The 3 Best Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast Episodes
1) 114: Al Capone, the Secret Six, & the 1933 Chicago World's Fair w/ William Hazelgrove
Most of us have grown up thinking that Elliot Ness and his famed "Untouchables" were the crimefighters who brought down the notorious Al Capone in Chicago. But instead, it was a group of millionaire b...Show More
2) 259: America's First Recorded Mass Shooting w/ Ellen J. Green - A True Crime History Podcast
On the morning of September 6th, 1949, a twenty-eight-year-old WWII veteran and loner named Howard Unruh stepped out of his East Camden, New Jersey apartment and shot and killed thirteen people in les...Show More
3) 213: The Stabbing of Henry Ballard by Amelia Norman w/ Julie Miller - A True Crime History Podcast
On November 1st, 1843, a dejected servant named Amelia Norman followed her former beau Henry Ballard to the steps of the Astor House Hotel in New York City. There she stabbed him with a folding knife,...Show More
4) 407: The Thames Torso Murders w/ Sarah Bax Horton
Victorian London is often remembered for the Ripper murders, yet at the same time another equally chilling series of slayings unfolded. Between 1887 and 1889, the dismembered bodies of four women appe...Show More
5) 406: The Murder of Jujube Heiress Ruth Quinn w/ Taylor Kiland
The small Southern California island of Coronado rarely makes news for violent crime. But in the spring of 1975, World War II widow and retired librarian Ruth Quinn was murdered, execution-style, in h...Show More
6) MoNo Encore: The Murder of Dr. W.D. Broadhurst w/ Patrick Gallagher
(Orig pub date: 2/15/22) In October of 1946, a chiropractor and rancher named Willis "W.D." Broadhurst was beaten with a wrench and finished off with a shotgun on a lonely eastern Oregon road. Invest...Show More
7) 405: A History of Eugenics in America w/ Mark A. Torres
In the early twentieth century, eugenics captivated scientists and the public alike, giving researchers license to exploit the infirm, the mentally ill, prisoners, Native communities and many others c...Show More
8) 404: Old West Gunfighter Clay Allison w/ Donna Blake Birchell
Clay Allison was both liked and loathed in his lifetime, embodying the contradictions of the American frontier. He could show moments of kindness for the downtrodden, but also carried deep hatred for ...Show More
9) 403: The Madman of Crystal Beach w/ M.F. Gross
In the sultry summer of 1949, a sleepy Florida beach town was rocked to its core. A brutal home invasion, a shocking murder, and a desperate, month-long manhunt captivated—and terrified—an entire regi...Show More
10) 402: The Reno Redfield Heist w/ Gavin Schmitt
The 1952 burglary of eccentric multi-millionaire LaVere Redfield’s mansion in Reno, Nevada was the largest of its time, but also a comedy of errors. "Masterminded" by a French-Canadian woman with a ...Show More