Episodios

  • Interred In An Irrigation Ditch

    Interred In An Irrigation Ditch
    Oct 3 2025
    Josie Kensler’s Delicate Condition

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    Episode 400 employs a trope we’ve seen before: the cranky old farmer whose wife takes up with the farm hand and well, it just doesn’t end well for anybody. But this one, taking place near the turn to the twentieth century in rural Idaho, has its own particular set of twists, turns, and complications, and conflicting testimony between the two accused.

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    1 h y 5 m
  • A Bloody Scream In The Night

    A Bloody Scream In The Night
    Oct 1 2025
    The Axe Murder Of Alice Mallett

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    Episode 450 begins with a scream in the night as the beautiful Miss Alice Mallett, her body brutally defiled, found in a bloody pool. The town of Jackson, Michigan, reels, a mob thirsting for vengeance. The twisted trail of an axe points to the fiendish George Straub, an ex-con with a dark past. But wait! Did he act alone? Or did another shadowy figure lurk in the night? With tear gas exploding and fingers pointing, justice hangs by a thread as a city demands blood!

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    1 h y 14 m
  • The Elm City Tragedy

    The Elm City Tragedy
    Sep 30 2025
    The Life And Death Of Jennie E. Cramer

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    Episode 397 tells the story of a young girl in late 1800’s New England who falls in with a fast crowd with fatal results. Three people were tried for her murder, but it’s up to you to decide whether she was the victim of her own shame, or if the victim of an unjust patriarchal society.

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    1 h y 30 m
  • Pirates On The Penguin

    Pirates On The Penguin
    Sep 28 2025
    The Astounding Disappearance Of Benjamin Collings On Long Island Sound

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    Episode 396 relates the puzzling story of a family apparently attacked on their cabin cruiser on an inky summer night. The husband is missing and the wife and five-year-old daughter have an amazing tale to tell. But can her story hold water as well as the 26-foot cruiser?


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    1 h y 4 m
  • What Happened To Alma Kellner

    What Happened To Alma Kellner
    Sep 26 2025
    The Fiendish Slaughter Of An Innocent Child

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    Episode 394 relates the tragic tale of an eight-year old girl who fell into the clutches of a degenerate murderer. The hero of this story is a Louisville, Kentucky, detective who not only pieces together the crime, but embarks on a cross-country chase for the alleged murderer, who proves to be slippery even behind bars.

    Hear More Murders of THE INNOCENTS

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    1 h y 33 m
  • Farmer's Wife Left For Dead

    Farmer's Wife Left For Dead
    Sep 24 2025
    Brothers Face Gas Chamber Together

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    Episode 392 explores the case of two brothers charged with the murder of a Colorado farmer and his “chore boy.” The chief witness against them is the farmer’s wife, who made a miraculous getaway and recovery.

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    1 h y 8 m
  • The Secret Love Shack Suicide Pact

    The Secret Love Shack Suicide Pact
    Jan 10 2024
    Kid McCoy Down For The Count

    Episode 427 documents a dramatic fall from grace when a beloved American prizefighter and silent film star falls for a married woman, who seemed destined to be his ninth or tenth wife. His marital history is as complicated and murky as her business dealings, and their affair takes a tragic turn late one hot august night.

    Culled from the historic pages of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers of the era.

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    1 h y 38 m
  • A Cowardly Blow In The Dark

    A Cowardly Blow In The Dark
    Sep 22 2025
    The Barber And The Gambler’s Wife Stand Trial

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    Episode 393 takes us back to the Gilded Age and the salacious story of a professional gambler who is fatally attacked as he leaves his house to go to the hotel where he operates. Blame falls on his barber, who confesses to the crime and implicates the gambler’s wife, accusing her of not only having an interracial affair with him, but also with a younger man who just moved to town. All three are arrested, but who is really the culprit?

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    1 h y 43 m