True Crime, History Episodes

Oct. 18, 2023

34. "Countess Dracula" - Elizabeth Bathory

Countess Elizabeth Bathory is in The Guinness Book of World Records for being the most prolific serial killer in the western world. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 virgins in order to drink their blood and bathe…
Oct. 11, 2023

33. The Austrian Angels of Death

Beginning in 1983, a group of four nurse aides began a killing spree that lasted for over six years. It began with a "mercy killing" but soon escalated into murder.  The mastermind of the group came up with horrendous method…
Oct. 4, 2023

32. The Man Who Stole Halloween

If you were a child of the 70's and 80's , did your parents ever check your Halloween candy for poison or razor blades? If so, rumors surrounding the story in today's episode might have had something to do with that. M…
Sept. 27, 2023

31. Nell Cropsey: A Murder That Still Haunts North Carolina

On the night of November 20, 1901, Nell Cropsey vanished from her family's home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Thirty-seven days later her body was found floating in the Pasquotank River. There was only ever one real sus…
Sept. 13, 2023

29. The Hanging of Thomas Bowman

In 1877, 47 year old Thurza Bowman died a violent death. An autopsy revealed she had been poisoned by strychnine. Suspicion would immediately fall on her husband. After many conflicting testimonies and two trials, Thomas Bo…
Sept. 6, 2023

28. Pardon Me: A Double Murder And The Question of Redemption

During the early morning hours of July 16, 1898, eleven-year-old Wesley Elkins, with his baby sister in tow, alerted his neighbors that he had discovered his parents murdered in their bed. When authorities arrived at the gru…
Aug. 10, 2023

25. The James Joseph Richardson Tragedy

In 1967 James Joseph Richardson was accused of poisoning to death all seven of his children. Without a shred of evidence he was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. Years later, shocking new evidence wo…
Aug. 5, 2023

24. Fasting For The Cure: Linda Hazzard

In 1911, two wealthy sisters submitted themselves to alternative medical treatment for various ailments. The ailments seemed minor when they sought treatment; one sister needing help for her dropped uterus and the other for…
July 27, 2023

23. Heavenly Creatures

On June 22, 1954, teenage best friends Juliet Hulme and Pauline Reiper went for a walk in Victoria Park with Pauline’s mother Honorah. Thirty minutes later, the girls ran up to a nearby tea shop with blood all over their c…
July 6, 2023

20. Who Took The Lindbergh Baby?

One evening in 1932, a baby was taken from his crib as he slept. The child was Charles Lindbergh Jr., son of the infamous Atlantic crossing aviator, Charles Lindbergh. The crime became an instant sensational case. When sever…
June 29, 2023

19. Bloody Edgar Watson

In 1910, a mob of angry Floridians gathered at Smallwood store in Chokoloskee. They gunned down their neighbor, a plantation owner named Edgar Watson. He was a suspected and feared serial killer. Want to support us? buymea…
June 22, 2023

18. The Girl Scout Camp Murders

In the summer of 1977, three young girls are murdered in their tent on the first night at summer camp. The tragic aftermath ended with the closing of the camp never to reopen and left parents wondering if the camp experience…
June 15, 2023

17. Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Pt 2

In 1928, twenty-one year old serial killer Gordon Northcott stalked the streets Los Angeles and the surrounding areas looking for young boys to lure back to his chicken farm. Darlene and Melody tell his victims' stories. …
June 8, 2023

16. Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Pt. 1

In part one Darlene and Melody discuss the disappearance of Walter Collins. On March 8, 1928 Christine Collins was called in to work for a few hours at her job as a telephone operator. Her son, nine year old Walter Colli…
May 25, 2023

15. Brenda Holland: The Outer Banks Murder

In the summer of 1967, on a small island off the coast of NC a young intern at the outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, vanished. Nineteen year old Brenda Holland's body was found five days later in the Albemarle Sound. The suspe…