True Crime Historian
Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.
Episodes
July 14, 2025 • 96 mins
The Trial Of Lena Clarke
Jump To The AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 357 is a crazy blend of murder, embezzlement, and a ghost story. When a former post office clerk is found murdered in the hotel room of a woman who had been a co-worker, there are hints of either a connection the spirit world or madness, but still, a Florida courtroom is stunned the depths of the suspect’s mysticism as revealed in her trial.
Explore More Episodes ...
Jump To The AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 357 is a crazy blend of murder, embezzlement, and a ghost story. When a former post office clerk is found murdered in the hotel room of a woman who had been a co-worker, there are hints of either a connection the spirit world or madness, but still, a Florida courtroom is stunned the depths of the suspect’s mysticism as revealed in her trial.
Explore More Episodes ...
Mark as Played
July 11, 2025 • 65 mins
The Senator, The Embezzler, And The Girl They Loved
Jump To AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 356 takes a look at a scandalous murder and failed suicide attempt that leaves the perpetrator blind and a state senator defending not only his own honor, but that of the young lady who got the worst of the whole affair.
Explore More Episodes About LOVE TRIANGLES GONE AWRY
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/t...
Jump To AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 356 takes a look at a scandalous murder and failed suicide attempt that leaves the perpetrator blind and a state senator defending not only his own honor, but that of the young lady who got the worst of the whole affair.
Explore More Episodes About LOVE TRIANGLES GONE AWRY
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/t...
Mark as Played
July 9, 2025 • 70 mins
Killing Billy The Kid
Jump To The AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 355 takes us back to the Old West with a profile of one of the classic rivalries of the era: The lanky Sheriff Pat Garrett v. the notorious William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, including a narrative of their fateful last encounter as told by the sheriff himself.
Explore More Episodes of WILD WESTERN True Crime
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com...
Jump To The AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 355 takes us back to the Old West with a profile of one of the classic rivalries of the era: The lanky Sheriff Pat Garrett v. the notorious William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, including a narrative of their fateful last encounter as told by the sheriff himself.
Explore More Episodes of WILD WESTERN True Crime
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com...
Mark as Played
July 7, 2025 • 82 mins
HA Debaucher Of Children Gets His Revenge
Jump To The AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 354 is a real trip to the dark side as it recounts the rampage of a local beat patrolmen the result of having his ugly perverted secrets revealed. Although he was responsible for a lot of lives lost and hurt forever, there’s some satisfaction in watching him get some of what he deserves, public humiliation as well as the state’s own vengeance.
Exp...
Jump To The AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 354 is a real trip to the dark side as it recounts the rampage of a local beat patrolmen the result of having his ugly perverted secrets revealed. Although he was responsible for a lot of lives lost and hurt forever, there’s some satisfaction in watching him get some of what he deserves, public humiliation as well as the state’s own vengeance.
Exp...
Mark as Played
July 4, 2025 • 76 mins
The Murder Of Sheriff Rogers At Glencoe
Jump To The Ad-Free SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 353 takes place in late 19th century Minnesota, but plays out like a classic Western tale. You know the one, where a pair of strangers come into town, shoot the sheriff, and incite the citizenry to take the law into their own hands.
Click Here To Access More WILD WESTERN Episodes
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tr...
Jump To The Ad-Free SAFE HOUSE EDITION
Episode 353 takes place in late 19th century Minnesota, but plays out like a classic Western tale. You know the one, where a pair of strangers come into town, shoot the sheriff, and incite the citizenry to take the law into their own hands.
Click Here To Access More WILD WESTERN Episodes
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tr...
Mark as Played
July 2, 2025 • 75 mins
The Ladies’ Man Lawyer & The Mysterious Blonde
Jump To Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 151 recalls a fatal shooting on a dark country road when a pair of unemployed thugs set out to rape and plunder unsuspecting couples looking for a quiet place to canoodle. They get more than they bargained for when their mark turns out to be a well-armed attorney.
Explore More ROBBERIES GONE AWRY
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://ww...
Jump To Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 151 recalls a fatal shooting on a dark country road when a pair of unemployed thugs set out to rape and plunder unsuspecting couples looking for a quiet place to canoodle. They get more than they bargained for when their mark turns out to be a well-armed attorney.
Explore More ROBBERIES GONE AWRY
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://ww...
Mark as Played
July 1, 2025 • 96 mins
The Real ‘Chicago’ Murders
Episode 352 explores the two murders that inspired the hit musical “Chicago,” which was based on a play by Maurine Watkins, who did some reporting on both cases as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. I’ll be joined by my colleague Susan Ferman, whose own podcast Catastrophic Calamities, will premiere next week on the Pulpular Media network. Susan will read about the case of Beulah Annan, who became Roxy Ha...
Episode 352 explores the two murders that inspired the hit musical “Chicago,” which was based on a play by Maurine Watkins, who did some reporting on both cases as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. I’ll be joined by my colleague Susan Ferman, whose own podcast Catastrophic Calamities, will premiere next week on the Pulpular Media network. Susan will read about the case of Beulah Annan, who became Roxy Ha...
Mark as Played
June 30, 2025 • 100 mins
The Murder Of Myrtle Mellus
Jump To Ad Free Safe House Edition
Episode 350 relates the tale of a love triangle ending in tragedy when a Hollywood socialite is found murdered after one of her regular trysts with her young lover. There’s a lot of drinking and debauchery involved in this, and we never really get all the details of this sordid liaison, but just enough to spark the imagination.
Hear About More FALLS FROM GRACE
Become a supp...
Jump To Ad Free Safe House Edition
Episode 350 relates the tale of a love triangle ending in tragedy when a Hollywood socialite is found murdered after one of her regular trysts with her young lover. There’s a lot of drinking and debauchery involved in this, and we never really get all the details of this sordid liaison, but just enough to spark the imagination.
Hear About More FALLS FROM GRACE
Become a supp...
Mark as Played
June 27, 2025 • 82 mins
The Murder Of Bessie Little
Jump To The Ad-Free SAFE HOUSE edition
Episode 348 takes place in Dayton, Ohio, just up the Great Miami River from my hometown. I'm trying to come up with a name for this particular narrative trope, the murder of a woman by a man whose child she is carrying -- consequently also the murder of an unborn child. There is some question in this case if Bessie Little was actually pregnant. But the point is, someb...
Jump To The Ad-Free SAFE HOUSE edition
Episode 348 takes place in Dayton, Ohio, just up the Great Miami River from my hometown. I'm trying to come up with a name for this particular narrative trope, the murder of a woman by a man whose child she is carrying -- consequently also the murder of an unborn child. There is some question in this case if Bessie Little was actually pregnant. But the point is, someb...
Mark as Played
June 26, 2025 • 80 mins
The Trunk In Minnie Lee Griffin’s Basement
Jump To Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 347 is a cautionary tale about what can go wrong if you get too involved in the lives of your grown children. When the widow Minnie Lee Griffin thought that her son-in-law was being pursued by a beautiful neighbor, she resorted to subterfuge to save her daughters marriage, and eventually to murder.
Explore More Trunk Murders!!
Become a supporter of th...
Jump To Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 347 is a cautionary tale about what can go wrong if you get too involved in the lives of your grown children. When the widow Minnie Lee Griffin thought that her son-in-law was being pursued by a beautiful neighbor, she resorted to subterfuge to save her daughters marriage, and eventually to murder.
Explore More Trunk Murders!!
Become a supporter of th...
Mark as Played
June 23, 2025 • 79 mins
Demise Of The Whittemore Gang
Jump to the Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 345 follows the end of the career of the leader of a notorious East Coast gang that terrorized Baltimore and several New York Cities in their bloody quest for money and diamonds. The exciting narrative includes descriptions of several of the gang’s violent heists.
Find More Stories About Jail Breaks
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com...
Jump to the Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 345 follows the end of the career of the leader of a notorious East Coast gang that terrorized Baltimore and several New York Cities in their bloody quest for money and diamonds. The exciting narrative includes descriptions of several of the gang’s violent heists.
Find More Stories About Jail Breaks
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com...
Mark as Played
June 20, 2025 • 77 mins
The Corruption Of Lieutenant Charles Becker.
Jump to Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 116 is a story about police corruption in New York’s Tenderloin District at the turn of the last century. The Tenderloin District around Broadway was so named by the police because there was a lot of graft to be made and they were able to stop eating chuck steak and started eating tenderloin. Maybe that helped dull the foul taste of corruption in ...
Jump to Ad-Free Safe House Edition
Episode 116 is a story about police corruption in New York’s Tenderloin District at the turn of the last century. The Tenderloin District around Broadway was so named by the police because there was a lot of graft to be made and they were able to stop eating chuck steak and started eating tenderloin. Maybe that helped dull the foul taste of corruption in ...
Mark as Played
December 11, 2024 • 27 mins
The Brutal Murder Of Mayme Sherman
A True Crime Short Story by Richard O Jones
Ad-Free Safe House Edition
One of the factors behind my interest in historical true crime is that my hometown of Hamilton, Ohio, seems to have a particularly rich history of crime--murder in particular, but not just murder. I’ve done several local programs about the safecrackers, bandits, and other notorious characters. This short story, “Bacon On The Table...
A True Crime Short Story by Richard O Jones
Ad-Free Safe House Edition
One of the factors behind my interest in historical true crime is that my hometown of Hamilton, Ohio, seems to have a particularly rich history of crime--murder in particular, but not just murder. I’ve done several local programs about the safecrackers, bandits, and other notorious characters. This short story, “Bacon On The Table...
Mark as Played
December 2, 2024 • 49 mins
The Saga of the Scoundrel Thomas McGehan
A true crime short story by Richard O Jones
Ad-Free Safe House Edition
-
Episode 28 takes place on Christmas Eve 1870, when three men attack a local politician with boulders and slungshots, and at least a dozen men scramble for the door while five shots pepper the faro room at the American Saloon in Hamilton, Ohio, the hometown of True Crime Historian Richard O Jones. One of the bullets kills th...
A true crime short story by Richard O Jones
Ad-Free Safe House Edition
-
Episode 28 takes place on Christmas Eve 1870, when three men attack a local politician with boulders and slungshots, and at least a dozen men scramble for the door while five shots pepper the faro room at the American Saloon in Hamilton, Ohio, the hometown of True Crime Historian Richard O Jones. One of the bullets kills th...
Mark as Played
May 27, 2024 • 96 mins
The Atrocities Of Albert Fish
I'D TURN BACK IF I WERE YOU!!!
Episode 191 is without a doubt the vilest case you'll ever hear on this program because I don't think I could find a worse one if I tried. There's a lot of evil discussed here: torture, cannibalism, and more. Consider this your trigger warning: I'd turn back if I were you! Or at least put the kids to bed and plug in your ear buds. Keep this between us.
Ad-Free Edition
Become ...
I'D TURN BACK IF I WERE YOU!!!
Episode 191 is without a doubt the vilest case you'll ever hear on this program because I don't think I could find a worse one if I tried. There's a lot of evil discussed here: torture, cannibalism, and more. Consider this your trigger warning: I'd turn back if I were you! Or at least put the kids to bed and plug in your ear buds. Keep this between us.
Ad-Free Edition
Become ...
Mark as Played
April 17, 2024 • 126 mins
The Murder Of Mary Phagan
Episode 183 tells of one of the most infamous cases of an innocent man wrongly accused. When a teenage factory girl is found dead in the basement of an Atlanta pencil manufacturer, blame falls on the mild-mannered Jewish superintendent of the plant, and the jury takes the word of a drunken janitor. It’ll take 70 years for the truth to come out.
Ad-Free Edition
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.s...
Episode 183 tells of one of the most infamous cases of an innocent man wrongly accused. When a teenage factory girl is found dead in the basement of an Atlanta pencil manufacturer, blame falls on the mild-mannered Jewish superintendent of the plant, and the jury takes the word of a drunken janitor. It’ll take 70 years for the truth to come out.
Ad-Free Edition
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.s...
Mark as Played
January 5, 2024 • 119 mins
The Reily Mattock Murder
Episode 198 is centered on one of my favorite murder tropes, the so-called “eternal triangle,” between the cranky old farmer, his fading wife, and the handsome young farmhand. Yeah, that’s not going to end well, but they might have gotten away with it if they had just put the body across the tracks. It’s all in the details.
Culled from the historic pages of the Hamilton Journal-News and other newspapers of th...
Episode 198 is centered on one of my favorite murder tropes, the so-called “eternal triangle,” between the cranky old farmer, his fading wife, and the handsome young farmhand. Yeah, that’s not going to end well, but they might have gotten away with it if they had just put the body across the tracks. It’s all in the details.
Culled from the historic pages of the Hamilton Journal-News and other newspapers of th...
Mark as Played
December 3, 2023 • 146 mins
The Trial Of Rattlesnake James, The Red-Headed Bluebeard
Episode 192 gets a bit epic, but it’s the story that keeps on giving, with two botched murders and moral charges to boot, and things go from crazy to crazier when they bring a pair of rattlers named Lethal and Lightning into the courtroom.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.
Episode 192 gets a bit epic, but it’s the story that keeps on giving, with two botched murders and moral charges to boot, and things go from crazy to crazier when they bring a pair of rattlers named Lethal and Lightning into the courtroom.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.
Mark as Played
November 12, 2023 • 42 mins
A Litany of Horror
Episode 12 is a reading of the chilling confession of Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H. Holmes, one of the most remarkable serial killers in American History. The whole nation was shocked and outraged in the waning years of the nineteenth century by the gruesome deeds of one Herman Mudgett, the arch fiend who took on the pseudonym H.H. Holmes as he prepared his famous "Castle of Death" in downtown Chica...
Episode 12 is a reading of the chilling confession of Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H. Holmes, one of the most remarkable serial killers in American History. The whole nation was shocked and outraged in the waning years of the nineteenth century by the gruesome deeds of one Herman Mudgett, the arch fiend who took on the pseudonym H.H. Holmes as he prepared his famous "Castle of Death" in downtown Chica...
Mark as Played
January 15, 2023 • 85 mins
A Terrible Reign of Murder
About the murders that inspired Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Episode 214 digs deep into the files of the FBI and one of its early successful investigations during the tenure of J.Edgar Hoover, when the Bureau of Investigations looked into the murder of as many as 60 to 70 Osage Indians. The file includes a report by Agent Frank Smith as well as statements by informants who helped break the...
About the murders that inspired Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Episode 214 digs deep into the files of the FBI and one of its early successful investigations during the tenure of J.Edgar Hoover, when the Bureau of Investigations looked into the murder of as many as 60 to 70 Osage Indians. The file includes a report by Agent Frank Smith as well as statements by informants who helped break the...
Mark as Played
Popular Podcasts
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com