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History is Criminal

Crime is as old as human history. After 30 years of teaching history, I brought my story telling to the internet. In season 2 I"m joined by my history hating wife as she is forced to listen to my stories of historic crime. She adds her thoughts, questions and sarcastic comments as the stories unravel. If you like history or crime, or just a wife harassing her husband, join us. New stories drop every Wednesday.

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00:31:44

Sacco and Vanzetti: Murderers or Guilty of Being...

History is Criminal ·

2026/02/25

Join us as we jump back to 1920 Braintree, Massachusetts and a case that people still argue to this day, Sacco and Vanzetti. In the middle of the nation's first great "red scare" two immigrant anarchist are arrested and tried for robbery and murder. The case will become international news, with some believing to this day that our pair were set up by a system designed to keep people like them down .

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00:28:20

Let's be pirates: William Kidd and Redacted

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2026/02/18

Join us as we jump back to 1700 and the trial of one of the most famous pirates in history. Even if he was not all that successful. It is a story of what can happen if you get caught in the middle of a political game, and you're the one with out power.

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00:28:57

Mary Dyer: OG Boss Mamma

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2026/02/11

Join us in 1660s Boston, when how you prey can get you hung. We look at Mary Dyer, a lady who was willing to lay everything on the line for the concept of religious liberty, and freedom of consciousness.

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00:35:31

The Massie Cases: Race and Rage in Paradise

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2026/02/04

A world of perfect sunsets and endless summer. But in 1931 paradise would be rocked by crimes and failures of the justice system. A system that, at times, didn't even seem to be trying to get things right.Join Kim and I as we jump back to 1931 Hawaii, and the Massie Trials. That right multiple crimes, and a little history lesson.

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00:30:34

I didn't kill my wife: The Case of Sam Sheppard

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2026/01/30

We jump back to 1950s Ohio and a case that inspired TV shows and movies with some of Hollywood's biggest names. The beautiful young wife of a successful surgeon is found the victim of the brutal murder. Suspicion soon falls on the husband. But did Sam Sheppard kill his wife? And why didn't Tommy Lee Jones care? I didn't do a lot of editing here, so if it sounds like I have the plague, well I do.

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00:32:49

Burn Baby Burn: 1741 New York Slave Plot

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2026/01/21

A city goes up in flames. At first people believe it to be an accident. Then a conspiracy starts to unravel that, if true, could shake the very foundations of New York colonial society. Join Kim and I as we jump back to look at one of the most violent and insane moments of colonial history, one that has been left out of almost all history books. sources for this episode"The New York Plot" TrialsNew York Slave Conspiracy 1741, Summary, Facts, SignificanceThe New York Conspiracy of 1741 |

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00:36:28

Scopes Trial: or My Uncle is a Monkey

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2026/01/15

A day late but one extra host. Kim and I are joined by our granddaughter, Grace as we just back 100 years to Dayton, Tennessee and a small town's plan to make an easy buck. But like many great plans, they soon find themselves in way over their heads. Come with us as we look at the famed "Scopes Monkey Trial." Trigger warning, this might step on some folk's beliefs.

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00:33:26

Leopold and Loeb: When "supermen" kill

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2026/01/07

Two "geniuses" plan to pull off the perfect crime. But their big ol' brains just can't get out of their way. It was a trial that transfixed Americans in 1924. But it would be just one of many "crimes of the century."Join Kim and I as we jump back to 1924 Chicago and the case of Leopold and Loeb.

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00:30:40

The Rosewood Massacre

History is Criminal ·

2025/12/31

New Year's Day 1923 an accusation causes people to lose all sense of humanity. A quiet small town is erased from the map in an act of racial violence that was itself erased from history for 60 years. Join Kim and I as we dig into the tragic story of Rosewood, Florida. A story some tried to kill, but refused to die.

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00:22:30

Criminal Christmas

History is Criminal ·

2025/12/24

In a slightly shorter episode, we take a look at some of the legal trappings of the yuletide. From Puritans to a tree tax, Kim and I jump around it time to look at some Christmas traditions that were codified into law. It's a very merry criminal Christmas

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00:28:33

Santa Robs a Bank

History is Criminal ·

2025/12/18

For nearly 1700 years the real Santa has been breaking into homes all around the world and treating traffic law like mere suggestions. But what happens when Santa goes full on Christmas felon. Join Kim and I as we look at four Santas who found their names on the naughty list.I also left in some of the stuff that could have been edited out, let me know if you like the outtakes left in.

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00:00:57

Short Preview: Full episode Wednesday Night

History is Criminal ·

2025/12/17

Kim is down. The Dentist got her, so we are dropping the full episode in 24 hrs. Just a little preview of Santa Robs a Bank.

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00:35:29

A Bad Case of Crabs: Who killed President Harding

History is Criminal ·

2025/12/10

The president might be the most documented man in the country. His every move is watched, analyzed, and debated. If a president were to just up and drop dead, you would think there would be no end to the investigation. But when Warren G Harding died nobody looking into anything. Was it his heart, a stroke, a bad case of crabs, or possible suicide or even assassination. The leader of one of the most corrupt administrations in history dies, quickly, with more questions than answer, and they don't

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00:28:40

Wilson E Davis: Aging like Dynamite

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2025/12/03

It has been said that older people are less likely to commit violent crimes because, we all mellow with age. Whoever said that never meet Captain Wilson Ellis Davis. Davis might have been a lot of things, but mellow wasn't one of them. Civil War vet, possible Captain in the Union Army, sharpshooter, and likely murderer he seems to have just gotten meaner with age.Join Kim and I as we jump back to 1914 Sawtelle, California and a murderer with a plan . Just maybe not a great plan.

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00:33:13

A Con Woman and a Royal Face Plant: Jeanne de la Motte

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2025/11/26

What do you do when ancient laws and biology cut your family out of the royal line. Well if you are Jeanne de la Motte you fake it until you make. Or until it all come crashing down like a guillotine on Louis XVI oversized neck.Join Kim and I as we jump back to 1790s France and a con artist who would try to make the royal court her mark, and in the process add to the insanity causing the French Revolution.

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00:30:01

Jimmy Hope: the Last Gentleman Bank Robber

History is Criminal ·

2025/11/19

I'm all alone this week as I jump bank to the late 19th century to look at the last gentleman bank robber, Jimmy Hope. Hope was a thief with a code of non-violence and if stories are to be believed a little bit of a softer side. It was a time when many of the bank robbers were seen as Robin Hood figures, without the whole pesky giving to the poor. But boy did they rob from the rich.

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00:31:14

Death in the Adirondacks (again): Or Tennis anyone?

History is Criminal ·

2025/11/16

Hopefully the full Episode is there this time. A young couple set out to row across a beautiful upstate New York lake. But when the boat never comes back a poorly planned murder, or horrible accident, is quickly uncovered.Join Kim and I as we take a look at the death of Grace Brown, a story that has fascinated true crime lovers for over 100 years. Just what happened on Big Moose Lake in July of 1906

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00:24:33

Death of Christopher Marlowe: Or A Renaissance Rumble

History is Criminal ·

2025/11/05

Playwright, party boy, spy. Christopher Marlowe was one of the biggest names in Elizabethan England. More successful and famous than William Shakespeare, rubbing elbows with the Queen and Royal Court. But then he dies in a questionable way while day drinking with three friends. Three friends with their own shady back stories. Join Kim and I as we jump back to 1593 Elizabethan England and the mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe.

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00:36:00

A Death in Hollywood's Golden Age

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2025/10/29

She was one of the most beautiful women in the world. She had wealth, fame, and talent. What she didn't have was a knack for picking men. And it would lead to a murder!Sound like a Hollywood movie? Well it was really life Hollywood in 1958. Join Kim and I as we jump back to 1958 and the death of a low-level mobster, at the hands of the 14 year-old daughter of Lana Turner.

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00:35:07

The Borgias: History's OG Crime Family

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2025/10/22

What do incest, bribery, murder, theft, and a Saint have in common? They are all part of the Borgia family. Join Kim and I as we jump back to the Renaissance to look at Cesear, Lucrezia, and their Dad, Pops the pope as they take on all seven deadly sins, and rip through the 10 Commandments all in route to massive money and power.Its crime family 1500s style.

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