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

Mary Paterson has entranced Dr. Robert Knox, and she’s earned William Burke and William Hare a large fee. As the murders continue, things begin to shift as mistrust between the serial killers grows. While one victim haunts Burke, Hare and his wife make a fateful decision. Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling and Laura Sobel/sound designer Eric Friend/compo...

William Burke and William Hare begin targeting victims and perfecting their murder method: Burking (look it up in the dictionary). Dr. Robert Knox’s classes are at capacity now…he’s making loads of money. He and his assistants happily hand over money to Burke and Hare…and never ask questions. But soon all three would meet a woman who would change everything—and put their business at risk.  Written...

In 1827 William Burke and William Hare, both poor immigrants from Ireland, enter into a business partnership. When a lodger at Hare’s boarding house suddenly dies the pair meets Dr. Robert Knox, one of the world’s most sought-after anatomy professors. Knox needs cadavers to teach classes to future surgeons—just like anatomy professors today. Burke and Hare earn more money with one body than a year...

This second season of Tenfold More Wicked is called “The Body Snatcher.” It's a historical true crime story about the world’s most famous graverobbers…who never actually robbed a grave. They murdered. In the early 1800s William Burke and William Hare snatched poor people off of the streets of poverty-stricken Edinburgh, Scotland. The serial killers murdered 16 people…and made medical history that...

The climax of Edward Rulloff’s tale—would he escape the noose once again? Would his brilliant brain make history, as he suspected it would? Yes. But not for the reasons he had hoped. Edward would become the avatar for the “criminal mind.”  Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling and Laura Sobel/sound designer Eric Friend/composer Curtis Heath Subscribe to my...

Edward’s failure to secure funding for his research has not deterred him. But he and his crime ring need money, so they rob a dry goods store in Upstate New York—a terrible idea. Three more people would soon die and Edward Rulloff would become infamous. Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling and Laura Sobel/sound designer Eric Friend/composer Curtis Heath Su...

After Edward’s release from prison, the Schutts pressure the district attorney to make a drastic decision. But it's too late because their son-in-law vanishes and reappears in New York City where he can easily hide from the Schutts. Edward becomes Professor Leurio and the aging academic hopes to sell his groundbreaking manuscript on linguistics for a fortune. Written, researched, and hosted by Kat...

Now that his secrets are laying at the bottom of Cayuga Lake, Edward is free to become the academic he had always strived to be. But the people of Tompkins County—and the Schutt family—have different plans for him. And they involve a noose. Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling and Laura Sobel/sound designer Eric Friend/composer Curtis Heath Subscribe to my...

Edward is frustrated with his banal life in the countryside. He’s bored by his job as a botanical doctor—he dreams of a career in academia. Edward is disgusted by his disloyal in-laws and his unappreciative wife, Harriet. And he hates Dr. Henry Bull, Harriet’s handsome (and flirtatious) cousin. Four people die in one episode—all from the same family. Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler...

In 1842 Edward Rulloff, a mysterious young academic, charms his way into the Schutt family in Dryden, a small village in Upstate New York. He’s hardworking and loyal—he impresses the prominent family. Edward is a good husband, at first. But the Schutts quickly learn that he’s also arrogant, jealous…and vengeful. Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/producers Jason Wehling and Lau...

This first season of Tenfold More Wicked is the real-life saga of America’s most intelligent killer, Edward Rulloff, a brilliant academic in Gilded Age New York City who murdered members of his own family in 1845. He escaped from prison and, while on the run for 30 years, he recruited a cabal of young men to whom he taught philosophy and languages by day and who robbed silk merchants at night. Whe...