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Ivy League Murders

Sarah Alcorn & Laura Rodrigues McDonald www.clovercrestmedia.com
Join Laura and Sarah as they discuss the most haunting cases to spin out of some of America's most elite corners.
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Episodes

The Long Con of Columbia University’s Esther Reed

This week Laura and Sarah discuss the brilliant but ill fated con woman Esther Reed. This is a case that is book ended by two tragedies both entwining Reed and leading to her eventual capture.

Sep 19, 202133 minSeason 3Ep. 15

America’s Top Cop: An Interview with Bill Bratton

This week we have the honor of having Bill Bratton as a guest. Over the last fifty years in his position as Police Commissioner, Bratton brought down crime rates in Boston, New York and LA. How did he do it? Find out as Sarah and Laura discuss with Bratton his latest book, ‘The Profession.’

Sep 02, 202139 minSeason 3Ep. 13

Why was Bill Cosby let out of jail?

This week, Laura and Sarah discuss the Bill Cosby Case with top Dallas attorney and Harvard alum David Coale.

Aug 20, 202128 minSeason 3Ep. 11

Harvard’s Peter Ivers: A New Wave Murder Mystery

Sarah and Laura are joined by filmmakers and art aficionados Alex Zoppa and Robyn Rosenfeld from the podcast, ARTLAWS, to discuss the still unsolved murder mystery of Harvard's Peter Ivers.

Aug 05, 202153 minSeason 3Ep. 9

The Icepick Surgeon w/Sam Kean: Yale’s Walter Freeman

Yale's Walter Freeman was a physician who specialized in lobotomies, and after he developed the transorbital lobotomy, he traveled across the country visiting mental institutions, while also performing lobotomies and spreading his views and methods. Sam Kean joins Sarah and Laura to discuss the case.

Jul 08, 202141 minSeason 3Ep. 7

William Bradford Bishop: Breaking News

Join Sarah and Laura as they continue to heat up an Ivy League cold case. We check in with Kathy Gilchrist, Bishop’s daughter. Can we figure out what happened to family annihilator William Bradford Bishop?

Jun 24, 202126 minSeason 3Ep. 5

A Devil in Helltown

This week we look at the connection between Cornell's Kurt Vonnegut and Cape Cop serial killer Tony "Chop Chop" Costa.

Jun 17, 202138 minSeason 3Ep. 4

Larry Ray and the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult

Olivia Snake - the TikTok true crime star and host of Goddess Complex Podcast - joins us as we dive into what happened to a group of bright college students who fell under the sway of their classmate's con man father.

May 28, 202155 minSeason 3Ep. 1

Death on Ocean Boulevard

This week, Sarah and Laura talk to best-selling author Caitlin Rother about her latest book on the mysterious case of Rebecca Zahau.

May 21, 20211 hr 5 minSeason 2Ep. 27

90s Flashback: Princeton’s Lyle Menendez

Recently there’s been an uproar on social media defending the Menendez Brothers. What? This week we talk to Simone from 90’s Crimetime podcast about the infamous case.

May 13, 202142 minSeason 2Ep. 26

Re-Release: 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.

Apr 29, 20211 hr 8 minSeason 2Ep. 24

Satin Pumps: The Moonlit Murder

Join Sarah and Laura as they discuss a Hollywood Noir case of infidelity and murder with author Steve Kosareff.

Apr 22, 20211 hr 16 minSeason 2Ep. 23

Daughter of Killer William Bradford Bishop speaks!

What happens when a DNA test comes back and you find out your father is a mass murderer: An exclusive interview with William Bradford Bishop’s daughter Kathy Gillcrist.

Mar 15, 202145 minSeason 2Ep. 16

Yale's Jack DeSaulles, the Valentino Affair

In 1917, after years of adultery and estrangement, Jack DeSaulles was shot and killed by his young heiress wife, Blanca. If convicted, she would get the death penalty. Was she justified in killing him? The jury would decide.

Mar 11, 202130 minSeason 2Ep. 15

RE-RELEASE: 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. he 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 t...

Mar 04, 202139 minSeason 2Ep. 14
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