The 1912 Alice Matthews Murder
In March of 1912, the brutal murder of a young woman named Alice Matthews, right in front of her own home, shook the city of Minneapolis. It was a crime
The Original “Co-Ed Killer”, John Norman Collins w/ Gregory A. Fournier
In the late 1960s, a serial killer terrorized the city of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Once John Norman Collins lured young women into his car or onto the back of his motorcycle, they would
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Tammany Hall’s Boss Tweed with Kenneth D. Ackerman
Arguably the most corrupt politician in American history, William “Boss” Tweed bilked New York City for millions of dollars in the 1860s, before finally suffering a spectacular downfall. Attorney and
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Gunfighter-For-Hire Tom Horn’s 1902 Murder Trial w/ John W. Davis
In the southeastern corner of 1901 Wyoming, cattle ranchers were furious that sheep were destroying valuable range land. When Willie Nickell, the son of a local sheep rancher was found murdered
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Detroit’s Notorious Purple Gang w/ Gregory Fournier
Through most of the 1920s the Bernstein Brothers, known more colorfully as the Purple Gang, ran Detroit’s underworld with an iron fist. Partnering with Chicago’s Al Capone, they were responsible
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The 1937 Hindenburg Disaster: Michael McCarthy
“Oh the humanity!” were the famous words spoken by news reporter Herb Morrison when on May 6, 1937, the Nazi-funded airship Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed into a New
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Was Charles Lechmere Jack the Ripper? w/ Edward Stow
No historical true crime case is more hotly debated around the world than the one involving the near-mythical serial killer “Jack the Ripper”. My guest, Edward Stow, believes the killer was
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The 1906 “Potato Masher Murder” of Cecilia Ludwig w/ Gary Sosniecki
My guest, Gary Sosniecki, shares the story of the horrific murder of his great-grandmother, Cecilia, at the hands of her husband Albin Ludwig in Mishawaka, Indiana in September of 1906.
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The 1978 Murder of Hogan’s Heroes Star Bob Crane w/ John Hook
By June of 1978, the once massively popular television star Bob Crane (of Hogan’s Heroes fame) was relegated to doing dinner theater in Scottsdale, Arizona. In between shows, he and hanger-on
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America’s Most Notorious Hurricanes w/ Eric Jay Dolin
Hurricane season is now upon us, and with it potential dangers to the coastal populations of the United States. But the continent has lived through centuries of devastation and death,
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