Episode 12 - The Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, the quiet Puritan settlement of Salem, Massachusetts descended into madness when its residents suddenly began accusing each other of witchcraft. Now known as the Salem witch trials, this phen...
28 Okt 202013min
Episode 11 - The Black Dahlia
Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," was just 22 years old when she was brutally murdered in Los Angeles on January 15, 1947. It remains one of Hollywood's oldest cold cases to this day. Discover ...
20 Okt 202021min
Episode 10 - The Shining Hotel
In October 1974, ascendant horror writer Stephen King and his wife spent a night in a cavernous old hotel at the foot of the Colorado Rockies. With the winter barrage of snow and cold looming, the hot...
7 Okt 202013min
Episode 9 - The Death Of Jimi Hendrix
On the morning of September 18, 1970, paramedics arrived at the Samarkand Hotel in London’s Notting Hill neighborhood to find Jimi Hendrix covered in vomit and unresponsive. The apartment door was wid...
18 Sep 202016min
Episode 8 - Ida B. Wells
On August 18, 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment granted American women the right to vote after a century-long struggle. But the win was bittersweet as not all women were now welcome at the ...
26 Aug 202017min
Episode 7 - Candyman
On the night of April 22, 1987, Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911 at about a quarter to nine to report that someone was trying to break into her Chicago apartment through the bathroom mirror. She made tw...
11 Aug 202012min
Episode 6 - The USS Indianapolis
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis had just completed a top-secret drop off at Tinian Island in the Philippine Sea. Her crew of 1,195 believed their part in World War II had ended and now they cou...
30 Jul 202019min
Episode 5 - The Founding Fathers
In this episode, we talk about some of the darkest elements of our otherwise revered Founding Fathers, and talk with Alexis Coe about her biography of George Washington, You Never Forget Your First. Y...
30 Jun 202043min
