Lost Crime History

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Lost Crime History peels back the dust on the world’s most baffling historical crimes and the forgotten threads that tie them together. Each episode uncovers overlooked evidence, period detail, and the cultural context that turned ordinary deeds into enduring mysteries. You’ll hear carefully narrated reconstructions, archival research, and clear explanations that separate myth from fact — all rooted in true crime history and forensic insight. New episodes drop every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 9:00 AM, so you can follow investigations and patterns as they unfold across eras. Expect episodes that range from short investigative dossiers to longer narrative deep-dives; every installment focuses on a single case or theme with sources cited and theories weighed. This podcast is for listeners who crave rigorous historical research, fans of true crime who want more context than sensationalism, and anyone interested in how past crimes shaped law, society, and storytelling. If you want mysteries explained with evidence, chronology, and respect for victims and sources, Lost Crime History is your weekly—actually daily—companion. Subscribe now and listen at 9:00 AM daily to never miss a revelation. keywords SEO: true crime, historical crimes, cold cases, forensic history, archival research

  1. 19h ago

    A Body at the Door: The Murder of Amanda Nelson

    A Body at the Door: The Murder of Amanda Nelson An Albuquerque wool broker's agent is found face-down on the caliche step of a small freight office on February 11, 1947, her handbag untouched with $41 and a letter of introduction still clasped inside - yet the medical evidence shows she was killed inside and carried out. The single anomaly in her passport - two U.S. entry stamps from Mexico on February 4 and February 7, 1947, with no exit between them - becomes the thread that unravels who staged the scene and why. Who used that impossible passport stamp to hide a motive for murder? In this episode, you will hear the facts of the case as recorded at the scene, learn the professional role Amanda Nelson occupied in the Southwest wool trade, and follow the initial investigation led by Special Investigator Christine Fisher that pivots on ledger discrepancies and an odd passport. How did a sixty-two-year-old who read freight contracts like newspapers end up murdered after confronting a local freight agent? Person: Amanda Nelson Date: February 11, 1947 Location: Corda Falls, New Mexico Person: Paul Ward Person: Christine Fisher - Amanda Nelson was 62 years old and worked as a wool broker's agent. - Nelson's handbag contained $41 and a letter of introduction and was found fastened and undisturbed. - She was struck once at the base of the skull with a heavy smooth object between 10:00 PM on February 10 and 2:00 AM on February 11, 1947. - Amanda's passport, issued in 1943, bore two U.S. entry stamps from Mexico dated February 4 and February 7, 1947, with no recorded departure. - Paul Ward, 38, the Vega Transit manager in Corda Falls, was confronted by Nelson on February 7 about systematic over-declaration of wool bale weights. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    A Body at the Door: The Murder of Amanda Nelson

  2. 1d ago

    The Cold Brand in the Mud: Why Did He Press It?

    The Cold Brand in the Mud: Why Did He Press It? A cattle brand was pressed four inches deep into frozen mud at Garnet Creek without any scorch, smell, or heat - the double-bar J sat there like a deliberate question. A twenty-four-year-old bookkeeper named Emily Casey was found face-down in eighteen inches of water ten feet away; the county physician ruled accidental drowning, but that ruling sat unread for eight days. Who pressed the cold iron into the mud, and why did that mark outlive every easy explanation? In this episode, we tell the events that unfolded after Emily Casey's death and how a clerical dispute revealed inconsistencies in land transfers tied to Thomas Hale's north-fork consolidation. You will hear how Marcia Rogers discovered forged signatures and the notary common to multiple suspicious lease transfers, and the unanswered puzzle that haunted confessions and investigators alike. Person: Emily Casey Date: January 8, 1883 Location: Garnet Creek, Harlan Flat, Kansas Age: 24 Case: Accidental drowning ruled by county physician - The brand iron impression was pressed four inches deep into frozen mud with a perfectly formed double-bar J and no signs of heat. - Emily Casey was found face-down in eighteen inches of water approximately ten feet from the brand impression. - The county physician Dr. Albert Voss ruled her death accidental and his report remained unread at the sheriff's office for eight days. - Marcia Rogers discovered a lease transfer signed September 14, 1882, for Frank Dodd despite his recorded presence in Topeka on September 13 and 15, 110 miles away. - Three separate lease transfers within a sixty-day window in autumn 1882 all bore the same notary stamp of William Cope, mercantile, First Street. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Cold Brand in the Mud: Why Did He Press It?

  3. 2d ago

    The Ivory Glove: How a Dockhand's Notes Unmasked Aconite Murder

    The Ivory Glove: How a Dockhand's Notes Unmasked Aconite Murder A meticulously placed ivory silk glove on a dead clerk's chest and a ceramic bowl that didn't belong to the shop hint at a planned poisoning that went unchallenged for fifty years; who arranged the glove, who brought the bowl, and why did the official ruling call it a cardiac episode? The case pivots on a dropped syllable, a green notebook and a dying man's written confession-what did those notes reveal that the coroner did not? In this episode, we lay out the sequence of discoveries: the scene on Peking Alley, the missing Thursdays that broke a four‑year routine, the ledger and laboratory records that pointed in different directions, and the single trace alkaloid found in degraded remains-what question finally forced the original ruling to be rethought? Person: John Casey, age 47 Date: December 9, 1923 Location: Pacific Herb and Tea storeroom, Peking Alley Person: Theodore Voss, consulting chemist (laboratory notes in University of California archive) Event: Human remains reported at Pier 38 on December 28, 1923 (trace alkaloid found) - The body of John Casey, age 47, was found December 9, 1923, in the back storeroom of Pacific Herb and Tea on Peking Alley. - An ivory silk evening glove was placed on Casey’s chest with fingers pointing toward his chin and the wrist cuffed back. - Casey had missed his weekly Thursday visit to Albert Nance on November 22 and November 29 after attending on November 15; he had kept that Thursday ritual for four years. - A ceramic bowl not belonging to the shop was found near the body and carried a smell noted by Detective Brian Miller as matching restricted plant preparations. - Remains reported December 28, 1923 at Pier 38 yielded a trace alkaloid per consulting chemist Theodore Voss, while the coroner initially ruled Casey’s death a cardiac episode linked to an herbal preparation. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Ivory Glove: How a Dockhand's Notes Unmasked Aconite Murder

  4. 3d ago

    The Death Certificate Was Written Before She Arrived-Who Knew?

    The Death Certificate Was Written Before She Arrived-Who Knew? The ink analysis done more than eighty years later showed the cause of death on Monica York’s certificate was written before she ever arrived at Harrow Crest, a private sanatorium where every temperature log and signature looked “exactly right.” Who in that building knew how she would die, and why was a scheduled legal meeting erased eleven days before her death? In this episode, we follow the morning of November 15, 1908, as county forensic investigator David Schmidt walks into Harrow Crest and confronts a death that reads like paperwork and feels like architecture, asking whether the records conceal intent or coincidence. What happened between Monica’s arrival on November 4 and her death that makes the documents the most suspicious evidence? Person: Monica York Date: November 15, 1908 Location: Harrow Crest Sanatorium, Aldermere, Maine Person: David Schmidt Person: Franklin York - Monica York arrived at Harrow Crest on November 4, 1908, and died on November 15, 1908. - An ink analysis more than eighty years later showed the cause of death was written on the death certificate before Monica arrived. - Monica had a scheduled meeting with attorney Thomas Wick on November 14, 1908, which did not occur because a cancellation letter dated November 7 bore her signature. - Franklin York made his only documented visit to Harrow Crest on November 6, 1908. - Dr. Aldous Fenn’s medical license had been suspended in 1905 and restored in 1907; he produced the admissions records to David Schmidt the morning of November 15, 1908. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Death Certificate Was Written Before She Arrived-Who Knew?

  5. 4d ago

    The Missing Oxford: How a Single Shoe Uncovered a Murder

    The Missing Oxford: How a Single Shoe Uncovered a Murder A perfectly clean size-seven brown oxford sat upright on a culvert lip in ninety-four-degree Salton Flats heat, toe pointing east and with a 1929 dime wedged beside it - and the woman who wore it had already been buried two days earlier as a heatstroke victim. What one shoe, a dog named Biscuit, and an unnoticed detail about a bee-sting sensation in a left arm could reveal about a closed death raises the question: how did a routine medical report miss the signs of something else? In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the camp tent where Diane Schmidt disappeared through the county paperwork that closed her case, to the discovery of the shoe and the woman who recognized its double-knotted laces. We trace how small, verifiable facts - a missing shoe, a dime, a volunteer record, and an eight-minute examination - forced investigators to reopen a death that had been ruled heatstroke. Person: Diane Schmidt Date: October 9, 1937 Location: Salton Flats near Ridgecrest Case: Initially ruled heatstroke; later investigation prompted by shoe discovery Witness: Helen Voss (recognized double-knotted laces) - Diane Schmidt was fifty-two years old and had been on the migrant circuit for ten years after her husband's hardware business collapsed in 1930. - Diane wrote a letter to her daughter Evelyn every other Saturday for fourteen months without missing a single entry. - Diane volunteered every Wednesday noon to four at the camp's Sick Tent for fourteen months with no absences. - Physician's assistant Donald Faber spent approximately eight minutes with Diane on October 7, recorded a temperature of 104°F, and concluded heatstroke; he did not examine her inner forearms. - On October 9, Troy Powell's dog Biscuit led him to a size-seven brown oxford with double-knotted laces and a 1929 dime wedged in a crack; the shoe had been found upright on a concrete culvert lip. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Missing Oxford: How a Single Shoe Uncovered a Murder

  6. 5d ago

    The Relay Ledger: Who Wrote Bell's Final Night Messages?

    The Relay Ledger: Who Wrote Bell's Final Night Messages? A bound railroad ledger washed up in the Salla River with brass clips unrusted and pages still legible-yet the last entries were not written in Edward Bell’s hand. The ledger, recovered two miles south of Harmon's Ford on September 9, 1893, contains three outgoing transmissions at 11 p.m., including one to a decommissioned Lynnville freight code-who else could have keyed Bell’s final messages? In this episode, we follow the discovery of the ledger, the state in which Marshal Ira Spence found Bell, and the analysis by Midland Continental detective Stanley Walsh that points to an unfamiliar hand on the night entries. What do those three transmissions and the misplaced station key reveal about Bell’s disappearance and death? Person: Edward Bell Date: September 7-9, 1893 Location: Cass Hollow relay station; ledger found 2 miles south of Harmon's Ford on the Salla River Investigator: Stanley Walsh, Midland Continental security detective Observer: Connie Padgett, found ledger at ~08:00 on September 9 - The ledger was wrapped in oilskin, brass clips unrusted, pages damp but legible. - Edward Bell had been the relay operator at Cass Hollow for 19 years and was 44 years old. - The station key was hanging on the outside hook despite Bell's habit of locking from inside and carrying the key. - An iron counterweight on Bell’s desk showed signs of recent cleaning and was found back in place. - At 11:00 p.m. on September 6 the log’s handwriting changed and recorded three outgoing transmissions with no incoming acknowledgments. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Relay Ledger: Who Wrote Bell's Final Night Messages?

  7. 6d ago

    The Handbag Left Upright: How a Cleaned Clue Broke a Killer's Alibi

    The Handbag Left Upright: How a Cleaned Clue Broke a Killer's Alibi A cleaned navy patent-leather handbag was found upright in a nearly dry culvert, wiped of fingerprints and smelling faintly of petroleum-left as if placed on a shelf rather than dropped. Who deliberately cleaned and set down Brenda Gray’s bag where moving water would likely carry it away, and what does that deliberate choice reveal about the timeline of her disappearance? In this episode, we present the known facts of Brenda Gray’s disappearance, the discovery of her handbag, and the early detective work that followed, including the routes a detective drove to reconstruct her last movements. How did a single cleaned handbag and a sixteen-mile gap in a suspect’s records become the hinge that opened this case? Person: Brenda Gray Date: August 11-14, 1953 Location: Sundown Motor Court culvert, Harwick County Case: Missing person turned homicide investigation Investigator: Detective Kenneth Donnelly - A navy patent-leather handbag was found upright in a drainage culvert on August 14, 1953, by county surveyor Grant Fleming. - The bag contained undisturbed items: a lipstick, a change purse, a laminated identification card, and a Greyhound bus schedule folded until the paper was soft. - The exterior of the handbag had been wiped clean and smelled faintly of petroleum on the clasp, handle, and bottom. - Brenda Gray had purchased a one-way Greyhound ticket to Indianapolis on the evening of August 11, paid in exact coins, and asked twice whether the bus stopped at Callum. - A man named Robert Sheridan checked into Unit 4 of the Sundown Motor Court on Sunday, August 10, paying cash for two nights. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Handbag Left Upright: How a Cleaned Clue Broke a Killer's Alibi

  8. Oct 20

    A Grave Holds the Answer: The Murder of Tammy Young

    A Grave Holds the Answer: The Murder of Tammy Young A photograph dug from fourteen inches of earth showed a seated woman, a July calendar with the sixteenth visible, and a head tilted at an angle no living person holds for long - yet the woman had been missing nine days. How did a single buried glass plate, found behind a rooming house, become the pivot of an investigation that depended on one man’s refusal to look at it? In this episode, we tell what was discovered in the trench behind the Pfeiffer rooming house and how Deputy George Underwood traced the image back to room seven at the Glendale Hotel; we follow the timeline from Tammy Young’s arrival on July 3 to the plate’s discovery on July 14, and ask whether the calendar date in the photograph holds the key to what happened. Person: Tammy Young Date: July 3-14, 1922 Location: Pfeiffer rooming house / Glendale Hotel, Harwick Flats Person: George Underwood Person: Howard Olson - The glass photographic plate measured four inches by five and was wrapped in oilcloth tied with twine. - The plate was recovered from a trench dug to a depth of fourteen inches behind the Pfeiffer house on July 14, 1922. - Tammy Young checked into room seven of the Glendale Hotel on July 3, 1922, paid in advance, and was fifty-four years old. - Tammy Young signed inheritance transfer documents at approximately 2:00 p.m, on July 5, 1922, at Clifton Harp’s office. - A man matching Howard Olson’s description was seen speaking with Tammy Young in room seven at approximately 3:00 p.m, on July 5, 1922. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

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Lost Crime History peels back the dust on the world’s most baffling historical crimes and the forgotten threads that tie them together. Each episode uncovers overlooked evidence, period detail, and the cultural context that turned ordinary deeds into enduring mysteries. You’ll hear carefully narrated reconstructions, archival research, and clear explanations that separate myth from fact — all rooted in true crime history and forensic insight. New episodes drop every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 9:00 AM, so you can follow investigations and patterns as they unfold across eras. Expect episodes that range from short investigative dossiers to longer narrative deep-dives; every installment focuses on a single case or theme with sources cited and theories weighed. This podcast is for listeners who crave rigorous historical research, fans of true crime who want more context than sensationalism, and anyone interested in how past crimes shaped law, society, and storytelling. If you want mysteries explained with evidence, chronology, and respect for victims and sources, Lost Crime History is your weekly—actually daily—companion. Subscribe now and listen at 9:00 AM daily to never miss a revelation. keywords SEO: true crime, historical crimes, cold cases, forensic history, archival research

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