Podcast Episodes
Back to Search387: The Beatle Bandit w/ Nate Hendley
On July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario. The intelligent…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
386: America's Nazi POW Murders w/ William Geroux
The American government was faced with an unprecedented challenge: where to house the nearly 400,000 German prisoners of war plucked from the battlefield and shipped across the Atlantic. On orders fr…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
385: The 1870 Murder of A.P. Crittenden w/ Gary Krist
Shortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay, a woman clad in black emerged from the shadows and strode across the c…
Published on 8 months ago
384: The 1943 Murders of Dr. Roy & Mae Hunt w/ Christena Stephens
On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, a single gunshot rang out in Littlefield, Texas. A prominent Texas doctor and his wife were found bound, shot, beaten, and murdered. The only witness: thei…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
MoNo Encore: The Murder of Carol Thompson w/ Bill Swanson
(Original pub date: 3/11/20)
While the Coen brothers refuse to confirm it, many believe that their movie "Fargo" was inspired by the Carol Thompson murder case. She was viciously killed in her comfort…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
383: The Mysterious Disappearance of Molly Zelko w/ Rod Kackley
Molly Zelko was the crusading editor and publisher of the Spectator, a newspaper devoted to battling local gangsters operating slot machines and other rackets in Joliet, Illinois. In the late night …
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
382: The Notorious Nancy Clem & the Cold Spring Murders w/ Wendy Gamber
On September 13, 1868, the bodies of Jacob and Nancy Young were discovered brutally murdered along the bank of the White River in Cold Spring, Indiana. Police would eventually set their sights on a c…
Published on 9 months ago
381: Alabama's Kilpatrick Shooting w/ Lesa Carnes Shaul
Close to midnight on May 17, 1951, four north Alabama lawmen drove to a bootlegger’s home to serve an arrest warrant. Before the clock struck twelve, the bootlegger lay dead in front of the house he …
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
380: Murder in Blackout London w/ Amy Helen Bell
My guest today is Dr. Amy Helen Bell, author of "Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London". She shares accounts of the terror, tragedy and crime experienced by Londoners during the blackou…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
379: The Pan Am Flight 7 Seven Crash w/ Ken Fortenberry
My guest this week is award-winning journalist Ken Fortenberry, author of "Flight 7 Is Missing: The Search for My Father's Killer". He walks us through the ill-fated flight of Pan Am's luxurious "Ro…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago