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Retro Crime Story Time

Klingenventures

Historic crimes are clearer in retrospect. It’s astonishing what time can reveal after old cases have been closed. We research and visit sites of crimes that were once newsworthy ...

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Episode list

22

  • July 12, 2025

    38 min

    The Mann Actor

    In Clearwater, Florida in 1915, the charred remains of 19 year old Susie Eliot and her mother Bessie were found in a car that had been set on fire. The chauffeur pointed the finger...

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  • May 29, 2025

    15 min

    Nice Kitty

    In September of 1959, Kitty Harrig killed her husband and his mistress in their apartment in the Catskills. The town was shocked because Howard had been philandering for years, and...

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  • May 24, 2025

    23 min

    Margaret's Martyrdom

    In 1926, Margaret Foley died from an illegal abortion in Washington, Pennsylvania. Who was responsible for her death? If you know a single mother, then her sacrifice wasn’t in vain...

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  • February 6, 2025

    14 min

    The Doctor Is Out

    On December 30th of 1918, a woman’s body was found in the James River. Families across the county insisted it was their daughter who had gone missing in that part of Virginia. Clue...

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  • February 3, 2025

    22 min

    Big In the Bottoms

    In the 1930s, Squire Westwood was the most powerful man in The Bottoms of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. When he was on trial for killing his wife, his alibi was the lead detective on...

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  • January 27, 2025

    7 min

    Big Nonna's House

    In 1957, Lena Trappin was the oldest woman in Pennsylvania to be tried for murder. The 75 year old was charged with strangling her neighbor with a belt and dragged him downstairs i...

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