Thomas Morris: The Dublin Railway Murder
This week on Wicked Words, we’re traveling to 1856 Ireland for a locked-door mystery. A cashier for a Dublin railway station is found dead, savagely beaten. Nothing appears to have been stolen. Can an...
24 Feb 202558min
Rick Jervis: The Devil Behind the Badge
On this week’s episode of Wicked Words, we’re traveling to the Texas border town of Laredo. When four vulnerable women are murdered, police suspect that a well-respected U.S. Border Patrol agent has t...
17 Feb 202553min
Rollo Romig: I Am on the Hit List
When an outspoken journalist in India was assassinated in September of 2017, it shocked the world. The conspiracy that was uncovered by journalists and investigators was disturbing. Author Rollo Romig...
10 Feb 202548min
Simon Read: Scotland Yard
Some of my most favorite true crime stories in history come from the UK, specifically London. So I was very excited to talk to author Simon Read about his book: Scotland Yard: A History of the London ...
3 Feb 202545min
Michael Arntfield: Monster City
Police cold-case units have broken some of the country’s most notorious murder cases. Today we're talking to writer Michael Arntfield about Nashville’s cold case Murder Squad and how its lead investig...
27 Jan 202546min
Carol Dawson: The Unforgotten
I know this sounds like an old story: a woman goes missing and it seems like a cover-up. But when Shelley Watkins’ body was discovered in 1993, floating in a Texas river, her murder really upended the...
20 Jan 20251h 6min
Ron Smith: No One is Perfect
Thirty years before the OJ Simpson trial, a different murder case captured the attention of the country. When a successful Florida businessman is brutally killed in the 1960s, his wife and her nephew ...
13 Jan 202553min
Katy Vine: The Problem with Erik
For this week’s episode, we travel to my hometown of Austin, Texas. An iconic local business is embroiled in a murder for hire case that attracts national attention. Why did Erik Maund hire someone to...
6 Jan 202543min
