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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.

MoNo Encore: The Revenge of Hannah Duston w/ Jay Atkinson

75 hours 27 mins; March 31, 2026

431: The Cape Cod Murder of 1899 w/ Theresa Mitchell Webster

74 hours 43 mins; March 26, 2026

430: The Thames Torso Murders Revisited w/ Suzanne Huntington

97 hours 44 mins; March 19, 2026

429: The Last Outlaws of the Old West w/ Tom Clavin

61 hours 35 mins; March 12, 2026

428: The Shipwreck of the San José & the Quest to Find Its Treasure w/ Julian Sancton

61 hours 34 mins; March 05, 2026

MoNo Encore: The Mysterious Death of Fritzie Mann w/ James Stewart

76 hours 52 mins; February 28, 2026

427: The 1949 Exorcism That Inspired "The Exorcist" w/ Troy Taylor

76 hours 22 mins; February 24, 2026

American Criminal: Machine Gun Kelly

40 mins; February 21, 2026

426: Elizabeth Báthory: The World's Worst Female Serial Killer? w/ Shelley Puhak

67 hours 31 mins; February 18, 2026

425: Henry Scott Mausell: Michigan's First Serial Killer? w/ Allie Seibert

67 hours 20 mins; February 10, 2026

424: The Black Dahlia: Another Suspect w/ William J Mann

67 hours 5 mins; February 03, 2026

423: The Nazi & the Psychiatrist w/ Jack El-Hai

62 hours 34 mins; January 28, 2026

MoNo Encore: The East River Ripper Murder of Old Shakespeare w/ George R. Dekle Sr.

84 hours 47 mins; January 24, 2026

422: The Wreck of the Circus Ship Royal Tar w/ Jane Parks Gardner

48 mins; January 22, 2026

421: The Killer of Little Shepherds w/ Douglas Starr

63 hours 1 min; January 16, 2026

420: The 1788 Doctors' Riot w/ Andy McPhee

69 hours 34 mins; January 07, 2026

419: Serial Killer Pee Wee Gaskins w/ Dick Harpootlian

68 hours 10 mins; December 29, 2025

418: The Black Dahlia & the Prairie Heiress Murders: One Killer? w/ Eli Frankel

90 hours 19 mins; December 17, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Murder of Frank Richardson w/ Kimberly Tilley

74 hours 29 mins; December 14, 2025

417: The Shipwreck of the Mignonette w/ Adam Cohen

58 mins; December 11, 2025

416: Nazi Germany’s Bungled Operation Condor w/ Gavin Whitehead

57 mins; December 03, 2025

415: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald w/ John U. Bacon

55 mins; November 26, 2025

414: The Martha Wise Murders w/ Rod Kackley

54 mins; November 20, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Murder of President James Garfield w/ Candice Millard

59 mins; November 15, 2025

413: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Tombstone w/ Mark Lee Gardner

80 hours 10 mins; November 12, 2025

412: The Killing of William Woodward w/ Jerry Aylward

69 hours 13 mins; November 05, 2025

411: The Murder of Zoya Fyodorova w/ Chris Pouy

86 hours 12 mins; October 28, 2025

The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis - Southern Gothic

36 mins; October 25, 2025

410: The 1856 Dublin Railway Murder w/ Thomas Morris

73 hours 12 mins; October 22, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Car Barn Murders w/ Karen Smith

72 hours 8 mins; October 16, 2025

409: The Scientist & the Serial Killer w/ Lise Olsen

89 hours 46 mins; October 09, 2025

408: The Murder of Cecelia Gullivan w/ Jeffrey L. Amestoy

65 hours 33 mins; September 29, 2025

407: The Thames Torso Murders w/ Sarah Bax Horton

62 hours 24 mins; September 24, 2025

406: The Murder of Jujube Heiress Ruth Quinn w/ Taylor Kiland

57 mins; September 17, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Murder of Dr. W.D. Broadhurst w/ Patrick Gallagher

75 hours 56 mins; September 13, 2025

405: A History of Eugenics in America w/ Mark A. Torres

67 hours 20 mins; September 10, 2025

404: Gunfighter Clay Allison w/ Donna Blake Birchell

64 hours 47 mins; September 03, 2025

403: The Madman of Crystal Beach w/ M.F. Gross

83 hours 49 mins; August 27, 2025

402: The Reno Redfield Heist w/ Gavin Schmitt

63 hours 40 mins; August 20, 2025

401: The First Forensic Hanging w/ Summer Strevens

55 mins; August 13, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Bermondsey Horror w/ Gavin Whitehead

77 hours 42 mins; August 06, 2025

400: The Legend of Belle Starr w/ Michael Wallis

68 hours 39 mins; July 30, 2025

399: The Life & Crimes of Robert Spears w/ Jerry Jamison

106 hours 18 mins; July 23, 2025

398: John Wilkes Booth & the Last Year of the Civil War w/ Scott Ellsworth

59 mins; July 15, 2025

397: The Hazel Drew Murder Revisited w/ Jerry C. Drake

86 hours 27 mins; July 09, 2025

MoNo Encore: The 1912 Murder of Ella Barham w/ Nita Gould

83 hours 9 mins; July 03, 2025

396: The 1951 Murder of Clarence Pellett w/ Clem Pellett

78 hours 52 mins; June 30, 2025

395: The 1917 Murder of Beatrice Epler w/ Allie Seibert

89 hours 43 mins; June 23, 2025

394: The Castleton Massacre with Margaret Carson & Sharon Anne Cook

82 hours 52 mins; June 16, 2025

393: The Man Who Shot J.P. Morgan w/ Mary Noé

73 hours 32 mins; June 09, 2025

392: Golden Age Pirate George Lowther w/ Craig Chapman

67 hours 30 mins; June 02, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Murder of Kitty Genovese w/ Catherine Pelonero

67 hours 5 mins; May 29, 2025

391: Civil War Era & Gilded Age Con Artist Charles Cowlam w/ Frank W. Garmon Jr.

58 mins; May 27, 2025

390: Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder w/ Greg Lilly

67 hours 31 mins; May 19, 2025

389: A History of Axe Murder w/ Rachel McCarthy James

66 hours 11 mins; May 12, 2025

388: The Adriatic Affair w/ Jennifer Sellitti

71 hours 22 mins; May 04, 2025

Introducing the Slaycation Podcast

26 mins; May 01, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Murders of Stringbean and Estelle Akeman w/ Taylor Hagood

104 hours 5 mins; April 29, 2025

387: The Beatle Bandit w/ Nate Hendley

55 mins; April 26, 2025

386: America's Nazi POW Murders w/ William Geroux

70 hours 21 mins; April 18, 2025

385: The 1870 Murder of A.P. Crittenden w/ Gary Krist

66 hours 3 mins; April 12, 2025

384: The 1943 Murders of Dr. Roy & Mae Hunt w/ Christena Stephens

54 mins; April 05, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Murder of Carol Thompson w/ Bill Swanson

61 hours 51 mins; March 28, 2025

383: The Mysterious Disappearance of Molly Zelko w/ Rod Kackley

55 mins; March 22, 2025

382: The Notorious Nancy Clem & the Cold Spring Murders w/ Wendy Gamber

76 hours 1 min; March 16, 2025

381: Alabama's Kilpatrick Shooting w/ Lesa Carnes Shaul

84 hours 18 mins; March 07, 2025

380: Murder in Blackout London w/ Amy Helen Bell

56 mins; March 01, 2025

379: The Pan Am Flight 7 Seven Crash w/ Ken Fortenberry

80 hours 37 mins; February 21, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Villisca Axe Murders - The Reverend Lyn George Kelly w/ Edgar Epperly

75 hours 28 mins; February 14, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Villisca Axe Murders: Wilkerson Vs. Jones w/ Edgar Epperly

74 hours 37 mins; February 14, 2025

MoNo Encore: The Villisca Axe Murders: Crime Scene w/ Edgar Epperly

73 hours 0 mins; February 14, 2025

378: The Murder of "Elvis Girl" Jenny Maxwell w/ Buddy Moorehouse

73 hours 27 mins; February 06, 2025

377: The Murder of Anna Wilkens & The Birth of the Lie Detector w/ Amit Katwala

55 mins; January 30, 2025

376: Erie's Mausoleum Mystery w/ Justin Dombrowski

55 mins; January 27, 2025

375: The Murder of Virginia Olson w/ Brian & Cameron Santana

81 hours 40 mins; January 23, 2025

American Criminal: John Gotti - Making a Man

45 mins; January 18, 2025

374: The Mafia, the Kennedys & Hoover w/ Louis Ferrante

88 hours 23 mins; January 14, 2025

373: The Murder Case that Inspired The Scarlet Letter w/ Kate Winkler Dawson

62 hours 27 mins; January 06, 2025

MoNo Encore: Catch Me If You Can's Frank Abagnale - Perpetrator of the Ultimate Hoax? w/ Alan C. Logan

91 hours 32 mins; December 26, 2024

372: Rhode Island's Last Execution w/ Paul F. Caranci

74 hours 2 mins; December 19, 2024

371: The Barbara Graham Murder Case w/ Marcia Clark

56 mins; December 15, 2024

370: Britain's Notorious Hawkhurst Gang w/ Joseph Dragovich

61 hours 0 mins; December 10, 2024

369: Polly Bodine: The Witch of New York w/ Alex Hortis

79 hours 6 mins; December 06, 2024

368: Gangster Hunters w/ John Oller - A True Crime History Podcast

66 hours 39 mins; November 26, 2024

MoNo Encore: Jack the Ripper - New Clues & Theories w/ Tom Wescott

74 hours 17 mins; November 21, 2024

367: A Double Murder in 1948 Illinois w/ Ted Gregory

74 hours 33 mins; November 15, 2024

366: Revenge, Murder & Madness in 1903 Indiana w/ Stephen Terrell

82 hours 16 mins; November 08, 2024

365: Ontario's Lazier Murder w/ Robert J. Sharpe

47 mins; November 02, 2024

364: Absinthe: The World's Most Dangerous Spirit w/ Evan Rail

64 hours 29 mins; October 25, 2024

MoNo Encore: The Mysterious Death of "Furnace Girl" Elfrieda Knaak w/ Kraig Moreland

85 hours 40 mins; October 22, 2024

363: The Donner Party Tragedy w/ Troy Taylor

77 hours 6 mins; October 18, 2024

362: The Murders of Virginia Brooks, Louise Teuber & Hazel Bradshaw w/ Richard L. Carrico

68 hours 39 mins; October 11, 2024

361: A Brief History of Scotland Yard w/ Simon Read

65 hours 41 mins; October 04, 2024

360: The Mysterious Death of Sarah Mumford w/ Michelle Graff - A True Crime History Podcast

68 hours 8 mins; September 26, 2024

MoNo Encore: DB Cooper & the Hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 w/ Darren Schaefer & George McKeon

77 hours 53 mins; September 21, 2024

359: The Manhattan Well Murder w/ Gavin Whitehead

71 hours 24 mins; September 13, 2024

358: The Murder of Ruth Munson w/ Roger Barr

81 hours 27 mins; September 06, 2024

357: The Strange Death of Ira Gurley w/ Dale Ross & the Birmingham Axe Murders w/ Jeremy Gray

70 hours 27 mins; August 28, 2024

356: Murder and Madness in Bologna w/ Mònica Calabritto

53 mins; August 20, 2024

MoNo Encore: The Mysterious Disappearance of Alice Parsons w/ Steven C. Drielak

74 hours 39 mins; August 16, 2024

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