Old Blood
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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.
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S5E80 The Raymond Ripper: The Brutal 1906 Murder of James Logan
In 1906, the mutilated body of young sales clerk James Logan was discovered on Southern California’s grandest resort hotel, The Raymond. When an African American tailor was accused of the crime, the…
S5E79 Sexy Death Mystery: The Death of Starr Faithfull
A sexy death mystery unfolded in 1931 New York City, when a socialite washed up on the shores of Long Island. Was her death an accident, a suicide, or foul play at the hands of the many prominent men…
S5E78 Whiskey & Arsenic: The First Murder By Mail
The first ‘Murder by Mail’ was sent to Mrs. Josephine Barnaby in 1891 in the form of an arsenic-laced whiskey bottle. When she and a friend drank the whiskey, both fell violently ill. The resulting…
S5E77 Murder Pure & Simple: Love and Violence in 1869 New York
A fatal 1869 shooting at the New York Tribune led to a contentious debate about love, divorce, and women’s rights in America. Sources:Cazauran, A. R. The Trial of Daniel McFarland for the Shooting of…
S5E76 Death House: The Life & Crimes of George Hassell
Texas authorities arrested George Hassell on Christmas Day of 1926 after his wife and her eight children went missing. George cried, “I did it,” then confessed to the murder of another family ten…
S5E75 The Beautiful & The Bestial: A Courtesan, a Prince, and a Murder at the Savoy
A deadly shooting at London’s extravagant Savoy Hotel in 1923 prompted a murder trial that pitted East against West. Was the tragedy the result of a pharaoh’s curse or merely the consequence of a…
S5E74 If Murder There Was: Typhoid & Tragedy in 1909 Missouri
Six nurses threatened to storm out of the Swope mansion in Missouri at the height of a 1909 typhoid epidemic, claiming that “people are being murdered in this house.” Was the Swope family dying of…
S5E73 Bullets for Ruth: The Wanderers & The Ragged Stranger
Chicago crime reporters descended upon Ruth and Carl Wanderer’s Chicago home after the war hero’s wife was shot dead in a holdup at their front door. Who was the Ragged Stranger who assaulted them?…
S5E72 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…
S5E71 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.…
S5E70 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…
S5E69 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…
S5E68 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…
S5E67 Renaissance Virago: Caterina Sforza, Tigress of Forli
Countess Caterina Sforza was raised in the Renaissance court of Milan and survived the assassination of her father and husbands. She then proceeded to confront Cesare Borgia and his father, Pope…
S5E66 A Violent Vacancy: The 1902 Disappearance of Nora Fuller
On January 11, 1902, 15-year-old Nora Fuller responded to a nanny wanted advertisement in the San Francisco Examiner. She called her family an hour later, saying that she was hired and at the man’s…
S4E65 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…
S4E64 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…
S4E63 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…
S4E62 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…
S4E61 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…
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Old Blood has published 45 episodes since March 2023, covering topics in History, Science.
Old Blood is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h.
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