Old Blood
The historical true-crime podcast that uncovers old blood with each new episode. Join us as a historian investigates history's most fascinating cases of true crime.
Podcasting since 2021 • 37 episodes
Old Blood
Latest Episodes
Broken Pearl: The 1896 Beheading of Pearl Bryan
A boy’s shortcut through a Kentucky fruit farm in 1896 uncovered the headless body of a woman, later identified as Pearl Bryan. How did she get there? Who killed her? And where is her head? Sources:Gold, Rac...
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Season 5
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Episode 72
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1:23:35
Fear No Evil: Ed Johnson & 1906 Tennessee
The 1906 assault of a white woman in Chattanooga led to a murder and the U.S. Supreme Court’s first and only intervention in a state criminal trial.Sources:Curriden, Mark and Phillips, Leroy Jr. Contempt of Court: The T...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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1:34:00
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Vile Business: The Murder of Duchess Praslin, Part II
In Part II of the murder that sparked a revolution, the Chamber of Peers investigates Duke Praslin for his wife’s brutal slaying.Sources:“ASSASSINAT DE MADAME LA DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN.” L’Ami de la religion, vol. 1...
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Season 5
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Episode 70
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51:16
Vile Business: The Murder of Duchess Praslin, Part I
In 1847, servants of Paris’s Hotel Sebastiani rushed to help Duchess Praslin after hearing her screams. This is part one of the murder that sparked a revolution. Sources:“ASSASSINAT DE MADAME LA DUCHESSE DE ...
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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54:07
Dead Man's Hand: The Bennetts & 1929 Kansas City
In 1929, a Kansas City housewife shot and killed her husband after a game of bridge. Twelve male jurors would decide her fate as newspapers across the country printed “post-mortems” of the fatal hand that led to his death.You ...
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Season 5
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Episode 68
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