A True Crime History Podcast
Much like the wheel, the boat, and the telephone, the axe is a transformative piece of technology―one that has been with us since prehistory. And just as early humans used
Continue readingA History of Axe Murder w/ Rachel McCarthy James
The American sailing vessel Adriatic collided with the French steamship Le Lyonnais on November 2, 1856, off the coast of Nantucket in what can best be described as a maritime
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.
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Much like the wheel, the boat, and the telephone, the axe is a transformative piece of technology―one that has been with us since prehistory. And just as early humans used
Continue readingA History of Axe Murder w/ Rachel McCarthy James
The American sailing vessel Adriatic collided with the French steamship Le Lyonnais on November 2, 1856, off the coast of Nantucket in what can best be described as a maritime
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 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
Continue readingAmerica’s Nazi POW Murders w/ William Geroux
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
Continue readingThe 1870 Murder of A.P. Crittenden w/ Gary Krist
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.
Continue readingThe 1943 Murders of Dr. Roy & Mae Hunt w/ Christena Stephens
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
