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Retro Crime Story Time

Kat Klingensmith

History hides secrets. Crimes that once shocked entire communities often fade into silence, but retrospect has a way of revealing what was missed. We dig into forgotten cases—walking the places where they happened, examining overlooked details, and asking new questions with fresh eyes. Because when we revisit the past, not everything is as it seemed.

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All Episodes

00:12:43

Arline the Teenage Dream

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2024/01/20

In 1908, 16 year old Arline Knisely and 48 year old Charles Spach were found having been shot in the head. It was ruled a murder-suicide despite that being forensically impossible.

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00:20:58

Goodnight, Iron Irene

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2024/01/09

Before Bonnie and Clyde, there was a less sexy duo of robbers. Irene and Glenn had clean records then quickly escalated to crime once they met. The killed their way to the electric chair, and Irene became the first woman in Pennsylvania to use one. The mystery remains: what motivated them suddenly?

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00:18:04

Insane Lila Zane

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/31

In 1907, in Wheeling, West Virginia, 19 year old wealthy Lila Zane had boys wrapped around her finger and could manipulate them into doing anything she wanted- even murder. When she got caught, her lawyers said she was insane. But was she?

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00:09:25

Killed By Kindness

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/24

Martha Grinder was a serial killer who was hanged in Allegheny County in 1866. Known as the "Pittsburgh Poisoner", her ghost is still seen wandering around town. Despite all folklore to the contrary, I don't believe she did it. In fact, I think she may have been a good person who was targeted.

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00:04:30

Geez Louise, I'm Bored to Death!

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/23

On Christmas Eve of 1937 in Trumbull County, Ohio, beautiful steel heiress Louise Campbell grew impatiently bored at the family Christmas party. The ensuing events fueled by eggnog led to her mother's death.

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00:10:19

Bertha the Beautiful Butcher

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/14

What possessed Bertha to murder her mother? Apparently, her dad. He was the local butcher with a thriving business. Right before Christmas in 1897, he died of a heart-attack at the breakfast table. After that, his ghost followed Bertha around to complain about how lonely he was.

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00:08:16

Hung Up On Love

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/13

Charlotte Jones was the first woman to be executed in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. She did anything for love...even that.

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00:04:43

This Dude's Afterlife Sentence

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/13

Michael Ruminski murdered his wife and almost got away with it in style.

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00:05:09

The Invisible Cellmate

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/12

The Old Allegheny County jail in Pittsburgh has been haunted for over a hundred years by William Culp. There's a real person behind the ghost, and Willliam Culp never belonged in jail to begin with. Now he can't leave.

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00:05:31

He Had Driven Her Crazy

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/12/11

Mamie Leslie shot her husband Frank in a brothel in Wheeling, West Virginia. Was it self-defense? Or was Mamie Leslie calculating and prepared for every detail. It was her word versus the madam's. One of our "Widows of Wheeling, West Virginia", a reoccurring theme at Retro Crime.

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00:22:29

Angry John

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/11/28

In 1919, Wheeling, West Virginia, Margaret Clator shot her husband John Clator in self-defense. She claimed he caught her trying to kill herself and became so angry that he tried to kill her. Despite evidence against her and a confession, she outsmarted the prosecution who thought this was a simple death penalty case.

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00:07:09

Big Nonna's House

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/11/17

At the time, Lena Trappin was the oldest woman in the state to be tried for murder. The 75 year old (allegedly) strangled her neighbor and dragged him downstairs into his yard in the middle of the night. What happened? I have a few theories.

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00:16:01

Big In the Bottoms

Retro Crime Story Time ·

2023/11/13

In the 1930s, Squire Westwood was the most powerful man in The Bottoms of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. When he was on trial for killing his wife, his alibi was the lead detective on his case and a parade of beautiful women. He was a dirty, philandering, cheating judge, but did he do it?

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