Podcast Episodes

192: The Murder of Paul Coblentz w/ David Meyers & Elise Meyers Walker - A True Crime History Podcast

Holmes County, Ohio is one of the largest Amish communities in America. It was here, in the summer of 1957, that an Amish man named Paul Coblentz was murdered by two ex-cons in his family's rural far…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

191: Sophie "Queen of the Burglars" Lyons w/ Shayne Davidson - A True Crime History Podcast

Sophie Lyons was arguably the most successful (and colorful) female criminal of 19th-century America. She was a trained by her abusive parents at an early age in the art of thievery and scam artistry…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

190: The Mysterious Death of Hollywood's Thelma Todd w/ Pat Jenning - A True Crime History Podcast

One of the great historical Hollywood mysteries, still unsolved, revolves around the death of silver screen comedienne Thelma Todd. She was found dead in her car on December 16th, 1935, killed by car…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

189: Pennsylvania Mob Boss Russell Shorto w/ Russell Shorto - A True Crime History Podcast

My guest, Russell Shorto, has a unique connection to the subject of his latest book, "Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob". He is the namesake of his grandfather, a gangster who ran an Italia…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

188: Abe "Kid Twist" Reles & Murder, Inc. w/ Michael Cannell - A True Crime History Podcast

Murder, Inc. was arguably the most ruthless and successful hit squad in American history, killing hundreds of people throughout the 1930s. It was led by a brutal Brooklyn gangster named Abe "Kid Twis…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

187: The George Dinning Story: Terror & Retribution in Turn of the Century Kentucky w/ Ben Montgomery

My guest, Ben Montgomery, tells the story of George Dinning, a former slave who was visited one night in 1897 by a mob, hellbent on driving him and his family off of their Kentucky farm. In an exchan…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

186: The Murders of John & Florence Sprouse w/ Kelly Suzanne Hartman - A True Crime History Podcast

In the autumn of 1920, two couples pulled into a campsite in Central Park, Montana, but only one left alive. Seth and Iva Danner would eventually turn on each other with their own versions of how Joh…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

185: America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan w/ Mary Kay McBrayer

Somehow Jane Toppan managed to skirt through the first half of her life murdering people at will, before finally being caught and committed to an insane asylum in 1901. Her nursing background made he…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

184: The England Family Massacre w/ Glen Sample Ely - A True Crime History Podcast

In late August of 1876, an eighty-two-year-old Methodist minister, William England, his wife Selena, and two of their children were slaughtered on their North Texas farm. Selena, on her deathbed, ins…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

183: Ontario's Forest City Serial Killer w/ Vanessa Brown - A True Crime History Podcast

In late 1960s a serial murder stalked the city of London, Ontario, killing at will and baffling police.

My guest is author, bookstore owner and historian Vanessa Brown. She has spent countless hours r…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago