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289: What Happened to the Princes in the Tower? A New Suspect w/ M.J. Trow
In the summer of 1483 Edward and Richard, sons of the deceased King Edward IV, disappeared from the Tower of London, where they were being held by the recently crowned Richard III. There are countles…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
288: The Angel Makers of Nagyrév w/ Patti McCracken - A True Crime History Podcast
From World War I through the 1920s a midwife known as Auntie Suzy readily supplied arsenic to women in a small Hungarian village. The women, who would become known as "the Angel Makers", used the poi…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
287: The Mysterious Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar w/ Tal McThenia
In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar went missing in the Louisiana swamps. After an eight-month search that electrified the country and destroyed Bobby’s parents, the boy was found, filthy and hardly …
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
286: George Hearst w/ Matthew Bernstein - A True Crime History Podcast
In the third season of the acclaimed HBO series Deadwood, one of the most villainous characters in a show full of villains was introduced. Ruthless mining magnate George Hearst arrived, eager to seiz…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
285: The Last Voyage of the Karluk w/ Buddy Levy - A True Crime History Podcast
In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The expedi…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
284: The Murder of Bobby Franks (Leopold & Loeb Revisited) w/ Penny Wilson & Greg King
On the afternoon of March 21st, 1924 a horrific crime shook the city of Chicago (and the entire country). Bobbie Franks, on his way home from school, was kidnapped and murdered by two teenage boy gen…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
283: The Murder of Maggie Sheffield w/ Kelly Sullivan & the Homestead Strike w/ Paul Kahan
I've combined two of my shorter interviews into one episode this week. First up, Kelly Sullivan, author of "Murder at Rocky Point Park: Tragedy in Rhode Island's Summer Paradise" joins me to talk abo…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
282: The Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe w/ Mark Dawidziak
Edgar Allan Poe is, of course, one of America's most iconic writers. Many credit him with inventing or popularizing multiple literary genres, including mystery, horror and detective fiction. But the …
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
281: The Murder of William Desmond Taylor w/ William J Mann - A True Crime History Podcast
In early 1922, Hollywood was in damage control. The recent "Fatty" Arbuckle manslaughter and rape case had brought unwanted scandal to the motion picture industry, so when Paramount Pictures director…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
280: The Murder of Sally Cochran w/ Leslie Lambert Rounds - A True Crime History Podcast
On a cold winter night in January of 1833, a teenage farmhand named Abraham Prescott crept into the bedroom of his employers, Chauncey and Sally Cochran, and smashed their heads with an ax. Their nei…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago