Podcast Episodes

129: The Real Dracula: Vlad the Impaler w/ Leif Pettersen - A True Crime History Podcast

Just in time for the Halloween season! This episode explores the real Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, a 15th century warrior-ruler infamous for his extreme brutality and cruelty.

My guest Leif Pettersen, …

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

128: Blackbeard & the Golden Age of Piracy in America w/ Eric Jay Dolin - A True Crime History Podcast

Bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin joins me to talk about his book, "Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates". He discusses the Golden Age of Piracy in 17th and …

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

127: The Norco Shootout w/ Peter Houlahan - A True Crime History Podcast

In May of 1980, a brazen group of four heavily armed men, in an attempt to rob the Security Pacific Bank in Norco, California, ended up responsible for one of the most violent criminal events in Amer…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

126: 1860s "Spirit" Photographer William Mumler w/ Peter Manseau - A True Crime History Podcast

In the aftermath of the American Civil War there was a sharp rise of interest from Americans interested in communicating with the dead, and the Spiritualism movement grew increasingly popular. This, …

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

125: The Murder of Jennie Bosschieter w/ Kimberly Tilley - A True Crime History Podcast

In October of 1900, four men accompanied a young woman named Jennie Bosschieter to a New Jersey saloon, where one of them slipped a large amount of chloral hydrate into her drink. She was then taken …

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

124: Prohibition's "Bootleg King" George Remus w/ Karen Abbott - A True Crime History Podcast

My guest is Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of "Sin in the Second City", "American Rose", and "Liar, Temptress, Soldier. Spy".

She discusses her new book, "The Ghosts of Eden Park", a…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

123: Harper Lee & Murderer Willie Maxwell w/ Casey Cep - A True Crime History Podcast

Harper Lee, author of "To Kill A Mockingbird", famously accompanied Truman Capote as he investigated the murder of the Clutter family; ultimately writing about the terrible events in his true crime c…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

122: Arthur Conan Doyle Investigates the Murder of Marion Gilchrist w/ Margalit Fox

While Arthur Conan Doyle is recognized as the creator of one of the most famous characters in literary history - Sherlock Holmes- fewer people know that Doyle used his Holmesian skills of deduction t…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

121: Los Angeles' Bizarre "Blackburn Cult" w/ Samuel Fort - A True Crime History Podcast

Cults are certainly not a new phenomenon - in fact one of the strangest ones existed in Los Angeles in the 1920s. The "Blackburn Cult", also known as the "Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great …

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

120: The Sacco and Vanzetti Murder Case w/ Susan Tejada - A True Crime History Podcast

In April of 1920, two payroll guards were gunned during a robbery in Braintree, Massachusetts. Police immediately honed in on two Italian-born anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and ch…

Published on 6 years, 6 months ago