History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History
Episodes
The Lipstick Murders - Serial Killer William Heirens
19 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"The Lipstick Murders" were a series of brutal attacks which occurred near Chicago in the mid 1940s. Though a serial burglar named William Heirens con...
The Boston Boy Fiend - America's Youngest Serial Killer Jesse Pomeroy
17 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Pomeroy was odd looking as a child. He had a large head, hairlip and one all white eye. In 1874, he became a serial rapist and killer. At 14 yea...
The Ken and Barbie Killers - Paul Bernado and Karla Homolka
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bernado and Karla Homolka were Canadian serial killers who attracted worldwide media attention in the 1990s when they were convicted of raping an...
The Gainesville Ripper - Serial Killer Danny Rolling
01 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Known as the Gainesville Ripper, Danny Rolling was an American serial killer who brutally murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida in 19...
Heartland - Spree Killers Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate
21 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In late 1957, teenagers Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate went on a killing spree in Lincoln, Nebraska. Their senseless rampage left 11 peop...
One Tough Cop - Detective Johnny Broderick, NYPD
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Broderick served as a NYPD Police Detective from 1923 until 1947. One of the most colorful officers ever to wear a badge, Broderick was best kn...
The Poughkeepsie Strangler - Serial Killer Kendall Francois
12 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the fall of 1996, young women started disappearing in the small town of Poughkeepsie, New York. Police were sure they were dealing with a serial...
The Teenager who was Executed Twice - Willie Francis
06 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In 1945, after a very questionable murder conviction, a 16 year old black teenager, Willie Francis, was sentenced to die in the Louisiana's electric c...
The Moors Murders - Serial Killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
03 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Between July 1963 and October 1965, young lovers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered 5 young people in and around Man...
Unsolved: The Bricca Murders
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On September 25, 1966 Jerry,his wife Linda and their four year old daughter Debbie Bricca were all brutally murdered in their west side Cincinnati hom...
The Mutilator: Serial Killer - William Macdonald
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Sydney Mutilator terrorized Australia between 1961 and 1963. William MacDonald would brutally murder and castrate vargarant men. Hosted on Acas...
The Tragic Life of Major Henry R. Rathbone
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In April 1865, Henry Rathbone was a wealthy Lawyer and accomplished Military Officer. He was engaged to be marry to the woman of his dreams. Then ev...
The Meanest Man in America - Serial Killer Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins
16 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bullied as a child, Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins sought revenge by raping and killing more than 80 people. Gaskins became known as "The Meanest Man in Ame...
The Awkward Outlaw - Elmer J. McCurdy
12 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In life, Elmer J. McCurdy was a bungling, inept bandit. In death, he became a legend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Desperate Love: The Story of Toni Jo and the Cowboy
10 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When Toni Jo's husband was sentenced to 50 years in prison she vowed to do anthing to get him out...this included murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Kathy the Cannibal - Katherine Mary Knight
06 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On February 29, 2000, Katherine Mary Knight stabbed her lover 37 times. She then proceeded to carefully skin him before hanging his hide on a meat hoo...
Alligator Man - Serial Kiler Joseph D. Ball
31 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1930s, Bar owner, Joseph D. Ball, would entertain his customers by tossing live kittens and puppies into his alligator pit. Soon afterwards, hi...
The Quiet Dell Murders - Serial Killer - Harry "Pig Face" Powers
25 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On August 27, 1931, lurid headlines shocked the town of Clarksburg W. WA. and quickly took the nation by storm as a grisly story unfolded from the nea...
Christmas Special: George Bailey's Wonderful Life
23 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join Tim as he teaches Brandy and The Colonel the true meaning of Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Deadly Duo: Serial Killers Alton Coleman and Debra Denise Brown
20 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Reckless, vicious, and without any real plan, Alton Coleman and Debra Brown worked their way through the Midwest in 1984, killing when they felt like ...
The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders of 1928
17 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders were a series of abductions, sexual assaults and murders of young boys that occurred in in the city of Los Angeles ...
The Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar
03 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On Agust 23, 1912 four year old Bobby Dunbar disappeared while on a family outing. Eight months later, after a nation wide manhunt , Police located...
Hero of My Lai - Hugh Thompson Jr.
28 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In March 1968, U.S. Troops entered the Vietnamese Village of My Lai searching for Viet Cong Guerillas. Before the day was over more than 500 unarmed...
The Papin Sisters - Incest, Madness and Murder
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Christine and Lea' Papin were sisters who had an unusually close relationship. In February 1933, they brutally murdered their employer and her adult...
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Hansen was an Alaskan serial killer known for abducting and raping his victims. Hansen would turn them loose naked in the Alaskan wilderness...
Hell on Wheels-Truck Stop Killer: Robert Ben Rhoads
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Ben Rhoades, a former truck driver, raped and killed more than 50 women. He equipped the cab of his truck with a type of dungeon with handcuf...
The Scissor Sisters - Convicted Killers Linda and Charlotte Mulhall
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In 2005, Sisters Linda and Charlotte Mulhall brutally stabbed and bludgened an African immigrant to death in Dublin, Ireland. After they killed him,...
The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd
09 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Winnie Ruth Judd was the nervous type. She liked to carry her own bags because you never knew what (or who) was inside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
The Night Stalker - Richard Ramirez
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Ramirez was a notorious serial killer known as the "Night Stalker" for murdering 13 people and terrorizing Southern California in the mid-1980...
I'll be Watching You - Stalkers!
03 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrity Stalkers has been around since at least the 1600s. Everyone from Queen Victoria to Olivia Newton-John has had to deal with them. In some c...
The Moonlight Murders
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In 1946, a serial killer, known as The Phantom, terrorized the small town of Texarkana, Arkansas. In a two month period eight people were brutually at...
Hysteria - The True Story of The Salem Witch Trials
26 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693. The mass hysteria o...
Took an Axe - Lizze Borden
23 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In 1892, Lizzie Borden stood trial for the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Cocaine Godmother - Griselda Blanco
23 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Griselda Blanco, known as the Black Widow, was a drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade during the 1970...
The Great Dweebate II - Gender Roles of the 1950s
21 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join Casey, Tim, Brandy and Colonel as they discuss gender roles in the 1950s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Upon a midnight dreary - The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
17 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On October 3, 1849 famous writer Edgar Allan Poe was found wandering and delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. Poe died four days later. ...
The Co-ed Butcher - Big Ed Kemper
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
At the age of 15, Edmund Kemper killed both his grandparents to "see what it felt like." Upon release from prison, he drifted, picking up and releasin...
Partners in Crime - Serial Killers Fred and Rose West
09 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Fred and Rose West, an English married couple, abducted, raped, tortured and killed at least 12 women over a 20 year period. They buried their victims...
The Bath School Bombing of 1927
01 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Bath School disaster was a series of bombings and violent attacks perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe on May 18, 1927, in Bath Township, Michigan, that ki...
Scandal - The Fatty Arbuckle Story
24 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the early 20th century. In 1921, he was at the center of the film industry's first m...
Serial Killers in Love - Ottis Toole and Henry Lee Lucas
18 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ottis Toole and Henery lee Lucas were friends, lovers and serial killers. It is believed they were responsible for, as many as, 200 murders in the 1...
Wanted: Dead or Alive - Jesse James
11 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we discuss the life and death of America's favorite Outlaw - Jesse James. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Dating Game Killer - Rodney Alcala
05 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rodney Alcala is a convicted rapist and serial killer responsible for at least 5 murders and perhaps as many as 130. Alcala is known as the "Dating Ga...
Terror under the Big Top - The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944
02 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Hartford circus fire was one of the worst fire disasters in the U.S. history. The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling...
The Killing of Alfalfa
29 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Switzer was better known as the beloved "Alfalfa" from the "Our Gang" series. In 1959, Switzer was brutually murdered during a dispute over $50...
American Gangster - Pretty Boy Floyd
27 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Charles "Pretty Boy Floyd" was an American Bank Robber and Folk Hero who met his fate when Police gunned him down in 1934. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Audie Murphy - The Story Of A True American Hero
21 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from ...
Charles Whitman - The University of Texas Tower Shooting
07 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Whitman was an intelligent, mild -mannered former Marine who killed 16 people at the University of Texas in 1966. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
The Day the Music Died - The tragic deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper
31 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash near ...
The Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth - Boston Corbett
16 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas "Boston" Corbett was a Union Army soldier who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. A colorful character, ...
The Greenbrier Ghost - Zona Heaster Shue
10 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Zona Heaster was only 24 years old when she died in 1897. Initially, it was determined she died of natural causes. That was before Zona's ghost showe...
Belle Star - American Outlaw
08 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Belle Starr, was a notorious American outlaw. She associated with the James-Younger gang and other outlaws. Belle was convicted of horse theft in 1...
Leopold and Loeb - The Murder of Bobby Franks
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb , commonly known as "Leopold and Loeb", were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped...
The King of Bootleggers - George Remus
15 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
George Remus was a Cincinnati pharmacist, businessman and attorney. During prohibition, he was known as "The King of Bootleggers". Remus became the in...
Mass Murderer - Richard Speck
12 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped, and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Communit...
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromm
09 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was a member of Charles Manson's "Family," who was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to assassinate President Geral...
The Business Plot - The 1933 Plan to Overthrow the U.S. Government
30 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In 1933, Retired Marine Corp Major General Smedley Butler was approached by agents of wealthy businessmen. They wanted Bulter to help them overthrow...
Four on the Floor - The Wonderland Murders
27 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What does a Gangster, a Porn Star, Liberace's lover and four dead bodies have in common? They all are featured in our story today about "The Wonderl...
When Children Kill: The Stories of Mary Bell and Brenda Ann Spencer
21 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ten year old Mary Bell strangled and mutilated two toddlers in 1968. In 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, fired 30 rounds of ammo at children in...
The Villisca axe murders
12 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On June 9, 1912 eight people, including six children, were brutually murdered in the small town of Villisca, Iowa. More than 100 years later, the murd...
Pearl School Shooting
06 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On October 1, 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham, killed two students and injured seven others at his high school. Before the shooting at Pearl High Scho...
Donald Harvey - Angel of Death
01 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Harvey was a nurse who claims to have murdered 87 people between 1970 and 1987. Known as the "Angel of Death" he is currently serving 27 co...
The Day That Changed Everything - June 28,1914
30 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On June 28, 1914, 19 year old Gavrillo Princip shot and killed two people and the world has never been the same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Alfred Packer - American Cannibal
28 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Alfred Packer was an American prospector who confessed to cannibalism during the winter of 1873–1874. He and 5 other men attempted to travel th...
Mata Hari - Female Fatale
23 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In 1917, the notorious exotic dancer Mata Hari was arrested on the charge of espionage; less than one year later, she was tried and executed, charged ...
The Last Public Execution in the United States
08 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On August 14, 1936 more than 20,000 people showed up, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to witness the last public execution held in the United States. Hosted ...
The Matewan Massacre/Battle of Blair Mountain
01 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On May 19, 1920 The Stone Mountain Coal Mine Corporation sent hired guns into Matewan, West Virgina to squash attempts by Coal Miners to unionize. Thi...
H.H. Holmes - Horror Hotel
27 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
H.H. Holmes was one of America's first serial killers. During the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, he lured victims into his elaborate Hotel or "...
The Spanish Flu - The Great Pandemic of 1918
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Influenza pandemic of 1918 infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 ...
The Colonel's Corner: Penile Transplant Surgery
23 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Colonel as he discusses this historic advancement in medical technology. This podcast is for Immature Audiences only. Hosted on Acast. See ...
Hedy - The Amazing life of Hedy Lamarr
20 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Dweebs as we discuss the amazing life of Hollywood Legend Hedy Larr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Colonel's Corner- St. Patrick's Day
16 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Colonel gives us a history lesson on St. Patrick's Day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Grigori Rasputin -The Mad Monk
14 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mystic? Holy Man? Con Artist? Drunkard? Whore Monger? All of these terms have been used to describe Grigori Rasputin. An uneducated, sexually promiscu...
Carl Panzram - Pure Evil
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Panzram was not a nice person. He was a burgular, arson and serial killer who murdered more than 20 people. In addition, he claimed to have sodom...
Great Dweebate: Moral Clauses in Teaching contracts of the 1920s
08 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Dweebs for a lighthearted discussion of Teaching contracts in the early 20th century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Hell's Belle - Belle Gunness Lonely Heart Club Killer
07 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Belle Gunness was a serial killer from La Porte, Indiana, who murdered more than 40 people, including her own children. Most of her victims were men...
Albert Fish: The Original Boogey Man
01 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Albert Fish was a kindly looking old man. In reality, he was pure evil. He was a sexual deviant, serial killer and cannibal. Fish once bragged tha...
Tokyo Rose
25 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Dweebs as we discuss World War II Propagandists Axis Sally, Lord Ha Ha and the sad case of Iva Toguri, better known as “Tokyo Rose”. ...
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
21 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Serial killer Ed Gein was obsessively devoted to his mother, a religious fanatic. After her death, Gein began robbing graves—keeping body parts as t...
The Strange Case of Typhoid Mary
14 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associat...
Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman
10 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Dweebs as we discuss the courageous and tragic life of the first African American lady pilot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Dr. Jonas Salk and the first Polio vaccine (Short)
08 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A Short Podcast - The Colonel discusses (incoherently at times) the heroic Dr. Jonas Salk and the the first Polio vaccaine. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Get Your Freak On! The History of Freak Shows!
06 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Dweebs as we discuss the history of Circus Freak Shows and some of it's most colorful characters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
The Axeman of New Orleans Part II: Revealing The Killer
01 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
From The Spring 1918 to The Fall of 1919, a serial Killer terrorized the city of New Orleans. People were brutally attacked in their beds by an axe ...
The Axe Man of New Orleans Part One - The Murders
23 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
From The Spring 1918 to The Fall of 1919, a serial Killer terrorized the city of New Orleans. People were brutally attacked in their beds by an axe ...