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Historical True Crime

Step into the shadows of the past with "Historical True Crime," the podcast that takes you on a gripping journey through some of history's most captivating and chilling criminal stories. Each episode is a meticulously researched exploration into the depths of history, where true crime meets the intriguing backdrop of different eras. From legendary criminals and unsolved mysteries to the groundbreaking investigations that shaped the course of justice, our narratives paint a vivid picture of the darker side of humanity throughout time.

Anna Marie Hahn: The Cincinnati Poisonings

21 mins; April 03, 2026

The Murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo (1893) — Sicily’s First Mafia Case

16 mins; March 27, 2026

The Ratcliffe Highway Murders: Terror in London’s East End

22 mins; March 19, 2026

The Unsolved Disappearance of Jean Spangler

22 mins; March 06, 2026

The Hinterkaifeck Murders: Germany’s Most Mysterious Unsolved Case

23 mins; February 28, 2026

Murder at 31 Bond Street: Emma Cunningham and the Burdell Case

22 mins; February 20, 2026

The Batavia Shipwreck: Mutiny, Massacre, and Survival in 1629

23 mins; February 13, 2026

The Pendle Witch Trials (1612): Suspicion, Belief, and Execution

20 mins; February 05, 2026

The Inglewood Murders: Albert Dyer and the Case Built on Confessions (1937)

25 mins; January 30, 2026

The Camden Town Murder: Emily Dimmock (1907)

20 mins; January 23, 2026

The Manhattan Well Murder: The Death of Elma Sands

25 mins; January 16, 2026

Mary Ann Britland: A Victorian Poisoning

18 mins; January 09, 2026

Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley

24 mins; January 02, 2026

The Butcher of Hannover: Bones in the River

32 mins; December 19, 2025

The Hay Poisoner

30 mins; December 12, 2025

The Atlas Vampire: The Unsolved Murder of Lilly Lindeström

21 mins; December 05, 2025

The Carnegie Heiress Fraud: A Gilded Age Scandal

37 mins; November 28, 2025

Bridget Cleary: The Changeling Murder

39 mins; November 23, 2025

The Blackburn Cult: Faith, Fraud, and the Frozen Girl

26 mins; November 14, 2025

The French Ripper: Joseph Vacher and the Birth of Forensic Science

28 mins; November 07, 2025

Murder in the Fog: The Hammersmith Ghost Case

21 mins; October 31, 2025

Murder and the Hellfire Club

25 mins; October 24, 2025

The Chelmsford Witch: The Trial of Agnes Waterhouse

25 mins; October 17, 2025

Greed on Madison Avenue: The Murder of William Marsh Rice

20 mins; October 10, 2025

Torch Singer, Widow, Suspect: The Tragedy of Libby Holman

31 mins; October 03, 2025

From Teal’s Pond to Twin Peaks: The Hazel Drew Story

22 mins; September 26, 2025

H. H. Holmes: Myth and Murder in the White City

36 mins; September 19, 2025

The Pimlico Poisoning: Chloroform, Scandal, and Suspicion

24 mins; September 12, 2025

The Devil’s Journalist: Ambrose Bierce and His Disappearance

20 mins; September 05, 2025

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders: Lost Boys of California

21 mins; August 29, 2025

Secrets at the Seaside: The Rattenbury Murder Case

23 mins; August 22, 2025

The Campden Wonder: Murder, Pirates, and a Ghost Returned

19 mins; August 15, 2025

Forbidden Love, Fatal End: Alice Mitchell & Freda Ward

24 mins; August 08, 2025

The Tichborne Case: Shipwreck, Imposture, and Scandal

32 mins; August 01, 2025

The Sex Beast: Jazz, Murder, and Melvin Rees

21 mins; July 26, 2025

Curses, Powwowing, and Murder: The Hex Hollow Case

21 mins; July 18, 2025

The Abode of Love: A Victorian Sex Cult

21 mins; July 11, 2025

Secrets and Silence: William Morgan and the Freemasons

24 mins; July 04, 2025

Ten Days in a Mad-House: The Nellie Bly Investigation

28 mins; June 27, 2025

George Chapman: Poisoner or Jack the Ripper

24 mins; June 20, 2025

Death in the El Palacio: The Unsolved Case of Georgette Bauerdorf

22 mins; June 13, 2025

Netta Fornario: Death on the Faery Hill

18 mins; June 06, 2025

Mayerling: Death of a Crown Prince

24 mins; May 30, 2025

The Girl in the Basement: The Murder of Sylvia Likens

26 mins; May 23, 2025

The Deadly Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

22 mins; May 16, 2025

The Tragic Tale of Sweet Fanny Adams

20 mins; May 09, 2025

Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?

21 mins; May 02, 2025

The Locked Room Puzzle: The Unsolved Murder of Julia Wallace

20 mins; April 25, 2025

The Alligator Man Murders

18 mins; April 18, 2025

Brothel Murder: The Helen Jewett Case

21 mins; April 11, 2025

The Black Donnellys: A Family Marked for Murder

22 mins; April 04, 2025

Marion Parker: A Ransom with No Mercy

22 mins; March 28, 2025

Blood in the Stacks: The Murder of Betsy Aardsma

17 mins; March 21, 2025

Bela Kiss: The Butcher of Cinkota

15 mins; March 14, 2025

The Crime Behind An American Tragedy: The Murder of Grace Brown

17 mins; March 07, 2025

Murder in Paradise: Sir Harry Oakes

19 mins; February 28, 2025

The Sodder Family's Lost Children

19 mins; February 21, 2025

Thelma Todd: Hollywood’s Ice Cream Blonde and Her Mysterious Death

17 mins; February 14, 2025

Vanished Without a Trace: The Flannan Isles Mystery

17 mins; February 07, 2025

The Bobby Dunbar Case: A Family, a Child, and a Decade of Doubt

17 mins; January 31, 2025

The Devil's Whisper: The Loudun Possessions

18 mins; January 24, 2025

Alice Crimmins: A Mother’s Trial by Fire

22 mins; January 17, 2025

The Cold Spring Murders

18 mins; January 10, 2025

Typhoid Mary: A Cook’s Deadly Secret

20 mins; January 03, 2025

The Forgotten Tragedy of the Cigar Girl

22 mins; December 27, 2024

Frontier Justice: The Mystery of the Mad Trapper

18 mins; December 20, 2024

Chicago’s Unsolved Tragedy: The Grimes Sisters Case

19 mins; December 13, 2024

Anatomy of a Murder: The Webster-Parkman Trial

20 mins; December 06, 2024

The Red Barn Murder: A Tale of Love, Lies, and Death

17 mins; November 29, 2024

The Little Rascals Curse: The Death of Carl Switzer

18 mins; November 22, 2024

The Bath School Massacre

19 mins; November 15, 2024

Blood and Blueprint: The Taliesin Murders

18 mins; November 08, 2024

The Candy Man Murders: The Dark Legacy of Dean Corll

18 mins; November 01, 2024

Stolen Innocence: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

20 mins; October 25, 2024

Blood on the Streets: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

20 mins; October 18, 2024

Hollywood Whispers: The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince

16 mins; October 11, 2024

Jack the Ripper: The Mystery That Endures (Episode 100)

34 mins; October 04, 2024

In Search of Truth: The Gilchrist Murder Case

20 mins; September 27, 2024

A Predator Among Us: The Dayton Strangler Murders

22 mins; September 20, 2024

Bloodlines of Appalachia: The Hatfield-McCoy Feud

21 mins; September 06, 2024

The Murder in Room 144: A 19th Century Trunk Mystery

19 mins; August 30, 2024

The Dark Legacy of Ardlamont: A Tale of Betrayal and Death

19 mins; August 23, 2024

Murder and Media: The Guldensuppe Case

16 mins; August 16, 2024

The Brides in the Bath Murders

22 mins; August 09, 2024

Arsenic and Old Lace: Murderer Amy Archer-Gilligan

18 mins; August 02, 2024

Peter Woodcock: Psychopathy Unleashed

18 mins; July 26, 2024

The Murder of Pearl Bryan: Decapitation and Deceit

17 mins; July 19, 2024

Heist of the Century: The Great Train Robbery

21 mins; July 12, 2024

The Gatton Murders: Secrets in the Outback

21 mins; July 05, 2024

Deadly Premonitions: Tillie Klimek

19 mins; June 28, 2024

The Road Hill Murder: A Victorian Mystery

19 mins; June 21, 2024

Mass Murder in the Windy City: The Richard Speck Case

22 mins; June 14, 2024

Lana Turner: Love, Betrayal, and Murder

20 mins; June 07, 2024

Velma Barfield: Death Row's First Female

18 mins; May 31, 2024

Robert Coombes: Boy Killer of Victorian London

19 mins; May 24, 2024

Madness and Masterpieces: The Richard Dadd Story

19 mins; May 17, 2024

Haunted History: The Sinister Story of Lavinia Fisher

19 mins; May 10, 2024

Beyond Alias Grace: The Grace Marks Story

17 mins; May 03, 2024

City Under Seige: NYC Mad Bomber

17 mins; April 26, 2024

Lost Identity: The Somerton Man Mystery

19 mins; April 19, 2024

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