Podcast Episodes
Back to Search405: A History of Eugenics in America w/ Mark A. Torres
In the early twentieth century, eugenics captivated scientists and the public alike, giving researchers license to exploit the infirm, the mentally i…
1 year ago
404: Gunfighter Clay Allison w/ Donna Blake Birchell
Clay Allison was both liked and loathed in his lifetime, embodying the contradictions of the American frontier. He could show moments of kindness for…
1 year ago
403: The Madman of Crystal Beach w/ M.F. Gross
In the sultry summer of 1949, a sleepy Florida beach town was rocked to its core. A brutal home invasion, a shocking murder, and a desperate, month-l…
1 year, 1 month ago
402: The Reno Redfield Heist w/ Gavin Schmitt
The 1952 burglary of eccentric multi-millionaire LaVere Redfield’s mansion in Reno, Nevada was the largest of its time, but also a comedy of errors. …
1 year, 1 month ago
401: The First Forensic Hanging w/ Summer Strevens
The First Forensic Hanging: The Toxic Truth That Killed Mary Blandy by Summer Strevens tells the story of Mary Blandy, executed in 1752 for poisonin…
1 year, 1 month ago
MoNo Encore: The Bermondsey Horror w/ Gavin Whitehead
(Orig pub date: 2/3/24)
On August 17th, 1849, London police officers made a grisly discovery at the home of George and Maria (born Marie de Roux) Ma…
1 year, 1 month ago
400: The Legend of Belle Starr w/ Michael Wallis
Myra Maibelle Shirley, better known as Belle Starr, was one of the most notorious female outlaws of the Old West (if you believe period newspapers, a…
1 year, 2 months ago
399: The Life & Crimes of Robert Spears w/ Jerry Jamison
"Doctor" Robert Spears was arguably one of the greatest con artists of the twentieth century, and very likely a mass murderer. In thirty nine years o…
1 year, 2 months ago
398: John Wilkes Booth & the Last Year of the Civil War w/ Scott Ellsworth
My guest this week is Scott Ellsworth, author of Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth …
1 year, 2 months ago
397: The Hazel Drew Murder Revisited w/ Jerry C. Drake
In July of 1908 the body of twenty-year-old Hazel Drew was found floating in a mill pond in Upstate New York. Her death captured headlines across the…
1 year, 2 months ago