A True Crime History Podcast
My guest this week is my favorite John Dillinger expert, Ellen Poulsen. She returns to regale us with a colorful account of the Dillinger Gang’s ill-fated Tucson, Arizona vacation in January of 1934.
Continue readingThe Dillinger Gang in Tucson w/ Ellen Poulsen
On January 16, 1900, a bitter feud between a former Kentucky congressman and colonel named David Grant Colson and a fellow officer, Ethelbert Dudley Scott, reached its bloody climax as
Continue readingThe Deadly Colson-Scott Feud w/ Thomas E. Stephens
There is a lot of buzz about Taylor Sheridan’s newest television series Lawmen: Bass Reeves, and this week’s guest, Old West author and historian Art T. Burton, is here to
Mackinac Island, Michigan is a special place. Summers there are always bustling with tourists, who come in droves to enjoy its history, beauty and charm. However on July 24, 1960
From the 1930s to the 1950s, Irish altar-boy turned gangster Eddie McGrath ruled New York City’s West Side waterfront. Not only did he provide union muscle for the International Longshoreman’s
Continue readingIrish Mobster Eddie McGrath w/ Neil G. Clark
When two General Motors executives drove into Crater Lake National Park in July 1952, no one could predict they would be dead within an hour—not even their killers. It was
This is the latest episode from the podcast Minnesota’s Most Notorious: Where Blood Runs Cold. It was a question asked by many Minnesotans in 1974, including her parents. How could Camilla
Born in Texas to immigrant parents in 1855, Charles Siringo lived a fascinating life from the very start. At the age of twelve Charlie went on his first cattle drive,
On August 4, 1933, Eleanor Jarman, her boyfriend George Dale and another accomplice attempted to rob a Chicago clothing store owner, Gustav Hoeh. Hoeh fought back and was murdered by
Continue readingEleanor “The Blonde Tigress” Jarman w/ Silvia Pettem
On January 14, 1858, Felice Orsini and his fellow Italian revolutionaries tossed his newly designed bombs at the carriage of Emperor Napoleon III, outside of the Paris Opera House. This
Continue readingThe Rise of Terrorism in the 19th Century w/ James Crossland