Murder & Manhunt in WW2 w/ Brendan Koerner
In 1944 a battalion of African-American soldiers were tasked with the horrific job of building a road through the heart of the Indo-Burmese jungle during World War II. One of
The Hall-Mills Murders w/ Joe Pompeo
On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath a crabapple tree on an abandoned farm outside of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The
The Red Widow: Marguerite “Meg” Steinheil w/ Sarah Horowitz
Paris, 1889: Margeurite Steinheil is a woman with ambition. But having been born into a middle-class family and trapped in a marriage to a failed artist twenty years her senior,
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The 1889 Hamilton Scandal w/ Bill Shaffer
Robert Ray Hamilton, great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, was a successful man in the late 1880s. Powered by family money and fame, he spent his time developing real estate and serving
America’s First Recorded Mass Shooting w/ Ellen J. Green
On the morning of September 6th, 1949, a twenty-eight-year-old WWII veteran and loner named Howard Unruh stepped out of his East Camden, New Jersey apartment and shot and killed thirteen
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The Murder of Helen Clevenger w/ Anne Chesky Smith
On the morning of July 16, 1936, the crumpled body of nineteen-year-old college student Helen Clevenger was found by her uncle in her room at Asheville, North Carolina’s Battery Park
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Texas Ranger Company F Vs. The Conner Family w/ Joe Pappalardo
The Texas Rangers in the late 1880s were a tough and colorful lot, especially the members of Company F. And while they made their livings hunting down outlaws, none proved
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The 1916 Shark Attacks w/ Dr. Richard Fernicola
Between July 1st and 12th, 1916, a sensational series of shark attacks terrorized seaside resorts and communities along the Jersey Shore. Four people would ultimately die before the shark thought
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The Murder of Florence Small w/ Janice S. C. Petrie
In September of 1916 a mysterious fire consumed a cottage nestled on Ossipee Lake in New Hampshire, and when local law enforcement searched the wreckage they made a horrifying discovery.
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Lizzie Borden Revisited w/ Cara Robertson
In August of 1892, one of the most famous double murders in American history was committed in brutal fashion. Andrew and Abby Borden were hacked to death in their Fall