51 episodes
True Crime Historian Pulpular Media
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4.4 • 58 Ratings
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Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism
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Husbands Full Of Lead
Betty Martin And Mildred Bolton Take Aim
Episode 178 takes us to Chicago in the 1930s when two women stand trial for very similar crimes, murdering their husbands, the second one inspired by the first. Both women are a little crazy, maybe a lot crazy, but their demeanor during their trials and the very different outcomes makes an interesting study to compare and contrast. One of them is pretty, the other pudgy. Which one do you think gets acquitted?
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Grandma Nusbaum And Her Somewhat Youthful Lover
Elderly Carpenter Murdered With Hammer
Episode 199 tells what happens when a grandmother with a grumpy but somewhat older husband befriends a younger man when he's released from prison and begins paying him $250 a month for his, um, affections. Yeah, that's not going to end well. That's a grand, sordid conspriracy. Just like we like 'em.
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Mystic Murder For Money
The Philadelphia Arsenic Ring
Episode 181 takes us down a dark road of spiritualism and witchcraft, of an elaborate web that led to an estimated 200 deaths by various means, including arsenic poisoning. And two executions. And twelve lifesentences.
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Mob Justice For Leo Frank
The Murder Of Mary Phagan
Episode 183 tells of one of the most infamous cases of an innocent man wrongly accused. When a teenage factory girl is found dead in the basement of an Atlanta pencil manufacturer, blame falls on the mild-mannered Jewish superintendent of the plant, and the jury takes the word of a drunken janitor. It’ll take 70 years for the truth to come out.
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Jealous Wife, Double Murder: The Trial
The Rosier Affair, Part Two
Episodie 190 finishes up the melodramatic tale of Catherine Rosier as she goes on trial for her life. Get out the smelling salts and tissues, folks, there's a lot of swooning and fainting about to take place, not to mention the flying accusations and indelicate revelations.
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The Farmer, His Wife, And The Gangling Hand
The Willow Love Triangle Murder Plot
Episode 184 takes us into Pennsylvania Dutch territory, where two local farmers are found murdered in the woods a month apart. Although not related, the second murder sparks intense local interest, especially when the farmer’s wife is discovered in a salacious love affair.
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Customer Reviews
Love this ‘Cast!
This was the 2nd podcast I listened to regularly (after Dopey). I still love it, years on!
Acquired Taste but addictive
Discovered this podcast about a year ago. Thought it was boring. At the same time I switched from Overcast to Apple Podcast so I didn’t bother to unsubscribe. Fast forward several months later, Apple Podcast kept crashing so I switched back to Overcast and there was True Crime Historian. I had nothing else I wanted to listen to so out of a lack of choice I played TCH and I loved it ever since. It flows as a slow pace as did time prior to the age of Television. While times have changed, the things that drive people to do the worst things to others are still as true as they always had been. Richard O Jones does a fantastic job with his voice, the music and so on to really bring you back to the golden age of yellow journalism.
Please, do yourself a favour and give this podcast a good shot.
Also love the theme music. Very fitting.
Troo Cry Mysterion
Throw caution AT the wind. Hilarious.