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

Richard Ramirez was a notorious serial killer known as the "Night Stalker" for murdering 13 people and terrorizing Southern California in the mid-1980s.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Celebrity Stalkers has been around since at least the 1600s. Everyone from Queen Victoria to Olivia Newton-John has had to deal with them.  In some cases,the encounters have been deadly.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1946, a serial killer, known as The Phantom, terrorized the small town of Texarkana, Arkansas. In a two month period eight people were brutually attacked.  Five of the victims died of their wounds. The whole community was in a panic. Then, just as quickly as it started, the killing spree stopped. The Killer has never been found.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Salem Witch Trials were a series of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693.  The mass hysteria over witchcraft lead to hundreds of arrests. The trials resulted in the executions of 20 innocent people.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1892, Lizzie Borden stood trial for the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Griselda Blanco, known as the Black Widow, was a drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade during the 1970s and early 1980s. She was a ruthless gangster who was responsible for the murders of up to 200 people.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Casey, Tim, Brandy and Colonel as they discuss gender roles in the 1950s.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On October 3, 1849 famous writer Edgar Allan Poe was found wandering and delirious on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. Poe died four days later.  The cause of his death remains a mystery.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the age of 15, Edmund Kemper killed both his grandparents to "see what it felt like." Upon release from prison, he drifted, picking up and releasing female hitchhikers. But he soon stopped letting them go, killing six college-age women in the Santa Cruz, California, area in the 1970s. Still not satisfied, Big Ed his killed his mother and her best friend.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fred and Rose West, an English married couple, abducted, raped, tortured and killed at least 12 women over a 20 year period. They buried their victims under their Gloucester home.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Bath School disaster was a series of bombings and violent attacks perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe on May 18, 1927, in Bath Township, Michigan, that killed 38 elementary school children and six adults and injured at least 58 other people.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the early 20th century.  In 1921, he was at the center of the film industry's first major scandal. Arbuckle became the defendant in three widely publicized trials for the rape and manslaughter of an aspiring young actress named Virginia Rappe.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ottis Toole and Henery lee Lucas were friends, lovers and serial killers.  It is believed they were responsible for, as many as, 200 murders in the 1970s and 80s.  Their most well known victim was 7 year old Adam Walsh.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us as we discuss the life and death of America's favorite Outlaw - Jesse James.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rodney Alcala is a convicted rapist and serial killer responsible for at least 5 murders and perhaps as many as 130. Alcala is known as the "Dating Game Killer" because, in the middle of his killing spree, he appeared as a contestant on the popular T.V. game show.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.