A True Crime History Podcast
In the first few months of 1931, Francis “Two Gun” Crowley, an illiterate, psychopathic nineteen-year-old kid, went on a violent New York crime spree, which included murdering a Nassau county
Continue readingNew York Gangster Francis “Two Gun” Crowley w/ Jerry Aylward
Travel back in time to the darkest depths of the Gilded Age with a show that chronicles the strangest and most terrifying true crime tales of 1892. Each story you
In February of 1903, wealthy businessman Ed Burdick was beaten to death in the den of his Buffalo, New York mansion. Investigators were faced with a strange crime scene and
Continue readingThe Mysterious 1903 Murder of Ed Burdick w/ Kimberly Tilley
My guest, historian and author Tui Snider shares the wild story of the ill-fated Helms-Ratliff gang, who held up the First National Bank in Cisco, Texas on December 23rd, 1927.
Continue reading1927 Texas’s “Santa Claus Bank Robbery” w/ Tui Snider
In March of 1950, a young woman named JoAnn Dewey, trying to get home, was beaten and kidnapped on a Vancouver, Washington street corner, in full view of witnesses. None
Continue readingThe 1950 Murder of JoAnn Dewey w/ Pat Jollota
1840s America produced some colorful larger-than-life characters, and none more so than James Jesse Strang. After declaring himself a Mormon prophet, Strang moved his small congregation to Michigan’s Beaver Island,
On the morning of June 10, 1937, New York heiress Alice Parsons disappeared off the face of the earth. Investigators almost immediately suspected that Anna Kupryanova, the Russian housekeeper, and Alice’s
Continue readingThe Sensational 1937 Disappearance of Alice Parsons w/ Steven C. Drielak
On February 10, 1918, the Power family, holed up in their cabin in Arizona’s isolated Galiuro Mountains, suddenly found themselves surrounded by a small posse. Law enforcement officials were there to arrest
Continue reading1918 Arizona’s Deadly Power Cabin Shootout w/ Heidi Osselaer
My guest on this episode has a very personal connection to the subject of his many decades of research. His great-grandfather was a member of one of the Peaky Blinders
Continue readingThe Peaky Blinders: Fact Vs. Fiction w/ Carl Chinn
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was tried, convicted and executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charlie Lindbergh, son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne. However my guest, Lise
Continue readingA Shocking New Look at the 1932 Lindbergh Kidnapping & Murder w/ Lise Pearlman