Best Tree Crim Podcasts (2025)

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A Mother-In-Law's Revenge 1:49:19

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The Horrible Horner-Simpson Affair Jump To AD-FREE Safe House Edition Episode 404 is jam-packed with crazy when a fun-loving dentist is charged with the double-barrel shotgun murder of his father-in-law. The family dynamic seems to go off the rails in the lead-in to the trial, and there are a couple of interesting subplots to keep things going, inc…

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Austin Family Found In Cistern 1:21:17

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Eugene Burt Flees From Justice Jump To AD-FREE Safe House Edition Episode 403 explores the story of a man who leaves his family battered and murdered in a cistern under their Austin home, and heads out of town on the midnight train. He thinks he can disappear in a big city, but Chicago has another story. Hear More Stories About The Death Of INNOCEN…

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Missouri Mob Justice 1:07:44

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The Lynching Of Lloyd Warner Jump To The AD-FREE Safe House Edition Plus transcripts and deep-dive research for Safe House residents Episode 449 tells the story of civil unrest sparked by reports of a young white woman being sexually assaulted by a young black male, a story all too common in American history, and like many of the others, it appears…

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Baby Amy & The Broadway Gigolo 59:00

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Petroleum, Politics, Passion 1:43:43

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Clara Smith Hamon Takes The Stand Jump To The AD-FREE Safe House Edition Episode 401 tells the salacious story of a leading politician who shows up at a private hospital with a gunshot wound. He tells the doctor it was self-inflicted, but that turns out to be a cover story. Why the big lie? You guessed it: There’s a woman in the case, and what she …

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Interred In An Irrigation Ditch 1:05:06

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Josie Kensler’s Delicate Condition Jump To Ad-Free Safe House Edition Episode 400 employs a trope we’ve seen before: the cranky old farmer whose wife takes up with the farm hand and well, it just doesn’t end well for anybody. But this one, taking place near the turn to the twentieth century in rural Idaho, has its own particular set of twists, turn…

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A Bloody Scream In The Night 1:14:10

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The Axe Murder Of Alice Mallett Ad-Free Safe House Edition Episode 450 begins with a scream in the night as the beautiful Miss Alice Mallett, her body brutally defiled, found in a bloody pool. The town of Jackson, Michigan, reels, a mob thirsting for vengeance. The twisted trail of an axe points to the fiendish George Straub, an ex-con with a dark …

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The Elm City Tragedy 1:30:19

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The Life And Death Of Jennie E. Cramer Jump To The Ad-Free Safe House Edition Episode 397 tells the story of a young girl in late 1800’s New England who falls in with a fast crowd with fatal results. Three people were tried for her murder, but it’s up to you to decide whether she was the victim of her own shame, or if the victim of an unjust patria…

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Pirates On The Penguin 1:03:36

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The Astounding Disappearance Of Benjamin Collings On Long Island Sound Jump To The Ad-Free Safe House Edition Episode 396 relates the puzzling story of a family apparently attacked on their cabin cruiser on an inky summer night. The husband is missing and the wife and five-year-old daughter have an amazing tale to tell. But can her story hold water…

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What Happened To Alma Kellner 1:32:59

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The Fiendish Slaughter Of An Innocent Child Jump To The Ad-Free Safe House Edition Episode 394 relates the tragic tale of an eight-year old girl who fell into the clutches of a degenerate murderer. The hero of this story is a Louisville, Kentucky, detective who not only pieces together the crime, but embarks on a cross-country chase for the alleged…

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Farmer's Wife Left For Dead 1:07:43

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Brothers Face Gas Chamber Together Jump To The Ad-Free Safe House Edition Episode 392 explores the case of two brothers charged with the murder of a Colorado farmer and his “chore boy.” The chief witness against them is the farmer’s wife, who made a miraculous getaway and recovery. Hear More Stories About CAPITAL CRIMES Become a supporter of this p…

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PREVIEW: A Corpse In The Morris Canal 1:28

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Coming October 15!!! The Work Of The Mormon Butcher Episode 451 begins in the summer of 1902, when a woman’s mutilated body is pulled from the Morris Canal, and the trail leads to a blood-soaked missionary’s flat in Manhattan. The suspect: William Hooper Young, grandson of Mormon patriarch Brigham Young, whose notebook bore the chilling phrase “Blo…

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Breaking News! 1:28

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Our long international nightmare is over! True Crime Historian is coming off hiatus with a block of brand new episodes. The first new release comes October 1 with "A Bloody Scream In The Night: The Axe Murder Of Alice Mallett. Episode 450 begins with a scream in the night as the beautiful Miss Alice Mallett, her body brutally defiled, found in a bl…

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Gin! Jazz! Guns! 1:36:34

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The Real ‘Chicago’ Murders Episode 352 explores the two murders that inspired the hit musical “Chicago,” which was based on a play by Maurine Watkins, who did some reporting on both cases as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. I’ll be joined by my colleague Susan Ferman, whose own podcast Catastrophic Calamities, will premiere next week on the Pulp…

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Bacon On The Table 27:19

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The Brutal Murder Of Mayme Sherman A True Crime Short Story by Richard O Jones Ad-Free Safe House Edition One of the factors behind my interest in historical true crime is that my hometown of Hamilton, Ohio, seems to have a particularly rich history of crime--murder in particular, but not just murder. I’ve done several local programs about the safe…

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Mystery at the American Saloon 49:37

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The Saga of the Scoundrel Thomas McGehan A true crime short story by Richard O Jones Ad-Free Safe House Edition - Episode 28 takes place on Christmas Eve 1870, when three men attack a local politician with boulders and slungshots, and at least a dozen men scramble for the door while five shots pepper the faro room at the American Saloon in Hamilton…

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What Happened To Grace 1:36:05

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The Atrocities Of Albert Fish I'D TURN BACK IF I WERE YOU!!! Episode 191 is without a doubt the vilest case you'll ever hear on this program because I don't think I could find a worse one if I tried. There's a lot of evil discussed here: torture, cannibalism, and more. Consider this your trigger warning: I'd turn back if I were you! Or at least put…