The Serial ‘70s: John Wayne Gacy
The "Killer Clown" likely contributed to people's fears of makeup-wearing jesters. But the truth is, John Wayne Gacy's personas, "Pogo" or "Patches," didn't harm a soul. It was the successful suburban...
7 Jul 202246min
The Serial ‘70s: Edmund Kemper
It’s been five years since the Serial Killers podcast debuted, and to celebrate the anniversary, we're reexamining a grisly time in America: the serial killer boom of the 1970s. Edmund Kemper was one ...
4 Jul 202245min
Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine Pt. 3
In the 1920s, Sydney’s criminal underworld found a new weapon of choice: razors. Tabloids announced “razor mania” was sweeping the suburbs, and locals dubbed the inner-city “Razorhurst.” Kate Leigh an...
1 Jul 202247min
Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine Pt. 2
From a young age, Tilly Devine had stars in her eyes. Born at the turn of the 20th century, she wanted to live a glamorous life. In her teens, she turned to sex work to achieve it. But if she learned ...
29 Jun 202239min
Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine Pt. 1
In the 1920s and ‘30s, two crime bosses dominated Sydney’s criminal underworld. Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine were queens of vice, building their empires on alcohol, cocaine, and sex. They were also fie...
27 Jun 202237min
Robber Barons: Henry Ford
As the Gilded Age comes to a close, Henry Ford emerges to revolutionize American manufacturing and ignite a new class of consumers. He works overtime to burnish his image as a populist hero — an image...
24 Jun 202249min
Robber Barons: J.P. Morgan
Born into a banking dynasty, John Pierpont Morgan became a Wall Street wunderkind in the 1860s. By his early 30s, he could afford an early retirement. But a life of leisure wasn’t in the cards for Mor...
22 Jun 202242min
Robber Barons: Cornelius Vanderbilt
A Supreme Court decision in 1824 changed Cornelius Vanderbilt’s fate, opening the door for the enterprising steamboat captain to build a navigation empire — and from there, a railroad takeover. He out...
20 Jun 202247min
