The Corpse Bride – Podcast #50 Published on January 17, 2012 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Love & Marriage, Podcast The true story of Karl von Cosel and the girl of his dreams. They slept together in the same bed every night - nine years after she had died.Click to Read More...
The Fly Paper Murderess – Podcast #45 Published on June 16, 2011 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast Six men died in a Chicago woman's home over a three-year period, all of whom were married to 47-year-old Margaret Summers. She had taken out 19 life insurance policies, all naming her as the sole beneficiary.Click to Read More...
Samuel Renick Buys His Own Murder -Podcast #39 Published on December 10, 2010 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast Albany jeweler Samuel Resnick retired to Phoenix, Arizona, but something went wrong. He ended up paying to have himself murdered.Click to Read More...
Death by Exploding Playing Cards – Podcast #34 Published on June 7, 2010 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast William Kogut decided to end his life using a deck of ordinary playing cards. Learn how he managed to do so in this fascinating true story.Click to Read More...
The Phantom Sniper – Podcast #31 Published on March 3, 2010 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast The Phantom Sniper terrorized women of the Los Angeles area in the early 1950s. He was captured because of one minor mistake that most people would have easily overlooked. Click to Read More...
The Strange Kidnapping of Milly McGill – Podcast #30 Published on February 1, 2010 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Podcast The long forgotten story about the strange kidnapping of Milly McGill back in 1945. It is what happened after Milly was returned back to her parents that is the oddest part of this true story. Click to Read More...
The Great Elephant Caper – Podcast #27 Published on October 30, 2009 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Crime & Punishment, Podcast Eleven circus elephants died from arsenic poisoning within a one-week period in 1941. The search for the murderer was on... Click to Read More...
You’ve Got the Wrong Men – Podcast #26 Published on October 1, 2009 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast One of the best stories ever covered on this podcast. It's the story of two men placed on trial for murder and were saved from almost certain death by an event that occurred many miles away. Click to Read More...
Escape in a Homemade Submarine – Podcast #25 Published on September 2, 2009 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Escape and Survival, Podcast The fascinating true story of three Milwaukee men that started bombing Milwaukee Sears stores in an effort to obtain $100,000 and escape in their homemade submarine. Click to Read More...
The Kidnapping of Caleb Milne IV – Podcast #24 Published on August 6, 2009 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast A long-forgotten story about the sensational kidnapping of Caleb Milne IV back in 1935. Not all was as it seemed.Click to Read More...
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson – Podcast #21 Published on May 7, 2009 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Podcast, Sports Jackie Robinson is best remembered for being the first African American to play for one of the Major League baseball teams, but his 1944 court-martial for his refusal to "go to the back of the bus" nearly derailed his career.Click to Read More...
The Hanging of Will Purvis – Podcast #10 Published on March 3, 2008 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Escape and Survival, Podcast Will Purvis was hanged for the murder of another man, yet was able to walk away after the hanging was over. Possibly a case of divine intervention, but we will never know for sure.Click to Read More...
The Bath School Massacre – Podcast #3 Published on January 28, 2008 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast, Schools & Education While most people know about the massacre at Columbine, few realize that the deadliest act of US school violence occurred in Bath, Michigan in 1927.Click to Read More...