Podcast Episodes

Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Serial Killer

Season 5 Episode 42

In the industrial villages of 19th-century England, death was common—but not this common. Over two decades, Mary Ann Cotton married, buried, and move…

15 hours ago

My Lai and the Cost of Following Orders

Season 5 Episode 41

The massacre at My Lai was one of the most lethal attacks on civilians carried out by American troops in Vietnam. For more than a year, the Army’s of…

1 week ago

Diane Downs: Beyond Small Sacrifices

Season 5 Episode 40

In May 1983, a young Oregon mother arrived at a Springfield hospital with a horrifying story: a stranger had flagged her down on a dark road and shot…

2 weeks ago

S5: Bonus: Gary Glitter and the Dark Side of Glam Rock

Season 5

For this holiday week, we're releasing an episode that initially was available only to subscribers through GrabBagCollab.com and Apple Podcasts. In t…

3 weeks ago

Introducing The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance

On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of …

3 weeks, 3 days ago

All the Queen's Money: The Fall of Rita Crundwell

Season 5 Episode 39

For two decades, the small Illinois town of Dixon couldn't afford new trucks, fresh asphalt, or summer pools. Meanwhile, their trusted treasurer live…

4 weeks ago

Milkshakes and Murder: The Kissel Brothers

Season 5 Episode 38

When two wealthy brothers from the same family were murdered three years and 8,000 miles apart, it seemed too strange to be coincidence. But behind b…

1 month ago

The Murder Farm of Jasper County

Season 5 Episode 37

A boy’s discovery in the Yellow River launched one of the South’s most shocking murder investigations. What authorities found on John S. Williams’s f…

1 month, 1 week ago

Thomas Jefferson and the $157,000 Bottle

Season 5 Episode 36

In 1985, Christie’s auctioned off a dusty Bordeaux engraved with the initials “Th.J.” The seller claimed it had once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, an…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Saint and the Survivors: The Story of Junípero Serra

Season 5 Episode 35

He gave up comfort for a calling, left Spain for the wilds of California, and walked thousands of miles to bring the Gospel to Indigenous people. Fat…

1 month, 3 weeks ago