Old Timey Crimey

Old Timey Crimey

True crime from 1950 and before with Amber & Kristy. Because crime is better in black & white.

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September 22, 2023 115 mins

Episode 6: The Divorcée

Hastings, Nebraska - Part II

The investigation into the murders of Hazel Bird and Clarence Yager draws investigators from across Nebraska and from as far as Indiana. Intriguing persons of interest blow into and out of town in the weeks around the murders. And the police have a surplus of theories when it comes to what motivated the killings, most of which center around Hazel Bird's love life.

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Episode 5: The Widower

Another three weeks pass with no new Lovers' Lane murders. A couple in Nebraska, brought together by the eerily similar tragedies that have shaped their lives, takes an automobile ride one summer Sunday night and never returns.

The strange clues found at the murder scene raise more questions than they answer. And the town's recent rash of robberies might mean that the killer has been lurking for a while.

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Chapter 4: The Foursome

Two weeks after the Illinois attacks that left Ivan Blake dead and Frances Shuster wounded, a group of young adults are out for a carefree summer night in Denver when everything goes horrifically awry. 

The case takes strange twists and turns over the years, with unexpected witnesses and odd tales that don't line up. Does it fit with the other cases, or is this an entirely new murderer stalking Lovers' Lane?

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Chapter 3: The Survivor

Five weeks after the Indiana murders of Katherine Herbers and Howard Fisher, two more lovers are interrupted while trysting on a lonely road in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. This time, one of them survives.

The murderer leaves a survivor--and also a witness who lives a life of secrets...secrets that stayed uncovered for nearly a century, until now. 

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Chapter Two: The Bandit

The hunt for the Fort Wayne Lovers' Lane Killer goes on, focusing on the so-called "Bicycle Bandit" as police chase leads all over the state. An inquest reveals a few secrets, but a grand jury comes to naught. Just as the grand jury is winding down, though, word of another murder, strikingly similar, makes its way to Fort Wayne...

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Part 1: Katherine Herbers and Howard Fisher

Fort Wayne, Indiana. May 6, 1925

A young couple is out for a drive one lovely spring night. The abrupt end to their evening is only the beginning of the terror that will snake across the Midwest in the Jazz Age, only to disappear and return with starting violence in the big city at the start of the Great Depression. 

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Freeport, Long Island - 1914: A shot rings out, shattering the peace of a summer's evening. A woman falls dead in a doctor's office. But was she the actual target? And who was spying on the doctor? Special guest Chris Garcia joins Kristy to find out. 

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Amber and Kristy dive into newspapers of the past to find long-forgotten stories of crime, human interest, and weird happenings across the country.

 

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Chicago, 1924: A young man with a shockingly tragic backstory comes into possession of a fortune with an even more shockingly tragic backstory, and tragedy yet again ensues. The story of William McClintock, the Millionaire Orphan, William Shephard, and a million other Williams. 

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Worchester, VT 1819: Justice is a curious, uncertain thing when the Boorn brothers confess to the murder of their brother-in-law. 

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Bear Brook

Northwestern Univ School of Law – Bluhm Legal Clinic Center on Wrongful Convictions

Murder by Gaslight

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March 23, 2023 75 mins

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,1865: Everyone falls ill after eating food prepared by Martha Grinder, but no one can quite tell why. 

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Martha Grinder – State Killings in the Steel City: The History of the Death Penalty in Pittsbur...

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Dublin, Ireland, 1853: An artist and his wife travel to an island for a day of fun, but only one of them returns. 

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Martello tower – wiki

Evening post

Bristol Week-end

Death on Ireland's Eye: The Victorian Murder Trial that Scandalised a Nation by De...

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Lyme, Connecticut 1943: The caretaker of a fabulous resort has an eventful holiday, but the story of that night changes repeatedly over time. 

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Amber and Kristy dive into the old timey newspapers and find the strangest tales from the good ol' days: buried treasure, a heart patient gone berserk, a sword cane battle--and so much more. 

Kristy Baxter's Old News on Post

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January 13, 2023 93 mins

Kristy and Amber tell special guest the Libarbian about murders involving twins. 

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Pasadena, California, 1933: A well-respected dentist is the central figure in a mysterious crime. When detectives delve into his private life, they find a Pandora's box of beautiful women that only adds to the mystery. 

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December 2, 2022 52 mins

Amber and Kristy take a look at some of the zaniest stories published in the old timey newspapers. 

 

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November 11, 2022 66 mins

Amber and Kristy take a trip to the land Down Under to look at the historical crimes in Euroa, Australia--a town that was too small to have so many secrets. 

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Euroa Advertiser

North Eastern Ensign

Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

Perth Daily News

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