Episodes
Aug. 16, 2023
26. The Abduction of Gretchen Harrington
Send us a text On a summer morning in 1975, eight year old Gretchen Harrington walked to Bible camp just a half mile from her home. She never arrived at camp and she never made it home. Authorities and the community were dism...
Aug. 10, 2023
25. The James Joseph Richardson Tragedy
Send us a text 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 n...
Aug. 5, 2023
24. Fasting For The Cure: Linda Hazzard
Send us a text 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...
July 27, 2023
23. Heavenly Creatures
Send us a text 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 al...
July 20, 2023
22. The Dingo Got My Baby!
Send us a text In the summer of 1980, Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, along with their three children, were camping at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia. That night after Lindy put the children down to bed in the te...
July 13, 2023
21. Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916
Send us a text July 1 through 12, 1916 , five people were attacked by a shark along the coast of New Jersey. Only one victim survived the attack. Sources: Music by: Isaiah Hildreth Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Twelve Days ...
July 6, 2023
20.Who Took The Lindbergh Baby?
Send us a text 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 ca...
June 29, 2023
19. Bloody Edgar Watson
Send us a text 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 supp...
June 22, 2023
18. The Girl Scout Camp Murders
Send us a text 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 c...
June 15, 2023
17. Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Pt 2
Send us a text In 1928, twenty-one year old serial killer Gordon Northcott stalked the streets of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas looking for young boys to lure back to his chicken farm. Darlene and Melody tell his v...
June 8, 2023
16. Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Pt. 1
Send us a text 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 ol...
May 25, 2023
15. Brenda Holland: The Outer Banks Murder
Send us a text 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 So...
May 11, 2023
14. The Murder of Pearl Bryan
Send us a text In 1896 a young woman's headless body was found in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky. During the autopsy it was discovered she had been pregnant at the time of her death. She was identified by her shoes and a birth defect...
April 27, 2023
13. Mommy Dearest - The Munchausen Murder
Send us a text Five year old Garnett Spears has spent most of his childhood in and out of hospitals. Doctors become suspicious when unusually high sodium levels show up and can not be explained by natural causes. Support the...
April 13, 2023
12. The Murder of Little Mary Phagan
Send us a text In 1913 a little girl was found brutally murdered in the basement of the pencil factory where she worked. The trial of the century would follow an arrest. Was the right man convicted? Music: "Hard Times" By I...
March 30, 2023
11. The Legend of Tom Dooley
Send us a text One morning in May 1866, just before daybreak Laura Foster quietly left her home with a bundle of clothes and her father's horse. She was going to rendezvous with her beau, Tom Dooley. Rumor had it they were go...
March 16, 2023
10. Alabama Snake Preacher
Send us a text An Appalachian, snake handling preacher named Glenn Summerford tried to murder his wife using a rattlesnake as his weapon. Or did he? Music: "Hard Times" By Isaiah Hildreth Male Narrator : Curtis Hildreth Sour...
March 2, 2023
9. Darci Pierce- "Womb Raider"
Send us a text In the spring of 1987, a young woman shows up at the hospital after allegedly giving birth in her car. After a medical exam reveals that she has not given birth, authorities discover the unthinkable lengths sh...
Feb. 14, 2023
8. The Lonely Hearts Killers
Send us a text In the 1940's Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck preyed on lonely women looking for love through lonely hearts advertisements. The duo started out as con artists but greed and jealousy led them to serial kil...
Feb. 2, 2023
7. Lana Turner - A Real Life Tragedy
Send us a text One of Hollywood's golden girls, Lana Turner , lived a life that could have been a movie itself. Unfortunately the life of a movie star is not always as glamorous as it is portrayed. By the time she realized ...
Jan. 19, 2023
6. Bloody Woolfolk
Send us a text In Bibb county Georgia on August 6, 1887 a prominent farmer, Captain Richard Woolfolk and eight members of his family were axed to death as they lay sleeping. The Woolfolk murders would be known as the bloodie...
Jan. 5, 2023
5. Velma Barfield / Death Row Granny Pt.2
Send us a text Velma Barfield had America torn between justice and mercy. Was she a repentant murderer or an unrelenting master-manipulator? Support the show hardtimesandtruecrimes.com buymeacoffee.com/hardtimesTC
Jan. 5, 2023
4. Velma Barfield / Death Row Granny- Pt 1
Send us a text Velma Barfield was a beloved mother, grandmother and Sunday school teacher. She was also a master manipulator and serial killer. Support the show hardtimesandtruecrimes.com buymeacoffee.com/hardtimesTC
Dec. 22, 2022
2. The Fogleman Family Murders
Send us a text An elderly couple is murdered in their home in a small town in North Carolina. Who would've believed that a man who played Santa in the town's Christmas parade would end up being the main suspect? Support the s...