The Little Old Murder From Pasadena
A retired police sergeant and a historian discuss history and true crime in the City of Roses.
Episodes
Victor and Alyse discuss the bizarre, 1925 unsolved murder of an eccentric spiritualist in Old Pasadena.
In 1993, a normal day turns deadly for the Yu family as their jewelry store gets robbed.
Alyse and Victor discuss the grisly and controversial 1906 murder from the grounds of Pasadena's famous Raymond Hotel.
In 1947, a young man arrived at the Pasadena Police Department and told officers that there was a dead teenage girl in his car. Was it a suicide pact gone wrong?
Victor and Alyse discuss the double murder of a beloved culinary school instructor and his wife in Playhouse Village.
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In 1941, an alcohol-fueled bad marriage ends in tragedy for a former major leaguer and his wife.
A well-known barber shop owner is brutally stabbed to death in a case that co-host Victor has a personal connection with.
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Alyse and Victor discuss the disappearance of Tommy Bowman, who went missing in 1957 after a hiking trip to Pasadena with his family. Tommy was just one of at least six children who went missing from the Angeles National Forest between 1953 and 1970.
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LA County sheriffs find themselves in a standoff with a man who just murdered his estranged wife in East Pasadena.
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Alyse and Victor discuss the grisly 1999 slaying of beloved flamenco dancer Maria Isabel Fernandez.
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Victor and Alyse discuss a famous attempted murder and suicide at one of Pasadena's most iconic architectural landmarks, the Colorado Street Bridge.
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Today, your hosts revisit Pasadena's most infamous cold case, the 1933 murder of Leonard Siever at the Scottish Rite Temple.
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In this episode, we discuss some of the incidents that occurred on the historic Mount Lowe Railway and resort, including an attempted murder/suicide from 1902.
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Victor and Alyse discuss "murder mall," the brutal slaying of Lois Haro, as well as the debate around capital punishment.
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Gladys Towles Root, one of the first female attorneys in California, arrived in Pasadena in 1932 to defend her client, Moses Cabansag, who was charged with murdering fellow Filipino Bernardo Asistin.
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Alyse and Victor discuss the Rodney King riots of 1992 and their impact on Pasadena in which a police gun battle led to a tragic killing.
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Alyse and Victor give an update regarding the Eaton Fire in Pasadena and Altadena.
On December 9, 1955, maid Mary Myers arrived at 1180 Arden Road to do her job but instead discovered a gruesome crime scene.
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In the early 90s, Pasadenans are shocked by the triple slaying of three white girls, a heinous crime involving "the kids next door."
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Alyse and Victor discuss Tiburcio Vasquez, an outlaw who was eventually arrested and hanged in 1875 for his crimes. But before that, Vasquez and his posse encountered Pasadena's founding fathers while they worked on a pipeline in the Arroyo Seco. Did the bandido Vasquez rob Pasadena's most prominent men? Listen to find out!
Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.
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