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Deadly Truths

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Deadly Truths exposes the crimes, cover-ups, and institutional failures buried in American history. From forgotten murders and cold cases to Hollywood myths, mob violence, and frontier bloodshed—this is true crime without glamor. Archival facts. Hard questions. No fiction. Because the past isn’t dead—it’s just been rewritten.

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00:31:37

Rita Hayworth: Hollywood Erased Margarita Cansino |...

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2026/01/11

Before she was a red-haired sex symbol, she was Margarita Cansino — a multilingual dancer, singer, and serious actress reshaped by Hollywood because her identity didn’t fit the brand. This episode of Hollywood Is Dead breaks down how studios erased Rita Hayworth’s ethnicity, how controlling men defined her relationships, how alcoholism became a coping mechanism, and how early Alzheimer’s was mocked as moral failure by the press. This is not nostalgia. This is an indictment.This episode discusses

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00:27:03

The Battle of Alcatraz | When Containment Failed |...

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2026/01/10

The Battle of Alcatraz was not a riot, not a legend, and not an escape story. It was a system failure.In this episode of Deadly Truths with Becca, we break down the 1946 Battle of Alcatraz step by step — how a prison designed for silence and control lost containment, took hostages, and required U.S. Marines to retake a federal penitentiary.This episode examines:Why Alcatraz was built for containment, not punishmentHow planning and desperation exploited institutional blind spotsThe siege inside

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00:34:14

Al Capone on Alcatraz: How the Mob Boss Was Broken |...

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2026/01/09

Al Capone didn’t lose his power in a shootout or a courtroom — he lost it on Alcatraz Island.In this Mob Is Dead edition of Deadly Truths, Becca breaks down how the federal government used isolation, absolute control, and silence to dismantle America’s most famous mob boss. This episode separates myth from reality, explores Capone’s psychological and medical decline, examines why Alcatraz was designed to erase influence rather than punish violence, and explains how the Rock exposed the limits — and

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00:43:20

The Black Dahlia, George Hodel, and Hollywood’s Most...

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2026/01/04

In January 1947, the body of Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant Los Angeles lot—bisected, posed, and drained of blood. The press called her The Black Dahlia. The case became legend. The truth became buried.This episode examines the Black Dahlia murder through the lens of George Hodel—a wealthy physician, cultural insider, and longtime LAPD suspect who was secretly surveilled by police yet never charged. We break down the surveillance transcripts, the surgical elements of the crime, and the

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00:36:11

Thelma Todd: Hollywood’s “Accidental” Death, Power...

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2026/01/04

In 1935, actress Thelma Todd was found dead in her car inside a private garage. Authorities ruled it an accident. Hollywood moved on.This episode examines what the headlines ignored: Todd’s fight for independence, her café’s quiet power, rising tensions with director Roland West, and the unanswered questions surrounding her final hours.This is not gossip. It’s a reconstruction of control, money, and motive—set inside an industry that protected itself first and women last.If you want real history—not

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00:21:38

Jean Harlow: Hollywood’s First Star Worked to Death |...

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2026/01/03

Jean Harlow was one of the first true movie stars in American history — and one of the first casualties of Hollywood’s studio system.At just twenty-six years old, Harlow died from acute kidney failure after weeks of visible decline that studios minimized, delayed treating, and quietly worked around to keep production moving.This episode examines Jean Harlow’s final days, the medical negligence surrounding her illness, the brutal realities of MGM contracts, and how Hollywood rewrote her death to

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00:40:37

The Cleveland Torso Murders: The Killer Eliot Ness...

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2026/01/03

In the 1930s, Cleveland was gripped by a series of murders so brutal and precise they exposed the limits of American law enforcement. Bodies were found dismembered, decapitated, and deliberately staged along rail lines and riverbanks — while the killer was never officially named.In this episode of Deadly Truths, we examine the Cleveland Torso Murders through historical records, investigative failures, and modern behavioral profiling. We explore how systemic blind spots, political pressure, and

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00:27:36

Jean Spangler & Jeanne French: Hollywood Myths vs....

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2025/12/24

Two women.Same city.Different lives — and stories history keeps getting wrong.In this episode of Deadly Truths, we examine the disappearance of Jean Spangler and the murder of Jeanne French, two Los Angeles cases repeatedly mislinked through rumor, celebrity fixation, and Black Dahlia mythology.We break down what the historical record actually says — police documentation, timelines, coroner findings, and media distortion — and why these cases are most likely not connected, despite decades of

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00:38:51

Elizabeth Short: The Black Dahlia Case Without Myths,...

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2025/12/20

In Elizabeth Short: The Black Dahlia Case Without Myths, Suspects, or Hollywood Lies, Deadly Truths strips this case down to verified facts, documented timelines, and behavioral evidence — not tabloid fantasies.This episode dismantles decades of misinformation, explains why popular suspects don’t hold up under scrutiny, and examines what profilers actually agree on about the man who killed her.No recycled theories. No sensational nonsense. Just the uncomfortable truth behind one of America’s most

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00:30:46

Lana Turner: Beauty, Abuse, and the Night Hollywood...

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2025/12/20

Lana Turner: Beauty, Abuse, and the Night Hollywood Couldn’t ControlEveryone thinks they know Lana Turner — the blonde bombshell, the MGM fantasy, the face of classic Hollywood glamour.This episode tells the story most people never learned.From Lana’s childhood trauma and early fame to a pattern of controlling and abusive relationships, this episode examines how violence was normalized long before April 4, 1958. We explore the warning signs surrounding Johnny Stompanato, the role of coercive

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00:25:22

Bugsy Siegel: The Gangster Behind Las Vegas and His...

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2025/12/15

Bugsy Siegel helped change Las Vegas — but not in the way history usually tells it.In this episode of Deadly Truths, we strip away the Hollywood mythology and examine Bugsy Siegel through a psychological lens: his volatility, ego-driven violence, treatment of women, and why the very traits that made him powerful also made him expendable.This is not a story about glamour or genius.It’s a case study in emotional dysregulation, narcissistic entitlement, and how organized crime ultimately destroys the

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00:29:02

Meyer Lansky: The Mob’s Invisible Architect and...

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2025/12/15

Meyer Lansky is often called the mob’s accountant—but that undersells what he really was.Lansky didn’t build his power with street violence or flashy brutality. He built it with math, patience, and ruthless calculation. While others pulled triggers, Lansky moved money, engineered gambling empires, and quietly shaped the financial backbone of American organized crime.In this episode of Deadly Truths, we strip away the myths and look at Lansky through a psychological lens:his emotional detachment,

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00:40:06

Dutch Schultz: Paranoia, Power, and the Gangster Who...

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2025/12/13

Dutch Schultz is usually remembered as a brutal Prohibition-era gangster.This episode tells a different story.In Dutch Schultz: Paranoia, Power, and the Gangster Who Lost Control, Becca examines how violence, fear, and psychological dysregulation turned one of the most feared men in New York into a liability even the mob couldn’t tolerate.This is not a bootlegging highlight reel.It’s a deep dive into:Schultz’s upbringing and environmentHow Prohibition amplified his worst traitsWhen his violence

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00:45:27

Lucky Luciano: The Mob Boss Who Invented Modern...

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2025/12/07

Lucky Luciano: The Mob Boss Who Invented Modern Organized CrimeLucky Luciano didn’t just survive the Mafia — he rebuilt it.From the night he was beaten, stabbed, and left for dead on a Coney Island beach… to the murders of Joe Masseria (mah-SAIR-ee-uh) and Salvatore Maranzano (mah-rahn-ZAH-no)… to creating the Commission and secretly working with U.S. Naval Intelligence during WWII — Luciano shaped the American underworld more than any other figure in history.In this episode, I walk you through

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00:45:24

The Disappearance of Nick Spero: Inside Kansas City’s...

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2025/12/06

In May 1973, Kansas City mob associate Nick Spero walked out of his home and vanished. No body was ever recovered. No one was ever charged. And inside the Kansas City underworld, everyone immediately understood what had happened.This episode dives into the internal mob tensions that led to Spero’s disappearance, the power struggle between the Spero brothers and the Civella crime family, and the silent, efficient method the mafia used to eliminate one of their own. No spectacle. No headlines. Just a

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00:37:16

The Assassination of Leon Jordan: Kansas City’s...

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2025/12/06

On July 15, 1970, Missouri State Representative Leon Mercer Jordan was gunned down outside his own bar, the Green Duck Tavern. His murder was fast, professional, and executed with the precision of a contract killing. For decades, the case sat in silence—until a cold-case investigation uncovered the names of the likely gunmen, all tied to Kansas City’s criminal underworld.This episode breaks down the final hours of Leon Jordan’s life, the political power he built, the enemies he made, and the tangled

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00:21:58

1880s Frontier Murders in Clay County: The Hillyard...

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2025/12/06

Bones on the Prairie: Frontier Murders dives into two chilling, true 1880s Missouri–Kansas borderland cases: the Hillyard Double Murder and the Clay County Corpse Mystery. Both crimes emerged from the same frontier era when isolation, post–Civil War tensions, and primitive investigations shaped how violence unfolded — and why so many murders stayed unsolved.Through original archival reporting, regional history, and an unflinching look at frontier justice, we explore how these victims lived, how they

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00:30:30

The 1950 Kansas City Double Mob Murder: Binaggio &...

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2025/12/05

On April 6, 1950, two of Kansas City’s most powerful men—political boss Charles Binaggio and mob enforcer Charles “Mad Dog” Gargotta—were found executed inside the First Ward Democratic Club.No witnesses.No suspects.No charges.This episode uncovers the documented facts behind the murders, the political machine that protected them, and how their deaths reshaped the Kansas City mob for the next 50 years. From high-level Mafia pressure to federal investigations and the fallout of the Kefauver hearings,

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00:21:21

Unsolved KC: The 1915 Boice Mystery and the 1933...

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2025/12/03

Two Kansas City socialites. Eighteen years apart.Both dead under circumstances the city never fully explained.In this episode of Deadly Truths, Becca uncovers the parallel tragedies of Mary Virginia Boice, the 24-year-old society woman found dead in a locked hotel room at the Savoy in 1915, and Bonnie Bolding Hester, the wealthy widow discovered strangled inside her upscale home in 1933.Both cases triggered headlines, scandal whispers, and carefully managed investigations that revealed more about

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00:32:32

The Assassination of Mob Boss Johnny Lazia (1934):...

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2025/12/03

Johnny Lazia wasn’t just a gangster — he was KansasCity. Political fixer, mob kingpin, and the man behind Tom Pendergast’s muscle, Lazia controlled bootlegging, gambling, bombings, and election fraud across the city.On July 10, 1934, his reign ended in a burst of machine-gunfire outside St. Joseph’s Hospital. The hit shocked the city, the newspapers exploded, and the fallout exposed one of the deepest criminal-political networks in American history.In this episode, we break down Lazia’s rise, his

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