Podcast Episodes

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Four: The Black Dahlia’s Lost Week

Episode 370

In this fourth installment of Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder, we trace Elizabeth Short’s final, mysterious days — the missing week between her last confirmed sightings in early January 1947 and the …

Published on 4 hours ago

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Three: City of Broken Dreams

Episode 369

In 1946, Elizabeth Short – the young woman the world would later know as The Black Dahlia – returned to California chasing love, glamour, and a new beginning. Instead, she found herself drifting thro…

Published on 1 week ago

Bonus: Love Letters from The Black Dahlia

Before Elizabeth Short became known to the world as The Black Dahlia, she was a young woman searching for love and belonging in a world still recovering from war.

In this bonus episode, Esther reads e…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Two: Becoming Elizabeth

Episode 368

Before she became The Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short was simply Beth — a young woman with big dreams, an open heart, and a longing for something beyond the ordinary. In Part Two: Becoming Elizabeth, w…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part One: The Girl in the Empty Lot

Episode 367

In January 1947, a mother walking through a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood made a horrifying discovery — the bisected body of a young woman posed in a vacant lot.

Within hours, newspapers had a headl…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Introducing “Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder” - A Once Upon a Crime Original Series

In January 1947, Elizabeth Short’s brutal murder shocked Los Angeles — and turned her into the enduring legend known as The Black Dahlia.

In this new six-part Once Upon a Crime series, host Esther Lud…

Published on 1 month ago

Hanged: Ruth Ellis and the Price of Passion – Q&A Aftershow

In this special Aftershow episode, Esther and Lorena answer listener questions and reflect on the powerful story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom.

Together, we unpack…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Bonus Episode: Hanged: Those She Left Behind

In this special bonus wrap-up episode of Hanged: Ruth Ellis and the Price of Passion, we step beyond the execution chamber and trace the ripple effects of Ruth’s final act—the shockwaves that forever…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Save Big on Our Mexico City Trip!

By now you’ve probably heard that Esther is leading an exclusive group trip to Mexico Cityfrom March 27–30, 2026. If you’ve been thinking about joining us for this unforgettable four-day adventure, t…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hanged: Ruth Ellis and the Price of Passion – Part Seven: The Last Woman

Episode 366

In this final installment of our seven-part series, we follow Ruth Ellis through her last days and hours at Holloway Prison. Convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, Ruth became the last …

Published on 2 months ago