The Little Old Murder From Pasadena

Pasadena Police investigate the bizarre 1921 murder-suicide committed by the Chinese chef of a prominent Pasadena family near "Millionaire's Row." 

Alyse and Victor discuss the 2006 fatal hit & run in East Washington Village that led to second-degree murder charges against the suspect.

Pasadena Police and LA County Sheriff's Detectives investigate the 1922 murder of 17-year-old Martin Telles, found bludgeoned in a reservoir at the Glenarm Power Plant.

Victor and Alyse discuss the tragic 1998 murder of KALI AM radio station receptionist Claudia Yanez in Pasadena's Playhouse District neighborhood.

In 1899, Pasadena Police and LA County Sheriffs exhaust all leads in the bloody slaying of Moy Jung, a Chinese immigrant in East Pasadena.

Alyse and Victor (whew!) discuss the brutal and senseless 2011 murder of the  other  Victor Cass from Pasadena.

A 1928 bank robbery leads to a violent and dramatic Pasadena Police car-to-car gun battle with two heavily-armed gangsters.

Victor and Alyse discuss the wild 2021 Pasadena Police shootout that occurred in East Pasadena in which a crazed gunman murdered an innocent bystander before being neutralized. 

A love quadrangle unraveled in 1929 Pasadena, after prominent automobile salesman Victor Cooley was found bludgeoned with a hammer in his apartment.

On the heels of HBO's "The Mortician," listen to a breakdown of arguably the most infamous, grisly and shocking true crime case in Pasadena history--burning bodies, selling body parts and murder--this case has everything!

Alyse and Victor discuss the tragic grandstand collapse at the 1926 Tournament of Roses Parade in which criminal negligence led to 11 gruesome deaths and hundreds of casualties. 

A love triangle turns fatal for a married lawyer on South Marengo Avenue after Pasadena Police respond to neutralize a threat to his family.

Victor and Alyse discuss the bizarre, 1925 unsolved murder of an eccentric spiritualist in Old Pasadena.

In 1993, a normal day turns deadly for the Yu family as their jewelry store gets robbed.

Alyse and Victor discuss the grisly and controversial 1906 murder from the grounds of Pasadena's famous Raymond Hotel.

In 1947, a young man arrived at the Pasadena Police Department and told officers that there was a dead teenage girl in his car.  Was it a suicide pact gone wrong?

Victor and Alyse discuss the double murder of a beloved culinary school instructor and his wife in Playhouse Village. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.

In 1941, an alcohol-fueled bad marriage ends in tragedy for a former major leaguer and his wife.

A well-known barber shop owner is brutally stabbed to death in a case that co-host Victor has a personal connection with. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.

Alyse and Victor discuss the disappearance of Tommy Bowman, who went missing in 1957 after a hiking trip to Pasadena with his family. Tommy was just one of at least six children who went missing from the Angeles National Forest between 1953 and 1970. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.

LA County sheriffs find themselves in a standoff with a man who just murdered his estranged wife in East Pasadena. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.

Alyse and Victor discuss the grisly 1999 slaying of beloved flamenco dancer Maria Isabel Fernandez. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.

Victor and Alyse discuss a famous attempted murder and suicide at one of Pasadena's most iconic architectural landmarks, the Colorado Street Bridge. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.

Today, your hosts revisit Pasadena's most infamous cold case, the 1933 murder of Leonard Siever at the Scottish Rite Temple. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.

In this episode, we discuss some of the incidents that occurred on the historic Mount Lowe Railway and resort, including an attempted murder/suicide from 1902. Music credits to Fesilyan Studios.