A True Crime History Podcast
The night before Easter 1905, Miranda Bricker left her sister’s house and made her way through the darkness. Her destination was her living quarters and place of employment, the Maplehurst
Continue readingThe Maplehurst Murder w/ Mark Sebastian Jordan
My guest this week is Merry Gordon, author of Arizona’s Murdered Madams: Death in the Red-Light Districts. She shares the stories of two of Territorial Arizona’s most infamous madams, former
In May of 1832, an American whaleship called the Mentor went down on a remote reef in the western Pacific. Of the crew, eleven men made it out alive, but
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In early 19th century Australia, escaping from a penal colony was not an easy task, mostly because there was no where to go. Six foot five William Buckley did just
Continue readingThe Ghost and the Bounty Hunter w/ Adam Courtenay
Calamity Jane is without question one of the most iconic figures in Old West history. She’s been portrayed innumerable times in film and television, most recently in the HBO series
Continue readingThe Life & Mythology of Calamity Jane w/ Linda Jucovy
Some of the most notorious cases in American history were solved by the masterful techniques of forensics expert Dr. Edward Oscar Heinrich. He was known as the “American Sherlock Holmes”
In this episode, we examine the most notorious witch hunt in American history, in Salem, Massachusetts. Hundreds of women and men were accused of witchcraft by young, “afflicted” girls, and
In early 1946, a serial killer nicknamed “The Phantom Killer” (aka the “Moonlight Killer”) terrorized the citizens of Texarkana (Arkansas and Texas). It was one of the most sensational series
Continue readingThe Texarkana Phantom Serial Killer w/ James Presley
While much is written about Prohibition-era gangsters and bootlegging, the focus is typically in places like Chicago, Kansas City and New York City. Far less known, but very compelling, is
Emma Barrett Molloy was a well-known Evangelical Christian, temperance and women’s rights activist in the 1870s and 80s. But in 1885 she found herself embroiled in a lurid scandal involving
Continue readingThe Murder of Sarah Graham (& the Scandal of Emma Molloy) w/ Larry Wood
My guest Leif Pettersen, a former travel writer with Lonely Planet, has spent considerable time in Romania, and through his writing, research and wanderings, developed a special attachment to the
Continue readingThe Real Dracula: Vlad the Impaler w/ Leif Pettersen
Bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin joins me to talk about his book, “Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates”. He discusses the Golden Age of
Continue readingBlackbeard & the Golden Age of Piracy in America w/ Eric Jay Dolin
In May of 1980, a brazen group of four heavily armed men, in an attempt to rob the Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California, ended up responsible for one of
