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21: The Chicago Haymarket Riot w/ James Green - A True Crime History Podcast
On May 4th, 1886 in Chicago's Haymarket, a labor rally is interrupted first by a column of police officers, and then by a bomb from the crowd thrown into their ranks. This has major implications for …
Published on 9 years, 8 months ago
20: The Murder of John Hossack w/ Patricia Bryan - A True Crime History Podcast
In the winter of 1900, John Hossack is brutally attacked and mortally wounded with an axe while in bed next to his wife. Patricia Bryan, co-author (along with Thomas Wolf) of "Midnight Assassin: A Mu…
Published on 9 years, 8 months ago
19: The Duluth Lynchings w/ Michael Fedo - A True Crime History Podcast
in 1920 three African-American men were lynched in Duluth, Minnesota, accused of raping a white woman. Over 10,000 people gathered in the street to watch them hang. Michael Fedo, author of "The Lynch…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
18: The Wineville Chicken Ranch Murders w/ Anthony Flacco - A True Crime History Podcast
In the late 1920s, an estimated 20 boys or more are abducted, tortured and murdered at a chicken ranch in Wineville, California. My guest is Anthony Flacco, author of "The Road Out of Hell: Sanford C…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
17: The Peck Family Poisonings w/ Tobin Buhk - A True Crime History Podcast
I'm joined by Tobin T. Buhk, the author of "Poisoning The Pecks of Grand Rapids: The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot". We talk about the charming, devious killer Arthur Warren Waite, who ingratiated hims…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
16: Female Spies in the Civil War w/ Karen Abbott - A True Crime History Podcast
Karen Abbott, author of "Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War", joins me to talk about a group of extraordinary women in 1860s America, both Union and Confederate, wh…
Published on 9 years, 9 months ago
15: The 1629 Batavia Mutiny & Massacre w/ Mike Dash - A True Crime History Podcast
Off of the coast of western Australia, the Dutch East India Company's state-of-the-art ship, the Batavia, wrecks on a reef in June of 1629. One of the officers on board, a failed apothecary named Jer…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
14: Murder in 1937 Peking w/ Paul French - A True Crime History Podcast
In 1937, on the eve of the Japanese occupation of Peking (Beijing), China, a young English woman is found brutally murdered at the base of Fox Tower, and an investigation launches that churns up some…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
13: Texas Gangster & Poker King Benny Binion w/ Doug Swanson - A True Crime History Podcast
Benny Binion was a larger-than-life character, a gangster who grew up in Texas and built a criminal empire. Eventually he moved to Las Vegas, started the Horseshoe Casino, and began the World Series …
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
12: The Wounded Knee Massacre w/ Jerome A. Greene - A True Crime History Podcast
December 29th, 2015, marked the 125th Anniversary of one of the most tragic events in American history. My guest Jerome A. Greene, author of "American Carnage: Wounded Knee 1890", talks about the mas…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago