There's nothing better than putting down your work, turning on a true crime podcast and doing.....anything, really. In alphabetical order (no favoritism here!) we're gathering our favorite true crime podcast episodes for you, our lovely readers. Check...
Called
the Camp Creek Crash, this ghastly accident took the lives of nearly forty
souls. But who was responsible? Remarkably, according to historian and
professor Jeffery Wells, some speculation lies not on the men operating the
train but on the train...
In 1914, Poland, New York, was a picturesque slice of small-town America. But that innocence was shattered with the shocking murder of beloved schoolteacher Lida Beecher at the hands of her former student Jean Gianini....
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Here
on Crime Capsule—and our sister...
Can
the dead commit a crime?
Until
the late 19th century, residents of New England thought so, given the trail of corpses
that littered local communities from Massachusetts to Vermont. Gaunt, wasted,
afflicted by bloody, painful symptoms,...
Few
crimes in American history are more famous than the Lindbergh kidnapping. An
international sensation from its beginning, the saga of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s
infant son disappearing from his crib overnight captivated the world with its
drama, its mystery, and ultimately,...
We've profiled exceptional lawmen and women before, but as the first of several articles highlighting the contributions of African-Americans to our country’s law enforcement and judicial systems, today we wanted to introduce you to an impressive...
The Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County—better known as Parchman Farm—has been much in the news lately. In late 2019, overcrowding, inhumane conditions, and internal corruption at Parchman led to the violent deaths of thirteen inmates. Almost...
In 1920, ten-year-old Geneva Hardman was murdered on her way to school, just outside Lexington. Both civil authorities and a growing lynch mob sought Will Lockett, a black army veteran, as the suspect. The vigilantes remained...
It
was almost the perfect crime. Stabbed forty-four times, sixteen-year-old Tina
Faelz had been murdered in a tucked-away blind spot of Pleasanton, California, her
body found in a drainage ditch just a stone’s throw away from her home. No
witnesses to...