Ye Olde Crime

Lindsay and Madison discuss Union Major General John Sedgwick, as well as how to be a decent human, the importance of keeping up with emerging tech, and the lasting irony of one’s last words. Information pulled from the following sources 2025 A Civil War Traveler blog post 2025 Helytimes blog post 2024 Emerging Civil War blog post by Chris Mackowski 2023 The Reconstruction Era blog post by Patrick...

What happened a century ago, may explain what's happening today. Enjoy this episode? Please consider leaving a rating & review on your podcast player. For inquiries and feedback, please email sgepodcast@outlook.com. Resources: Youtube - ‘Most Haunted Unseen - The Mermaid Inn’ - uploaded by most haunted vids - September 17th, 2012 Youtube - ‘Eerie Encounters: Inside Mermaid Inn - World's Scariest H...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Betsy McHugh, as well as why it’s good practice not to accept gifts from shady friends, how to survive in a foreign country, and that children are people too. Information pulled from the following sources 2017 Victorian Historical Journal, Issue 288, Volume 88, Number 2 Convicted Records (1) (2) Convict Women's Press Founders and Survivors Wikipedia Send us your listene...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Mattie Blaylock, as well as the dangers of headache cure-alls, how to get a common law wife, and why research is so important to keep people’s memories alive. Information pulled from the following sources 2025 All That’s Interesting article by Marco Margaritoff 2025 Legends of America article by Kathy Alexander 2025 True West article 2024 Pamela Nowak blog post 2019 Jus...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Peter Niers, as well as various Medieval torture methods, how to make your own Invisibility Cloak, and why you shouldn’t trust your personal belongings to strangers. Information pulled from the following sources 2024 Cult Nation article by Sean Reveron 2023 Gothic Bite Magazine post by Paula 2021 Ranker article by Jen Jeffers 2018 Executed Today post by Headsman 2017 Th...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Great Pig War of 1859, as well as the importance of proper documentation, why you shouldn’t kill out of anger, and how to almost cause a war between two superpowers. Information pulled from the following sources 2025 All That’s Interesting article by Kaleega Fraga 2024 Salish Current blog post by Richard Arlin Walker 2023 The Archive post by Lee D’Amato 2022 A Bit A...

Lindsay is joined by author Gigi Berardi to discuss her newest book, “Bianca’s Cure,” which was released by She Writes Press on February 10th, 2026. Florence, 1563. Forbidden from practicing her herbal cures in Venice, the young noblewoman Bianca Capello flees to Florence, where the ruling Medici family practices alchemy. There, she wins herself an invitation to their palace, and, as well as a pat...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the mystery surrounding Johnny Ringo, as well as the dangers of cattle rustling, why you shouldn’t cause a public disturbance in Texas, and how to leave a lasting legacy by dying under unusual circumstances. Information pulled from the following sources 2025 True West article by Bob Boze Bell 2024 All That’s Interesting article by Daniel Rennie 2024 History Net article...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the matricide of Caroline Sharkey at the hands of her son, Elmer, as well as how “prolific” insanity was in 1800s Ohio, why you shouldn’t stage a crime scene, and how to die in a way so horrifying that it makes your state’s history. Information pulled from the following sources 2018 Executed Today post by H.M. Fogle 1892 The Cleveland Leader 1890 The Cincinnati Enquirer...

Lindsay is joined by Dr. Julie Marty-Pearson from The Story of My Pet and Podcast Your Story podcasts to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to one (or both) of her productions wherever you catch your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay is joined by Alex from Second Guess Everything to discuss the execution of Mary Surratt, as well as how innocence can be questioned in a court of law, why your boardinghouse shouldn’t be a secret meeting place, and how to be the first at something awful. Information pulled from the following sources 2025 All That’s Interesting article by Austin Harvey 2025 Boundary Stones article by Kira Q...

Lindsay is joined by Pete Turner from The Break It Down Show to see if he can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen now wherever you catch your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss the murder of Narcissa Cowart, as well as the dangers of courting two women at the same time, why you should never trust your kid with a pocket knife, and how to get away with murder. Information pulled from the following sources 2022 Murder by Gaslight blog post by Robert Wilhelm 1878 The Atlanta Constitution (1) (2) (3) (4) 1878 The Ellijay Courier 1878 Georgia Weekly...

Lindsay is joined by author Stephanie Cowell to discuss her book, “The Man in The Stone Cottage.” In 1846, Yorkshire, the Brontë sisters— Charlotte, Anne, and Emily— navigate precarious lives marked by heartbreak and struggle. Charlotte faces rejection from the man she loves, while their blind father and troubled brother add to their burdens. Despite their immense talent, no one will publish their...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Corgarff Castle, as well as how to construct a kick-ass castle, that the Jacobites liked to eff shit up, and why you shouldn’t play a drinking game to this episode every time there’s a fire. Information pulled from the following sources Atlas Obscura Britain Express Castle Finders The Castles of Scotland Great Castles (1) Hidden Scotland post by Graeme Johncock Stravaig...

Lindsay is joined by author Cinda Gault to discuss her book, “A Small Compass.” In 1806, Isobel Gunn is staring down the inevitability of a spinster’s farm life in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, often referred to as the Island of Women.  At the same time and across the ocean in Maskinongé, Quebec, Marie-Anne Gaboury is facing the prospect that her dashing new coureur de bois husband will leave her...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Giacomo Casanova, as well as how to win and lose it all gambling, that blasphemy is no joke, and how to be both charming and also a horrible human being. Information pulled from the following sources 2025 Kiss From Italy blog post 2025 Walks of Italy blog post 2024 The Article post by Jeffrey Meyers 2024 The Collector article by Stephanie Jelks 2023 Yale University Pres...

Lindsay is joined by Alan Katz from Costard & Touchstone Productions to see if he can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Visit Costard & Touchstone Productions and listen to one (or all) of their many productions wherever you catch your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss the phenomenon of “prairie madness,” as well as how isolating the Great Plains are, that silence can be just as dangerous as sound, and how man needs community. Information pulled from the following sources 2025 Retrospect Journal post by Kate Phillips 2024 Homestead article by Barbara Bamberger-Scott 2023 Medium post by Mel Carriere (1) (2) 2022 Atlas Obscura article b...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the popular nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man,” as well as how to lure children in the 16th century, that you should never trust a door-to-door pastry salesman, and how to start an urban legend. Information pulled from the following sources 2024 Atlas Obscura article by Kaleena Fraga (1) 2024 Kaneland Krier article by Sophie Thill 2024 Mirror article by Alan Johnson 2023 Lo...

Lindsay is joined by author D. Paul Fleming to discuss his book, “Mystery’s at the Windham Inn: The Feral Feline,” which was released October 1, 2025. On a bitterly cold December morning nearly 280 years ago, a young woman named Elizabeth was executed…twice! With the governor’s pardon in hand, her father was within musket shot when the noose finally stopped twitching. Ms. Elizabeth’s last breath s...

Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy month and discuss Nicola Aubrey, as well as how exorcisms work, that religious wars are awful, and how to get your new religion put on blast by Satan himself. Information pulled from the following sources 2022 All That’s Interesting article by Kaleena Fraga 2022 Unam Sanctam Catholicam blog post 2022 Los Angeles Review of Books article by Ed Simon 2020 Esoterx b...

Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy month and discuss Scholomance and the Solomanari, as well as how to get a badass education, that being a dragon rider sounds like a pretty sweet gig, and how to get a magic stick. Information pulled from the following sources 2024 Historic Mysteries article by Bipin Dimri 2020 Esoterx blog post 2011 Jason Colavito article 2011 Romanian Traditions blog post by ur...

Lindsay is joined by bestselling thriller and horror author Scott Wells to discuss his book, “Marked By The Ouija,” which established him as a powerful voice in YA horror—blending supernatural mystery with the emotional depth of adolescence. When a group of friends stumble upon a brand-new Ouija board, a night of harmless fun spirals into a terrifying encounter with the unknown. Spooked by the ple...

Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy month and discuss the Miniwashitu, as well as why you should be careful around waterways, that it can be more dangerous during the day than at night, and how to die via insanity. Information pulled from the following sources 2024 Jack and Kitty Norton blog post 2024 KX News article  2023 Atlas Obscura article by April White 2023 Puzzlebox Horror post by Macabre...