Old Time Crime Gals

Ray and Faye Copeland seem to be a sweet elderly couple who make their money from cattle. Ray had a secret. He was the mastermind behind a check fraud ring and both him and his wife would pay for it.

We are back! We beat Covid thank goodness. It feels so good to be able to talk and get back to normal. Join us this week as we bring you the story of James Ruppert. He murdered his entire family on Easter Sunday in 1975 in Ohio.

The weather has got to us!! Our Southeastern weather has been crazy this week and with Spring in full swing allergies, sinuses, and other issues have hit our little team and we were unable to record. We wanted to say Happy Easter and next week we will be back with two stories to tell ya'll.  Email us with any questions or concerns oldtimecrimegals@gmail.com Visit us on our facebook page: Old...

We are visiting Alaska today to talk about Robert Hansen. He is a seemingly timid man with a slight stutter, small frame, glasses and comes off as shy. He lives in a suburban neighborhood with his wife and two children. He is an active and respected member of the community running the local bakery. A trade that he followed his father's footsteps in. He has a hobby of gun collecting and hunting big...

Imagine that you are on a trying to complete your family tree and researching your ancestry to learn about your heritage and you discover that you were involved in one of Canada's largest baby farming scandals and that you survived and escaped a terrible fate of neglect and starvation. Today we are going to talk about The Butterbox babies. Sources for this episode include one of our favorite sites...

Nora Fuller answered an ad in a local paper for a babysitting job. She left home to meet with her new employer and never returned. She was just 15 years old. This is the mysterious death of Nora Fuller.  Sources for this episode came from an awesome article by Jason Morrow. Find that here .  Check us out of Spotify, Apple, Google, or wherever you get your podcast.  Spotify Link &nbs...

In 1873, off the coast of New England sits a collection of islands called the Isle of Shoals. Smuttynose Island is a small island of only around 25 acres. It is home to the Hontvet family. Befriending a lone fisherman and welcoming into their family turns out to be a fatal move as tragedy strikes the family.  Sources for this episode include:  Murder by Gaslight Newengland.com

Imagine that you are 14 and not feeling so great. Your mom tells you to go to bed and they will do something about it tomorrow. You go to bed and fall asleep.....your tomorrow is 32 years later. This is the story of Karolina Olsson, the real life sleeping beauty of Sweden.  Sources for this episode include:  Anna Belfrage blog Wikipedia

Go back to 1970s California and meet Mary Vincent. If you ever thought you had a bad day, you will reconsider after hearing her story how she was put through hell and back and made it out alive. This is her story. 

This year will mark 50 years that this case has not been closed. Today I would like to take you to my neck of the woods and tell you the story of Jesse Mcbane and his fiance Patricia Mann, two high school sweethearts that the last place they were seen alive was at a Valentine's Day dance on Feb 12, 1971 at Watt's Hospital. The killer is still at large and has never been named. This is the Valentin...

Today's story is a doozie. We are going to take a look at the life of John List. It is a sad one, and it's an even bigger tragedy for the ones who loved him and looked up to him. Together he built a family with his wife Helen, who he was married to for over twenty years. They had three beautiful children. Patricia, a glowing girl by the age of 16 who was full of life and loved the theater, with a...

This week we travel to Ireland in the 19th Century. Learn about Elizabeth McNally and her life with 5 husbands before the age of 30!  Such a dramatic woman who had a quick temper that resulted in the death of several people. Sources for this episode include. Wikipedia New York Almanack wonderful article on medium.com by Kieran W Please don't forget to like, rate, subscribe and share our podca...

This is the story of Herman Mudgett. That name may not sound familiar. Perhaps you know him as Dr. H. H. Holmes, one of America's first serial killers. This man built an entire building the size of a block just to murder people. Follow him throughout his life as we cover how he came to be and what was his downfall.  Sources for this episode include,  Wikipedia  YouTube   Murder...

Let us take you back to the 1900's to a farmland property in Indiana that has been ravished by fire. Several people were trapped as the farm house was being engulfed in flames. At the center of it all, a lonely widower named Belle. A woman who's greed knew no bounds as she went to great lengths to secure monetary gain. Anyone who came around her was automatically marked for danger, and they had no...

Today Melissa and Shannon go back to 1900's rural VA to talk about a chaotic shoot out that left several dead and others wounded and started a man hunt. This is the story of the Courthouse Massacre of Hillsville, VA. and it may have just started with a kiss.