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True Crime Historian

Richard O Jones

Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalismBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

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103:43

Petroleum, Politics, Passion

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2025/10/05

Clara Smith Hamon Takes The StandJump To The AD-FREE Safe House EditionEpisode 401 tells the salacious story of a leading politician who shows up at a private hospital with a gunshot wound. He tells the doctor it was self-inflicted, but that turns out to be a cover story. Why the big lie? You guessed it: There’s a woman in the case, and what she has to say will blow your mind.Hear More Stories About FALLS FROM GRACEBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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74:10

A Bloody Scream In The Night

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2025/10/01

The Axe Murder Of Alice MallettAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 450 begins with a scream in the night as the beautiful Miss Alice Mallett, her body brutally defiled, found in a bloody pool. The town of Jackson, Michigan, reels, a mob thirsting for vengeance. The twisted trail of an axe points to the fiendish George Straub, an ex-con with a dark past. But wait! Did he act alone? Or did another shadowy figure lurk in the night? With tear gas exploding and fingers pointing, justice hangs by a thread

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90:19

The Elm City Tragedy

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2025/09/30

The Life And Death Of Jennie E. CramerJump To The Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 397 tells the story of a young girl in late 1800’s New England who falls in with a fast crowd with fatal results. Three people were tried for her murder, but it’s up to you to decide whether she was the victim of her own shame, or if the victim of an unjust patriarchal society.Hear About More UNSOLVED CasesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.CLICK

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63:36

Pirates On The Penguin

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2025/09/28

The Astounding Disappearance Of Benjamin Collings On Long Island SoundJump To The Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 396 relates the puzzling story of a family apparently attacked on their cabin cruiser on an inky summer night. The husband is missing and the wife and five-year-old daughter have an amazing tale to tell. But can her story hold water as well as the 26-foot cruiser?Hear More UNSOLVED CasesBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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92:59

What Happened To Alma Kellner

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2025/09/26

The Fiendish Slaughter Of An Innocent ChildJump To The Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 394 relates the tragic tale of an eight-year old girl who fell into the clutches of a degenerate murderer. The hero of this story is a Louisville, Kentucky, detective who not only pieces together the crime, but embarks on a cross-country chase for the alleged murderer, who proves to be slippery even behind bars.Hear More Murders of THE INNOCENTSBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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67:43

Farmer's Wife Left For Dead

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2025/09/24

Brothers Face Gas Chamber TogetherJump To The Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 392 explores the case of two brothers charged with the murder of a Colorado farmer and his “chore boy.” The chief witness against them is the farmer’s wife, who made a miraculous getaway and recovery.Hear More Stories About CAPITAL CRIMESBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.CLICK HERE to reserve your bunk at The Safe House, where the past is present

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102:58

A Cowardly Blow In The Dark

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2025/09/22

The Barber And The Gambler’s Wife Stand TrialJump To The Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 393 takes us back to the Gilded Age and the salacious story of a professional gambler who is fatally attacked as he leaves his house to go to the hotel where he operates. Blame falls on his barber, who confesses to the crime and implicates the gambler’s wife, accusing her of not only having an interracial affair with him, but also with a younger man who just moved to town. All three are arrested, but who is

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112:29

The Blue-Eyed Six

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2025/09/20

The Indiantown Creek Insurance Murder PlotJump To The Ad-Free Safe House Edition!Episode 390 explores what was reported to be the first murder case in the English-speaking world where six men receive a guilty verdict on one indictment, the result of a plot to murder a man in order to receive the benefits of a bunch of insurance policies. It doesn’t really end well for anyone.Hear More Stories About CAPERS & CONSPIRACIESBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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98:50

The Dim-Witted Milkman And The Gambler's Wife

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2025/09/18

Murder In The Attic With Pipe, Gun, and KnifeJump To Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 389 details one of the clumsiest murder plots we’ve yet to encounter, and is jam-packed with some of our favorite tropes: A love triangle gone awry and a trunk murder, to name a couple, with a large dose of crowded courtroom hijinx, including a highly inappropriate kiss between defendants.Hear More Stories About LOVE TRIANGLES GONE AWRYBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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61:46

The Servant Girl's Trunk Of Horrors

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2025/09/16

Domestic Scandal In Sioux FallsJump To AD-FREE Safe House EditionEpisode 388 is not a classic trunk murder, per se, but one of the most dramatic scenes in the narrative comes when the prosecutor opens up a dead girl’s trunk in front of witnesses to speculate on the abuses its contents portend. Two families are ripped apart in this gripping drama where evidence is thin but accusations are as abundant and brutal as the wounds on the poor girl’s dead body.Hear More Episodes About TRUNK MURDERSBecome a

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68:43

Sweet Singer Strangled In A Stable

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2025/09/16

The Repudiated Confessions Of Richard IvensJump To The Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 398 explores the tragic murder of a Chicago housewife and the subsequent confession of the simple minded young man who found the body in a refuse pile.Listen To More BAD CONFESSIONSBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.CLICK HERE to reserve your bunk at The Safe House, where the past is present and the rent is just a buck a week but gives you

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71:12

Dead Woman On Trial

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2025/09/14

A Hung Jury For Hazel CombsJump To The AD-FREE Safe House EditionEpisode 387 starts out conventionally enough: A woman murders her husband to collect the double indemnity insurance policy. But when after she cheats the hangman at the end of Act II, the story doesn’t stop there. Because of the legal technicalities of the insurance she took out, a jury still has to determine whether or not she committed the crime in Act III.Hear More Episodes About FEMMES FATALEBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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1:28

PREVIEW: A Corpse In The Morris Canal

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2025/09/12

Coming October 15!!!The Work Of The Mormon ButcherEpisode 451 begins in the summer of 1902, when a woman’s mutilated body is pulled from the Morris Canal, and the trail leads to a blood-soaked missionary’s flat in Manhattan. The suspect: William Hooper Young, grandson of Mormon patriarch Brigham Young, whose notebook bore the chilling phrase “Blood Atonement.” This is a rich episode about the strange descent of a scholar turned tramp, and the murder that made headlines thunder with scandal,

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63:35

The Escapes And Execution Of Elroy Kent

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2025/09/12

The Vermont DesperadoAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 386 tells the epic story of one of New England’s most persistent scoundrels. It’s the kind of story I delight in finding, that in another context would make a great Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen novel, this one about a slippery but dim-witted thief, that would almost be comic if there wasn’t a tragic loss of life in Act II, and even when he gets his come-uppance in Act III, there’s still a couple of strange twists in the tale. No spoilers, but

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98:08

The Count Of Gramercy Park

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2025/09/12

The Slippery Scoundrel Gerald ChapmanJump To The Ad-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 384 tells the story of a so-called gentleman thief who fearlessly went for the big scores, even while the object of a nation-wide man-hunt. This is another action-packed episode loaded with gunfights, jailbreaks, courtroom breakdowns, and all kinds of shenanigans. Act III starts with a rather odd, melodramatic feature story published while this creep was waiting for the hangman. Jump To More Stories With PRISON

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86:36

Under The Windsor Hearthstone

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2025/09/10

The Murderous Journeys Of Frederick DeemingJump To The AD-FREE Safe House EditionEpisode 383 is another request from a listener Down Under, the story of a man who brutally murdered his wife and buried the body inside the house, then disappeared. Although they capture him at the end of Act II, Act III reveals an even more gruesome murder on the opposite side of the globe. He’s a slippery one, but he gets his comeuppance.Hear More Episodes About BLUEBEARDSBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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103:59

The Oklahoma Phantom

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2025/09/03

Face-To-Face With Pretty Boy FloydAd-Free Safe House EditionThe centerpiece of Episode 378 is a quest for an interview with the infamous bank robber and murderer Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd by Oklahoma reporter Vivian Brown. Although her reporting verges on glorifying Floyd’s celebrity, something we try to avoid, her six-part series published in the days between Floyd’s death in Ohio and his home-town burial, she also provides a deep insight into the way citizens viewed Depression-era bandits as

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125:19

You'll Never Hang Me!

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2025/08/28

The Insanity (Or Not) Of Douglas Van VlackAd-Free Safe House EditionEpisode 377 takes a deep plunge into the story of a troubled young couple in a flight from justice that ends in great double tragedies. The second act details a sensational and contentious trial as Douglas Van Vlack’s defense team try to keep him from the gallows by telling the story of his traumatic life. The third act tells how the scoundrel tries to take matters into his own hands when the insanity plea fails. Culled from the

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67:14

The Escapes Of The Plymouth County Desperadoes

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2025/08/20

Bullets For Sheriff Maxwell And FamilyJump To AD-FREE SAFE HOUSE EDITIONEpisode 376 is an action-packed thriller with a jailbreak, a prison break, a couple of car chases, a bank robbery, and then some. At the center of it all is the law-enforcing family of Sheriff Hugh Maxwell of Plymouth County, Iowa, who make the ultimate sacrifice in their pursuit of justice.Listen to more stories with PRISON BREAKS.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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80:41

A Bloody Family Bed

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2025/08/18

The Triple Confessions Of Willie LeeJump To AD-FREE Safe House EditionEpisode 374 tells the story of an awful family murder in Boonville, Indiana, when a lazy young man takes an axe to his parents and brother on the eve of his wedding day. What offenses the family committed to deserve such a fate seems to be all in the mind of the accused, and it takes him a few tries to get his story straight.Hear more about murders with AXES AND HAMMERSBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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