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My guest this week is Merry Gordon, author of Arizona’s Murdered Madams: Death in the Red-Light Districts. She shares the stories of two of Territorial Arizona’s most infamous madams, former

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In May of 1832, an American whaleship called the Mentor went down on a remote reef in the western Pacific. Of the crew, eleven men made it out alive, but

Continue readingThe Wreck of the Mentor w/ Eric Jay Dolin

My guest is New York Times bestselling author Phyllis Karas. She shares the deeply personal story of two shocking tragedies in her family history: a 1935 car accident that killed

Continue readingThe Curse of the Blumenthals w/ Phyllis Karas

In 1986, The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults drew a larger audience than the Super Bowl or David Frost’s interview with Richard Nixon. The special was intended as a comeback

Continue readingThe Capone’s Vault Fiasco w/ William Hazelgrove

In 1939, the crimes of German serial murderer Eugen Weidmann captivated France, culminating in a sensational trial and a public execution by guillotine, the last of its kind in the

Continue readingThe Journalist & the Serial Killer w/ Mark Braude

Edward Buckley was a violent East End tough whose life unfolded in the same streets and shadows as the Whitechapel murders. Born into a rough, crime-entangled family, he grew up

Continue readingJack the Ripper: Edward Buckley w/ Jonathan Tye

My guest this week is forensic psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon. He shares stories from decades of correspondence, prison visits, and interviews with some of America’s most notorious killers, including Charles

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My guest is award-winning author Saladin Ambar, who examines a wave of racially motivated killings along the Mississippi River in the 1830s – events that left a deep impression on

Continue readingThe Murders That Inspired Lincoln’s Lyceum Address w/ Saladin Ambar

One chill January night in 1867, a Virginia City prostitute was strangled to death in her bed. The murderer was caught and hanged in front of a crowd of thousands,

Continue readingJulia Bulette: Murdered by a Serial Killer? w/ Robin Flinchum

On a chilly night in March of 1976, a father searching for his missing son made a horrifying discovery inside a Chicago apartment – in at what first appeared to

Continue readingChicago’s Apartment 131 Murders w/ Gregg Owen