A True Crime History Podcast
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
Continue readingThe Mysterious Disappearance of Molly Zelko w/ Rod Kackley
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
Continue readingThe Notorious Nancy Clem & the Cold Spring Murders w/ Wendy Gamber
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
Continue readingAlabama’s Kilpatrick Shooting w/ Lesa Carnes Shaul
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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
Continue readingThe Mysterious Disappearance of Molly Zelko w/ Rod Kackley
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
Continue readingThe Notorious Nancy Clem & the Cold Spring Murders w/ Wendy Gamber
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
Continue readingAlabama’s Kilpatrick Shooting w/ Lesa Carnes Shaul
My guest today is Dr. Amy Helen Bell, author of “Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London”. She shares accounts of murder, terror and tragedy experienced by Londoners during
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
Continue readingThe Pan Am Flight 7 Seven Crash w/ Ken Fortenberry
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Jenny Maxwell was one of Hollywood’s “it girls”, appearing in countless television shows and films. Arguably her most memorable role was that of
Continue readingThe Murder of “Elvis Girl” Jenny Maxwell w/ Buddy Moorehouse
Late one evening in the summer of 1922, Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife’s blood. But was he a grieving husband or
Continue readingThe Murder of Anna Wilkens & The Birth of the Lie Detector w/ Amit Katwala
On February 8, 1911, the Scott Mausoleum, a symbol of wealth for the Scott and Strong families in Erie, Pennsylvania, was desecrated by unknown vandals, coined by nationwide papers as
Continue reading376: Erie’s Mausoleum Mystery w/ Justin Dombrowski
On April 15, 1973, the body of Virginia Olson was discovered near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville in an area known as the Botanical Gardens. She had
Continue readingThe Murder of Virginia Olson w/ Brian & Cameron Santana
Louis Ferrante is back on the show, sharing more of his extensive research into the history of the American Mafia. In volume two of his trilogy, called “Borgata: Clash of
Continue readingThe Mafia, the Kennedys & Hoover w/ Louis Ferrante
