History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

James C. Woods was determined to be psychotic by the U.S. Navy, but that didn't stand in his way of becoming head executioner for the Nazi War Criminals. The executions did not go well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Tim and Brandy as we discuss the brutal Hello Kitty Murder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sharon Lapotka was a bored, Maryland housewife who her explored her sexual fantasies on the internet. This would eventually lead to her murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In August 1977, the small community of Seaside, California, was the sight of a brutal, quadruple homicide that left law enforcement officials baffled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join as we discuss the strange haunting of a 19 year old New England girl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For years Ken McElroy was known as the town bully. When the justice system failed the citizens of Skidmore, they took the matter into their own hands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kid gets whacked on the head as a baby. Mayhem ensues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1936, geisha Sada Abe became a media sensation when she killed her lover, cut off his penis and carried it around in her hand bag. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Graham Frederick Young was a whiz at chemistry just ask his 70 victims. Special Thanks to Leanne Flanagan for the topic suggestion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 1946 Atlanta Winecoff Hotel Fire was the most deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rod Ferrell claimed to be a 500 year old Vampire named Vesago. In 1996, the teenager and self proclaimed leader of a group of teens known as the "Vampire Clan" brutually murdered an elderly Florida couple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On September 15, 1959 Paul Harold Oregeron arrived at the Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School in Houston Texas to enroll his son. He was carrying a briefcase full of dynamite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Christmas Eve 1971, seventeen year old Julianne Koepcke was on a flight to visit her father. Suddenly, the plane was struck by lightening and Julianne was thrown from the aircraft and landed in the middle of the Peruvian rain forrest. Badly injured, the teenager would survive 10 days alone in the jungle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February 1959, nine experienced hikers died of mysterious circumstances in the Ural Mountains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How an American POW joined forces with a Russian woman to defeat the Nazis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1982, Larry Walters achieved his life long dream to fly when he attached some weather balloons to his lawn chair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clifford Robert Oslon was a notorious Candian Serial Killer who charged the police $100,000 to show them where he hid his victim's bodies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stacey Ruth Castor loved money and she was willing to kill for it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catherine the Great ruled Russia with an iron fist between 1762 and 1796. She had her husband killed to seize power and was known for her insatiable sexual appetite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Known as the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader was responsible for the deaths of 10 people between 1974 and 1991. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Koro is a panic disorder in which a patient is under the delusion that his penis is shrinking or retracting. In October 1967, Koro reached epedemic levels in Singapore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is horrific story of mental illness, self-mutilation and murder. Listener discretion is advised Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On July 5, 1919, 22 year old Bella Wright's body was found along a rural road in England. She was last seen in the company of a man on a green bicycle..Now nearly 100 years later, the case remains unsolved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Married five times Robert James had a unique way of ending his relationships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.