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.
Episodes
30 episodes
The Wicked Witch of Ringtown: Murder in Pennsylvania
A man murdered a woman in rural Pennsylvania after claiming she had cursed him with black magic. How did this region become known as the Hex Belt? And how could such a tragedy occur as recently as 1934?Sources:“A Look Back ...
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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55:14
Flapper Fatale: The Murder of Edith Thompson, Part II
Edith Thompson faces the death penalty for her lover’s crime. How many deaths will there be before this affair ends? Sources:Blackburn, Jack. “Edith Thompson: posthumous pardon over husband’s murder a step c...
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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1:06:28
Flapper Fatale: The Murder of Edith Thompson, Part I
A night out on the town turns deadly after a love triangle unravels in 1920s London. Sources:Blackburn, Jack. “Edith Thompson: posthumous pardon over husband’s murder a step closer.” The Times. 7 March, 2023. <...
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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1:02:46
Dr. Strange: A Tragedy in New Orleans
In 1889, a father discovered his daughter dead at the home of Dr. Etienne Deschamps, a dentist-surgeon and hypnotist. Was the death truly an accident? Or was it, as most of New Orleans believed, a murder? Sources:<...
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Season 4
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Episode 62
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1:15:24
Maniac: Insanity & Tragedy in South Pasadena
In 1940, a principal snapped and went on a shooting spree at his Southern California junior high school. Who or what was to blame?Sources:Barer, Burl and Frank Giradot Jr.. A Taste For Murder (Denver: Wildb...
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Season 4
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Episode 61
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1:02:29
Death Came For Dongo: A Massacre in Old Mexico
In October of 1789, a search for the owner of an abandoned carriage led to a gruesome discovery in the home of a wealthy merchant. Don Joaquin Dongo and his entire household had been slaughtered. Within days, Mexico City officials had located, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 60
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1:01:58
Killer at the Knickerbocker Part II: Roland Molineux & the Great Poison Mystery
The Great Poison Mystery began in 1898 after two people were killed by poison sent to them by mail. The packages were eventually traced back to the ritzy Knickerbocker Athletic Club, and its secretary, the son of a Civil War hero. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 59
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55:50
Killer at the Knickerbocker Part I: Roland Molineux & the Great Poison Mystery
The Great Poison Mystery began in 1898 after two people were killed by poison sent to them by mail. The packages were eventually traced back to the ritzy Knickerbocker Athletic Club, and its secretary, the son of a Civil War hero. <...
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Season 4
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Episode 58
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51:22
Of Fire and Blood: Massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright's Love Bungalow
In the summer of 1914, a fire broke out at the love bungalow of Frank Lloyd Wright and his mistress Mamah Borthwick. When the smoke cleared, it became clear that a horrible massacre had taken place, leaving seven dead. Who wanted to kill everyo...
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Season 4
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Episode 57
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1:16:56
Destroying Angel: A Hollywood Mystery
Two actors fled Hollywood for Salt Lake City in 1928. One was bludgeoned to death, and the other would call upon none other than Charlie Chaplin for help. As authorities scrambled to uncover what happened to the murdered Don Solovich, Hollywood...
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Season 4
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Episode 56
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1:07:00
Woman in White: The Dictaphone Murder Trial
In the summer of 1914, someone shot through the window of a Long Island doctor’s office, killing a woman inside. When investigators found a dictaphone installed inside the office, they began to suspect the doctor’s jealous wife, who claimed to ...
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Season 4
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Episode 55
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1:04:26
Hell Broke Loose: The Servant Girl Killer
Before Jack the Ripper, there was the Servant Girl Annihilator. The man who stalked Austin, Texas, in 1885, preying upon the city’s black servant girls. When he targeted two white women in a shocking Christmas Eve attack, all hell broke loose.&...
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Season 4
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Episode 54
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1:07:47
The Wallpaper Widow: The Murder of Mary Emsley (Part II)
A widow is found brutally murdered in London's East End in the summer of 1860. Four decades later, Sherlock's creator, Arthur Conan Doyle was still trying and failing to solve the mystery. Can we do better than Sherlock Holmes?
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Season 4
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Episode 53
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51:20
The Wallpaper Widow: The Murder of Mary Emsley
A widow is found brutally murdered in London's East End in the summer of 1860. Four decades later, Sherlock's creator, Arthur Conan Doyle was still trying and failing to solve the mystery. Can we do better than Sherlock Holmes?
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Season 4
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Episode 52
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49:48
Blood Will Out: Dolly & the Bat Man Slayer
A decade-old murder mystery unravels when a secret is discovered in a Los Angeles attic. Even in 1930, the press declared the mystery of Dolly and the Bat Man Slayer as"Los Angeles' most startling murder story."Sources:
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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47:21
Howl: Violette Noziere, 1930s Paris & the Invisible Generation
In the summer of 1933, 18-year-old Violette Noziere poisoned her parents before heading out to enjoy the Parisian nightlife. When she was arrested and gave the motive for her crime, Violette scandalized the country.Sources<...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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1:07:16
Feral: The Dark Strangler
The Dark Strangler prowled the streets of Jazz Age San Francisco. His murder spree spanned nine states, two countries, and three years, resulting in the murder of anywhere from 22 to 31 women and children. This is the story of America’s most pr...
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Season 3
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Episode 49
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1:05:15
Blood Mail: America's First Kidnapping
In the summer of 1874, little Charley Ross disappeared after taking candy from a stranger. This is the story of America’s first kidnapping and the nationwide manhunt that ended in a deadly shoot-out.Sources:<...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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44:41
The Sausage King & the Vat of Phat
In 1897, sausage sales plummeted after the wife of the so-called Sausage King suddenly went missing. Chicago police investigated the factory and a mysterious vat filled with reddish-brown slime. Did the wife run away? Was she ground into sausag...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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46:14
Sassy: The Brown Palace Murders
It was nearly midnight in May 1911 when crowds left the theater and gathered at the Brown Palace Hotel barroom. Within minutes, shots rang out and patrons scrambled for cover, but two would not survive. What prompted such a brazen shooting in D...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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1:19:18
Lawful: The Lynching of Chipita Rodriguez
In the middle of the American Civil War, a horse trader was found in a south Texas river with his head axed in. Following the discovery, the town sheriff arrested an elderly woman by the name of Chipita Rodriguez. Was justice served?S...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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56:26
Victim Eight: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders
A killer prowled the streets of London in 1811, 80 years before Jack the Ripper. But in 1811, there were no police to catch the fiend who brutally murdered seven people along Ratcliffe Highway. Would there be a victim eight?
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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1:25:17
Little Demon & The Bloody Trunk II
The Gouffe Affair had attracted international interest by 1890, with the world wondering if Gabrielle’s defense could be true. Could someone really be hypnotized and compelled to commit murder? Sources:Bogou...
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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50:11
Little Demon & The Bloody Trunk I
Mysteries collide in 1889 France, as a bailiff goes missing and a bloody trunk is discovered in the countryside. Can Paris’s best detectives solve the case?Sources:Bogousslavsky, Julien and Walusinksi, Olivier. "...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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55:10
A Man's Crime: Alice Mitchell & Freda Ward
In 1892, 17-year-old Freda Ward was walking to the river landing when she was attacked with a razor blade and had her throat slit. The ensuing legal battles brought national attention to Memphis, Tennessee, and challenged her society’s views on...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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53:52