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True Crime Historian

True Crime Historian

By: Richard O Jones
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 Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told through vintage newspaper accounts from the golden age of yellow journalism

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  • The Oklahoma Phantom

    The Oklahoma Phantom
    Sep 3 2025
    Face-To-Face With Pretty Boy Floyd

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    The centerpiece of Episode 378 is a quest for an interview with the infamous bank robber and murderer Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd by Oklahoma reporter Vivian Brown. Although her reporting verges on glorifying Floyd’s celebrity, something we try to avoid, her six-part series published in the days between Floyd’s death in Ohio and his home-town burial, she also provides a deep insight into the way citizens viewed Depression-era bandits as anti-establishment folk heroes. But let’s not forget that Floyd murdered at least seven people, even if we don’t count the Kansas City Massacre.

    Hear More Stories Where ROBBERIES GO AWRY

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • You'll Never Hang Me!

    You'll Never Hang Me!
    Aug 28 2025
    The Insanity (Or Not) Of Douglas Van Vlack


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    Episode 377 takes a deep plunge into the story of a troubled young couple in a flight from justice that ends in great double tragedies. The second act details a sensational and contentious trial as Douglas Van Vlack’s defense team try to keep him from the gallows by telling the story of his traumatic life. The third act tells how the scoundrel tries to take matters into his own hands when the insanity plea fails. Culled from the historic pages of the Idaho Evening Times and other newspapers of the era.

    Hear more stories about COURTROOM SHENANIGANS

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    2 hrs and 5 mins
  • The Escapes Of The Plymouth County Desperadoes

    The Escapes Of The Plymouth County Desperadoes
    Aug 20 2025
    Bullets For Sheriff Maxwell And Family

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    Episode 376 is an action-packed thriller with a jailbreak, a prison break, a couple of car chases, a bank robbery, and then some. At the center of it all is the law-enforcing family of Sheriff Hugh Maxwell of Plymouth County, Iowa, who make the ultimate sacrifice in their pursuit of justice.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
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