Podcast Episodes

The Harrowing Murders of Amelia Dyer

Season 2 Episode 28

To countless women, Amelia Dyer offered salvation: She was a supposedly married but barren woman who offered to adopt babies whose parents (usually u…

3 years, 5 months ago

Billy Milligan and His Multiple Personalities

Season 2 Episode 27

Around the same time the first Hillside Stranglers victims were found near Los Angeles, a young man was arrested in Ohio in an unrelated string of ro…

3 years, 5 months ago

The Hillside Stranglings Part 2

Season 2 Episode 26

After Kenneth Bianchi was arrested in early 1979 on suspicion he was responsible for the so-called Hillside Stranglings near Los Angeles, he made an …

3 years, 5 months ago

The Hillside Stranglings

Season 2 Episode 25

The first body discovered on a California hillside in late 1977 didn't make much news, but as the body count kept growing, so did the headlines -- an…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Murder of Phil Hartman

Season 2 Episode 24

When news spread that a high-profile comedian was killed in a murder-suicide in 1998, the response was disbelief: Phil Hartman wasn't just famous for…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Easter Sunday Massacre

Season 2 Episode 23

On Easter Sunday 1937, Ethel Gedeon discovered her sister Veronica and mother Mary murdered in their New York City apartment alongside a third victim…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Notorious Case Against Dr. Sam Sheppard

Season 2 Episode 22

When the county coroner arrived at Sam Sheppard's house in July of 1954, the pathologist was certain the case was open-and-shut: Sheppard, a headline…

3 years, 7 months ago

The Heartbreaking Slayings of Nancy, Melissa, and Angela Newman

Season 2 Episode 21

When three members of the Newman family were discovered slain in 1987, residents of Anchorage, Alaska, flew into a panic. Though murders weren't rare…

3 years, 7 months ago

Arthur Fried and the 'Kidnap Years'

Season 2 Episode 20

The Great Depression sparked a desperation in people that led to an epidemic of kidnappings nationwide, including the 1937 abduction of Arthur Fried,…

3 years, 7 months ago

Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet

We're taking a break for the holiday, so we wanted to feature an episode from our first season you may not have heard yet.  We'll be back with a new…

3 years, 7 months ago