Podcast Episodes

173: A Shocking New Look at the Lindbergh Kidnapping & Murder w/ Lise Pearlman - A True Crime History Podcast

Bruno Richard Hauptmann was tried, convicted and executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charlie Lindbergh, son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne. However my guest, Lise Pearlman…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

172: The "Cafe Society Murder" of Patricia Burton w/ Allan Levine - A True Crime History Podcast

In October of 1943, socialite and heiress Patricia Burton Lonergan was brutally beaten with a candelabra by her estranged husband Wayne Lonergan in her New York City apartment. The case exploded onto…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

171: The Original "Co-Ed Killer" John Norman Collins w/ Gregory A. Fournier - A True Crime History Podcast

In the late 1960s, a serial killer terrorized the city of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Once John Norman Collins lured young women into his car or onto the back of his motorcycle, they would never be seen ali…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

170: Tammany Hall's Boss Tweed w/ Kenneth Ackerman - A True Crime History Podcast

Arguably the most corrupt politician in American history, William "Boss" Tweed bilked New York City for millions of dollars in the 1860s, before finally suffering a spectacular downfall.

Attorney and…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

169: Gunfighter Tom Horn & the Murder of Willie Nickell w/ John W. Davis - A True Crime History Podcast

In the southeastern corner of 1901 Wyoming, cattle ranchers were furious that sheep were destroying valuable range land. When Willie Nickell, the son of a local sheep rancher was found murdered near …

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

168: Detroit's Notorious Purple Gang w/ Gregory Fournier - A True Crime History Podcast

Through most of the 1920s the Bernstein Brothers, known more colorfully as the Purple Gang, ran Detroit's underworld with an iron fist. Partnering with Chicago's Al Capone, they were responsible for …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

167: The Hindenburg Disaster w/ Michael McCarthy - A True Crime History Podcast

"Oh the humanity!" were the famous words spoken by news reporter Herb Morrison when on May 6, 1937, the Nazi-funded airship Hindenburg burst into flames and crashed into a New Jersey airfield.

My gues…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

166: Was Charles Lechmere Jack the Ripper? w/ Edward Stow - A True Crime History Podcast

No historical true crime case is more hotly debated around the world than the one involving the near-mythical serial killer "Jack the Ripper". My guest, Edward Stow, believes the killer was a man nam…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

165: The "Potato Masher Murder" of Cecilia Ludwig w/ Gary Sosniecki - A True Crime History Podcast

My guest, Gary Sosniecki, shares the story of the horrific murder of his great-grandmother, Cecilia, at the hands of her husband Albin Ludwig in Mishawaka, Indiana in September of 1906. After beating…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

164: The Murder of Hogan's Heroes Star Bob Crane w/ John Hook - A True Crime History Podcast

By June of 1978, the once massively popular television star Bob Crane (of Hogan's Heroes fame) was relegated to doing dinner theater in Scottsdale, Arizona. In between shows, he and hanger-on John Ca…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago