Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 22m
Activity Sporadic
Since Aug 2021
Latest Episode Jul 2025

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Monthly
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Murder, Mischief & Mayhem! is an anthology of America’s heritage of scandal and murder. From the annals of American criminal history come sensational cases that captured and held the public’s imagination. Join us for an excursion into that era’s version of Crime Scene Investigation – well before computers, cell phones, suspect databases, and DNA analysis – carried out by legends of law enforcement, in pursuit of some of the most notorious criminals from the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Recent Episodes

S2E5 An Interview with Justin Vyor, the creator and writer of Murder, Mischief & Mayhem!

Jul 12, 2025 22m

Justin Vyor is the creator and writer of Murder, Mischief & Mayhem!, the anthology podcast that explores sensational but long-forgotten American murder cases from the late 19th and early 20th…

S2E4 The Wicked Wardlaw Women & The Mysterious Death of Ocey Snead Episode #2 (of 2)

Mar 29, 2023 26m

Upon the discovery of the body of Ocey Snead, the three Wardlaw sisters are apprehended and indicted on first degree murder charges. The circumstances surrounding the girl’s passing are…

S2E3 The Wicked Wardlaw Women & The Mysterious Death of Ocey Snead Episode #1 (of 2)

Mar 16, 2023 27m

East Orange New Jersey was an affluent, tree-lined, mansion-filled community in 1909, populated by oil tycoons and Newark industrialists. In November of that year, its tranquility was suddenly…

S2 The Wicked Wardlaw Women & The Mysterious Death of Ocey Snead — Trailer

Mar 15, 2023 3m Trailer

Three sisters disturb the peace in East Orange New Jersey in 1909 when they take a 19-year-old girl hostage and imprison her in their hovel. Their plan for the girl (the daughter of one of the…

S2E2 The Evil of the Age – Episode #2 (of 2)

Oct 19, 2022 35m

The trial of Dr. Rosenzweig attracted national attention, thanks to its relentless coverage in the New York press. Abortion was relatively common in Post-Civil War New York. In fact, an underground…

S2E1 The Evil of the Age – Episode #1 (of 2)

Oct 07, 2022 23m

Nothing could prepare the baggage handlers on the loading dock of the Hudson River Railroad Depot for what they found when they cracked open a suspicious steamer trunk headed for Chicago. They recoil…

S2 The Evil of the Age – Trailer

Sep 30, 2022 3m Trailer

In 1871, a mysterious woman deposits a Saratoga trunk on the loading dock of the Hudson River Train Depot for transport to Chicago. The steamer never makes it to its destination. Instead, it triggers…

S1E4 Young Skeegie, Old Sparky and J. Edgar – Episode #4 (of 4)

Sep 08, 2021 22m

J. Edgar Hoover, now smelling blood, rejoins the interrogation, from the other side of the two-way mirror. He leans hard and loud into McCall. With Hoover relentlessly breathing down his neck, McCall…

S1E3 Young Skeegie, Old Sparky and J. Edgar – Episode #3 (of 4)

Sep 07, 2021 21m

Young Skeegie, Old Sparky & J. Edgar Season 1 Episode 3As the FBI fumble their way through the case, a skeptical Sherriff D.C. Coleman pursues his own investigation. He reaches out to several of…

S1E2 Young Skeegie, Old Sparky and J. Edgar – Episode #2 (of 4)

Sep 05, 2021 20m

Four days pass after the kidnapping. The search team has expanded to include the local volunteers, the Sheriff’s office, FBI agents from the Miami office and other public and private agencies. The…

S1E1 Young Skeegie, Old Sparky and J. Edgar – Episode #1 (of 4)

Aug 28, 2021 23m

On May 28, 1938, a toddler is kidnapped in the middle of the night from his bedroom in a rural South Florida town on the edge of The Everglades. The father shapes up a posse to find the culprit and…

S1 Young Skeegie, Old Sparky and J. Edgar – Trailer

Aug 28, 2021 4m Trailer

During a kidnap-for-ransom crime wave that plagued the country during the Great Depression (beginning with the notorious Lindbergh baby kidnapping case in 1932) a 5-year boy is snatched from his crib…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Murder, Mischief & Mayhem! have?

Murder, Mischief & Mayhem! has published 12 episodes since August 2021, covering topics in Documentary, History.

Is Murder, Mischief & Mayhem! still active?

Murder, Mischief & Mayhem! is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 22m.

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