A True Crime History Podcast
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
In February of 1959, Albert Lepard brutally murdered his seventy-four-year-old great-aunt Mary Young and was tried, convicted and given a life sentence at Mississippi’s Parchman Penitentiary. Lepard would escape six
Continue readingAlbert “Crooked Snake” Lepard w/ Lovejoy Boteler
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On this episode of Most Notorious, we examine one of the most infamous true crime cases in North Carolina history. On a cold autumn evening in 1901 a young woman
Continue readingThe Murder of Nell Cropsey w/ William E Dunstan
Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When
In the early morning of January 21st, 1935 two employees of the Capital Transit Company in Chevy Chase, Maryland were cold-bloodedly gunned down. One of the men murdered was my guest’s
Award-winning author and historian Robert Watson is my guest this week. He talks about the Confederacy’s notorious Libby Prison, located in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War. Resourceful Union officers, held
My guest this week is Bill Cassara, author of “Nobody’s Stooge: Ted Healy”. First he walks us through vaudeville performer Ted Healy’s rise to Hollywood stardom, including his creation of
Continue readingThe Life and Controversial Death of Ted Healy w/ Bill Cassara
On January 7th, 1872, “Jubilee Jim” Fisk was murdered on a staircase in New York City’s Grand Central Hotel. His killer (the lover of Fisk’s former girlfriend Josie Mansfield) was
Continue readingJosie Mansfield & the Murder of Jim Fisk w/ H.W. Brands
In August of 1894, a young woman was found brutally murdered on a sand dune at Minnesota Point in Duluth. Over the next two years both Duluth and Minneapolis detectives
Continue readingMinnesota’s Most Notorious: The Duluth Murder of Lena Olson w/ Jeffrey Sauve