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West Virginia Mail-Order Bluebeard
Episode 243
The Horror in the Slaughter Garage
Episode 243 is the sordid tale of a man who pursued women he presumed were wealthy with long distance love letters …
2 years, 4 months ago
Something Went Wrong Somewhere
Episode 284
The Rosewood Massacr
Episode 284 is dedicated to True Crime Historian patron Mary Virginia Avery who lives near what used to be Rosewood, Florida, whe…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Cross Country Candy Caper
Episode 234
The Case of the Deadly Bonbons
Just about every sensational murder case is hailed as "too strage for fiction" or "the most remarkable in history", but…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Bloody Burdell Bond Street Murder
Episode 242
Two Twists on a Classic Tale
Episode 242 explores two versions of the same case by two true crime pioneers, the first by distinguished journalist Alfr…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Confession of H.H. Holmes
Episode 12
A Litany of Horror
Episode 12 is a reading of the chilling confession of Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H. Holmes, one of the most remarkab…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Baby In The Beer Bar
Episode 236
The Tragedy of Joyce Joan Shouse
Episode 236 is a down and dirty story of a negligent mother, a sexually frustrated hunchback, and one terrible night …
2 years, 5 months ago
Young Love, Serious Crime
Episode 215
Teller And His Teenage Moll
Episode 215 is dedicated to True Crime Historian listener Virgil Kay, who sent me the case file on this story of a pair o…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Mystery of My Husband's Body in My Trunk
Episode 111
Madame Bessarabo's Explanation
Episode 111. When the body of a missing international businessman is found in an unclaimed trunk in the train station a…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Portland Green Trunk Murder Mystery
Episode 240
The Money Was the Motive
Episode 241 is a variation on one of our favorite tropes: The Trunk Murder. Culled from the historic pages of True Detective …
2 years, 6 months ago
Slain For Her Own Salvation
Episode 245
The Boy Preacher and His Teenage Wife
Episode 245 tells the scandalous tale of a young preacher with a David complex. who in order to save his wife's …
2 years, 6 months ago