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
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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...
moreDecember 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 ...
moreNovember 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 ...
moreOctober 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...
moreOctober 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...
moreAugust 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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