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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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00:36:00

A Death in Hollywood's Golden Age

History is Criminal ·

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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00:21:52

Grace O'Malley: A Life Out of Order

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2025/10/15

Pirate Queen, Warrior, Clan Chief: Grace O'Malley never allowed others to define her. Join Kim and I as we jump back to the 1500s to look at the life of one tough mother. Irish folklore and history combine to tell the tale of one of the most fascinating women in history.

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00:24:21

Start Spreading the News ... We Kidnapped Frank...

History is Criminal ·

2025/10/09

Down on your luck need some quick money? Why not kidnap the 19-year-old son of one of the most famous people in the world? What could go wrong?Join Kim and I as we jump back to 1963 Lake Tahoe and the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. It's a story that comes with a surprise cameo by a famous surf-rocker.

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00:00:20

oops we broke something

History is Criminal ·

2025/10/08

technical issues and my illness means that this week's episode won't drop until the evening of the 9th. So, for our literally 10s of fans hope you will come back tomorrow evening, for the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra JR.

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00:27:55

Ma Barker: My Poor innocent babies

History is Criminal ·

2025/10/01

It is great when families share hobbies. But for the Barkers that hobby seemed to be bank robbery, murder, and kidnapping. And according to the FBI's J Edgar Hoover, at the heart of it all was the mama, Kate "Ma" Barker. But just what was the role of Ma Barker, as her boys terrorized the mid-West.Join Kim and I as we jump back to the depression era to tell the tale of Kate "Ma" Barker and her overly stimulated bunch of boys.

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00:31:19

The Death of Rasputin: Trust Me I'm a Monk

History is Criminal ·

2025/09/24

Mad man or holy man? Grigori Rasputin went from illiterate monk in the wilds of Siberia, to having the ear of the Tsarina. As the empire set on the edge of disaster many felt the only way to save the Romanov dynasty was for the Mad Monk to die. Join Kim and I as we jump back to pre-revolution Russia to look at the life and death of Grigori Rasputin.

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00:21:52

Ching Shih: Pirate Queen of China

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2025/09/17

Strong women have often made their marks on history. But Ching Shih might have out done them all. She might have been the most successful pirate of all time. And unlike most other pirates she would walk away with the cash.Join Kim and I this week as we travel to 18th century China to look at the Pirate Queen of the South China Sea.

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00:32:15

Too many Louis: The Lost Dauphin

History is Criminal ·

2025/09/10

An empire falls prey to the age of revolution, because a man-child king is unable to lead. As the revolution becomes a blood bath, what happens to the royal family? Join Kim and I as we look at Louis Charles (AKA Louis XVII) the lost Dauphin of France. It is a story of con men, desperate hope, and an attempt to claim a crown, decades after the collapse of a monarchy.

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00:26:16

Akira Nishiguchi: Messenger of Evil

History is Criminal ·

2025/09/03

A serial killer in post WWII Japan works his way across the nation. Using his skill as a conman he keeps one step ahead of the police. But a 10-year-old girl will prove to be his undoing. Join Kim and I as we travel to Japan in the years after the war and take a look at the tale of Akira Nishiguchi, the "Black Gold Metal Killer."

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00:33:18

When a town goes nuts: The Brooke Hart Murder

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2025/08/27

In 1933 a wealthy, popular, All-American young man is taken by two desperate men. Over the next few weeks San Jose, California anger and lust for revenge grows. Join Kim and I as we dig into the events of November 1933, and a town that takes the law into their own hands.

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00:24:44

Deported by God: the attempted assassination of a...

History is Criminal ·

2025/08/20

It was a time of labor unrest in the United States. Socialist and anarchist used the brutal tactics of the robber barons to gain support for their causes. The robber barons used private armies, like the famed Pinkertons, to crush unions. In 1892 these forces would collide at the Carnegie owned steel mill in Homestead Penn. Join Kim and I as we take a dive into the chaos surrounding the Homestead strike and the attempted assassination of one of the most powerful business leaders in the United States,

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00:29:24

The Black Dahlia: Cupid's lousy aim

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2025/08/13

In 1947 a woman walked with young daughter to pick up a pair of shoes. Ahead she was what she thought was a broken mannequin, what it actually was would start one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in the history of Hollywood. Join Kim and I as we look into the story surrounding the Black Dahlia murder.

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00:25:53

The Indiana Ogress: Belle Gunness

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2025/08/06

What is a lonely widow to do when not one but two husbands up and die on her? Well head to the personal ads of course. And that was just what Belle Gunness did, over and over again. Was she an unlucky victim of both fate and an evil man or was she a prolific serial killer. And what really happened to the woman newspapers called the Indiana Ogress. Join Kim and I this week as we look at the tragically horrific life of Belle Gunness.

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00:34:24

The Over Emotional Benedict: or how to save then sell...

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2025/07/30

He was one of the greatest heroes of the Revolution, right up until he betrayed it. Why would a man who gave the American cause everything turn traitor? Was it love, money, or something else that drove Benedict Arnold to become the most famous traitor in American History. Join Kim and I as we look into an act of treason that still sticks in the American psyche.

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00:27:16

The Missouri Kid: Let's Rob a Bank!

History is Criminal ·

2025/07/23

His was always a troublemaker, even his mama said so. But, was Willie Rudolph, AKA the Missouri Kid smart enough to outwit the private army, that was the Pinkerton Detective Agency. At a time when bank robbers were often viewed as folk heroes and banks the bad guys, Black Frank and the Missouri Kid briefly captured America's imagination, just as the old west was dying out. Join Kim and I as we look at the life of the Missouri Kid.

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00:30:16

Divorce, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded,...

History is Criminal ·

2025/07/16

Maybe marrying the King of England isn't all that great. For the wives of Henry VIII, it was a dangerous game. Of his six wives it would be Anne Boleyn whose death still sticks with us the most. Maybe because it caused a whole country to change its religion, or maybe because it is hard to know just how much of a role Anne played in her own sad story, but she is the wife that we still fixate on today. Kimberly and I take on the twisted and tragic story of Henry's second wife Anne Boleyn. Why

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00:24:12

Tiny lady, big gun: The Story of Pearl Hart

History is Criminal ·

2025/07/09

The Bandit Queen of Arizona, Pearl Hart seemed to be all about breaking hearts and breaking barrios as the 19th century came to an end. She would become a nationwide celebrity and even a poster woman for the suffragette movement. All this despite the fact that her only stagecoach robbery ended in a failure and her arrest. Join Kimberly and I as we dive into the wild and sometime confusing story of Pearl Hart.

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00:26:02

Ye Olde Dumb Criminals: America's First Bank Heist

History is Criminal ·

2025/07/02

Kim and I jump back to the late 1700's and the City of Brotherly Love, to examine a poorly executed bank heist. 1798 Philadelphia, Yellow fever rips through the city, as people flea two men pull off the first bank robbery in US History. They almost got away with it but turns out they weren't the brightest Philly had to offer. The wrong man will rot in jail, even after it is clear that he didn't do it. So how did Patrick Lyon get out of jail and what did he do next? Listen to this

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00:20:36

One wrong turn and world goes crazy: the...

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2025/06/25

Kimberly and I take a look at the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. If it were a Holly wood story it would have too many plot holes and coincidences for anyone to want to produce it. How did a 19 year old Serbian military reject manage to kill the heir to the Austrian throne sparking the First World War?

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