MOST NOTORIOUS!

In 1931, San Diego was left reeling from the brutal murders of ten-year-old Virginia Brooks, seventeen-year-old Louise Teuber, and twenty-two-year-old Hazel Bradshaw. The murders left period investigators flummoxed – and

Continue readingThe Murders of Virginia Brooks, Louise Teuber & Hazel Bradshaw w/ Richard L. Carrico

My guest this week is Simon Read, author of “Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force’s Most Infamous Murder Cases”. He walks us through a number of the

Continue readingA Brief History of Scotland Yard w/ Simon Read

While on a search for more information on her great-grandmother, my guest Michelle Graff uncovered a fascinating mystery involving the very suspicious 1899 death of a fifteen-year-old Pendleton, New York

Continue readingThe Mysterious Death of Sarah Mumford w/ Michelle Graff

On January 2, 1800, the body of a young woman was pulled out of a secluded, boarded-up well, horrifying the citizens of New York City’s Lower Manhattan neighborhood. The trial

Continue readingThe Manhattan Well Murder w/ Gavin Whitehead

One of Minnesota’s most fascinating unsolved murder cases began on the morning of December 9, 1937, when firefighters discovered the charred body of 31-year-old Ruth Munson in an abandoned Saint

Continue readingThe Murder of Ruth Munson w/ Roger Barr

There are two interviews packed into this week’s episode of Most Notorious! First Dale Ross, author of “A Voice for Ira” joins me to talk about the horrific death of

Continue readingThe Strange Death of Ira Gurley w/ Dale Ross & the Birmingham Axe Murders w/ Jeremy Gray

On October 24, 1588, the city of Bologna, Italy was shaken when a knight named Paola Barbieri stabbed his wife Isabella to death with a sword. He then fled, dressed

Continue readingMurder and Madness in Bologna w/ Mònica Calabritto

Best-selling author Margalit Fox returns to the show to talk about Marm Mandelbaum, an extraordinary woman who lived the classic rags to riches story, rising out of immigrant poverty into

Continue readingNew York City Crime Boss Marm Mandelbaum w/ Margalit Fox

The Reno Gang is best known for being the first group of outlaws in history to rob a moving train, but their criminal enterprises stretched far beyond that. They were

Continue readingThe Notorious Reno Gang w/ Rachel Dickinson

In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on

Continue readingThe Incorruptibles w/ Dan Slater