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Back to SearchRaymond Pace Alexander & The Arsenic Murders
Episode 431
ABC:LHS 079-5 The tale of the arsenic widows...
...of Philadelphia will never be told fully. Hundreds of men may have died at their hands. Two of t…
1 year ago
Victor "Babe" Andreoli: Kill and Be Killed
Episode 430
ABC:LHS #079-4 Victor "Babe" Andreoli...
...was raised in East Falls in a large, hardworking family, but fell in with bad company. After a botched …
1 year ago
Willie Lanzetta & His Infamous Brethren
Episode 428
ABC-079, part 3
Willie was one of six brothers in the crime business. They never bothered to affiliate with the Mafia, but three of the six brother…
1 year ago
"Little Petey" Bisciotti & The Flag Day Massacre
Episode 427
ABC:LHS #079-2 Potito "Little Petey" Bisciotti...
...was on the lower rungs of the mob but wanted to move up in the numbers racket. A rendezvous w…
1 year ago
Evolution of Philadelphia Crime
Episode 426
ABC079-1: How Crime Emerged in the Quaker City
In the early 20th century, ethnic groups clashed over control of gambling operations, protection, the …
1 year ago
Thugs & Gangsters of Laurel Hill
Episode 429
ABC:LHS #079-0 Thugs and Gangsters
Some Laurel Hill residents are remembered today for their involvement with organized crime in the 1930s and 1940…
1 year ago
John Henry Fow: Foghorn for the Talk, Ducky for the Walk
Episode 425
BBB:LHWS #048 John Henry Fow...
...was a lawyer with two nicknames - "Ducky" for the walk and "Foghorn" for the talk. He was tough and had an uncan…
1 year, 1 month ago
LTC Edgar Loftus: Facing Down a Nazi Ace
Episode 423
ABC:LHS #078-5 LTC Edgar Loftus...
...was a Wharton grad who rose in the Army Air Corps to Lieutenant Colonel. On VE Day, he was ranking officer i…
1 year, 1 month ago
Jacques Louis Francine: "I Bombed Japan"
Episode 422
ABC:LHS #078-4 Jacques Louis Francine...
...from a well-established Philadelphia family was the ultimate outdoorsman who collected specimens for th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Holger "Hold Your Horses" Hoiriis: Fighting Nazis in the Catskills
Episode 421
ABC:LHS #078-3 Holger Hoiriis...
...bought an airplane in 1924 and took up barnstorming. He was the first pilot to carry a paying customer across t…
1 year, 1 month ago