A True Crime History Podcast
Edgar Allan Poe is, of course, one of America’s most iconic writers. Many credit him with inventing or popularizing multiple literary genres, including mystery, horror, and detective fiction. But the
Continue readingThe Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe w/ Mark Dawidziak
In early 1922, Hollywood was in damage control. The recent “Fatty” Arbuckle manslaughter and rape case had brought unwanted scandal to the motion picture industry, so when Paramount Pictures director
Continue readingThe Murder of William Desmond Taylor w/ William J Mann
On December 3rd, 1894, a dressmaker named Catherine “Kitty” Ging was found shot to death on a snowy Lake Calhoun road in Minneapolis. Police patched together clues and evidence, which
Continue readingThe 1894 Murder of Kitty Ging w/ Shawn Francis Peters
My guest is Tim Mahoney, author of “Secret Partners: Big Tom Brown and the Barker Gang”. He shares the story of the tangled relationship between mob bosses, bank-robbing gangsters, breweries
Continue readingThe Barker-Karpis Gang & Big Tom Brown w/ Tim Mahoney
Before the early 1960s, when much of Minneapolis was razed to make way for ugly parking ramps and office buildings, another world existed. Decrepit 19th century buildings in an area
Continue readingOld Minneapolis’s Infamous Skid Row w/ James Eli Shiffer
The year 1918 goes down as probably the most horrific in Minnesota history. A flu epidemic, a world war and the deadliest fire in the state’s history all hit within
Continue readingMinnesota 1918: Fire, Flu and War w/ Curt Brown
On this episode, I get a little more informal than usual, as I chat with Deborah Frethem, long time tour guide at the Wabasha Street Caves (the old Castle Royale
While most of us know that prostitution existed in Minneapolis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, fewer of us know where the red-light districts were, and what life
I’m excited to share my interview with Steve Thayer, New York Times bestselling author, about a book that was very important in my life, a book that ultimately led me
Continue readingSaint Mudd: A Novel of Gangsters and Saints w/ Steve Thayer
My guest is Jerry Kuntz, author of “Minnesota’s Notorious Nellie King: Wild Woman of the Closed Frontier”. He tells the story of a larger-than-life and beautiful young con-artist, pretend detective,
Continue readingThe Life & Death of Minnesota’s Colorful Nellie King w/ Jerry Kuntz