The Murder of Stanford White w/ Simon Baatz
In June of 1906, famed architect Stanford White was murdered by an obsessive millionaire’s son named Harry Thaw at the roof garden theater of Madison Square Garden. His attorneys would
Leopold and Loeb with Simon Baatz
Original Air Date: 11/9/2015 Guest Simon Baatz, author of For the Thrill of It: Leopold and Loeb and the Murder That Shocked Chicago talks about the infamous and horrific Bobby
Gangsters in 1930s Minnesota with Paul Maccabee
Original Air Date: 11/1/2015 In the 1930s, Saint Paul Minnesota was considered a vacation home for some of the most notorious bank-robbing gangsters of the Depression-era, including John Dillinger and
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“The Man From the Train” Serial Killer w/ Rachel McCarthy James
Original Air Date: 2/5/19 For decades, the 1912 Villisca, Iowa axe slaughter of the Moore family has been one of the greatest unsolved family massacres in American history. Many believe
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The “In Cold Blood” Clutter Murders w/ Gary McAvoy
Original Air Date: 7/1/20 Most of us probably know at least the basics of the 1959 Kansas Clutter family murders case, in large part because the story was dramatically detailed by
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The 1876 Northfield Bank Raid by the James-Younger Gang (Parts 1 &2)
Original Air Dates: 8/3/16 and 8/10/16 Part One: Much has been written about Jesse James, including his gang’s ill-fated trip to Northfield, Minnesota, a botched bank raid met with death
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The Gitchie-Manitou Murders w/ Phil Hamman
On the evening of November 17th, 1973, five teenagers, enjoying a campfire at the Gitchie-Manitou State Park in Iowa, were terrorized by three sociopathic brothers, who would end up murdering
The Mysterious Death of Fritzie Mann w/ James Stewart
In January of 1923, a 20-year-old dancer named Fritzie Mann left home to meet a mysterious man for what she told her mother was a house party. When she was
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Indiana Serial Killer Belle Gunness w/ Harold Schechter
Original Air Date: 3/8/18 My guest is the prolific true crime author Harold Schechter, who returns to talk about his latest book, Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher
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The Mysterious Death of “Furnace Girl” Elfrieda Knaak w/ Kraig Moreland
In late October of 1928, authorities in the small town of Lake Bluff, Illinois discovered a grisly scene in the village hall basement. They found a young woman named Elfreida
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