Dick Turpin is one Britain’s most famous criminals, a murderous highwayman whose nefarious deeds became romanticized decades after his execution. My guest is James Sharpe, who shares Turpin’s story and

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Happy Independence Day to all of my American listeners, as we finally reach episode 300! A slight deviation this week from the typical true crime tragedy and disaster content –

Continue readingAmerican Privateers w/ Eric Jay Dolin

My guest this week is bestselling author Anthony M. Amore, director of security and chief investigator at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. He shares the story of Rose Dugdale, an

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On a chilly January night in 1932, a wealthy industrialist named Howard Woolverton was snatched from his car by kidnappers. While he was released unharmed the next day, his apparent

Continue readingMachine Gun Kelly & the Woolverton Kidnapping w/ Kevin E. Meredith

At about 11 pm on July 18, 1959, Dr. Bernard Finch and his girlfriend Carole Ann Tregoff arrived at the Finch home in West Covina, California with a plan to

Continue readingThe Murder of Barbara Finch w/ Steve Kosareff

In the years following the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, a wave of terror rocked the city. Over twenty black women were brutally murdered, often in a fashion that mimicked the

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Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1906. When a young white woman is assaulted in a dark cemetery, the town erupts. Despite questionable evidence and a flawed trial, a black man named Ed Johnson

Continue readingMurder & Lynching in Early 1900s Tennessee w/ Kimberly Tilley

(There are different opinions about which of these black women were killed by a single serial killer – ie the Atlanta Ripper – and which were isolated or copycat murders.).

Continue readingFemale Murder Victims in Atlanta and surrounding areas  from 1909 to 1920)

My guest this week is award-winning writer David Grann, whose new book, “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder”, is currently number one on the New York Times

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In the 1870s and 80s the nation was embroiled in a sensational scandal. Corrupt politicians, post office officials and others conspired to defraud the United States Post Office out of

Continue readingThe Star Route Scandal w/ Shawn Francis Peters