History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History | Podcast Transcripts & Episodes

Back to Black: The Death of Amy Winehouse

29 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A tempestuous public life made her popular in tabloids, but English singer Amy Winehouse was embraced by music critics and fans for her rugged charm, ...

True Crime: The Fetish Killer - Serial Killer Jerry Brudos

27 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jerry Brudos was a sexual freak who killed at least four women in Oregon in the late 1960s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Teddy Roosevelt's Very Bad Day: The Death of Alice Lee Roosevelt

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On Valentines Day, February 14, 1884, Teddy Roosevelt's mother Mittie Roosevelt and his young bride Alice Lee both died, in the same house, a few hour...

True Crime: The Execution of Eva Dugan

23 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On February 20, 1930, Eva Dugan became the first woman to be hanged in the State of Arizona. The execution did not go well. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

True Crime: The Slave Master - Serial Killer John Edward Robinson

16 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Known as the Internet's first serial killer John Edward Robinson is suspected of being responsible for at least 8 murders in the 1990s. Hosted on Acas...

True Crime: The Turtle - Serial Killer Joel David Rifkin

14 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Serial killer Joel Daavid Rifkin killed 17 women in the 1990s before the police pulled him over for a missing license plate (and discovered his latest...

True Crime: Coast to Coast Killer - Serial Killer Tommy Lynn Sells

08 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Tommy Lynn Sells was a serial killer who claimed responsibility for over 70 murders across the United States. Dubbed with the nickname "Coast to Coast...

Bringing Down The House -The Knickerbocker Theatre Disaster

06 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Washington’s largest snowstorm on record began during the evening of January 27, 1922. The weight of the record-breaking snow collapsed the roof of...

Different Strokes: The Death of Dana Plato

28 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dana Plato was known for her career as a child actress in the hit TV series "Diff'rent Strokes" before her life came to a tragic end in 1999. Hosted o...

True Crme: The Boogie Man of Westfield - Spree Killer John Emil List

23 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

John Emil List was a convicted multiple murderer and long-time fugitive. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother, and three children in their ...

True Crime: The Pied Piper of Tucson - Serial Killer Charles Howard Schmid Jr.

18 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Howard 'Smitty' Schmid, Jr., was known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson," A serial killer, Smitty was responsible for at least 3 murders in the mi...

Unsolved Mystery: The Search for Bridey Murphy

15 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Perhaps the most famous case of past life recall is that of Virginia Tighe who recalled her past life as Bridey Murphy. Virginia was the wife of a Vir...

Unrequited Love: Oofty Goofty and Big Bertha Heyman

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Leonard Borchardt was a side show performer who became known as "Oofty Goofty: The Wild Man of Borneo" In 1891, he met and fell in love with a fellow ...

An Innocent Man: The Execution of Timothy Evans

10 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In 1950, Timothy Evans was convicted of murdering his wife and daughter in England. He was sentenced to death and eventually hanged. Three years a...

On The Air: The Death of Christine Chubbuck

08 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On July 15, 1974, Christine Chubbuck, a young and talented newscaster in Sarasota, Florida, pulled out a gun and shot herself on live television. This...

The Foot Fetish Murders: Serial Killer Dayton Leroy Rogers

06 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Serial Killer Dayton Leroy Rogers is responsible for the murder of at least 8 women in the Portland,Oregon area during the 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See...

Final Bell: The Our Lady of Angels Elementary School Fire

01 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On Dec. 1, 1958, a fire consumed Our Lady of the Angels grade school on the West Side of Chicago, killing 92 children and three nuns. Hosted on Acast....

True Crime: Spree Killer Matthew J. Hoffman

30 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew J. Hoffman is a sex offender and killer responsible for a triple homicide and the abduction and rape of a thirteen-year-old girl in November 2...

The Mad King - Christian VII of Denmark

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Christian VII ruled Denmark from 1766 until his death in in 1808. The King was rather an odd fellow. His mental instability has been attributed to a b...

The Crew- The Mass Suicides of Heaven's Gate

23 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On March 26, 1997 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult, known as "The Crew" committed mass suicide, believing their souls would be transported to a sp...

Pearl: The Death of Janis Joplin

20 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1950s, Janis Joplin grew up as a outcast in the small, conservative town of Port Author, Texas. Leaving her home town behind, Janis would go on...

The Last Tsar - Death of The Romanovs

18 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for 300 years. But In March 1917, revolution broke out on the streets of St. Petersburg and Tsar Nicholas II was for...

Angels Born in Hell - Death at Altamont

15 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture-era rock concert held on Saturday, December 6, 1969, at the Altamont Speedway in northern-wes...

True Crime: The Execution of Father Hans B. Schmidt

12 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On February 18, 1916 Father Hans B. Schmidt became the only priest in U.S. History to die in the electric chair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

True Crime: The Man Who Wouldn't Die - The indestructible Michael Malloy

09 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In 1932, a group of New York criminals decided to make a little money by taking out multiple life insurance policies on a homeless man and then have h...

Undying Love - The Strange Case of Dr. Carl Tanzler

06 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It took Carl Tanzler 53 years to finally find the love of his life. He wasn't about to let something, as minor as her death, stand in the way of his h...

Unsolved Mystery: Jack The Stripper - The Hammersmith Nude Murders

04 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In 1964, six young women were brutally murdered on London's westside. Although police have interviewed 7,000 suspects, the killer remains at large. ...

True Crime: Helter Skelter Part IV - Justice

01 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The investigation, arrest, trial and conviction of Charile Manson and his "Family" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helter Skelter Part III: The Tate-Labianca Murders

30 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On Aug. 9 and 10, 1969, two sets of grisly murders took place in Los Angeles, leaving nine people dead and a city on edge. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

True Crime: Helter Skelter Part II: The Family

29 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In Helter Skelter Part II we take a look at the key members of the Manson "Family". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

True Crime: Helter Skelter Part I: Young Charlie Manson

27 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Born to an unwed, teenage mother in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1934, Charles Manson would growp up to live a life of crime and become one of the most feared ...

Not so True Crime: The Podcast Murders - Terror at TimmyCon

23 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A fictional podcast starring our loyal listeners. Thank you and Merry Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unsolved Mystery: The Missing Sodder Children

21 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On Christmas Eve 1945 in Fayetteville, West Virginia, George and Jennie Sodder had been celebrating the Christmas season with nine of their ten childr...

The Girl on The Hollywood Sign -The Death of Peg Entwistle

20 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In 1932, struggling actress Peg Entwistle became the only person ever to commit suicide by jumping off the famed HOLLYWOOD sign. Hosted on Acast. Se...

The Iroquois Theatre Fire

14 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On December 30, 1903, the Iroquois Theatre, in Chicago, caught on fire, during a standing room only performance. It would become the deadliest theate...

A Family Christmas Massacre - Mass Murderer Ronald Gene Simmons

13 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

During Christmas week in 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons killed 14 members of his own family. Simmons then killed or wounded several of his previous co-wo...

True Crime: The Casanova Killer - Serial Killer Glen Edwards Rogers

12 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Glen Edward Rogers is also known as "The Casanova Killer", is an American serial killer. He was convicted of two murders and is a suspect in several o...

Forbidden Love: Rhinelander v. Rhinelander

09 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In 1921, Kip Rhinelander was a socially awkward young when he met and fell in love with the beautiful Alice Jones. Kip was also a wealthy New York ari...

True Crime: The Covina Massacre - Flame Throwing Santa: Bruce Pardo

02 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On December 24, 2008 Bruce Pardo went to a Christmas party dressed as Santa Clause. He was carrying several automatic weapons and a homemade Flame Thr...

White Rose: The Execution of Sophie Scholl

30 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Sophia Scholl was a 21 year old German student who help form the White Rose Society,a non-violent resistance group, in Nazi Germany. Hosted on Acast. ...

Death of the Kingfish - The Assassination of Huey P. Long

28 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Huey P. Long was a controversial Louisiana governor and senator in the 1920s and 30s. In August 1935, Long announced that he intended to run for Pre...

Unsolved Mystery: The Murder of William Desmond Tayor

18 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1920s, William Desmond Taylor, was a popular Hollywood actor and film director. On February 1, 1922 he was murdered in his Los Angeles ...

True Crime: The First Insanity Defense - Daniel E. Sickles

16 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Edgar Sickles was an politician, soldier, and diplomat. Sickles was involved in a number of public scandals including a murder. He was the firs...

The Strange Case of Norton I- Emperor of the United States

14 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

From 1859 until 1880, The U.S. was ruled by the self -proclaimed "Norton I, Emperor of the United States". This is his story. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

True Crime: The Murder of Shanda Renee Sharer

10 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On January 11, 1992, 12 year old Shanda Sharer from Madison, Indiana was kidnapped, tortured and burned alive by 4 other teenage girls. Hosted on Acas...

Unsolved Mystery: The Burger Chef Murders

02 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On November 17, 1978, four young employees were working the night shift at the Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana. None of them ever made it home. Two d...

Cuban Missile Crisis: The Death of Major Anderson

28 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In October 1962, Major Rudolph "Rudy" Anderson Jr. became the only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Unsolved Mystery: A Haunting in Indiana

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, Latoya Ammons moved her family into a home in Gary, Indiana. It wasn't long before very strange things started to happen. Hosted on Acast. Se...

True Crime: Poisoned Candy - The Trick or Treat Killer

22 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On October 31, 1974, Ronald Clark took his son, daughter and his neighbor's children out to collect candy and Halloween would never be the same. Hos...

The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

19 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

At 16, Anneliese Michel was a thoughtful, intelligent and beautiful young lady..and then things went terribly wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

True Crime: The Backpacker Murders

14 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Between 1990 and 1996, a total of seven young backpackers were murdered in Australia. This is the story of Australian serial killer Ivan Milat. Hosted...

Unsolved Mystery: The Grimes Sisters Murders

10 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On December 28,1956 Barbara Grimes, 15 and her sister Patricia 13 ,went to the movies a few blocks from their Chicago home. They never came home. Host...

Unsolved Mystery - The Highway of Tears

07 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Since 1969, at least twenty one girls have either disappeared or have been found murdered along Highway 16 in British Columbia, Canada. This 450 miles...

Unsolved Mystery: The Death of Bob Crane

04 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Actor Bob Crane was the star of the hit T.V. series "Hogan's Heros" in the late 1960s. A very likable man, Crane also had a darkside. In June 1978, ...

True Crime: The Vampire of Sacramento - Richard T. Chase

01 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Richard T. Chase became known as "The Vampire of Sacramento" because he killed 6 people, drank their blood and cannibalized their remains. Hosted on ...

True Crime: The Texas Eyeball Killer - Charles Fredrick Albright

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1990s, the bodies of young women started turning up on the streets of Dallas, Texas. They all had one thing in common, their eyeballs h...

Unsolved Mystery: Death Town - The Bridgend Suicide Contagion

27 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Since 2007, in the small town of Bridgend,Wales, 146 young people have hanged themselves and nobody seems to knows why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Unsolved Mystery: The Servant Girl Annihilator

23 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In Austin, Texas in 1864, over the course of one year, a madman brutally murdered 6 women, a man and an eleven year old child in their homes. Then wit...

Unsolved Mystery: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders

11 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On June 13, 1977 three young girl scouts, ages 8 to 10, were brutually murdered in their tent the first night of camp. The crime remains unsolved to t...

The Tragic Life and Death of Anissa Jones

05 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

By age 8, Anissa Jones was a cultural icon starring on one of the most popular shows on television. By age 18, she was an unemployed, high school dr...

True Crime: Serial Killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng

03 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Leonard Lake and Charles Ng were a pair of serial killers who were responsible for as many as 25 murders in the 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

True Crime - Easter Sunday Massacre - The Ruppert Family Murders

01 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On March 30, 1975, a very meek and mild mannered, James Ruppert killed his mother, brother, sister-in-law and eight nieces and nephews at an Easter Su...

True Crime: Serial Killer Jeffery Dahmer

26 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was a serial killer and sex offender, who committed the rape, murder, and dismemberment of seventeen young men in the 1980s and ...

Unsolved: The Lawson Family Murders

23 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

On Christmas day 1929, a beloved family man Charles Lawson murdered his wife and seven children before taking his own life. To this day, no one knows ...

True Crime: Arsenic Annie -Serial Killer Anna Marie Hahn

16 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Marie Hahn was a female serial killer and in 1938 became the first woman ever to be executed in The Ohio electric chair after it was confirmed th...

True Crime: Pearl Bryan's Missing Head

14 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Pearl Bryan was a 22-year-old pregnant woman from Greencastle, Indiana who was found decapitated in Fort Thomas, Kentucky in 1896. Her head is still m...

Unsolved Mystery: The Curious Case of Lawrence Joseph Bader

11 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Larry Bader had it all. A good career, a beautiful wife, three children and another child on the way. On May 15,1957 the Akron, Ohio native went on a ...

The Kansas City Butcher - Serial Killer Robert Andrew Berdella

08 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Andrew "Bob" Berdella was a serial killer in Kansas City, Missouri who raped, tortured, and killed at least six men between 1984 and 1987. Ho...

Outlaw - John Wesley Hardin

05 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

John Wesley Hardin was one of the most notorious gunfighters and prolific killers to come out of the Old West. Hardin is believed to have murdered 4...

Stranger Danger: Serial Killer Robert Black

01 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Perhaps the most evil man ever to live in the U.K., Robert Black was a Scottish serial killer and paedophile who was convicted of the kidnap, rape, s...

Massacre at 9th and Main - America's First Mass Shooting

29 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Winfield, Kansas was a quest, peaceful town at the turn on the 20th Century. It was right out of a Norman Rockwell painting. On the evening of August ...

Unsolved Mystery: The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders

26 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders were a series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Santa Rosa,Califo...