True Crime Historian

The Saga Of Ruth Freed’s Itchy Trigger FingerEpisode 222 tells of the unsolved murder of a professional party girl in post-Prohibition Chicago. Well, technically it’s unsolved because no one was ever ...

18 Joulu 20231h 6min

Sabella Nitti Gets Almost PrettyEpisode 230 is a story that turned out to be the exception to the rule in the 1920s, because a woman not only gets convicted of murder, but also faces execution for her...

14 Joulu 20231h 7min

A Broadway Moth, Her Overweight Date, And The Half-Pint GangsterEpisode 412 is an action-packed adventure that begins with the body of a pretty girl on a dark lonely road and includes a policeman kill...

10 Joulu 20231h 29min

The Reverend ExecutionerEpisode 239 not only gives you two executions for the price of one, but also an executioner who has to choose between his moral convictions and his duty under the law. What I l...

5 Joulu 20231h 3min

The Trial Of Rattlesnake James, The Red-Headed BluebeardEpisode 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 cra...

3 Joulu 20232h 26min

The Horror in the Slaughter GarageEpisode 243 is the sordid tale of a man who pursued women he presumed were wealthy with long distance love letters in order to swindle them of their money. Yeah, that...

29 Marras 20231h 35min

The Rosewood MassacrEpisode 284 is dedicated to True Crime Historian patron Mary Virginia Avery who lives near what used to be Rosewood, Florida, where the probably unfounded accusation of a black man...

26 Marras 20231h 3min

The Case of the Deadly BonbonsJust about every sensational murder case is hailed as "too strage for fiction" or "the most remarkable in history", but Episode 235 really is unique: A murder inflicted o...

22 Marras 20231h 32min