True Crime Historian
Kanaal Besonderhede
True Crime Historian
Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalismBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.
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242 episodes
Guilty Or Not, They Hung Him Twice
The Botched Execution of George H. Painter
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Episode 27 starts shortly after midnigh...
Fingers Convict Him
On September 19, 1910, a prowler broke into the home of Clarence Hiller in the Chicago neighborhood Morgan Park. When he awoke Hiller’s 13-year-old d...
The Last Bad Man Of The West
The Scoundrel Tom Horn
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Episode 454 takes us back to the end of the Old West era, wher...
Was It Mother? Or Murder?
Pittsburgh’s Feely Murder Mystery
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You’ll need your thinking cap for Episode 129, about as...
A French Maid's Dirty Laundry
The Ordeal Of Hattie LeBlanc
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Episode 413 is the sordid little tale of a French Canadi...
Killer Caught By A Thread
The Mulholland Drive Sack Murder
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Episode 411 details the events following the discover...
A Fatal Clang Of The Trolley
The President’s Close Call
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Episode 452 explores the aftermath of a presidential misha...
Fall River Nurse Found In Tiverton Ditch
The Interstate Strangulation Of Verna Russell
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Episode 409 is the story of a spoiled y...
The Girod Street Assassination Ambuscade
The City Of New Orleans Vs. The Mafia
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Episode 408 explores the lead-in and aftermath of o...
Meat Juice Mischief
The Accusations Against Florence Elizabeth Maybrick
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Episode 407 is dedicated to my ne...
A Corpse In The Morris Canal
The Work Of The Mormon Butcher
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Episode 451 begins in the summer of 1902, when a woman...
The Perth Ballroom Tragedy
Audrey Jacob Stands Trial
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Episode 406 comes from a special request from one of my man...
A Mother-In-Law's Revenge
The Horrible Horner-Simpson Affair
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Episode 404 is jam-packed with crazy when a fun-loving...
Austin Family Found In Cistern
Eugene Burt Flees From Justice
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Episode 403 explores the story of a man who leaves his fam...
Missouri Mob Justice
The Lynching Of Lloyd Warner
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Plus transcripts and deep-dive research for Safe House resident...
Baby Amy & The Broadway Gigolo
A Fake Hold-Up Murder Plot
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Episode 402 tells the story of a discontented wife and her you...
Petroleum, Politics, Passion
Clara Smith Hamon Takes The Stand
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Episode 401 tells the salacious story of a leading...
Interred In An Irrigation Ditch
Josie Kensler’s Delicate Condition
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Episode 400 employs a trope we’ve seen before: the cra...
A Bloody Scream In The Night
The Axe Murder Of Alice Mallett
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Episode 450 begins with a scream in the night as the beautiful Mi...
The Elm City Tragedy
The Life And Death Of Jennie E. Cramer
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Episode 397 tells the story of a young girl in...
Pirates On The Penguin
The Astounding Disappearance Of Benjamin Collings On Long Island Sound
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Episode 396 re...
What Happened To Alma Kellner
The Fiendish Slaughter Of An Innocent Child
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Episode 394 relates the tragic tale of an...
Farmer's Wife Left For Dead
Brothers Face Gas Chamber Together
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Episode 392 explores the case of two brothers char...
A Cowardly Blow In The Dark
The Barber And The Gambler’s Wife Stand Trial
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Episode 393 takes us back to the Gilded...
The Blue-Eyed Six
The Indiantown Creek Insurance Murder Plot
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Episode 390 explores what was reported to...
The Dim-Witted Milkman And The Gambler's Wife
Murder In The Attic With Pipe, Gun, and Knife
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Episode 389 details one of the clumsiest mu...
The Servant Girl's Trunk Of Horrors
Domestic Scandal In Sioux Falls
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Episode 388 is not a classic trunk murder, per se, but on...
Sweet Singer Strangled In A Stable
The Repudiated Confessions Of Richard Ivens
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Episode 398 explores the tragic murder of...
Dead Woman On Trial
A Hung Jury For Hazel Combs
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Episode 387 starts out conventionally enough: A woman mur...
PREVIEW: A Corpse In The Morris Canal
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The Work Of The Mormon Butcher
Episode 451 begins in the summer of 1902, when a woman’s mutilated body...
The Count Of Gramercy Park
The Slippery Scoundrel Gerald Chapman
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Episode 384 tells the story of a so-called gent...
The Escapes And Execution Of Elroy Kent
The Vermont Desperado
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Episode 386 tells the epic story of one of New England’s most persistent sc...
Breaking News!
Our long international nightmare is over! True Crime Historian is coming off hiatus with a block of brand new episodes. The first new release comes Oc...
Under The Windsor Hearthstone
The Murderous Journeys Of Frederick Deeming
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Episode 383 is another request from a lis...
The Brown-Out Strangler
The Court Martial Of Pvt. Eddie Leonski
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Episode 382 is dedicated to the Australian sc...
Murders Of The Buncombe County Mankiller
An Incident In The Blacksmith’s Shop
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Episode 380 tells the story of a violent rampage...
Florence Buzzell's Love Diary
The Implication Of Fred Wheeler
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Episode 379 tells the scandalous and tragic story of a yo...
The Oklahoma Phantom
Face-To-Face With Pretty Boy Floyd
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The centerpiece of Episode 378 is a quest for an interview wit...
You'll Never Hang Me!
The Insanity (Or Not) Of Douglas Van Vlack
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Episode 377 takes a deep plunge into the story...
The Escapes Of The Plymouth County Desperadoes
Bullets For Sheriff Maxwell And Family
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Episode 376 is an action-packed thriller with a ja...