Old Timey Crimey

Massachusetts, 1778: A woman and her many lovers hatch a murderous plot as America fights for its independence. Big thanks to Andrew Noone--check out his book, Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy . Check out Short Story, Short Podcast for more of Kristy's dulcet tones.  Contact and Support:  Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com...

New York, 1937: Helen Tiernan, considered by all who knew her to be a devoted mother, would do anything for her lover--and what she did horrified the nation. Check out Short Story, Short Podcast for more of Kristy's dulcet tones.  Contact and Support:  Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Sources:  New York Times Mara Bovsun in the Daily News F...

Paris, 1889: A successful businessman disappears, leading to a riveting investigation and a landmark trial.  Check out Short Story, Short Podcast for more of Kristy's dulcet tones.  Contact and Support:  Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Sources: Little Demon in the City of Light: A True Story of Murder in Belle Epoque Paris by Steve Levings...

Amber and Kristy, joined by Joel, tell true crime tales of past and present.  New Brunswick, Canada, 1980s: Allan Legere embarks on a campaign of terror, leaving tragedy in his wake.  Ontario, Canada. 1870s: Elizabeth Bigley/Cassie Chadwick embarks on the long journey of a hundred names and a thousand scams.  Check out Short Story, Short Podcast Listen to FOROTTEN DARKNESS and DEALING JUSTICE ! Co...

Minneapolis, 1894: A woman's body is found in the street. A rented buggy returns driverless to the livery, seat stained with blood. And a young playboy totally innocently goes to the opera, nothing to see here, la la laaa.  Short Story, Short Podcast Contact and Support:  Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Sources:  Robert Wilhelm – Murder by...

Wales, 1840s: A group of farmers take umbrage at high toll rates, and make the tollgate hate run free.  Portland, Maine, 1855: A group of drinkers take umbrage at not being allowed to drink.  Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Sources;  Judith Lloyd on BBC . Wikipedia: Cucking Stool , Rebecca Riots Ben Johnson on Historic UK English Heritage...

Chicago, 1933: A man is kidnapped, and his son will go to great lengths to get him back. But does he even need to?  Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Sources: Max Factor . John Factor. The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic that Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout...

Chicago, 1933: A young man is kidnapped, and his father will go to great lengths to get him back. But does he even need to?  Check out Keystone State of Mind wherever you get podcasts. Hi Steph!  Check out more on the Nelson Miller aspect of the Charley Ross story over at CharleyRoss.com. Thanks again to Larry and Jessica for the updates!  Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twi...

Burbank, California, 1953: A woman with an incredibly troubled past meets a former roller-skating vaudevillian. Chaos and tragedy ensue. Thanks to our sponsor The New Reality Paranormal.   Check out Adventures of a Tree Frog.  Visit/Support/Contact: Patreon Facebook Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist mailto:oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Sources:  http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/graham.html Rage...

Kristy tells Amber the story of Mary Avery, a little girl with the best nickname ever. Mary tore up the streets of San Francisco in the late 1800s, and in doing so she stole our hearts--and lots of other stuff.  Note that our Patrons got even more from this episode, as the tale of Mary Avery was shorter than preferred--so the second half, in which Kristy regales Amber with fascinating tidbits from...

An unaired episode of Detectives by the Decade I had laying around. If you like what you hear, there's more where that came from wherever you listen to podcasts (or just click that handy link in the previous sentence). Also, don't forget to check out Short Story, Short Podcast .  Happy holidays!  Sources: Douglas MacGowan on CrimeLibrary, accessed via murderpedia.  Wikipedia. Arsenic Act . Not Pro...

Just a sampling of what you can get over on the Patreon . Keep an eye on this space--we'll be throwing up little treats every Friday until we return from our holiday hiatus on January 7. 

New York, 1916: A newly married couple suffer two unexpected tragedies in quick succession--but who's to blame? Cruel twists of fate, the young superstar dentist...or an ancient Egyptian man with a score to settle? This case just gets wilder at every turn.  Check out our friends at The Deep Dark Truth ! Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: old...

West Virginia, 1915: Three men try to pull off a daring heist for one last big haul--and miss the mark. By a lot.  Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com   Check out our sponsor  Best Fiends! Sources:  Mike Valente on WDTV WV Archives & History West Virginia Histories by Gerald D. Swick Wikipedia: Nat’l Bank Note Newspap...

New Jersey, 1935: A tangled web of relationships, all stuffed into one small house, lead to a dramatic trial for Mary Frances Creighton. But this is old hat to her. It's not her first rodeo, after all.... Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com   Check out our sponsor Best Fiends!   Sources:    Casetext.com. Mark Gribben,...

New York, 1930: A small town is shook when a local family is brutally murdered the night before Thanksgiving. Naturally, they react by pointing fingers at every immigrant they can find, calling in the Pinkertons, and roping in a future president.  Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Sources: Death on a Dairy Farm: Thi...

The year is 1949 and the place is Quebec, Canada. We're talking about J. Albert Guay, a man who never met a murdery cliché he didn't like.  Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Check out our sponsors  How to See a Man About a Dog: Collected Writings and Best Fiends.  Sources: Roger Lemelin in Macleans. EJ Kahn Jr in th...

Two men, one woman, two guns. With special guest Joel! isit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Check out our sponsors How to See a Man About a Dog: Collected Writings and Art Legends in History Podcast .  Sources:   Lenora on haunted palace blog John Knox Laughton. Dr. Marjorie Bloy’s “A Web of English History. ” Kristeen...

We finish off Spookyween with a discussion on Helen Duncan, also known as Britain's Last Witch, and how she attracted the UK military's ire for one of her seances.  Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishlist Email: oldtimeycrimey@gmail.com Check out our sponsors  Why Do We Say That? Podcast  and Best Fiends .  Sources: The Scotsman HMS Barham Explosion & S...

Jean Grenier, a teen boy in 17th century France, had a troubled home life. When he left home to try to survive on his own, no one could have guessed he'd make history as the youngest person ever convicted of lycanthropy.  Also, Amber explains how a headdress can be indecent, and we discuss the devil's proclivities.  Visit/support/contact us: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH Amazon Wishli...

Amber and Kristy take the ghost chat overseas, talking about haunted places in France and Norway. Locales include: Chateau de Commarque, Abbaye de Mortemer, Jardin des Tuileries, Akershus Fortress, Nidaros Cathedral, Hotel Union Oye, Frikesten Fortress, and Dalen the Fairytale Hotel.  Apologies for the echoes on the zoom call. We tried to fix it where we could.  You can find Chris at his other pod...

Spookyween continues with an examination of the Hammersmith Ghost, which terrorized people in a London village until someone paid the ultimate price. Plus, Kristy tells Amber the creepy, ridiculous details of an old superstition, the Dead Man's Hand.  Thanks to sponsor Crazy is as Crazy Does: The Life of a Serial Killer by John H. Mudgett--buy it on  Amazon  or  BN . Visit/support/contact us: Patr...

Spookyween commences with an examination of dolls that just so happen to be surrounded by weird activity. It's a total coincidence, clearly. Also a coincidence: that the podcast host wouldn't allow us to upload episode art.  Thanks to sponsor Crazy is as Crazy Does: The Life of a Serial Killer by John H. Mudgett--buy it on  Amazon  or  BN . Go listen to Muriel's Murders because they're awesome.  V...

A series of brutal murders terrorized a whole region of the U.S. in the 1910s. Were they really committed by one teenage girl?    Thanks to sponsor Crazy is as Crazy Does: The Life of a Serial Killer by John H. Mudgett--buy it on  Amazon  or  BN . Thanks to sponsor Best Fiends--find it on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  Visit/support/contact: Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH   Amazo...

One night of horrifying violence that would have a reverberating effect on American attitudes toward marijuana for decades. Plus a rant, some snark, and reminiscing about the DARE program.  Thanks to sponsor Crazy is as Crazy Does: The Life of a Serial Killer by John H. Mudgett--buy it on Amazon or BN .  Come visit us:  Patreon  Facebook  Instagram Twitter MERCH   Amazon Wishlist Sources:  Paul Gu...