
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 ...
Episode list
22
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...
moreMay 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...
moreFebruary 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...
moreFebruary 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...
moreJanuary 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...
moreJanuary 26, 2025
12 min
Charged Adams
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 ex-husband Ross ...
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