True Crime Historian

Apr 03 2025 41 ep. 73 mins 9.5k
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Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism

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The End Of John Wesley Hardin

Apr 03 2025 71 mins  
The Grand Mogul Of The Texas DesperadosCommercial Free Safe House EditionEpisode 322 relates the downfall of one of the most desperate desperados of the Old West, John Wesley Hardin, the man so mean that it is alleged he shot a fellow just for snoring.Culled from the historic pages of the Galveston Daily News, The El Paso Times, and other newspapers of the era.More WILD WESTERNSBec

The Colusa Tragedy

Apr 02 2025 76 mins  
The Capture Of Hong Di Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 321 continues our exploration of stories from the Old West, this one from a ranch near Colusa when a Chinese cook, a mere boy of 17, opens fire with a rifle during the family meal. After a flight from justice, an unlikely hero captures the fugitive, who is put on trial while a vengeful crowd gathers outside demanding the extr

Trouble At Tombstone

Mar 30 2025 98 mins  
The Earp Brothers Take A StandAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 319 takes us on a journey to one of the most famous gunfights in Old West history, the shoot-out at the OK corral. The first two thirds relates the story from the newspaper accounts of the day, while the third act gives a first-person account from Wyatt Earp himself.Culled from the historic pages of the Tombstone Epita

The Hardscrabble Poison Widow

Mar 28 2025 94 mins  
She Conversed With The DevilAd-Free Safe House EditionRecently widowed, eager to date,her family hated of her choice of a mate.So she put poison in their water.What a mean & devilish daughter!YESTERDAY’S NEWS --Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told from historic newspapers in the golden age of yellow journalism...Episode 317 explores the bizarre tale of Mart

The Gun Alley Murder

Mar 25 2025 84 mins  
The Mysterious Case Of Alma TirtschkeAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 315 is the sad tale of a 12 year old Aussie girl who disappeared while running errands for her family. Her body was found naked and outraged the following morning. Based on the testimony of some spurious witnesses, as you shall hear, the crown executed the owner of a wine shop near the alley. But did they get th

The Erstwhile Housekeeper

Mar 23 2025 82 mins  
The Botched Execution of Eva DuganAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 131 concerns the murky relationship between the mysterious hired wife, a Tucson rancher, and a young man who came to stay. It’s also about the dogged chase for the fugitive conducted by a determined sheriff, but the scene that strikes me most takes place in the office of a prison warden when they confront the sus

Tears Of The Weeping Willow

Mar 20 2025 109 mins  
The Trial Of Vera Stretz She was his dedicated love slave and "office wife," until he pushed her too far.Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 133 is the story of a scholarly young artist whose married fiance tries to take things too far. This story is performed by our late friend Emily Simer Braun, reading the reporting from Alice Cogan, ace reporter for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.More

No Mercy For The Swashbuckling Scoundrels

Mar 18 2025 80 mins  
A Secret Crime Spree Revealed By MurderAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 313 is the action-packed story of a pair of bands who met in juvenile jail, and embarked on a short-lived but deadly crime spree through the Wyoming Valley of Eastern Pennsylvania that included two murders, a shooting to kill, several home invasions, and a general disregard and disdain for social order and the

The Incident At Cherry Creek

Mar 16 2025 62 mins  
Bannon Buries Bodies In The Haven BarnA family of six goes missing, and the only clue is a badly misspelled letter from a post office box that doesn't exist. Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 312 tells the story of a disappearing farming family in North Dakota, who were said to have gone out West for the health of the wife and mother. But the young man left in charge has a strange

Bacon On The Table

Dec 10 2024 27 mins  
The Brutal Murder Of Mayme ShermanA True Crime Short Story by Richard O JonesAd-Free Safe House EditionOne of the factors behind my interest in historical true crime is that my hometown of Hamilton, Ohio, seems to have a particularly rich history of crime--murder in particular, but not just murder. I’ve done several local programs about the safecrackers, bandits, and other notori