In 1950, four young men robbed Rose Palermo in her home in Greentree, Pennsylvania. She didn't take kindly to that. Joining me is my 6 year old Zach.
Feb 14, 2024
5 min
While incarcerated in the 1980s, career burglar Roland Steele met drug dealer Robert McGrogan and pimp Sam Wallace (who trafficked minors). These chance encounters led to the Karate Chop Killings of 3 octogenarian widows, whose lives were devoted to charities for disadvantaged children. How could there have been a motive?
Feb 11, 2024
30 min
In 1905, cocaine addicted Thomas O'Toole killed his brother-in-law then broke out of jail. He was never caught, so where did he go?
Feb 6, 2024
22 min
In remote Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1890, bumbling blacksmith Alfred Hart couldn't do anything right. Not murder, not even suicide.
Jan 24, 2024
7 min
In 1908, 16 year old Arline Knisely and 48 year old Charles Spach were found having been shot in the head. It was ruled a murder-suicide despite that being forensically impossible.
Jan 20, 2024
12 min
Before Bonnie and Clyde, there was a less sexy duo of robbers. Irene and Glenn had clean records then quickly escalated to crime once they met. The killed their way to the electric chair, and Irene became the first woman in Pennsylvania to use one. The mystery remains: what motivated them suddenly?
Jan 9, 2024
20 min
In 1907, in Wheeling, West Virginia, 19 year old wealthy Lila Zane had boys wrapped around her finger and could manipulate them into doing anything she wanted- even murder. When she got caught, her lawyers said she was insane. But was she?
Dec 31, 2023
18 min
Martha Grinder was a serial killer who was hanged in Allegheny County in 1866. Known as the "Pittsburgh Poisoner", her ghost is still seen wandering around town. Despite all folklore to the contrary, I don't believe she did it. In fact, I think she may have been a good person who was targeted.
Dec 24, 2023
9 min
On Christmas Eve of 1937 in Trumbull County, Ohio, beautiful steel heiress Louise Campbell grew impatiently bored at the family Christmas party. The ensuing events fueled by eggnog led to her mother's death.
Dec 23, 2023
4 min
What possessed Bertha to murder her mother? Apparently, her dad.
He was the local butcher with a thriving business. Right before Christmas in 1897, he died of a heart-attack at the breakfast table. After that, his ghost followed Bertha around to complain about how lonely he was.
Dec 14, 2023
10 min
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