The Story of Suburban Chicago Booksellers and Bank Robbers, Jeff and Jill Erickson
On January 9, 1990, a bank robber nicknamed the Bearded Bandit entered the First Nationwide Bank in Wilmette, Illinois, disguised with a false beard, a baseball cap, dark sunglasses, and driving glove...
8 Okt 202427min
Public Enemies No. 1 and 2: Bank Robbers Bennie and Stella Dickson vs. the G-Men
A man walked into the Corn Exchange Bank at Elkton, South Dakota, on the afternoon of August 25, 1938, and announced, quote, “This is a holdup.” Bennie and Stella Dickson were Depression-era bank robb...
1 Okt 202437min
Lester Brockelhurst and Bernice Felton and the 'Crime Tourist' Murders
Lester Warfel Brockelhurst, Jr. was the president of the Mormon church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and he was a Sunday school teacher -- he was generally and genuinely known as a, “go...
24 Sep 202430min
How Her Illicit Love Letters Got Edith Thompson Hanged for a Murder
This story is one of murder, but it's also a tale of woe. It begins when a young ship's steward named Frederick 'Freddy' Bywaters became involved with a married woman named Edith Thompson. They had kn...
17 Sep 202440min
The Disappearance of Ted Cole and Ralph Roe From Alcatraz: Dead or Alive?
Joseph Bowers is considered the first prisoner to try escaping Alcatraz, but was killed during his attempt. The next to attempt it was a pair of conspiring inmates named Ted Cole and Ralph Roe. Both m...
10 Sep 202428min
The Black Widow Murders: The Story of Septuagenarian Killers Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt
Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt were sentenced in July of 2008 to life in prison for the murders of Paul Vados and Kenneth McDavid. The women, who were both in their 70s, appeared to be in the busi...
3 Sep 202433min
Paid Hitmen Stephen Caracappa + Louis Eppolito Were Also NYPD Detectives
Federal prosecutor Daniel Wenner described the case as, “the bloodiest, most violent betrayal of the badge this city has ever seen.” Two decorated New York City police detectives, Stephen Caracappa an...
27 Aug 202433min
Ray and Faye Copeland: America's Oldest Serial Killers
Ray and Faye Copeland were husband and wife serial killers and the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States. Their known victims include at least five farmhands -- more men are still...
20 Aug 202427min
