Thanksgiving Special: Just Add Arsenic
Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, kne...
22 Nov 202240min
Lavinia Fisher, the Innkeeper from Hell
In South Carolina, legend tells of a woman who lured weary travelers to their deaths — turning her inn into a murder house. But there’s more to Lavinia Fisher’s story than bodies beneath floorboards. ...
26 Okt 202237min
Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Millionaire Murderess
She was a singular woman in Gold Rush-era San Francisco: an entrepreneur, an abolitionist, and extraordinarily wealthy. But Mary Ellen Pleasant’s mere presence was enough to rattle her neighbors, and ...
12 Okt 202238min
Goody Cole, the Gruff Witch of New Hampshire
In the 17th century, a middle-aged woman remakes her life in New England. But her fresh start turns sour after her neighbors decide she’s a witch. Jailed several times over, Goody Cole is never quite ...
5 Okt 202237min
Cordelia Botkin Pt. 2
Listeners, we’re back with the finale of The Candy Box Killings from Solved Murders: 44-year-old Cordelia Botkin was the sole suspect in a murder-by-mail case that killed two sisters and involved two ...
28 Sep 202236min
Cordelia Botkin Pt. 1
Listeners, this week we’re sharing an episode of Solved Murders we think you’ll love: The Candy Box Killings. In the summer of 1898, two sisters died after eating chocolates they received in the mail....
21 Sep 202236min
"Notorious" Nancy Clem Pt. 2
After the deaths of Jacob and Jane Young, Nancy Clem became a prime suspect. As a business partner of Young's, she had the motive. But at the time, it was unheard of for a woman to participate in a pr...
14 Sep 202238min
