Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

A lot has happened to Clara Phillips in 1922: she was convicted by a jury of killing Alberta Meadows, but jurors handed her a light sentence. She soon escaped jail and now Clara’s on the run in Honduras with her sister as Armour continues to support her financially.  How will the “Clara Phillips” show end? And will Alberta’s family ever see justice for her murder?  Written, researched, and hosted...

Clara Phillips sits in the witness chair, gazing at the gentlemen sitting on the jury at her murder trial in Los Angeles in 1922. Clara has always been adept at manipulating men…will it work this time? Meanwhile, the press harasses both Armour and Peggy Caffey.  Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling, Laura Sobel, and Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Eric Frien...

Alberta Meadows’s father must identify his daughter’s body while her killer, Clara Phillips, is on the run, sitting on a train that is heading to Texas. But her husband, Armour, is having second thoughts. Will he turn her in, or will he start a new life with her? And where is Peggy Caffey?   Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling, Laura Sobel, and Alexis Amo...

Clara Phillips has finally had enough—she has a failing marriage, a career in Hollywood that is sliding to a stop and no children. More than a decade of violent outbursts has finally added up to extreme violence and Alberta Meadows is her target. But will Alberta become Clara Phillips’s victim or is it someone else? Remember that Peggy Caffey is also inside that car on Montecito Drive.   Written,...

Clara Phillips’s jealousy is becoming more serious as she begins lashing out at Armour and stalking Alberta Meadows—even though there’s no evidence that Armour is cheating. And now Clara has drawn her best friend Peggy Caffey into this drama. On a shopping trip to downtown Los Angeles, Clara buys that infamous hammer and soon they’ve coaxed Alberta Meadows into their car.   Written, researched, an...

In 1922, former chorus girl Clara Phillips and her handsome husband Armour has a lovely house in West Hollywood, a car, a telephone, nice clothes…all those important status symbols. Armour tells everyone that he works in oil. It’s a lie—one of many they both tell. It all seems to be going well, except Clara hears an upsetting rumor from a neighbor that Armour is having an affair with a young widow...

The fourth season of Tenfold More Wicked is called “Tiger Woman.” It’s a historical true crime story about a Southern girl turned Hollywood chorus girl turned...killer with a hammer in 1920s Los Angeles. Armour Phillips is a grifter, a conman who bilks people of their money with a smile. His life seems perfect, except he’s married to a deeply troubled woman. She’s charming, beautiful, and violent....

In Part Two, author and journalist Elon Green reveals the identity of the serial killer who preyed upon gay men in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s...and it was an unlikely suspect.   Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support this podcast by shoppi...

Author and journalist Elon Green lays out the case of the Last Call Killer, who preyed upon gay men in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the sky-high murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost forgotten. Make sure to listen to Part Two next week.  Written, researched, and...

Author Blaine Pardoe tells us about the infamous Colonial Parkway Murders –the name given to eight murders that took place in the Tidewater region in the late 1980s. Young people in the prime of their lives were the targets but then, mysteriously, the killing spree stopped. Find out about the potential suspects and how the case might be solved.  Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Daws...

Author Isha Sesay unravels the story that started a global campaign to find the almost 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by extremists in Nigeria.  Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and...

Author Miles Harvey introduces us to James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, who vanished from a rural town in 1840s New York. Soon he persuaded hundreds of fellow Mormon-converts to follow him to an island, where he declared himself a divine king. Was his murder considered vigilante justice?  Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound...

New York Times bestselling author Abbott Kahler recalls the epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked America during Prohibition.   Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support this podc...

Award-winning author Dean Jobb explores the complicated—and deadly—world of nineteenth century serial killer Dr. Thomas Neill Cream. Why was the murderous doctor suspected of being Jack the Ripper? How many of his own victims survived?   Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additiona...

Filmmaker PJ Raval introduces us to Jennifer Laude in this episode. When the transgender Filipina woman was found dead in a motel room and the leading suspect is a U.S. Marine, grassroots activists demanded accountability.    Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research E...

Murder Squad host Paul Holes helps us unravel the case of Bessie Ferguson in 1920s Northern California, a woman with many secrets.    Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at t...

Author Katherine Dykstra investigates to murder of 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1970. Katherine talks to family members, including her mother and sister, in hopes of gathering clues to this 50-year-old unsolved case.  Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/...

Author Dean King digs into the country’s most notorious family feud: the Hatfields and the McCoys, with added details about what really caused the fight and just how far it went.    Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support this podcast by shopp...

Author and CNN journalist John Blake tells us about the murders of three civil rights workers, including James Earl Chaney in Mississippi in the 1960s. Blake explores how James’s death still reverberates through the Chaney family.   Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional res...

Author Rachel Monroe talks with us about WHY we love true crime through the story of Lindsay Souvannarath, who had a pact with her cyber-crush James Gamble to carry out a Valentine’s Day mass shooting.   Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support...

Filmmaker (and Tenfold More Wicked producer) Jason Wehling explores the wrongful conviction of Michael Morton, a Texas man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for killing his wife, Christine.   Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support this podc...

New York Times best-selling author Maureen Callahan unravels the story of serial killer Israel Keyes and his victims; Callahan interviewed the investigators who caught one of the country’s most notorious murderers.    Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Midd...

Author Mary Kay McBrayer unpacks the life of serial killer Jane Toppan, the murderous nurse with a tragic life’s story.    Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer Ilsa Brink/additional research Ella Middleton  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: ...

Phoenix Magazine writer Dawson Fearnow investigates two murders that might have connected to the same killer in 1920s Phoenix. Why did two men, both lotharios, end up in the same canal? Was it an angry husband or could it really have been that simple?       Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andrew Eapen/composer Curtis Heath/web designer ...

Author Vicki Erwin introduces us to 1930s Depression-era Missouri where a prominent woman in a small town is assaulted and murdered. Did her husband, the wealthy attorney, do it? Or was it another suspect? This was a case that sparked allegations of racism and privilege during the Great Depression.  Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producer Alexis Amorosi/sound designer Andre...