🕰️ Murder History

Explorations of real or fictionalized historical murders, examining how acts of violence illuminate the social tensions, fears, and obsessions of their era.

American Brutus

by Michael W. Kauffman • 2004

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

4.16

3k+

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

American Brutus 92%

An actor shot Lincoln on Good Friday and vanished. What followed was history's most bungled manhunt.

by Michael W. Kauffman 2004

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔪 Assassination Plots 🏛️ Civil War America 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories

If You Tell

by Gregg Olsen • 2019

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

3.98

360k+

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

If You Tell 92%

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

by Gregg Olsen 2019

3.98

360k+ ratings

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

Hauptmann's Ladder

by Richard T. Cahill Jr. • 2014

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

4.17

125

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence

Hauptmann's Ladder 92%

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014

4.17

125 ratings

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence

The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson • 2003

An architect builds a wonder. A doctor builds a hotel next door for murder. Chicago, 1893.

4.00

766k+

📯 Gilded Age 🎡 World'S Fairs 🔪 Serial Killers

The Devil in the White City 91%

An architect builds a wonder. A doctor builds a hotel next door for murder. Chicago, 1893.

by Erik Larson 2003

4.00

766k+ ratings

📯 Gilded Age 🎡 World'S Fairs 🔪 Serial Killers

Killing Lincoln

by Bill O'Reilly • 2011

The Civil War is ending, but a matinee idol is rehearsing Abraham Lincoln's murder.

4.06

109k+

📖 Narrative History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Assassination

Killing Lincoln 91%

The Civil War is ending, but a matinee idol is rehearsing Abraham Lincoln's murder.

by Bill O'Reilly 2011

4.06

109k+ ratings

📖 Narrative History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Assassination

Killing the Dream

by Gerald Posner • 1998

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

4.09

220

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism

Killing the Dream 91%

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

by Gerald Posner 1998

4.09

220 ratings

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism

Blood on the Moon

by Edward Steers Jr. • 2001

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

4.17

704

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks

Blood on the Moon 91%

Lincoln's assassination was the final act of a secret Confederate campaign of targeted killing.

by Edward Steers Jr. 2001

4.17

704 ratings

🦅 Civil War History 🔫 Political Assassination 🕸️ Conspiracy Networks

The Infernal Machine

by Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

4.03

2k+

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History

The Infernal Machine 91%

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

by Steven Johnson 2024

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History

Hellhound on His Trail

by Hampton Sides • 2010

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

4.35

15k+

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives

Hellhound on His Trail 91%

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

by Hampton Sides 2010

4.35

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives

A Casebook of Murder

by Colin Wilson • 1969

Gin soaked London bred one kind of killer. Chicago later produced a man who built a murder castle.

3.63

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Forensic History 🚨 Sex Crimes

A Casebook of Murder 91%

Gin soaked London bred one kind of killer. Chicago later produced a man who built a murder castle.

by Colin Wilson 1969

3.63

41 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Forensic History 🚨 Sex Crimes

Case Closed

by Gerald Posner • 1993

One mail-order rifle, three shots, and the case against conspiracy in the JFK assassination.

4.05

2k+

🔫 Presidential Assassinations ❄️ Cold War America 🔍 Conspiracy Debunking

Case Closed 90%

One mail-order rifle, three shots, and the case against conspiracy in the JFK assassination.

by Gerald Posner 1993

4.05

2k+ ratings

🔫 Presidential Assassinations ❄️ Cold War America 🔍 Conspiracy Debunking

The JFK Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2025

A car bomb waited at the Kennedy compound. The would-be assassin drove away, and history forgot.

4.11

7k+

🏛️ Presidential History 💣 Thwarted Assassination 🕵️ Secret Service

The JFK Conspiracy 90%

A car bomb waited at the Kennedy compound. The would-be assassin drove away, and history forgot.

by Brad Meltzer 2025

4.11

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 💣 Thwarted Assassination 🕵️ Secret Service

Destiny of the Republic

by Candice Millard • 2011

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

4.24

86k+

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography

Destiny of the Republic 90%

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

by Candice Millard 2011

4.24

86k+ ratings

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography

Killing Thatcher

by Rory Carroll • 2023

A Brighton hotel bomb, a five-ton chimney stack, and the single clue that unmasked a ghost.

4.46

8k+

🍀 Irish History ☘️ The Troubles 🎯 Assassination Plots

Killing Thatcher 90%

A Brighton hotel bomb, a five-ton chimney stack, and the single clue that unmasked a ghost.

by Rory Carroll 2023

4.46

8k+ ratings

🍀 Irish History ☘️ The Troubles 🎯 Assassination Plots

The Typewriter and the Guillotine

by Mark Braude • 2026

Flanner wrote the Paris letter. Weidmann killed six. As war loomed, their stories intertwined.

3.71

931

🗼 Interwar Paris 📰 Foreign Correspondents 🔪 Serial Killer History

The Typewriter and the Guillotine Summary

The Typewriter and the Guillotine 90%

Flanner wrote the Paris letter. Weidmann killed six. As war loomed, their stories intertwined.

by Mark Braude 2026

3.71

931 ratings

🗼 Interwar Paris 📰 Foreign Correspondents 🔪 Serial Killer History

Best Evidence

by David S. Lifton • 1980

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

4.01

644

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation

Best Evidence 90%

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

by David S. Lifton 1980

4.01

644 ratings

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation

A Fever in the Heartland

by Timothy Egan • 2023

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

4.35

50k+

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History

A Fever in the Heartland 90%

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

by Timothy Egan 2023

4.35

50k+ ratings

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History

The Day Wall Street Exploded

by Beverly Gage • 2008

Wall Street, 1920: thirty-eight dead, none caught. The failed investigation that built the FBI.

3.75

318

🏭 Labor History 🏴 Anarchist Movements 🔴 Red Scare

The Day Wall Street Exploded 90%

Wall Street, 1920: thirty-eight dead, none caught. The failed investigation that built the FBI.

by Beverly Gage 2008

3.75

318 ratings

🏭 Labor History 🏴 Anarchist Movements 🔴 Red Scare

A House in Gross Disorder

by Cynthia B. Herrup • 1999

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

3.54

119

🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory

A House in Gross Disorder 90%

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

by Cynthia B. Herrup 1999

3.54

119 ratings

🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory

The Black Hand

by Stephan Talty • 2017

One NYPD detective took on the Black Hand. His bosses barely cared if his people survived.

3.63

2k+

🕵️ Organized Crime 🇮🇹 Early Mafia 🏙️ Gilded Age

The Black Hand 90%

One NYPD detective took on the Black Hand. His bosses barely cared if his people survived.

by Stephan Talty 2017

3.63

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Organized Crime 🇮🇹 Early Mafia 🏙️ Gilded Age

The Five

by Hallie Rubenhold • 2019

Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.

4.09

69k+

🏙️ Victorian London 📖 Social History ✊ Feminist History

The Five 90%

Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.

by Hallie Rubenhold 2019

4.09

69k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 📖 Social History ✊ Feminist History

The First Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2019

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

3.82

14k+

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History

The First Conspiracy 89%

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

by Brad Meltzer 2019

3.82

14k+ ratings

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

3.83

16k+

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation

The Betrayal of Anne Frank 89%

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

by Rosemary Sullivan 2022

3.83

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation

The Gunfighters

by Bryan Burrough • 2025

Texas didn't just join the Wild West. Its honor codes, cowboy culture, and gunmen created it.

3.86

1k+

🔫 Frontier Violence 🤠 Texas History 📖 New Western History

The Gunfighters 89%

Texas didn't just join the Wild West. Its honor codes, cowboy culture, and gunmen created it.

by Bryan Burrough 2025

3.86

1k+ ratings

🔫 Frontier Violence 🤠 Texas History 📖 New Western History

The Case That Never Dies

by Lloyd C. Gardner • 2004

The Lindbergh conviction hung on a ladder, marked money, and witnesses. None of it held.

3.47

118

🕵️ Historical True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era 📰 Trial By Media

The Case That Never Dies 89%

The Lindbergh conviction hung on a ladder, marked money, and witnesses. None of it held.

by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004

3.47

118 ratings

🕵️ Historical True Crime 🏚️ Depression Era 📰 Trial By Media

Wyatt Earp

by Casey Tefertiller • 1997

Thirty seconds at the O.K. Corral made him a legend. The rest of his life was the bill.

4.00

807

🏜️ American Frontier ⭐ Old West Lawmen 🔍 Myth Debunking

Wyatt Earp 89%

Thirty seconds at the O.K. Corral made him a legend. The rest of his life was the bill.

by Casey Tefertiller 1997

4.00

807 ratings

🏜️ American Frontier ⭐ Old West Lawmen 🔍 Myth Debunking

Zero Fail

by Carol Leonnig • 2021

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

4.23

10k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure

Zero Fail 89%

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

by Carol Leonnig 2021

4.23

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure

Anatomy of a Lynching

by James R. McGovern • 1982

The 1934 lynching that was advertised, photographed, and so savage it killed the ritual nationwide.

4.38

📜 American Lynching 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Racial Violence

Anatomy of a Lynching 89%

The 1934 lynching that was advertised, photographed, and so savage it killed the ritual nationwide.

by James R. McGovern 1982

4.38

45 ratings

📜 American Lynching 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Racial Violence

Confessions Of A Cannibal

by Robert Keller • 2015

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

3.99

374

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime

Confessions Of A Cannibal 89%

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

by Robert Keller 2015

3.99

374 ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime

Brothers of the Gun

by Mark Lee Gardner • 2025

Thirty seconds of gunfire ignited a friendship, a blood feud, and a legend that outlived them both.

4.21

408

🤠 Old West History 👥 Dual Biography 🥀 Frontier Lawlessness

Brothers of the Gun 89%

Thirty seconds of gunfire ignited a friendship, a blood feud, and a legend that outlived them both.

by Mark Lee Gardner 2025

4.21

408 ratings

🤠 Old West History 👥 Dual Biography 🥀 Frontier Lawlessness

To Hell on a Fast Horse

by Mark Lee Gardner • 2010

Two men, one violent frontier, and a bullet in the dark that made them both immortal.

3.79

2k+

🏜️ Old West 🔫 American Outlaws 👥 Dual Biography

To Hell on a Fast Horse 89%

Two men, one violent frontier, and a bullet in the dark that made them both immortal.

by Mark Lee Gardner 2010

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏜️ Old West 🔫 American Outlaws 👥 Dual Biography

Killing Kennedy

by Bill O'Reilly • 2012

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

4.11

62k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination

Killing Kennedy 89%

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

by Bill O'Reilly 2012

4.11

62k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination

The Lincoln Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2020

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

4.31

7k+

🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency

The Lincoln Conspiracy 89%

Baltimore 1861: a secret society, a plot to kill Lincoln, and the detective who uncovered it.

by Brad Meltzer 2020

4.31

7k+ ratings

🤫 Foiled Conspiracy ⚔️ Civil War Era 🕵️ Pinkerton Agency

The Grim Sleeper

by Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

3.92

1k+

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust

The Grim Sleeper 89%

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

by Christine Pelisek 2016

3.92

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust

The Poisoner's Handbook

by Deborah Blum • 2010

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

4.02

38k+

🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York

The Poisoner's Handbook 89%

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

by Deborah Blum 2010

4.02

38k+ ratings

🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York

Say Nothing

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2018

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

4.47

174k+

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared

Say Nothing 89%

The peace deal that asked everyone to forget, and the one murder that couldn't stay buried.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018

4.47

174k+ ratings

☘️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🕯️ The Disappeared

The Art of Political Murder

by Francisco Goldman • 2007

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

4.15

1k+

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions

The Art of Political Murder 89%

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

by Francisco Goldman 2007

4.15

1k+ ratings

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions

Why We Love Pirates

by Rebecca Simon • 2020

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

3.67

340

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy

Why We Love Pirates 89%

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

by Rebecca Simon 2020

3.67

340 ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy

Enemy of All Mankind

by Steven Johnson • 2020

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

3.89

5k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company

Enemy of All Mankind 89%

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

by Steven Johnson 2020

3.89

5k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company

Our Town

by Cynthia Carr • 2006

A Klansman grandfather. A souvenir lynching photo. An Indiana town that never spoke of it.

3.90

202

🏛️ Jim Crow America 📸 Spectacle Lynching 🤫 Historical Amnesia

Our Town 89%

A Klansman grandfather. A souvenir lynching photo. An Indiana town that never spoke of it.

by Cynthia Carr 2006

3.90

202 ratings

🏛️ Jim Crow America 📸 Spectacle Lynching 🤫 Historical Amnesia

Revelation

by C.J. Sansom • 2008

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

4.37

28k+

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder

Revelation 89%

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

by C.J. Sansom 2008

4.37

28k+ ratings

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder

The Ultimate Evil

by Maury Terry • 1987

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

3.87

2k+

😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime

The Ultimate Evil 89%

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

by Maury Terry 1987

3.87

2k+ ratings

😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime

1794

by Niklas Natt och Dag • 2019

Wolves are blamed for a bride's savage death. A broken one-armed ex-soldier doubts the story.

3.81

8k+

🕯️ Historical Noir 🔍 Damaged Investigators 😈 Sociopathic Villain

1794 89%

Wolves are blamed for a bride's savage death. A broken one-armed ex-soldier doubts the story.

by Niklas Natt och Dag 2019

3.81

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Historical Noir 🔍 Damaged Investigators 😈 Sociopathic Villain

London Falling

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2026

A young impostor dies in the Thames. Police close the case. His parents don't.

4.37

36k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🔍 Family Investigation 🎭 Impostor Narrative

London Falling 89%

A young impostor dies in the Thames. Police close the case. His parents don't.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2026

4.37

36k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🔍 Family Investigation 🎭 Impostor Narrative

Till Death Us Do Part

by Vincent Bugliosi • 2004

No weapon, no witness, no forensic evidence. A prosecutor convicted two killers with a paper trail.

4.05

3k+

🧩 Circumstantial Evidence 🔍 Murder Investigation 🧠 Criminal Psychology

Till Death Us Do Part 89%

No weapon, no witness, no forensic evidence. A prosecutor convicted two killers with a paper trail.

by Vincent Bugliosi 2004

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧩 Circumstantial Evidence 🔍 Murder Investigation 🧠 Criminal Psychology

Pure Murder

by Corey Mitchell • 2008

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

3.97

1k+

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights

Pure Murder 89%

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

by Corey Mitchell 2008

3.97

1k+ ratings

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights

There Will Be Fire

by Rory Carroll • 2023

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

4.26

5k+

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism

There Will Be Fire 89%

Two minutes kept Thatcher alive. The Brighton bomber vanished, a ghost named Roy Walsh.

by Rory Carroll 2023

4.26

5k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🔍 Forensic Investigation 🛡️ Counterterrorism

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

The Girl in the Green Dress 89%

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

by Mariah Fredericks 2025

3.51

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies

by David Fisher • 2015

Before cinema cleaned them up, Wild West legends were killers, traitors, and pragmatists.

3.98

6k+

🏜️ Old West History 👥 Frontier Biography 🔍 Myth Debunking

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies Summary

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies 89%

Before cinema cleaned them up, Wild West legends were killers, traitors, and pragmatists.

by David Fisher 2015

3.98

6k+ ratings

🏜️ Old West History 👥 Frontier Biography 🔍 Myth Debunking

Under the Trestle

by Ron Peterson Jr. • 2018

Virginia never convicted anyone without a body. Then a girl vanished and a dog found him.

4.30

2k+

🏛️ No-Body Murder Trials 🔍 Circumstantial Evidence 🐕 Cadaver Dogs

Under the Trestle 89%

Virginia never convicted anyone without a body. Then a girl vanished and a dog found him.

by Ron Peterson Jr. 2018

4.30

2k+ ratings

🏛️ No-Body Murder Trials 🔍 Circumstantial Evidence 🐕 Cadaver Dogs

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