Old Blood

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Old Blood

The historical true-crime podcast that uncovers old blood with each new episode. Join us as a historian investigates history's most fascinating cases of true crime.

  1. Dead Man's Hand: The Bennetts & 1929 Kansas City

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    Dead Man's Hand: The Bennetts & 1929 Kansas City

    In 1929, a Kansas City housewife shot and killed her husband after a game of bridge. Twelve male jurors would decide her fate as newspapers across the country printed “post-mortems” of the fatal hand that led to his death. You have a limited offer you can use now, that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one-time purchases with code OBLOOD20 at checkout. You can claim it at: https://www.magicmind.com/OBLOOD20 Sources: Hill, Kate. “Nelly Gone: KCQ Traces the Kidnappi...

    1h 2m
  2. Renaissance Virago: Caterina Sforza, Tigress of Forli

    JAN 27

    Renaissance Virago: Caterina Sforza, Tigress of Forli

    Countess Caterina Sforza was raised in the Renaissance court of Milan and survived the assassination of her father and husbands. She then proceeded to confront Cesare Borgia and his father, Pope Alexander VI. Who would win: the papacy or a woman? Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with my link: https://www.magicmind.com/OLDBLOODJAN #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance Sources: Allison, Charlie. “One Wrong Foot: An Alternate History of the Siege of Forli.” Sea Lion Press. 2...

    57 min
  3. A Violent Vacancy: The 1902 Disappearance of Nora Fuller

    JAN 6

    A Violent Vacancy: The 1902 Disappearance of Nora Fuller

    On January 11, 1902, 15-year-old Nora Fuller responded to a nanny wanted advertisement in the San Francisco Examiner. She called her family an hour later, saying that she was hired and at the man’s home. When Nora never returned home, her brother visited the address to find it was a vacant lot. Sources: Dowd, Katie. “A want ad leads to an empty house–and a shocking murder that rocked San Francisco.” SFGATE. 17 October, 2016. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Nora-Fuller-missing-San...

    52 min
  4. The Wicked Witch of Ringtown: Murder in Pennsylvania

    11/04/2024

    The Wicked Witch of Ringtown: Murder in Pennsylvania

    A man murdered a woman in rural Pennsylvania after claiming she had cursed him with black magic. How did this region become known as the Hex Belt? And how could such a tragedy occur as recently as 1934? Sources: “A Look Back in History: Practice of witchcraft among PA Dutch rarely accurately portrayed to public.” Reading Eagle. 22 August, 2021. https://www.readingeagle.com/2018/08/01/a-look-back-in-history-practice-of-witchcraft-among-pa-dutch-rarely-accurately-portrayed-to-public/ Karlsen, C...

    55 min
  5. Flapper Fatale: The Murder of Edith Thompson, Part II

    10/21/2024

    Flapper Fatale: The Murder of Edith Thompson, Part II

    Edith Thompson faces the death penalty for her lover’s crime. How many deaths will there be before this affair ends? Sources: Blackburn, Jack. “Edith Thompson: posthumous pardon over husband’s murder a step closer.” The Times. 7 March, 2023. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/edith-thompson-posthumous-pardon-over-husband-s-murder-a-step-closer-s729dpg0q Lusher, Adam. “Laid to rest at last: Edith Thompson, victim of a ‘barborous, misogynistic’ death penalty.” 22 November, 2018. In...

    1h 6m
  6. Flapper Fatale: The Murder of Edith Thompson, Part I

    10/07/2024

    Flapper Fatale: The Murder of Edith Thompson, Part I

    A night out on the town turns deadly after a love triangle unravels in 1920s London. Sources: Blackburn, Jack. “Edith Thompson: posthumous pardon over husband’s murder a step closer.” The Times. 7 March, 2023. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/edith-thompson-posthumous-pardon-over-husband-s-murder-a-step-closer-s729dpg0q Lusher, Adam. “Laid to rest at last: Edith Thompson, victim of a ‘barborous, misogynistic’ death penalty.” 22 November, 2018. Independent. https://www.independe...

    1h 3m
  7. Dr. Strange: A Tragedy in New Orleans

    09/16/2024

    Dr. Strange: A Tragedy in New Orleans

    In 1889, a father discovered his daughter dead at the home of Dr. Etienne Deschamps, a dentist-surgeon and hypnotist. Was the death truly an accident? Or was it, as most of New Orleans believed, a murder? Sources: Castellanos, Henry C. New Orleans As it Was: Episodes of Louisiana Life (New Orleans: L. Graham & Son., 1895). Meletio, Donna M. “Leona Queyrouze (1861-1938) Louisiana French Creole Poet, Essayist, and Composer.” 2005. Louisiana State University, PhD dissertation. ...

    1h 15m
  8. Maniac: Insanity & Tragedy in South Pasadena

    08/26/2024

    Maniac: Insanity & Tragedy in South Pasadena

    In 1940, a principal snapped and went on a shooting spree at his Southern California junior high school. Who or what was to blame? Sources: Barer, Burl and Frank Giradot Jr.. A Taste For Murder (Denver: Wildblue Press, 2016). Ban, Thomas A. “Bromides” International Network for the History of Neuropsychopharmacology. 24 October 2013. https://inhn.org/inhn-projects/drugs/bromides Church, John. Pasadena Cowboy: Growing up in Southern California and Montana, 1925 to 1947 (Novato: Conover-Patter...

    1h 2m
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The historical true-crime podcast that uncovers old blood with each new episode. Join us as a historian investigates history's most fascinating cases of true crime.

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  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
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