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299: Art Thief & IRA Militant Rose Dugdale w/ Anthony M. Amore - A True Crime History Podcast
My guest this week is bestselling author Anthony M. Amore, director of security and chief investigator at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. He shares the story of Rose Dugdale, an Oxford educ…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
298: Machine Gun Kelly & the Woolverton Kidnapping w/ Kevin E. Meredith
On a chilly January night in 1932, a wealthy industrialist named Howard Woolverton was snatched from his car by kidnappers. When he was released unharmed the next day, his apparent lack of concern fo…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
297: The Murder of Barbara Finch w/ Steve Kosareff - A True Crime History Podcast
At about 11 pm on July 18, 1959, Dr. Bernard Finch and his girlfriend Carole Ann Tregoff arrived at the Finch home in West Covina, California with a plan to murder his wife Barbara and make her death…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
296: The Atlanta Ripper w/ Jeffrey Wells - A True Crime History Podcast
In the years following the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, a wave of terror rocked the city. Over twenty black women were brutally murdered, often in a fashion that mimicked the infamous Jack the Ripper murd…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
295: Murder & Lynching in Early 1900s Tennessee w/ Kimberly Tilley
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1906. When a young white woman is assaulted in a dark cemetery, the town erupts. Despite questionable evidence and a flawed trial, a black man named Ed Johnson is convicted of…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
294: The Ill-Fated Voyage of HMS Wager w/ David Grann - A True Crime History Podcast
My guest this week is award-winning writer David Grann, whose new book, "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder", is currently number one on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Best S…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
293: The Star Route Scandal w/ Shawn Francis Peters - A True Crime History Podcast
In the 1870s and 80s the nation was embroiled in a sensational scandal. Corrupt politicians, post office officials and others conspired to defraud the United States Post Office out of millions of dol…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
292: Confidence Men, Corruption & the Klan in 1920s Denver w/ Alan Prendergast
Philip Van Cise faced a double threat when he became Denver's district attorney in 1921. He quickly discovered that a massive bunco ring was operating unimpeded in downtown Denver, fleecing unsuspect…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
291: Anastasia: Mystery & Myth w/ Greg King & Penny Wilson - A True Crime History Podcast
For decades following the horrific 1918 execution of the Romanov family, many hoped against hope that one or more of the children had escaped the bullets and bayonets of the Bolsheviks. And when a yo…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
290: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse & the Battle of the Little Bighorn w/ Mark Lee Gardner
On June 25, 1876, in the valley of the Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, and the warriors who were inspired to follow them, fought the last stand of the Sioux, a fierce and proud nation …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago