History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

John Wesley Hardin was one of the most notorious gunfighters and prolific killers to come out of the Old West.  Hardin is believed to have murdered 42 men during his lifetime.  Hardin killed one man in his sleep just because he was snoring too loud.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Perhaps the most evil man ever to live in the U.K., Robert Black was a Scottish serial killer and paedophile who was convicted of the kidnap, rape, sexual assault and murder of four girls aged between 5 and 11 in a series of killings.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Winfield, Kansas was a quest, peaceful town at the turn on the 20th Century. It was right out of a Norman Rockwell painting. On the evening of August 13, 1903 the townspeople gathered near the gazebo in the city park to listen to a brass band and sip on freshly squeezed lemonade.  Those gathered there had no way of knowing they were about to witness the first mass shooting incident in our nation's history.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders were a series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Santa Rosa,California in 1972 and 1973.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Hadden Clark liked to feel pretty by sporting a wig and wearing women's underwear.  Unlike most cross-dressers, however, Hadden was violent by nature.  In 1986, he murdered 6 year old Michelle Dor and ate part of her remains.  In 1992, he murdered 23 year old Laura Houghteling in an attempt to assume her identity. Hadden claims to be responsible for 12 other murders in the Baltimore area.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fritz Haarmann, referred to as "The Butcher of Hanover". Fritz was a German serial killer responsible for at least 24 murders of young males between 1919 and 1924.  After raping and killing the young men he would chop up their bodies and sell their remains to local butchers.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dolly Oesterreich seem to have it all, a wealthy husband who loved her and provided for all of her wants and needs.  But Dolly had a secret and she kept him in the attic.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Gary Michael Heidnik was a murderer who kidnapped, tortured, and raped six women, and held them prisoner in his basement.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.