A True Crime History Podcast
At the tail end of World War Two, a serial killer named James Waybern “Red” Hall, stalked the roads of Arkansas, Kansas and other middle American states, remorselessly murdering kind
Continue reading1940s Serial Killer “Red” Hall w/ Janie Nesbitt Jones
When sheriff’s deputies arrived at David and Allene Lamson’s Palo Alto home on Memorial Day, 1933, they found David frantic over what he said was a terrible accident in their
Continue reading1933 California’s Lamson Murder Case w/ Tom Zaniello
In November of 1912, a young woman named Ella Barham journeyed home, on her horse, to her family farm in Boone County, Arkansas, but never arrived. After her body was
Continue readingThe 1912 Murder of Ella Barham w/ Nita Gould
Imprisoned in a Turkish war camp during WW1, two British officers pull off an unbelievable con against their captors involving a Ouija board, an angry ghost and feigned madness –
Albert Johnson is famous in Canadian crime history for leading Mounties on a sensational and deadly chase through the Yukon and Northwest Territories during the winter of 1931-32. How he
Continue readingCanada’s Famous “Mad Trapper” Manhunt w/ Helena Katz
Most of us are familiar with the critically acclaimed film called Catch Me If You Can, based on the autobiography of legendary confidence man Frank Abagnale. It’s the story of
In 1897 a Belgian named Adrien de Gerlache, in command of a ship called the Belgica, sailed to Antarctica with the intent to be the first to reach the south
Continue readingThe Belgica’s Ill-Fated 1897 Expedition to the South Pole w/ Julian Sancton
J. Frank Norris rose to fame as the controversial fundamentalist pastor of America’s first megachurch, the First Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He used his pulpit, his newspaper and
Continue reading1920s Baptist Minister & Accused Murderer J. Frank Norris w/ David R. Stokes
One of the more enduring mysteries in true crime history involves Vincenzo Capone, Al Capone’s eldest brother, who abruptly left his struggling family in New York City one day, and
Continue readingAl Capone’s Lawman Brother Richard “Two Gun” Hart w/ Jeff McArthur
One of the great historical Hollywood mysteries, still unsolved, revolves around the death of silver screen comedienne Thelma Todd. She was found dead in her car on December 16th, 1935,
Continue readingThe Mysterious 1935 Death of Hollywood’s Thelma Todd w/ Pat Jenning