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Back to Search420: The 1788 Doctors' Riot w/ Andy McPhee
On April 13, 1788, outrage erupted in New York City when word spread that students from the local medical school were stealing corpses from nearby gr…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
419: Serial Killer Pee Wee Gaskins w/ Dick Harpootlian
Among the many murder cases handled by South Carolina attorney Dick Harpootlian, one continues to stand apart: the prosecution of Donald “Pee Wee” Ga…
9 months ago
418: The Black Dahlia & the Prairie Heiress Murders: One Killer? w/ Eli Frankel
In January 1947, the bisected body of Elizabeth Short, completely drained of blood, was discovered in an undeveloped lot in Los Angeles. Its gruesome…
9 months, 1 week ago
MoNo Encore: The Murder of Frank Richardson w/ Kimberly Tilley
Original Publication Date: 4/3/22
On Christmas Eve, 1900, 44-year-old dry goods store owner Frank Richardson was shot to death in his Savannah, Miss…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
417: The Shipwreck of the Mignonette w/ Adam Cohen
On May 19, 1884, the yacht Mignonette set sail from England on what should have been an uneventful voyage. When their vessel sank in the Atlantic, Ca…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
416: Nazi Germany’s Bungled Operation Condor w/ Gavin Whitehead
In 1942, two Abwehr German agents, including Johannes Eppler, slipped into Cairo to gather intelligence for Rommel’s desert campaign, getting help fr…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
415: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald w/ John U. Bacon
November 10, 2025, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald during a vicious Lake Superior storm. All 29 …
10 months ago
414: The Martha Wise Murders w/ Rod Kackley
In the winter of 1924-1925, quiet Medina County, Ohio, was shaken to its core. Martha Wise, an ordinary farm widow with an extraordinary obsession, s…
10 months, 1 week ago
MoNo Encore: The Murder of President James Garfield w/ Candice Millard
Original Pub Date: 1/14/19
On July 2nd, 1881, a disappointed and mentally unstable office-seeker named Charles Guiteau shot President James A. Garfie…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
413: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Tombstone w/ Mark Lee Gardner
Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were two complicated men whose steadfast friendship became one of the legendary relationships of the American West. Both …
10 months, 2 weeks ago