Podcast Episodes

146: The Mysterious Death of "Furnace Girl" Elfrieda Knaak w/ Kraig Moreland - A True Crime History Podcast

In late October of 1928, authorities in the small town of Lake Bluff, Illinois discovered a grisly scene in the village hall basement. They found a young woman named Elfreida Knaak, naked, horribly b…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

145: The Smuttynose Ax Murders w/ J. Dennis Robinson - A True Crime History Podcast

On March 6th, 1873, a brutal double ax murder took the lives of two Norwegian women living on the isolated Smuttynose Island, one of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire.

My gu…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

144: Oklahoma's Osage Murders (Killers of the Flower Moon) w/ David Grann - A True Crime History Podcast

David Grann, author of the New York Times Bestselling "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI", is my guest on this week's episode of Most Notorious. He talks about hi…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

143: The "Babes of Inglewood" Murders w/ Pamela Everett - A True Crime History Podcast

In the summer of 1937, in an idyllic neighborhood of Los Angeles called Inglewood, the unspeakable happened. Three little girls were lured from a park, assaulted and murdered. The sensational case, k…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

142: Alvin "Creepy" Karpis w/ Julie Thompson - A True Crime History Podcast

Alvin "Creepy" Karpis could claim many things in his life. He was not only the brains behind the Barker-Karpis Gang, but the last public enemy of the 1930s, one of J. Edgar Hoover's most hated advers…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

141: The Salem Witch Hunt w/ Mary Beth Norton - A True Crime History Podcast

In this episode, we examine the most notorious witch hunt in American history, in Salem, Massachusetts. Hundreds of women and men were accused of witchcraft by young, "afflicted" girls, and many were…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

140: The Texarkana Phantom Serial Killer w/ James Presley - A True Crime History Podcast

In early 1946, a serial killer nicknamed "The Phantom Killer" (aka the "Moonlight Killer") terrorized the citizens of Texarkana (Arkansas and Texas). It was one of the most sensational series of murd…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

139: Tom Dooley & the Murder of Laura Foster w/ Charlotte Corbin Barnes - A True Crime History Podcast

Most of us are probably familiar with the Kingston Trio song, "Tom Dooley", but fewer may realize that it was based on the true life murder of Laura Foster in 1866 North Carolina.

Charlotte Corbin Ba…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

138: The Murder of Percy Thompson & Execution of Edith Thompson w/ Laura Thompson

In October 1922, a sensational murder gripped the city of London. While on a walk home after a show, Percy Thompson was stabbed by Freddy Bywaters, the lover of his wife, Edith. Passionate love lette…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Midnight Potboiler: The Doctor & the Devil, or the Midnight Adventures of Dr. Parkhurst

In March of 1892, a private detective named Charles Gardner was hired by the Reverend Doctor Charles Parkhurst, moral crusader and social reformer, as an escort through the seediest, vilest slums in …

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago