Episodios

  • Gypsy The Serial Killer Elephant

    Gypsy The Serial Killer Elephant
    Apr 18 2025
    Rampage in Valdosta

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    Episode 126 concerned this podcast’s first non-human perpetrator, a great big crazy brilliant elephant first known as Empress when imported into the United States in 1871. She killed so many handlers that she was sentenced to death many times, but doing so was so difficult that she was just passed from show to show. Along the way someone changed her name to Gypsy, and she spent the last decade of her tragic life with the Harris Nickel Plate Circus. She claimed at least seven victims, but she was crazy for a reason, and if you’re an animal lover, I’ve got to warn you that you’re about to get a big dose of outrage and indignation.

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    1 h y 18 m
  • Black Jack Desperados

    Black Jack Desperados
    Apr 15 2025
    The Botched Execution of Tom Ketchum

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    Episode 127 takes us back to the days of the Old West with the tale of “the Black Jack Gang,” terrors of the Southwest, from about 1896 to 1891 when its leader, Tom Ketchum, was finally captured trying to pull off a train robbery solo. He didn’t know the conductor had been robbed once before and carried a sawed-off shotgun. Yeah, that’s not gonna end well.

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    2 h y 1 m
  • Model Murder

    Model Murder
    Apr 13 2025
    What The Dog Saw At Beekman Place

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    Episode 128 is one of the creepiest and sleaziest yet, when the mad Bohemian debauchery that made Greenwich Village famous spills over into the posh East Midtown. The colorful cast of real-life characters includes a woman who ran a prohibition speakeasy, her beautiful model daughter and her artistic friends, and an estranged husband who is disgusted by the whole thing, but addicted to pornography. And wait til you hear the eerie confession! You’re gonna love it.


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    1 h y 38 m
  • Moonlight Murder On Lake Palourde

    Moonlight Murder On Lake Palourde
    Apr 11 2025
    The LaBoeuf Triangle

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    Episode 328 revisits one of our favorite tropes: The Love Triangle Gone Awry. The people involved here weren't rich and famous, but just ordinary people, tragically caught up in their passion.

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    1 h y 14 m
  • The Secret Love Shack Suicide Pact

    The Secret Love Shack Suicide Pact
    Jan 10 2024
    Kid McCoy Down For The Count

    Episode 427 documents a dramatic fall from grace when a beloved American prizefighter and silent film star falls for a married woman, who seemed destined to be his ninth or tenth wife. His marital history is as complicated and murky as her business dealings, and their affair takes a tragic turn late one hot august night.

    Culled from the historic pages of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers of the era.

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    1 h y 38 m
  • The Assassination Of Jesse James

    The Assassination Of Jesse James
    Apr 9 2025
    The Exploits Of The Outlaw James Gang

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    Episode 326 finishes off Wild West Month with the epic tale of one of the most notorious bands of outlaws to plague the American frontier. It’s a wild ride, so hang on.

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    1 h y 26 m
  • The Fiend Of Nebraska

    The Fiend Of Nebraska
    Jan 8 2024
    Life And Confession of Stephen Dee Richards

    Episode 223 takes us to the prairies of Nebraska to explore the state's first serial killer, Stephen Dee Richards. His confession and the reporting of his murder come from a sensational trial pamphlet published shortly after his death, the 19th century version of a true crime podcast.

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    1 h y 10 m
  • The Tall Love Of Laura Bullion

    The Tall Love Of Laura Bullion
    Apr 7 2025
    The Thorny Rose Of The Wild Bunch

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    Episode 324 tells the tale of a young woman who would do anything for the man she loves, even go to prison for him. The couple were associated with the gang known as the Wild Bunch, featuring such notorious characters as Black Jack Ketchum, Butch Cassidy, and Harry Longbaugh, also known as the Sundance Kid.

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    Culled from the historic pages of the St. Louis Times-Dispatch, the St. Louis Republican, and other newspapers of the era.Epilogue.

    Ben Kilpatrick did not get out of federal prison until 1911. By that time, Laura Bullion had been involved with several other men and was living in Memphis. They never reconnected. Kilpatrick was killed in an attempted train robbery in 1912. Laura Bullion worked as a seamstress and interior designer in Memphis until she died of heart disease at age 85 in 1961, the last surviving member of the Wild Bunch.

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    1 h y 4 m
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