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Historical True Crime

Step into the shadows of the past with "Historical True Crime," the podcast that takes you on a gripping journey through some of history"s most captivating and chilling criminal stories. Each episode is a meticulously researched exploration into the depths of history, where true crime meets the intriguing backdrop of different eras. From legendary criminals and unsolved mysteries to the groundbreaking investigations that shaped the course of justice, our narratives paint a vivid picture of the

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00:17:59

Serial Killer Earle Nelson: The Gorilla Killer

Historical True Crime ·

2023/04/07

The 1920s saw a number of serial murderers in North America, but no one was more active than Earle Nelson, also known as "the Gorilla Killer or Dark Strangler." Nelson appeared to be able to kill at will as he wandered the country for more than a year, breaking into and out of suburban residences and boarding houses with ease. Source

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00:17:50

La Voisin: France's Killer Witch

Historical True Crime ·

2023/04/02

Catherine Monvoisin was the wife of a jeweller and silk merchant. She had a comfortable home in the fashionable Villeneuve Sur Gravois neighbourhood in the centre of Paris. She was a mother, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and a lover of the arts. But she was also a witch, one who nearly overthrew the French aristocracy and almost succeeded in slaying a king. Source

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00:21:16

American Outlaw: Billy the Kid

Historical True Crime ·

2023/03/24

Billy the Kid was an infamous gunfighter and outlaw in the American West. His name is synonymous with the Wild West, along the likes of the Bob Dalton Gang, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cole Younger and Jesse James. He claimed to have killed 21 people, although there's a good chance the number is less than 10. Billy the Kid was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett when he was only approximately 21 years old. Source

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00:18:03

Serial Killer: Carl Panzram

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2023/03/17

Many people consider Carl Panzram to be the most vicious American serial killer. The 6-foot-tall, tattooed man with icy grey eyes operated as a solitary crime wave for over 20 years. He committed robberies, rapes, and murders in numerous cities across several nations. Despite being hanged at the age of 38, he admitted to more than 20 killings and the rape of up to 1,000 men and boys during that time, in addition to other crimes, including burglaries and arsons. Source

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00:18:50

Serial Killer: Jake Bird

Historical True Crime ·

2023/03/10

In 1947, Jake Bird was executed for the murder of a mother and her daughter. Just before his death, he confessed to murdering 44 people, and at least 11 murders have been confirmed. The fact that Bird thought he could hex individuals with his name made him a unique serial killer. As people tried to punish him, he put the "Jake Bird" hex on them, and amazingly, several people involved in his trial passed away suddenly. Listen to the full episode now! Source

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00:21:32

Serial Killer Belle Gunness - Hell's Belle

Historical True Crime ·

2023/03/03

Before mysteriously disappearing in 1908, Belle Gunness murdered two of her husbands, a number of single men, and several of her own children on a pig farm in La Porte, Indiana. A fire broke out at her farm on April 28, 1908, and a headless woman's body was found inside. Was it Belle, or did she fake her own death and escape? Listen to the entire story now. Source

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00:21:52

Murderer Kate Webster: The Barnes Mystery

Historical True Crime ·

2023/02/24

The murder of Julia Martha Thomas by her maid, Kate Webster, was one of the most infamous and heinous murders committed in nineteenth-century England. Join us to hear the full story! Source

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00:19:28

Marguerite Alibert: Courtesan, Royal Mistress and...

Historical True Crime ·

2023/02/17

Marguerite Marie Alibert, often referred to as Princess Fahmy, Maggie Meller, and Marguerite Laurent, was a French socialite. She began her profession in Paris as a prostitute and courtesan. During 1917 and 1918, she had a relationship with the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII). When she wed the Egyptian aristocrat Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, the media of the day referred to her as Princess. She murdered her husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel. During a trial at the Old Bailey, she was ultimately

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00:21:07

The Bermondsey Horror: Fred and Maria Manning

Historical True Crime ·

2023/02/10

Fred and Maria Manning's story involves love, treachery, greed, and murder. In a scheme nicknamed "the Bermondsey tragedy," they murdered Marie's affluent lover in cold blood and attempted to profit from their victim's fortune. New technologies and the newly established police units that had appeared throughout Britain in the past two decades would be their undoing. Source

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00:20:10

The Bloody Benders: America's First Serial Killer Family

Historical True Crime ·

2023/02/03

From May 1871 through December 1872, the Bender family—better known as the Bloody Benders—operated as a family of serial killers in Labette County, Kansas, in the United States.John Bender, his wife Elvira, their children, John Jr. and Kate, made up the family. The Bender family appeared seemingly out of thin air, carried out horrifying and uncountable acts of heinous brutality, and then vanished without a trace. Source

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00:19:53

Cleveland Torso Killer

Historical True Crime ·

2023/01/27

A serial killer who went by the names The Cleveland Torso Murderer and The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run operated in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1930s. Twelve known victims were dismembered in the killings, and their bodies were dumped in the underprivileged Kingsbury Run community. These murders remain unsolved to this day. Source

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00:20:50

Jesse Pomeroy: America's Youngest Serial Killer

Historical True Crime ·

2023/01/20

Jesse Pomeroy was the youngest person to be found guilty of first-degree murder in Massachusetts history in 1874. Even though he was just 14 years old, the brutal and violent atrocities he committed led to life in prison, where he died in 1932. Source Materials: https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/jesse-pomeroy https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-story-of-jesse-pomeroy-14-year-old-serial-killer/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/jesse-pomeroy https://www.historicmysteries.com/jesse-pomeroy/

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00:19:13

Gilles de Rais: History's First Serial Killer?

Historical True Crime ·

2023/01/13

Gilles de Rais was a Breton nobleman, a soldier with a distinguished career in the Hundred Years’ War and as Joan of Arc’s comrade in arms. Today, however, those accomplishments are only viewed in the context of the secret life he led while committing more than a hundred horrifying child killings, a spree that may have made him the first serial murderer in history. Source Materials: Gilles de Rais: The Authentic Bluebeard by Jean Benedetti Bluebeard: The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais by Leonard

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00:22:08

Dr. Robert Liston: Surgeon with 300% Fatality Rate

Historical True Crime ·

2023/01/06

In an era before anaesthetics, when speed mattered in terms of agony and survival, Robert Liston was a British surgeon renowned for his quickness and skill. The West End's "fastest knife" was said to be able to amputate a leg in just over two minutes. He is also notorious for performing the only surgery with a 300% death rate in history. Please join us to learn the entire tale and the horrifying surgical practises of the Victorian era. Source

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00:29:16

Eugène-François Vidocq: Convict, Detective and Father...

Historical True Crime ·

2022/12/30

Eugène-François Vidocq was a French criminal who became a detective. Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac were all influenced by Eugène-François Vidocq's life. The formercriminal went on to develop and lead the first known private detective agency as well as the first director of thecrime-detection Sûreté nationale. Vidocq is revered as the founder of contemporary criminology. Source

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00:21:04

The Papin Sisters

Historical True Crime ·

2022/12/23

Christine and Lea Papin were responsible for one of the most heinous murders in French history on February 2, 1933. They disfigured their victims by tearing out their eyes and mutilating their genitals. Their victims were Léonie and Geneviève Lancelin, the mother and daughter of the wealthy family who employed them. But what drove them—madness, bloodlust, or class warfare? Source

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00:20:03

Dr. Crippen - Murderer or Innocent Man?

Historical True Crime ·

2022/12/16

Dr. Crippen was an amiable doctor who committed one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century by killing his wife and briefly avoiding capture. New forensics came to light in 2007. So was he a cold-blooded killer or an innocent man? Source Materials: Young, D. 2014. Trial of H.H. Crippen. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-notorious-case-of-dr-crippen/ Connell, N. 2013. Doctor Crippen: The Infamous London Cellar Murder of 1910. Stroud: Amberley

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00:20:51

Savage Mistress of New Orleans - Madame Marie...

Historical True Crime ·

2022/12/09

Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie was a New Orleans socialite and her legend has grown into pop culture phenomenon. As her legend grew, the facts became harder to discern from fiction but after a fire at her mansion, a torture chamber filled with her slaves was discovered. Check out this episode for the full gruesome tale. Source

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00:15:12

Mountain Man - John "Liver-Eating" Johnson

Historical True Crime ·

2022/12/02

It may be challenging to distinguish fact vs. fiction in the life of Liver-Eating Johnson but it's rumored he killed over 300 Crow Tribesmen in retaliation for his wife's murder. Join us as we unravel the truth in this twisted tale. Source Materials: https://allthatsinteresting.com/liver-eating-johnson https://www.damninteresting.com/liver-eating-johnson/ https://www.britannica.com/science/head-flattening

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00:24:53

Body Snatchers: Burke and Hare

Historical True Crime ·

2022/11/25

Scotland's most notorious body snatchers, William Burke and William Hare never actually snatched a body. However, they did murder 16 people and sell their bodies to science. Join us to hear the full story and what happened to Burke and Hare. Source Materials: Ben Johnson – The Story of Burke and Hare -

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