Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast
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Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.

  1. -1 DIA

    373: The Murder Case that Inspired The Scarlet Letter w/ Kate Winkler Dawson

    On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead in a quiet farmyard in a small New England town. When her troubled past and a secret correspondence with charismatic Methodist minister Reverend Ephraim Avery was uncovered, more questions emerged. Was Sarah’s death a suicide...or something much darker? Determined to uncover the real story, Victorian writer Catharine Read Arnold Williams threw herself into the investigation as the trial was unfolding and wrote what many claim to be the first American true-crime narrative, Fall River. The murder divided the country and inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter—but the reverend was not convicted, and questions linger to this day about what really led to Sarah Cornell’s death. Until now. Acclaimed true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson is my returning guest, and her new book "The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne" is officially on sale on January 7th. The author's website: https://www.katewinklerdawson.com/ Our sponsor this week is Acorns. Head here https://acorns.com/notorious or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 6 min

  2. 31/12/2024 • APENAS PARA ASSINANTES

    The Murder of Charles Littles

    Another Most Notorious Plus exclusive! On the evening of December 19, 1857, a twenty-five-year-old attorney named Charles Littles was beaten to death on a cliff near a waterfall in Rochester, New York and then dumped over the side. The morning after, siblings Ira Stout and Sarah Stout Littles, the victim's wife, were arrested for the murder. The case would become especially sensational when stories began surfacing that Ira and Stout were not only brother and sister, but also romantically involved with each other. Sources: The New York Daily Herald 12/23/1857 p. 2 The New York Herald 1/8/1858 p. 3 The New York Times 10/25/1858 p. 2 The New York Herald 12/26/1857 p. 3 Stout v. People, 4 Park. Cr. 132 (N.Y. Supreme Court 1858) The Brooklyn Eagle 10/11/1858 p.2 The New York Times 10/25/1858 p. 2 The New York Times 4/24/1858 p. 8 The New York Times 6/29/1858 p. 5 The Buffalo Courier Express 4/17/1858 p. 2 The Brooklyn Eagle 4/19/1858 p. 2 The New York Times, 4/21/1858 p. 5 The New York Tribune 4/22/1858 p. 5 The Buffalo Post 10/27/1858 p. 3 The Buffalo Post 6/3/1859 p. 2 The Wyoming County Mirror 2/16/1859 p. 2 The Buffalo Courier 6/18/1864 p. 2 1850 United States Federal Census for Iva (Ira) Stout Stout, Marion Ira. “The Last Writing” of Marion Ira Stout: Containing His Confession, Revelations, and Also His “so Called” Principles of Philosophy and Religion”. 1858. Publisher Unknown. Rochester Public Library/Local History & Genealogy Murder and Mayhem at Falls Field! by Cheri Crist 10/3/2014

    31 min

  3. 26/12/2024

    MoNo Encore: Catch Me If You Can's Frank Abagnale - Perpetrator of the Ultimate Hoax? w/ Alan C. Logan

    Happy New Year everyone! This Most Notorious Encore episode revisits my conversation with Alan Logan, originally released on May 19, 2021. Most of us are familiar with the critically acclaimed film called Catch Me If You Can, based on the autobiography of legendary confidence man Frank Abagnale. It's the story of a brazen teenage imposter who through charm and intellect was able to pass as an attorney, a doctor, a pilot and a university professor in the late 1960s and early 1970s. My guest, Alan C. Logan, has done extensive research into Frank Abagnale's well-known and near-mythical narrative, found it riddled with holes, and lays out some of what he has discovered for us on this week's episode of Most Notorious. Alan Logan's book is called "The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can", and can be ordered in bookstores, online retailers, and through his website at: http://www.greatesthoax.com/ Visit https://strawberry.me/notorious for 20% off your first month's membership! Support the show and ditch overpriced wireless with Mint Mobile’s deal and get 3 months of premium wireless service for 15 bucks a month! https://www.mintmobile.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 37 min

  4. 19/12/2024

    372: Rhode Island's Last Execution w/ Paul F. Caranci

    On a frigid day in 1843, Amasa Sprague, a wealthy Yankee mill owner, left his mansion to check on his cattle. On the way, he was accosted and beaten beyond recognition, and his body was left facedown in the snow. What followed was a trial marked by judicial bias, witness perjury and societal bigotry that resulted in the conviction of twenty-nine-year-old Irish-Catholic John Gordon. He was sentenced to hang. Despite overwhelming evidence that the trial was flawed and newly discovered evidence that clearly exonerated him, an anti-Irish Catholic establishment refused him a new trial. On February 14, 1845, John Gordon became the last victim of capital punishment in Rhode Island. My guest is Paul F. Caranci, author of "The Hanging and Redemption of John Gordon: The True Story of Rhode Island's Last Execution." He walks us through the murder, investigation, trial and execution, and also shares some of the theories regarding who might have killed Amasa Sprague and why. More about the author and his books: https://www.paulcaranci.com/ The podcast "Terror In Wichita" can be heard here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4oNsjI7FzlZ2z9k6aK1IGs?si=mY-xavJISBK2egMHTlsT2Q iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-terror-in-wichita-248480833/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/90ce0921-037e-4e6a-ad62-25f08a4b9b33/terror-in-wichita Support the show and ditch overpriced wireless with Mint Mobile’s deal and get 3 months of premium wireless service for 15 bucks a month! https://www.mintmobile.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 18 min

  5. 16/12/2024

    371: The Barbara Graham Murder Case w/ Marcia Clark

    Unwanted and neglected from birth, Barbara Graham had to overcome the odds just to survive. Her beauty was both a blessing and a curse—offering her too many options of all the wrong kind. Her innate sensitivity left her vulnerable to the harsh realities of the street, where she was left to fend for herself before she reached double digits. Her record of petty crimes spoke to a life that constantly teetered on the brink of disaster. But in 1953, a catastrophic twist of fate would catapult her out of obscurity and into the headlines. When a robbery spiraled out of control and escalated into a brutal murder, Barbara became the centerpiece of a media circus. Her beauty enraptured the press, and they were quick to portray her as a villainous femme fatale despite abundant evidence to the contrary—a fiction the prosecution eagerly promoted. My guest is noted criminal lawyer and bestselling author Marcia Clark. Her latest book, "Trial By Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham" came out on December 1st. Marcia Clark's website: https://marciaclarkbooks.com/ Support the show and ditch overpriced wireless with Mint Mobile’s deal and get 3 months of premium wireless service for 15 bucks a month! https://www.mintmobile.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    59 min

  6. 10/12/2024

    370: Britain's Notorious Hawkhurst Gang w/ Joseph Dragovich

    South-east England, 1740s: War and heated politics bring the old practice of smuggling to new and dangerous heights. Violent gangs of smugglers terrorize communities and confound government attempts to stop them. The most famous of these, the Hawkhurst Gang, operate like a modern drug cartel fueled by illegal tea. They threaten witnesses and authorities, brandish weapons in public, and fight battles in the streets, murdering and kidnapping those who get in their way. My guest, Joseph Dragovich, is author of "Hawkhurst: Murder, Corruption, and Britain's Most Notorious Smuggling Gang." He gives us a brief history of this very notorious group of smugglers and the people who helped put an end to their terror. The author's website: https://hawkhurst-book.co.uk/ The author on Blueky: https://bsky.app/profile/joedragovich.bsky.social The author on Twitter/X: https://x.com/joedragovich/ The book's link tree: https://lnk.to/Hawkhurst Support the show and ditch overpriced wireless with Mint Mobile’s deal and get 3 months of premium wireless service for 15 bucks a month! https://www.mintmobile.com/notorious Visit https://strawberry.me/notorious for 20% off your first month's membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 5 min

  7. 06/12/2024

    369: Polly Bodine: The Witch of New York w/ Alex Hortis

    On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant daughter, Ann Eliza. In a perverse nativity, someone bludgeoned to death a mother and child in their home—and then covered up the crime with hellfire. When an ambitious district attorney charges Polly Bodine (Emelin’s sister-in-law) with a double homicide, the new “penny press” explodes. Polly is a perfect media villain: she’s a separated wife who drinks gin, commits adultery, and has had multiple abortions. Between June 1844 and April 1846, the nation was enthralled by her three trials—in Staten Island, Manhattan, and Newburgh—for the “Christmas murders.” My guest is Alex Hortis, author of "The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice." He shares with us some of the incredible twists and turns in this absolutely fascinating case. The author's website: https://alexhortis.com/ Register here for the author's online "History of the New York Mafia Class", through The Gotham Center for New York City History (Starting 1/29/2025): https://www.gothamcenter.org/gothamed-january/history-of-the-new-york-mafia Visit https://strawberry.me/notorious for 20% off your first month's membership! Support the show and ditch overpriced wireless with Mint Mobile’s deal and get 3 months of premium wireless service for 15 bucks a month! https://www.mintmobile.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 h 23 min

  8. 27/11/2024 • APENAS PARA ASSINANTES

    The Thanksgiving Murder of Little Freddie King

    In this most recent episode of Most Notorious Plus, we revisit a 1904 robbery gone bad in a Minneapolis saloon two days before Thanksgiving. Were Orlin Kalderwit and his friends responsible for both the hold up and the murder of nine-year-old Freddie King? Or did others commit the crime? Sources: The Minneapolis Daily Times 11/22/1904 p. 1 The Minneapolis Daily Times, 11/23/1904 pp. 1-2 The Saint Paul Globe 11/23/1904 p. 1 The Minneapolis Daily Times 11/27/1904 p. 2 The Minneapolis Daily Times 11/28/1904 p. 1 The Minneapolis Journal 12/5/1904 p. 6 The Minneapolis Journal 12/7/1904 The Minneapolis Journal 4/07/1905 p. 1 The Minneapolis Star Tribune 4/28/1905 pp 1-2 The Minneapolis Journal 5/2/1905 p. 1 The Minneapolis Journal 5/4/1905 p. 1 The Minneapolis Journal 5/12/1905 pp. 1, 6 The Minneapolis Journal 5/12/1905 pp. 1, 6 The Minneapolis Daily Times 5/17/1905 p. 2 The Duluth News Tribune 3/9/1906 p. 2 The Minneapolis Journal 6/18/1915 p. 17 The Minneapolis Journal 7/10/1915 p. 1 The Minneapolis Journal 10/14/1915 p. 13 The Minneapolis Journal 1/10/1917 p. 19 The Minneapolis Journal 1/14/1917 pp 1-2 The Minneapolis Journal 11/7/1925 p. 2 Photo of Orlin Kalderwit from the Saint Paul Globe 11/27/1904 p. 13

    23 min
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Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.

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