Ye Olde Crime

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Hellfire Club, as well as how easy it was to be a womanizing d-bag, that killing people tends to cost you friends, and that haunted hunting lodges should probs be avoided unless you really like getting touched. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 Irish Central website by Debra Kelly 2021 Expert Vagabond article by Matthew Karsten 2020 Evoke article b...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the London Matchstick Girls Strike of 1888, as well as why worker safety is important, that you should always fight for what’s right, and that loud cats and snoring dogs make the perfect podcast soundtrack. Information pulled from the following sources: 2021 All That’s Interesting article by Genevieve Carlton 2021 Historic UK article by Jessica Brain 2021 History Extra...

Lindsay is joined by Brad from the Doomsday podcast to see if he can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to Doomsday wherever you catch your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Lost Children of the Alleghenies, as well as why you should trust your gut, that you should explore all possibilities when conducting a search and rescue, and how heartbreaking unsolved mysteries can be. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 Grunge article by Jean Mendoza 2022 Uncovering PA article by Jim Cheney 2021 The Lineup article by Orrin Grey 20...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Levi Boone Helm, as well as why the Wild West was such a hotbed of murder, that eating people doesn’t make you mysterious and cool, and how killing a bunch of people eventually catches up to you. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 94.3 Lite FM article by Leslie Morgan 2022 Fox56 News article by Matthew Duckworth 2013 Mental Floss article by Miss Cellani...

Lindsay is joined by John from the The Secret Sits podcast to see if he can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to The Secret Sits wherever you catch your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss Kaspar Hauser, as well blipping into existence via Thanos, that lying isn’t the best way to get what you want, and how not to get attention with deadly weapons. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 All That’s Interesting article by Gina Dimuro 2021 Ancient Origins article by Natalia Klimczak 2020 The Public Domain Review article 2015 Mental Floss article...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Mary Toft, as well as how to take advantage of the poor and uneducated, that it’s never okay to put foreign biological objects in your hoo-hah, and that profiting off others misfortune makes you a total asshat. Information pulled from the following sources: 2021 IFL Science article by James Felton 2020 Burials & Beyond article by Kate Cherrell 2020 History Extra article...

Lindsay is joined by Ashley and Michelle from the That’s So Fucked Up podcast to see if they can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to That’s So Fucked Up wherever you catch your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss Ned Kelly, as well as how you can be a bad guy without being a bad “guy,” that xenophobia is never cool, and that arts and crafts can make you pretty badass. Information pulled from the following sources: 2011 WSJ article by Enda Curran 1974 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5 listing by John V. Barry 1953 The Mirror article 1880 Leader article 1880 The Age art...

Happy Halloween! In this special holiday episode, Lindsay and Madison share a variety of paranormal stories from newspapers past. Pre-order your copy of the 2023 Independent True Crime Podcast calendar at podcastcalendars.com and get $5 off your order by using our promo code, OLDECRIMERS. And if you order before November 30, 2022, you can get an additional 10% off! Meet the new Instacart+. Get unl...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Greenbrier Ghost, as well as how to not be suspicious, that it’s not smart to boast about how awful of a human you are, and that you should always trust your gut (and your daughter). Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 All That’s Interesting article by Erik Hawkins 2022 West Virginia Explorer article by David Sibray 2018 Appalachian History article b...

Lindsay is joined by Hilary from the Complicit podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to Complicit wherever you catch your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Great Amherst Mystery, as well as why you should avoid men with black eyes, that it’s not okay to treat people’s homes like an oddities museum, and that if a poltergeist throws a knife at you, that’s your cue to leave. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 Halifax Examiner article by Suzanne Rent 2021 National Library of Medicine Circulating Now blog p...

Lindsay and Madison discuss the New England Vampire Panic, as well as why you shouldn’t bury baby shoes, that organs are pretty flammable, and that you should never drink or breathe in ashes of your dead loved ones, like, ever. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 New England Today article by Joe Bills 2022 Heritage Daily blog post 2021 Newspapers.com blog post by Jenny Ashcraft 201...

Lindsay is joined by Abigail from the Manic Pixie Weirdo podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to Manic Pixie Weirdo wherever you catch your podcasts. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Lindsay and Madison discuss West Virginia Penitentiary, as well as why you should watch where you’re building things, that inmate-on-inmate violence is no joke, and that exploring haunted places at night is a TERRIBLE idea. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 West Virginia Explorer article by David Sibray 2021 WTRF article by Stephanie Grindley 2020 Mysterious Universe article by J...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Alexander Turney Stewart, as well as how to start an empire from the ground up, that Amazon wasn’t the first to offer free shipping, and that you shouldn’t touch dead things. Information pulled from the following sources: 2016 Atlas Obscura article by Andrew Lenoir 2010 Unbound Smithsonian Libraries and Archives blog post by Elizabeth Periale 1899 The Philadelphia Times...

Lindsay is joined by Madison from the Ye Olde Crime podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to Ye Olde Crime wherever you catch your podcasts. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lindsay and Madison discuss Margaret Dickson, as well as how Scotland used to punish women just cause they could, that not every hanging ends how you think it will, and how to get a sweet nickname just for not dying. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 Surgeons’ Hall Museum blog post 2021 Edinburgh Live article by Kaite Welsh 2020 Random Times article by Leo S 2020 Spooky Isles art...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Edward Jones—Queen Victoria’s stalker, as well as how to be the hide and seek champion, that doubling up on trousers is a great way to smuggle out goods, and how to improve security by pointing out how lax it was in the first place. Information pulled from the following sources: 2018 The Senior article by David Ellis 2018 The Vintage News article by Stefan Andrews 2017...

Lindsay is joined by Autumn from the Autumn's Oddities podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to Autumn's Oddities wherever you catch your podcasts. Mentioned in this episode: Audible Get 1-month free of Audible! That's one free book and access to hundreds of free books and podcasts! Start reading today! Audible This podcast uses the following third-...

Lindsay is joined by Shawn Peters, author of the book “The Infamous Harry Hayward.” Shawn teaches in the Integrated Liberal Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has written five books, most recently The Catonsville Nine: A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era. Dubbed “one of the greatest criminals the world has ever seen” by the famed detective William Pinkerton,...

Lindsay and Madison discuss Viking werewolves, as well as why you shouldn’t steal magic wolf pelts, that wolves are pretty awesome, and how “alpha males” were supes into Odin. Information pulled from the following sources: 2021 Atlas Obscura article by Sarah Durn 2020 Nordic Culture blog post by Skjalden 2018 History article 2011 Scandinavian Studies article by Armann Jakobsson 2007 Journal of Eng...

Lindsay is joined by Marisa from the Victorian Variety Show podcast to see if she can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean. Listen to Victorian Variety Show wherever you catch your podcasts. Mentioned in this episode: Audible Get 1-month free of Audible! That's one free book and access to hundreds of free books and podcasts! Start reading today! Audible This podcast uses the follow...