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Tomb Snoopers

Coming September, 2025! Deep dive history investigations! Author Adam Selzer goes deep into archives and microfilm reels looking for the real history behind incredible stories. He"s joined by comedian and radio host Patti Vasquez. Season 1 examines Johann Hoch, who married at least 20 women between 1895 and 1905 - and probably murdered five of them. In the process of writing a book on Hoch, Adam located legal records, long lost interviews, affidavits from major players in the story that haven"t been

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26:46

Hoch and the Candy Store

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2025/11/11

Hoch returns to Chicago (and his old alias), where he commits the murder that will end his career.

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19:41

Hoch Goes East

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2025/11/04

Hoch goes on one last cross-country spree, unaware that his career is heading towards its end - but the story is just beginning.

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27:28

Hoch Goes Catfishing

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2025/10/29

Over the summer of 1903, Hoch attempts to catfish two Chicago women, one of whom will be his undoing.

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24:17

Hoch in St. Louis

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2025/10/23

Humiliated by Liz Goerke, Hoch attempts a fresh start, maybe even a plan to go straight, in St. Louis, with a new marriage that lasts nearly a year.

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25:52

Hoch the Hypnotist

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2025/10/14

Out of jail, Hoch attempts to swindle Liz Goerke, who encourages him to take up hypnosis. Which is not really a skill you want someone to have if they're trying to swindle you!

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26:27

Hoch Goes to jail

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2025/10/10

After getting into a scrape over rented furniture, Hoch spends two years in jail. While he's there, stories of his crimes begin to hit the press, and he becomes a sensation for the first time.

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28:23

Hoch Goes Wild

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2025/09/30

Having figured out that deserting was easier than killing, Hoch goes on a spree of quickie marriages across the nation. Plus, Adam talks about his own recent tomb snooping in New England.

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27:48

Hoch Goes West

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2025/09/23

Having recovered his confidence, Hoch goes west, then heads to Cincinnati for his longest marriage yet - and the beginning of his biggest crime spree.

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30:29

Minnie Meets Her Match

Tomb Snoopers ·

2025/09/16

One year into his American sojourn, Hoch had married and murdered two women. But the next he tried to swindle was also trying to swindle him - and may have been a murderer herself.

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29:22

Hoch's First Murders

Tomb Snoopers ·

2025/09/09

The beginning of Johann Hoch's American career, beginning with a marriage and murder in West Virginia, a faked death that fooled no one, and another murder in Chicago.

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29:23

Johann Hoch: Welcome to Tomb Snoopers

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2025/09/02

When they captured Johann Hoch, he had already proposed to what police believed to be wife #55. As many as ten, they believed, had been murdered. Hoch was the sensation of the year - and this season we're going to get to the bottom of the story. Join historian Adam Selzer and radio host Patti Vasquez as they dig deep in our first episode!

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3:27

Tomb Snoopers: Trailer 1

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2025/08/21

At Tomb Snoopers, we just might solve a mystery or rewrite history! In this sneak peak, Adam combs through records to see if an 1895 murder weapon might still be in the coffin at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery. Join us in season 1 for a deep dig into the career of serial killer Johann Hoch.

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