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Smoke Screen: Fake Priest
For 30 years, a man claimed to be a priest. He performed baptisms and took confession. Every time he ran into trouble, Father Ryan would move on to another small Midwestern town and start his scheme …
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
163: America's Most Notorious Hurricanes w/ Eric Jay Dolin - A True Crime History Podcast
Hurricane season is now upon us, and with it potential dangers to the coastal populations of the United States. But the continent has survived centuries of devastation and death, the result of some t…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
162: Pennsylvania's Massacre of the Conestogas w/ Jack Brubaker - A True Crime History Podcast
In 1763 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the last surviving members of the Conestoga Indian nation, numbering less than two dozen (mostly seniors and children), were housed in the town's workhouse and under …
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
161: Chicago's SS Eastland Disaster w/ Michael McCarthy - A True Crime History Podcast
On July 15th, 1915, a steamship with a checkered past called the SS Eastland docked at a wharf on the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, ready to transport 2500 Western Electric employees and their f…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
160: Florida's "Headless Miser" Murder w/ Andrew Fink - A True Crime History Podcast
When the headless and mutilated corpse of an eccentric orange farmer named Sam McMillan was discovered submerged in a Florida lake in October of 1882, suspicion pointed to a young Englishman, Archie …
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
159: American Outlaw Butch Cassidy w/ Charles Leerhsen - A True Crime History Podcast
When the name "Butch Cassidy" is mentioned, it conjures an image (for many of us) of Paul Newman, who along with Robert Redford joked their way through the classic 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Su…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
158: The "In Cold Blood" Clutter Murders w/ Gary McAvoy - A True Crime History Podcast
Most of us probably know at least the basics of the 1959 Kansas Clutter family murders case, in large part because the story was dramatically detailed by Truman Capote in his best-selling 1966 non-fi…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
157: Murder & Scandal in Beverly Hills w/ Barbara Schroeder & Clark Fogg - A True Crime History Podcast
Beverly Hills, California is not all glitz and glamor. The city has had more than its share of shocking true crime over the last one hundred years, often involving famous figures like Lana Turner, Lu…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
156: The Tulsa Race Massacre w/ Tim Madigan - A True Crime History Podcast
June 1st, 2020 marked the 99th anniversary of one of the most despicable acts of mass murder in American history. A mob of 10,000 white vigilantes descended on an African-American suburb of Tulsa, Ok…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
155: The Boston Massacre w/ Serena Zabin - A True Crime History Podcast
The city of Boston was put to the test when occupying British soldiers opened fire into a crowd of rioters on March 5th, 1770. Known forever as the Boston Massacre, it later became a rallying cry for…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago