Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast
by Blue Ewe Media · 499 episodes
HistoryEducationTrue Crime
Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.
Latest episodes
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2 h 01
MoNo Encore: The Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe w/ Mark Dawidziak
Edgar Allan Poe is, of course, one of America's most iconic writers. Many credit him with inventing or popularizing multiple literary genres, including mystery, horror and detectiv…
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1 h 10
460: Dr. Joseph Bell: The Real Sherlock Holmes w/ Lindsey Fitzharris
Throughout nineteenth-century Edinburgh, the surgeon Joseph Bell was known for his extraordinary talent for detection and diagnosis. To the amazement of onlookers at the Royal Infi…
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1 h 13
459: Taiwan's 1957 Liu Ziran Incident & Reynolds Riot w/ Stephen G. Craft
In March 1957, Master Sergeant Robert Reynolds, a U.S. military adviser living with his family outside Taipei, Taiwan, shot and killed a man named Liu Ziran, who Reynolds claimed h…
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1 h 35
458: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor w/ Sara McDougall
In the winter of 1472, the city of Dijon, France, became the stage for a remarkable legal drama. On the mayor’s orders, an investigator named Jaques Borestel went door-to-door ques…
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1 h 04
457: Lizzie Borden Case Expert Cara Robertson Returns
There has been lots of buzz recently about Netflix's gory new series Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, and Cara Robertson, author of "The Trial of Lizzie Borden", joins me once aga…
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1 h 22
MoNo Encore: The Lizzie Borden Case w/ Cara Robertson
(Orig Pub Date 7/19/22) In anticipation of a new interview with Cara, mostly about the recent Netflix Series, here is my original conversation with her about the notorious case. In…
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1 h 29
456: Outlaw Public Enemies Ben & Stella Mae Dickson w/ Matt Cecil
On August 25, 1938, twenty-five-year-old Ben Dickson and his fifteen-year-old wife Stella Mae robbed the Corn Exchange Bank in Elkton, South Dakota, making off with $2,187.64. Two…
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1 h 27
MoNo Encore: Jack the Ripper: Aaron Kosminski w/ Robert House
(Orig Pub Date 11/16/2023) Aaron Kosminski is one of the more well known suspects in the Whitechapel murders. Some of the major police officials of the era, in fact, were seriously…
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1 h 16
455: Black Dahlia Case Expert Eli Frankel Returns
Eli Frankel, author of "Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, The Prairie Heiress, & Their Hunter", returns to share his thoughts on the recent explosion of interest in Marvin Margol…
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1 h 12
454: The Murder of Tina Andrews w/ Trent Brown
On August 23, 1969, the badly decomposed body of twelve-year-old Tina Marie Andrews was found under a discarded sofa in the woods outside McComb, Mississippi. Days earlier, she and…
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1 h 20
453: Jane Doe #59: The Murder of Reet Jurvetson w/ Catherine Fogarty
Just months after the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders, the body of a 19-year-old woman was discovered off a secluded stretch of Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles on November 16th, 196…
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1 h 09
452: The Nittany Nightmare Murders Part 2 w/ Derek Sherwood
My conversation with Derek Sherwood, author of Nittany Nightmare: The Sex Murders of 1938–1940 and the Panic at Penn State, continues. He shares a story about trying to find the lo…
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1 h 02
451: The Nittany Nightmare Murders Part 1 w/ Derek Sherwood
Between November 1938 and May 1940, Margaret Martin, Rachel Taylor and Faye Gates were abducted and sexually assaulted, their bodies dumped within 50 miles of Penn State College. M…
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1 h 10
MoNo Encore: The Mysterious Death of Dorothy Kilgallen w/ Mark Shaw
(Orig Pub Date 11/8/17) My guest is former criminal defense attorney Mark Shaw, author of "The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: The Mysterious Death of What's My Line TV Star and Media…
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1 h 11
450: The Murderous Harp Brothers Revisited w/ Katherine Grandjean
The Harp(e) brothers have been called America's first serial killers, once notorious enough to be the stuff of folklore and legend before fading into obscurity. In the chaos of the…
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45 min
American Criminal: Boss Tweed
This is the first episode of American Criminal's latest season - all about Boss Tweed, the Tammany Hall politician who has become synonymous with civic graft and corruption. Listen…
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1 h 08
449: The Mysterious Disappearance of William Morgan w/ Ann Webster Bunch
William Morgan was last seen in Batavia, New York, in September 1826, shortly after threatening to publish purported Masonic secrets. He was arrested that same month in Canandaigua…
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1 h 06
448: Did a Tacoma Smelter Help Create a Generation of Serial Killers? w/ Caroline Fraser
Ted Bundy grew up in Tacoma in the shadow of one of the most toxic smelters in the United States, and he wasn't the only one. Between the 1970s and '80s, the Pacific Northwest was…
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1 h 23
447: Rome's Most Evil Rulers w/ Phillip Barlag - A True Crime History Podcast
My guest this week is Phillip Barlag, author of "Evil Roman Emperors: The Shocking History of Ancient Rome's Most Wicked Rulers from Caligula to Nero and More." He shares stories a…
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1 h 12
446: Bandit Chief Joaquin Murrieta: Myth Vs. Fact w/ John Boessenecker
Joaquin Murrieta has been remembered as a Robin Hood of the California Gold Rush — a wronged miner turned avenging outlaw, the supposed inspiration for Zorro. The truth is far dark…