Ned Doheny found himself embroiled in a huge bribery scandal. On behalf of his father, oil baron Edward Doheny, Ned illegally obtained drilling leases from the US government. His close friend and personal secretary, Hugh Plunkett, was present for the transaction and would likely have to testify. But before either man could even walk into a courtroom, they would wind up dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 30, 2022•51 min
Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, assassination-aiding King of Poisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 22, 2022•41 min
By the early ‘90s, the case of Helen Brach was heating up. But to get answers, police needed to go deeper into Chicago’s cutthroat Horse Mafia. As agents worked their informants, the pieces of two cases, decades apart, finally came together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 16, 2022•45 min
In February 1977, 65-year-old candy heiress Helen Brach disappeared, and her case went cold almost immediately. Over a decade later, investigators searching for her killer stumbled upon a vital clue that might not only solve her case, but the case of three missing Chicago boys decades earlier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 09, 2022•44 min
In 1955, the quiet community of Jefferson Park in Chicago was known as a peaceful suburb. But its innocence was stripped away when three local boys went to a movie and never came home. Days later, their bodies were found. The case went cold for years before a seemingly unrelated crime provided the key to solving the mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 02, 2022•42 min
Eric Tombe’s parents had last heard from him in mid-April 1922 when he sent them a letter about an upcoming trip to Paris. Shortly after, Eric’s mother began having nightmares about her son. By mid-summer, she was convinced he was dead. By 1923, Scotland Yard would find his body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2022•42 min
Two felons who met in prison decided to stay friends on the outside. They spent the summer and fall of 1979 kidnapping and murdering teenage girls in southern California. Police didn't even have them as suspects. Until an unlikely source came forward with crucial information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2022•41 min
Aaron Burr is most infamous for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel. But Burr was also a father — one whose daughter, Theodosia, vanished one night at sea. No one can say for sure what happened to her ship, The Patriot, or its passengers... though a centuries-old portrait may hold a clue. This episode originally aired on Unsolved Murders . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 12, 2022•43 min
The estranged adult children of Geraldine Kelley long suspected foul play in their father’s death. Though she had told them that John Kelley had died in a road accident, Geri revealed on her deathbed in 2004 that she’d shot him in the head and kept his body in a storage facility freezer for years. This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 05, 2022•42 min
There is no debate about who killed Alexander Hamilton. His infamous duel with Aaron Burr was held according to the standards at the time. But many, including the states of New York and New Jersey, concluded that Burr was a cold-blooded killer who got away with murder. This is a special one-part crossover with Unsolved Murders , a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 21, 2022•43 min
On an August night in 1952, a blue Chrysler raced down a hill, hit a barrier, and flipped onto its side. Nearby police officers rushed to help the driver, 33-year-old Dorothy May Grammer, but it was too late. A few days later, the autopsy revealed it was no accident. It was a homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 14, 2022•36 min
Four men received a guilty verdict for the murder of a person whose identity was unknown. Charges against one of the men would eventually be dropped, but the remaining three men were sentenced to die the next day. Then one of them made a startling confession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 07, 2022•37 min
In November of 1831, four men tried to sell a fresh body to the anatomist at King’s College in London. But a quick look at the body revealed it to be a little too fresh. Had these bodysnatchers robbed a new grave or murdered an innocent human to keep up with rising demand? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2022•35 min
When Reporter John McCormack went looking for missing celebrity pundit Madalyn Murray O’Hair, he thought it might be more than a simple case of tax evasion. Sure enough, he found a trail of stolen gold, disgruntled employees, and a disembodied torso... But it would still take years to uncover the truth about Madalyn’s tragic last days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 24, 2022•52 min
She was a popular atheist speaker who challenged American evangelical thought wherever she went. She was also called "the most hated woman in America" and had no shortage of enemies. So when Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her family went missing in 1995, no one went looking... for two whole years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 17, 2022•48 min
44-year-old Cordelia Botkin was the sole suspect in a murder-by-mail case that killed two sisters and involved two jurisdictions on two different coasts. Authorities knew she had an affair with the husband of one of the victims, but could they find enough evidence to prove it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 10, 2022•36 min
In the summer of 1898, two sisters died after eating chocolates they received in the mail. Their suffering was inexplicable — until their father discovered a sinister clue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 03, 2022•35 min
Jim Williams had the money to hire the best attorneys around. After a fourth trial for the same crime, he was finally found not guilty. Was the law truly upheld that day or did a rich man buy his freedom? This is a crossover series with Unsolved Murders , looking at two complicated cases where the conclusions are far from forgone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 26, 2022•43 min
In May of 1981, shots rang out at a mansion known as the Mercer House. When officers arrived, a young man was dead. The estate’s lone resident, a 50-year-old antique dealer, claimed self-defense. But to investigators, the crime scene told a different story. This is a crossover series with Unsolved Murders , looking at two complicated cases where the conclusions are far from forgone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 19, 2022•50 min
The people of Waco wanted justice to be served. Four suspects emerged, but would that be enough to close the case? This is a crossover series with Unsolved Murders , looking at two complicated cases where the conclusions are far from forgone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 12, 2022•52 min
In 1982, three teenagers were found murdered along Lake Waco. There was very little evidence, but Sergeant Truman Simons had a hunch. And he knew it would pay off. He just needed more time. This is a crossover series with Unsolved Murders , looking at two complicated cases where the conclusions are far from forgone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 05, 2022•51 min
Known locally as "The Sausage King," Adolph Luetgert found himself in hot water after police found evidence of his wife Louise's murder. Shards of bone and a ring inscribed with the initials "L.L." were found in a vat at his factory. But Adolph was adamant — he would never harm his "Sausage Queen." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2022•39 min
Adolph Luetgert came from Germany to chase the American dream. He started a successful sausage factory and even married a woman from his home country. But one morning in 1897, he woke up for breakfast and his wife Louise was gone. Days later, when authorities came to investigate the plant, they found her jewelry floating in one of the vats. Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides...
Jun 22, 2022•43 min
Detectives identified 25-year-old James Hanratty as their primary suspect. While in custody, he even admitted to his crime. But some of the public believed that the wrong man was executed. Decades after his execution, DNA testing would determine if the right man was convicted. Countdown to the CULTS book release! Parcast’s first book hits shelves July 12th. It’s an unflinching exploration of shame, secrecy, power, exploitation, and destruction. Learn more at www.parcast.com/cults ! Learn more ab...
Jun 15, 2022•44 min
Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie were kidnapped, shot, and left on the side of the A6 at Deadman's Hill. The gunman then took off in Michael's car. When Scotland Yard released a composite drawing of the suspect, the tips came flowing in. But would any of them pan out? Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this chilling summer read that takes you deep into the darkest sides of human nature. Learn more and grab your copy at www.parcast.com/cult...
Jun 08, 2022•37 min
Authorities tracked down Albert Fish to a boarding house in New York. From the outside, he appeared to be a harmless old man. But inside, he was a cold-blooded child murderer. And detectives were sure there had to be more victims. This is the final episode of a two-part crossover with the hosts of Serial Killers . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 02, 2022•41 min
After the kidnapping of 10-year-old Grace Budd, authorities sifted through countless tips to locate the man who took her: Frank Howard. But after years of investigating, they realized that Frank Howard was actually Albert Fish. And time was running out to find him. This is a crossover episode with the hosts of Serial Killers, a Parcast show that delves into the lives and crimes of notorious murderers. Parcasters, we have exciting news! Our first book hits bookshelves July 12th. Don’t miss this c...
May 30, 2022•40 min
The murder at Breakheart Hill Farm led reporters into the violent past of John Best, a farmhand who had worked under George Bailey. As the trial against him made headway, John maintained his innocence. The evidence at the farm told a different story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2022•38 min
His dismembered body was found in a series of burlap bags at Floating Bridge Pond in Massachusetts. Farm caretaker George Bailey had made quite a few enemies during his lifetime, so it's no surprise that somebody had killed him. The surprise was who did it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2022•39 min
Franz Müller was arrested in New York and extradited back to England for a criminal trial. The case against him was far from cut and dry, but that didn’t stop a jury from convicting him. In 1964, the 24-year-old was led to the gallows, and all of England was left with a question. Did Franz really do it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2022•38 min
