E113: “The Socialite Slaying” - Athalia Ponsell Lindsley

The trial of Edmund Pook ignited a groundswell of working class support for the murdered Jane Clousen. But police struggled to make a convincing case against Pook, spurring a mob to descend on Greenwi...

29 Jun 202136min

When a young British maid is found savagely beaten in 1871, police trace clues back to the wealthy family that employed her.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Jun 202136min

Decades of investigations yielded multiple confessions and a tangled picture of a deadly conspiracy, but the bomber responsible for the deaths of the Moores was never caught. Their daughter Evangeline...

15 Jun 202145min

For nearly two decades, a Black couple in Florida took on some of the state’s most insidious civil rights violations. Leveraging the political power of the NAACP, Harry T. Moore advocated for fair ele...

8 Jun 202146min

In 1971, a mangled body was found in a Ventura County creek. It belonged to Ronald Hughes, the unlikely criminal defense lawyer who represented members of the Manson family until his disappearance.  L...

1 Jun 202137min

After her college best friend is murdered in 1968, Linda Tomaszewski devotes her life to cracking the case. What follows is a decades-long hunt for a killer who dangles cryptic clues and near-confessi...

25 Mai 202141min

A young journalist took up the investigation into the world-famous golfer’s mysterious death, uncovering a story that began to look a lot like a tale of adultery, jealousy, and murder. Learn more abou...

18 Mai 202132min

The pro golfer who revolutionized the game with a new technique dubbed “The Movement” was found dead on the side of the road in 1921. The case was reported as a hit and run, but his injuries told a di...

11 Mai 202138min