True Crime Sunday: Kate Webster

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! This week we’re taking a look at the case of a made who killed her employer in Victorian England. This one is on the gruesome side. Kate Webster was born in 1849 in Killann, Ireland. When she was growing up, she had a reputation for thievery and spent time …

True Crime Sunday: Escape from Alcatraz

Alcatraz served as a maximum-security prison from 1934-1963. In that time thirty-six men attempted fourteen escapes. Most of them were either caught or died during the escape. This week we’re going to take a look at three escapees whose fate is uncertain. On June 12, 1962, three inmates missed the morning check. Frank Morris and …

True Crime Sunday: Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. (Part 2: A D.B. Cooper Connection?)

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! Last week we looked at the case of Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr, a man who hijacked a plane in 1972 in a manner quite similar to the way D.B. Cooper did shortly before. The two incidents were so similar that a lot of people wondered if they could be …

True Crime Sunday: Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr.

On April 7, 1972, Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. boarded a plane under the name James Johnson. The plane stopped in Denver on a layover on the way to Los Angeles, and that’s where Mr. Johnson joined the passengers. Twenty minutes into the flight, one of the flight attendants saw that he was holding a grenade. …

True Crime Sunday: Nannie Doss

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! This week we’re looking at a woman known for murdering her husbands, a woman who earned the nickname the “Giggling Granny.” Nannie Doss’s first marriage happened in 1921 when she was just sixteen. Her father approved a marriage to Charley Braggs after a brief acquaintance. Doss and Braggs moved …

True Crime Sunday: The Mysterious Death of Edwin Bartlett

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! This week we’re taking a look at a case that may or may not be as straightforward as it seems. Edwin Bartlett lived in London with his wife Adelaide. He was in poor health and suffering from a number of conditions, including painful and rotting teeth from a botched …

True Crime Sunday: The Kidnapping of John Grundhofer

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! This week we’ll take a look at a case of a man who got a surprise when he got to work one Minnesota morning. November 19, 1990 probably started out like any other day for wealthy bank executive John Grundhofer. However, it wouldn’t continue that way for long. When …

True Crime Sunday: The Red Barn Murder

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! This week, we’re going to look at murder that took place in nineteenth century England at the Red Barn, a local landmark in Polstead. In 1826, Maria Marten began a relationship with William Corder, a man known for being somewhat of a ladies’ man and a liar. He wanted …

True Crime Sunday: Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (Part 2)

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! This week we’re going to take a closer look at the trial and some recent developments related to last week’s case. Last week we looked at the case of Dr. Crippen who was tried for the murder of his wife, Cora, and convicted. Not long after his wife’s disappearance, …

True Crime Sunday: Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (Part 1)

Welcome back to True Crime Sunday! This week we’re going to take a look at the first suspect to be caught with the aid of wireless telegraphy, Dr. Crippen. In 1905, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippin, a homeopath, and his wife Cora, and aspiring singer, moved into their home and began taking lodgers. It is reported …