Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson
Episodes
Wicked Words - Paula Yoo: From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning author Paula Yoo investigates the murder of Vincent Chin in Detroit in the 1980s and the outrage that was sparked over an unjust verdict...
Wicked Words - Deborah Blum: Poison as an Accomplice
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Poisons are excellent accomplices, says author Deborah Blum. She offers us the fascinating story of America’s first medical investigators and how th...
Wicked Words - Matthew McGough: The Lazarus Files
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Author Matthew McGough has spent years investigating a cold case that led him to a Los Angeles police detective and a department that ignored some vit...
Wicked Words - Kathryn Miles: The Shenandoah Murders
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Author Kathryn Miles investigates how a serial killer stalked women in the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Miles uncovers new evidence which sug...
Wicked Words - Brandon Presser: Mutiny and Murder in the South Pacific
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Travel journalist Brandon Presser explores a remote, sparely populated island in the South Pacific with a history of mutiny, greed, and murder. Writt...
Wicked Words - Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire: RedHanded
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts of the hit true crime podcast “RedHanded” recall murderous stories from their book and uncover some unanswered questions about the kille...
Wicked Words - Candice Millard: River of the Gods
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning author and historian Candice Millard writes about the fusion of adventure, courage, and death on the Nile River. Written, researche...
Wicked Words - Brad Ricca: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Mrs. Sherlock Holmes" is the fascinating true-life story of Grace Humiston, a New York lawyer and detective who broke gender rules at the turn of the...
Introducing Tenfold More Wicked Presents: Wicked Words, Season 2
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wicked Words is back for Season 2 with more cases from some of the world’s best journalists and writers. Host Kate Winkler Dawson interviews storyte...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Echo of Murder: Goodbye, Dorothy
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The fallout from Dorothy Symons’ death echoes throughout her family for generations. Her mother was institutionalized. Her brothers were separated. ...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Echo of Murder: Grains of Sand
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of Newton Yarberry’s murder trial is revealed as Dorothy Symons’ family falls apart. Will they get retribution for her death? Su...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Echo of Murder: A Small Town Trial
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One murder, two real suspects. The death of Dorothy Symons ripped apart a small coastal town as everyone in Aransas Pass debated who killed the 18-yea...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Echo of Murder: Found
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A man and his family made a terrible discovery on the beach of Redfish Bay in Texas; it’s clear to investigators that Dorothy Symons had been murder...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Echo of Murder: Missing
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Dorothy Symons’ family searches for her, we learn more about her past. Her biological father in Indiana was shady and dangerous. Aransas Pass was...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Echo of Murder: A Perfect Lady
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dorothy Symons was a small-town girl from Aransas Pass on the Texas Coast. By 1931, America was deep into the Great Depression and Prohibition, yet th...
Introducing: Tenfold More Wicked, Season Six
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth season of Tenfold More Wicked is called “The Echo of Murder.” It’s a historical true crime story, set in 1931, about the murder of ...
Tenfold More Wicked - Blood Feud: War
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Captain Vincent Oliver Witcher and his four grandsons might stand trial for murdering three members of the Clement family. Or will they walk away? Wha...
Tenfold More Wicked - Blood Feud: A Bloody Scene
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The feud between the Witchers and the Clements comes to a bloody end as three members of one family are dead. The community in southern Virginia is sp...
Tenfold More Wicked - Blood Feud: Target Practice
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A list of witnesses gives their opinions on the terrible marriage between Victoria Witcher Smith and James Clement; James claims that Victoria isn’t...
Tenfold More Wicked - Blood Feud: The Feud
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The marriage between James Clement and Victoria Witcher Smith will soon be officially over. They both want a divorce and they both want custody of the...
Tenfold More Wicked - Blood Feud: A Poisoned Marriage
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The marriage between James Clement and Victoria Witcher Smith has now deteriorated. Their families are watching them closely, each hoping the other do...
Tenfold More Wicked - Blood Feud: Family Ties
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1860, the Witchers and the Clements have more than a century of history; they served in the American Revolution together; they married one another,...
Introducing: Tenfold More Wicked, Season Five
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth season of Tenfold More Wicked is called “Blood Feud.” It’s a historical true crime story about a deadly feud between two very angry fa...
Tenfold More Wicked - Tiger Woman: Closing Curtain
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lot has happened to Clara Phillips in 1922: she was convicted by a jury of killing Alberta Meadows, but jurors handed her a light sentence. She soon...
Tenfold More Wicked - Tiger Woman: Family Loyalty
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clara Phillips sits in the witness chair, gazing at the gentlemen sitting on the jury at her murder trial in Los Angeles in 1922. Clara has always bee...
Tenfold More Wicked - Tiger Woman: Murder
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alberta Meadows’s father must identify his daughter’s body while her killer, Clara Phillips, is on the run, sitting on a train that is heading to ...
Tenfold More Wicked - Tiger Woman: A Loaded Gun
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clara Phillips has finally had enough—she has a failing marriage, a career in Hollywood that is sliding to a stop and no children. More than a decad...
Tenfold More Wicked - Tiger Woman: Montecito Drive
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clara Phillips’s jealousy is becoming more serious as she begins lashing out at Armour and stalking Alberta Meadows—even though there’s no e...
Tenfold More Wicked - Tiger Woman: A Chorus Girl
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1922, former chorus girl Clara Phillips and her handsome husband Armour has a lovely house in West Hollywood, a car, a telephone, nice clothes…...
Introducing: Tenfold More Wicked, Season Four
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth season of Tenfold More Wicked is called “Tiger Woman.” It’s a historical true crime story about a Southern girl turned Hollywood ch...
Wicked Words - Elon Green: Last Call, Part Two
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two, author and journalist Elon Green reveals the identity of the serial killer who preyed upon gay men in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s.....
Wicked Words - Elon Green: Last Call, Part One
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author and journalist Elon Green lays out the case of the Last Call Killer, who preyed upon gay men in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s and had all...
Wicked Words - Blaine Pardoe: The Colonial Parkway Serial Killer
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Blaine Pardoe tells us about the infamous Colonial Parkway Murders –the name given to eight murders that took place in the Tidewater region ...
Wicked Words - Isha Sesay: #BringBackOurGirls
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Isha Sesay unravels the story that started a global campaign to find the almost 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by extremists in Nigeria. ...
Wicked Words - Miles Harvey: The King of Confidence
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Miles Harvey introduces us to James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, who vanished from a rural town in 1840s New York. So...
Wicked Words - Abbott Kahler: The Ghosts of Eden Park
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times bestselling author Abbott Kahler recalls the epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murde...
Wicked Words - Dean Jobb: The Murderous Dr. Cream
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning author Dean Jobb explores the complicated—and deadly—world of nineteenth century serial killer Dr. Thomas Neill Cream. Why was the m...
Wicked Words - PJ Raval: Call Her Ganda
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker PJ Raval introduces us to Jennifer Laude in this episode. When the transgender Filipina woman was found dead in a motel room and the leadi...
Wicked Words - Paul Holes: The Mystery of Bessie Ferguson
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Murder Squad host Paul Holes helps us unravel the case of Bessie Ferguson in 1920s Northern California, a woman with many secrets. Written, resea...
Wicked Words - Katherine Dykstra: What Happened to Paula?
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Katherine Dykstra investigates to murder of 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1970. Katherine talks to family members, ...
Wicked Words - Dean King: America’s Best-Known Feud
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Dean King digs into the country’s most notorious family feud: the Hatfields and the McCoys, with added details about what really caused ...
Wicked Words - John Blake: Mississippi Burning
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author and CNN journalist John Blake tells us about the murders of three civil rights workers, including James Earl Chaney in Mississippi in the 1...
Wicked Words - Rachel Monroe: Savage Appetites
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Rachel Monroe talks with us about WHY we love true crime through the story of Lindsay Souvannarath, who had a pact with her cyber-crush Jam...
Wicked Words - Jason Wehling: The Wrong Man
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker (and Tenfold More Wicked producer) Jason Wehling explores the wrongful conviction of Michael Morton, a Texas man who spent nearly 25 years ...
Wicked Words - Maureen Callahan: American Predator
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times best-selling author Maureen Callahan unravels the story of serial killer Israel Keyes and his victims; Callahan interviewed the inves...
Wicked Words - Mary Kay McBrayer: She Kills...
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Mary Kay McBrayer unpacks the life of serial killer Jane Toppan, the murderous nurse with a tragic life’s story. Written, researched,...
Wicked Words - Dawson Fearnow: Two Lotharios in a Canal
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Phoenix Magazine writer Dawson Fearnow investigates two murders that might have connected to the same killer in 1920s Phoenix. Why did two men, ...
Wicked Words - Vicki Erwin: The Mysterious Murder of Mrs. Mortimer
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Vicki Erwin introduces us to 1930s Depression-era Missouri where a prominent woman in a small town is assaulted and murdered. Did her husband,...
Wicked Words - Beverly Lowry: Who Killed These Girls?
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Beverly Lowry takes us inside the story of four teenagers who were brutalized and murdered inside a yogurt shop in 1990s Austin, Texas. Who kil...
Wicked Words - Karen K. Ho: Jennifer Pan’s Revenge
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Karen K. Ho covers the case of Jennifer Pan, a woman now in prison for ordering the hit on her parents, which ended with the death o...
Wicked Words - Mike Vance: The Murder of a Houston Family
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Mike Vance gives us details on the murders of five people in the same Houston, Texas house in 1910. The police had a suspect but there was litt...
Wicked Words - Katy Vine: Warren Jeffs, the Polygamous Prophet
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Texas Monthly Senior Editor Katy Vine reports on the controversial criminal trial of Warren Jeffs, the polygamous prophet of the Fundamentalist Chu...
Wicked Words - Piper Weiss: You All Grow Up and Leave Me
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Piper Weiss relives her privileged childhood in Manhattan when she was coached by a tennis instructor who was protecting a terrible secret; Wei...
Wicked Words - Melissa del Bosque: Bloodlines
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode author Melissa del Bosque takes us through her investigation into one of Mexico’s deadliest drug cartels and how it infiltrated Am...
Wicked Words - Buddy Moorehouse: Murder of an Elvis Girl
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Buddy Moorehouse investigates the murder of his mother’s cousin, a Hollywood actress who starred in movies with Elvis Presley and Ronald Reag...
Wicked Words - Russell Maines: The Notorious Harris Family Murders
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former journalist Russell Maines takes us back to Upstate New York in 1989 when someone brutalized and murdered a mother, father and two children, and...
Wicked Words - Pamela Colloff: Blood Will Tell
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning journalist Pamela Colloff reports on how the murder of Mickey Bryan stunned her small Texas town. But when Mickey's husband, Joe Bryan, ...
Wicked Words - Wesley Lowery: The Lynching of Timothy Coggins
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Wesley Lowery talks with us about a lynching in rural Georgia in 1983 and how it impacted the victim’s family...
Wicked Words - Sarah Weinman: The Real Lolita
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Sarah Weinman shines a light on the kidnapping of young Sally Horner and how her ordeal in the 1940s might have inspired controversial novelist...
Wicked Words - Joshua Zeman: The Long Island Serial Killer
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Documentary filmmaker Joshua Zeman takes us on a journey to unearth controversial evidence that perhaps there were two serial killers using the same...
Wicked Words - Bryan Burrough: The Demon Next Door
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vanity Fair reporter and New York Times best-selling author Bryan Burrough went to high school with a young man who would eventually become a seria...
Wicked Words - Dr. Katherine Ramsland: BTK Killer Dennis Rader
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Forensic psychologist Dr. Katherine Ramsland spent years interviewing BTK Killer Dennis Rader in prison, digging into the psyche of a psychopath and a...
Introducing Tenfold More Wicked Presents: Wicked Words
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The host of Tenfold More Wicked, Kate Winkler Dawson, interviews journalists and writers about their best true crime cases. You’ll meet the filmmake...
Tenfold More Wicked - Murder in the Court: Burned Out
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The climax of Howard Pierson’s story. After almost 30 years in a mental health facility, the killer might just walk free. And if he does, he’ll ha...
Tenfold More Wicked - Murder in the Court: Insanity
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Pierson has escaped from the Austin State Hospital, three years after killing his parents. Newspapers print dramatic headlines while investigat...
Tenfold More Wicked - Murder in the Court: Street Angel, Home Devil
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A jury finds Howard Pierson incapable of standing trial because he is insane. He’ll be sent to a mental health facility, not a prison. But there’s...
Tenfold More Wicked - Murder in the Court: Delusions
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In April of 1935, Howard Pierson has confessed to Austin police that he murdered his parents. The district attorney prepares a case against the 21-yea...
Tenfold More Wicked - Murder in the Court: A Complicated Story
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Will and Lena Pierson are dead and their son, Howard, is sitting in a police station in Austin, Texas. Howard’s siblings describe him as a sad boy w...
Tenfold More Wicked - Murder in the Court: Mystery by Bull Creek
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1935 William and Lena Pierson are living a wonderful life; he is an associate judge on the Texas Supreme Court, a career politician. She is a belov...
Introducing: Tenfold More Wicked, Season Three
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The third season of Tenfold More Wicked is called “Murder in the Court.” It's a historical true crime story about a fractured family in 1930s Texa...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Body Snatcher: Reckoning
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The climax of Burke and Hare’s story—will they both die on the gallows? Would their wives face the same fate? A twist on the tale is coming. And D...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Body Snatcher: Secret in the Straw
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A raucous Halloween parts leads to a violent death for one poor person in Old Town. The police are offered a valuable tip, but will they ignore it? Dr...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Body Snatcher: Daft
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Resentment grows between William Burke and William Hare in Old Town, while Dr. Robert Knox continues to make professional enemies in New Town. And the...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Body Snatcher: Ghouls
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Paterson has entranced Dr. Robert Knox, and she’s earned William Burke and William Hare a large fee. As the murders continue, things begin to s...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Body Snatcher: Burked
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
William Burke and William Hare begin targeting victims and perfecting their murder method: Burking (look it up in the dictionary). Dr. Robert Knox’s...
Tenfold More Wicked - The Body Snatcher: Bodies of Medicine
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1827 William Burke and William Hare, both poor immigrants from Ireland, enter into a business partnership. When a lodger at Hare’s boarding house...
Introducing: Tenfold More Wicked, Season Two
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This second season of Tenfold More Wicked is called “The Body Snatcher.” It's a historical true crime story about the world’s most famous graver...
Tenfold More Wicked - All That is Wicked: A Criminal Mind
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The climax of Edward Rulloff’s tale—would he escape the noose once again? Would his brilliant brain make history, as he suspected it would? Yes. B...
Tenfold More Wicked - All That is Wicked: Crucify Him
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Edward’s failure to secure funding for his research has not deterred him. But he and his crime ring need money, so they rob a dry goods store in Ups...
Tenfold More Wicked - All That is Wicked: The Despicable Professor Leurio
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Edward’s release from prison, the Schutts pressure the district attorney to make a drastic decision. But it's too late because their son-in-la...
Tenfold More Wicked - All That is Wicked: The Devil Incarnate
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now that his secrets are laying at the bottom of Cayuga Lake, Edward is free to become the academic he had always strived to be. But the people of Tom...
Tenfold More Wicked - All That is Wicked: Between the Lakes
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Edward is frustrated with his banal life in the countryside. He’s bored by his job as a botanical doctor—he dreams of a career in academia. Edward...
Tenfold More Wicked - All That is Wicked: The Schutts
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1842 Edward Rulloff, a mysterious young academic, charms his way into the Schutt family in Dryden, a small village in Upstate New York. He’s hard...
Introducing: Tenfold More Wicked
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This first season of Tenfold More Wicked is the real-life saga of America’s most intelligent killer, Edward Rulloff, a brilliant academic in Gilded ...