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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

  • December 21, 2024

    11 min

    Charged Adams

    Season 3 Finale. In East Liverpool, Ohio in 1948, Goldie Adams is found shot dead on Christmas morning by her common-law husband, John Adams. They lived in a shack at the dump. Her...

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  • December 10, 2024

    20 min

    I'm All Right, Jack

    I discovered the British expression "I'm all right, Jack". It's used to describe another person who is selfish, smug, and doesn't care about anyone but themselves. This episode is ...

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  • November 23, 2024

    8 min

    Hammer of the Broads

    Thanksgiving of 1935 was peak drama at Chessie Tomlin's home. There was booze, adultery, and murder- all before the meal was ready! In my attempt to find a wild Thanksgiving story ...

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  • October 29, 2024

    9 min

    Not-So-Great Caesar's Ghost

    For our Halloween episode, we went to the historic Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York to find a ghost. Despite the prison being secretive about the supernatural, we were able t...

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  • October 16, 2024

    9 min

    Kids Those Days

    My six year old Zach and four year old Kate join me on this episode about kids who committed crimes in our neck of the woods. We also have a story about ten year old boy who protec...

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  • August 27, 2024

    25 min

    Like Mother, Like Daughter

    In Ambridge, Pennsylvania in 1949, 15 year old Margaret Bankowski was found murdered on a slag pile off a lovers' lane near the Ohio River. The case went cold until Catherine Smutk...

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