Update on Yale's Kevin Jiang's Murder
Laura and Sarah continue their coverage on Jiang's tragic murder and the pursuit of Qinxuan Pan.
Mar 02, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Ivy League Murders
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The Vig: Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie
This week, Laura and Sarah go high low with the author of the The Vig, former bookie, poker pro, and Harvard grad Peter Alson.
Feb 28, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 12
A Murder in the Buckle of the Bible Belt
How did Harvard Business School's Mark Mangelsdorf get away with murder for two decades?
Feb 25, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Breaking: Kevin Jiang's Murder
Laura and Sarah cover the Jiang murder case with exclusive updates. Where is fugitive Qinxuan Pan?
Feb 20, 2021•7 min
Ivy League Monsters
This week Sarah and Laura have fun discussing some Ivy League Monsters with authors Ellis Weiner and Steve Radlauer.
Feb 18, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Harvard’s Abigail Folger and the forgotten victims of Manson
Laura & Sarah dive into the life and the tragic murder of Harvard’s Abigail Folger, and explore the forgotten victims of Charles Manson. A dark true crime tale set in sunny Hollywood.
Feb 11, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 9
"Unacceptable": Privilege, Deceit and the Makings of the College Scandal
Most of us followed the high profile cases of Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. The college scandal was so much bigger than that. If you miss being outraged then this is the episode for you! Join Ivy League Murders as we talk to co-authors Jennifer Levitz and Melissa Korn as they discuss their book, "Unacceptable".
Jan 26, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Talking Ted with Kevin Sullivan
Theodore Robert Bundy was one of the most vicious and prolific serial killers in American history. His hunting grounds were college campuses across the country. This week, Ivy League Murders interviews Bundy expert Kevin Sullivan, whose exhaustive research has unearthed new and horrible secrets.
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 7
Harvard’s William Parsons and Long Island’s Vanished Heiress
It was a hot summer day June 9th, 1937 on a sprawling estate in Stony Brook, New York. Alice Parsons disappeared off the face of the earth. This is the story of her disappearance. Steven Drielak, author of Long Island’s Vanished Heiress: The Unsolved Alice Parsons Kidnapping, joins ILM to discuss the case.
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 6
A Deadly Resentment: The Murder of Harvard's Brian Stidham
It was October 5th 2004, a Harvard-educated doctor, Brian Stidham was found brutally slain in his business complex in Tucson, Arizona. The murder initially looked like a carjacking gone very wrong. As the authorities dug deeper, they found a twisting tale of resentment and jealousy. Writer AJ Flick, author of the book Toxic Rage, joins Sarah and Laura, to discuss the case.
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Murder in the Stacks
The Murder of Penn State’s Betsy Aardsma went unsolved for decades. Has author David DeKok solved the case in his book’ Murder in the Stacks’?
Dec 29, 2020•55 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Harvard's Harry Thaw : The Girl in the Velvet Swing
In 1906, Harry Thaw shot prominent architect Stanford White in the middle of a crowded performance at Madison Square Garden. Thaw had become obsessed by the news that White had raped his wife, Evelyn Nesbit as a sixteen year old. This was a case that shocked New York high society. Special guest Simon Baatz discusses his book and the case.
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Oxford's Rose Dugdale: The Woman Who Stole Vermeer
This week we have the pleasure of interviewing Anthony Amore, the author of "The Woman Who Stole Vermeer." How did English aristocrat Rose Dugdale go from curtseying to the Queen to becoming one of the most colorful figures in the fight for Irish independence during the troubles.
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Rerelease: The Jane Britton Murder at Harvard (1st of 2)
A young, beautiful anthropology student was killed in Harvard Square in 1969. Her murder went cold for 50 years. Laura and I had no idea the pathways this case would lead to....Two different serial killers, same apartment building, what are the odds?
Nov 28, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 1
UPenn’s Ira Einhorn: The Unicorn’s Secret
In the 1970’s, Ira Einhorn was guru to the counter culture in Philly. He was also keeping a terrible secret...
Nov 18, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Yale's William Bradford Bishop, Jr.: The Forty-Four Year Search for a Killer Fugitive
How easy is it just to disappear? After committing an horrific crime in 1976, William Bishop used his experience in intelligence and foreign service to evade justice. He has never been found. Join us this week as we put our ILM spin on the case.
Nov 11, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Trial By Fire
On a snowy February night in 2003, a crowd gathered in the Station night club to hear the band Great White. In a catastrophic series of events, the Station became an inferno that would kill a hundred people and injure many more. What ensued was a fifteen year battle for the truth. Join us as we speak to author Scott James and discuss his book, Trial by Fire.
Nov 08, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 21
I’ll Take Care of You: The Murder of Bill McLaughlin
Join Laura and Sarah as we interview New York Times bestselling true crime author Caitlin Rother about her book, “I’ll Take Care of You”.
Oct 27, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Harvard Medical School’s Bloody Brahmins
It was shortly before Thanksgiving 1849, Dr. George Parkman went out for his routine appointments and errands and never came back. This is the story that rocked Victorian Boston to its core.
Oct 26, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Harvard's Nancy Dillard: Arsenic and Old Money
What happens when a seemingly perfect life is slowly eroded by toxicity? Someone was poisoning Nancy Dillard in a case that would shock Dallas high society.
Oct 14, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Murder at Yale: Annie Le
Annie Le had everything to look forward to, a bright future and a wedding... Why was this promising young woman killed?
Oct 05, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Cornell's Charlie Tan: Legally Guilty, Morally Innocent
Laura and Sarah get extra salty this week as they duke it out over the Charlie Tan case. You decide, was he morally innocent, or legally guilty?
Sep 27, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Widener 2: Hauntingly Harvard
Join Sarah and Laura, along with D.C. O'Rourke from Hauntingly Yours, as they explore the spooky side of Harvard's Widener and other famous buildings in Harvard Yard!
Sep 25, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Widener Library: the Pearl of Harvard
Harvard’s enormous Widener Library was born from the Titanic tragedy. Join Laura, Sarah, and a very special guest this week as they unearth a never told story from the Titanic.
Sep 17, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Harvard's Amy Bishop the Criminal Zeitgeist
Join us this week as we talk to the ladies from the Women and Crime Podcast and discuss what motivated Amy Bishop to kill three of her colleagues in a Mass Shooting?
Sep 10, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Sister School Edition: Vassar College's Christa Worthington: A Murder in Truro
This week, Sarah and Laura take a look up close and personal at the 2002 murder of Christa Worthington, who was found dead in her Truro, Mass. home. A Barnstable Superior Court jury convicted Christopher McCowen in 2006 of murdering her, despite several other possible suspects.
Sep 04, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Sister School Edition: Smith College’s Jean Harris: Starving for Love
Jean Harris was the head mistress of the elite Madeira Prep school but, she secretly hid a prescription pill problem and an obsession for the one thing she couldn't have, Herman Tarnower ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Aug 28, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 11
UPENN's Rafael Robb: Gaming the Legal System
Rafael Robb was a tenured Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert on gaming theory. He was the last one anyone would suspect of murder! Was he gaming the legal system? Find out on Ivy League Murders!
Aug 24, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Princeton’s Thomas Gilbert, Jr: The Dark Side of Privilege
Most parents would have walked away after their child committed murder, but Shelley Gilbert did not. After her son, Thomas Gilbert Jr., shot and killed his 70-year-old father on January 4th 2015, she paid for his defense attorneys, expert witnesses, and psychiatric examinations. The Gilberts, who had a vacation house in the Hamptons, paid for their son’s NYC apartment, as well as his bills, his membership in the Maidstone Club, and they paid him an allowance. Mr. Gilbert was “spoiled,” said the ...
Aug 13, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Jason Bohn: Columbia University’s Ticking Time Bomb
After a horrendous childhood, Jason Bohn got his life together, went to Columbia and became a successful Wall Street lawyer. None of the surface success could contain his rage toward women. Like Othello, Bohn was consumed with an irrational jealousy that ended in murder.
Aug 06, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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