold Schechter
In late October of 1928, authorities in the small town of Lake Bluff, Illinois discovered a grisly scene in the village hall basement. They found a young woman named Elfreida
Continue readingThe Mysterious Death of “Furnace Girl” Elfrieda Knaak w/ Kraig Moreland
Cults are certainly not a new phenomenon – in fact one of the strangest ones existed in Los Angeles in the 1920s. The “Blackburn Cult”, also known as the “Divine
Continue readingLos Angeles’ Bizarre “Blackburn Cult” w/ Samuel Fort
In October 1922, a sensational murder gripped the city of London. While on a walk home after a show, Percy Thompson was stabbed by Freddy Bywaters, the lover of his
Continue readingThe Murder of Percy Thompson & Execution of Edith Thompson w/ Laura Thompson