Ivy League Murders

This week Sarah and Laura have fun discussing some Ivy League Monsters with authors Ellis Weiner and Steve Radlauer.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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’?

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.

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.

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?

In the 1970’s, Ira Einhorn was guru to the counter culture in Philly. He was also keeping a terrible secret...

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.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

Annie Le had everything to look forward to, a bright future and a wedding... Why was this promising young woman killed?

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?

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!

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.

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?

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.

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 ★

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!

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 me...