A True Crime History Podcast
On November 28, 1942, fire roared through Boston’s famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub during what was supposed to be a high-spirited Saturday night. By midnight, more than five hundred people were
Continue readingThe Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire w/ Stephanie Schorow
In September of 1931, Thalia Massie, a young naval lieutenant’s wife, claims to have been raped by five Hawaiian men in Honolulu. Following a hung jury in the rape trial,
On July 27th, 1903, thirteen convicts at California’s Folsom Prison, led by Richard “Red” Gordon, attacked prison guards, took hostages, emptied the armory and made a dash for freedom. Some
Continue readingThe Folsom Prison Bloody 13 Escape w/ Josh Morgan
On December 20th, 1963, the city of Lorain, Ohio was rocked by the tragic (and odd) death of Florence Bennett. Her husband Casper had found her dead in their bathtub,
Continue readingThe Casper Bennett Murder Case w/ David Miraldi
Many saw the dark side of the American dream, but none wrote about it like Jim Tully. Having spent six years of his childhood in a Cincinnati orphanage, Tully returned
Eric Jay Dolin, returns to the show to share details from his new book, “Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World”. It’s the true
Continue readingThe Ill-Fated Voyage of the Nanina w/ Eric Jay Dolin
Just after midnight on July 6, 1932, twenty-year-old Zachary Smith Reynolds, a renowned aviator and an heir to the R.J. Reynolds tobacco fortune, was shot in the family’s summer home
Continue readingThe Mysterious Death of Zachary Smith Reynolds w/ Phil Archer
On a warm August day in 1910, Sheriff Jake Houpt and his deputies attempted to arrest brothers George and Oscar Chitwood outside the Garland County Courthouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Continue readingThe Murder of Oscar Chitwood w/ Christopher Thrasher
Six months after losing a world title fight that remains infamous as one of the last mob fixes in boxing, Tyrone “The Butterfly” Everett—a flashy, handsome lightweight southpaw on the
Continue readingThe Killing of Boxer Tyrone Everett w/ Sean Nam
On September 30, 1955, 24-year-old James Dean became immortal. While his young life ended in a car crash, James Dean passed into the realm of American folklore, where his memory
Continue readingThe Death of James Dean & the “Curse of the Little Bastard” w/ Lee Raskin