A True Crime History Podcast
On January 2, 1800, the body of a young woman was pulled out of a secluded, boarded-up well, horrifying the citizens of New York City’s Lower Manhattan neighborhood. The trial
Continue readingThe Manhattan Well Murder w/ Gavin Whitehead
One of Minnesota’s most fascinating unsolved murder cases began on the morning of December 9, 1937, when firefighters discovered the charred body of 31-year-old Ruth Munson in an abandoned Saint
There are two interviews packed into this week’s episode of Most Notorious! First Dale Ross, author of “A Voice for Ira” joins me to talk about the horrific death of
On October 24, 1588, the city of Bologna, Italy was shaken when a knight named Paola Barbieri stabbed his wife Isabella to death with a sword. He then fled, dressed
Continue readingMurder and Madness in Bologna w/ Mònica Calabritto
Best-selling author Margalit Fox returns to the show to talk about Marm Mandelbaum, an extraordinary woman who lived the classic rags to riches story, rising out of immigrant poverty into
Continue readingNew York City Crime Boss Marm Mandelbaum w/ Margalit Fox
The Reno Gang is best known for being the first group of outlaws in history to rob a moving train, but their criminal enterprises stretched far beyond that. They were
In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on
On the morning of May 16, 1922, a young man’s body was found on a desolate road in Westchester County. The victim was penniless ex-sailor Clarence Peters. Walter Ward, the
Continue readingThe Ward-Peters Murder Case w/ James Polchin
I’m joined by former Scotland Yard detective Steven Keogh, who examines the Jack the Ripper case in his recent book, “Murder Investigation Team: Jack the Ripper”. He applies current investigative
Continue readingA Modern-Day Police Perspective on the Jack the Ripper Murders w/ Steven Keogh
In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves