Best A True Crime Follower With A History Degree Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 13 | The Execution and Murders of the Romanovs | Part II: Blood Soaked Jewels 29:30

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In Part II, we examine the final hours of the Romanov family in Ekaterinburg...what unfolded in the basement room, why the execution became so chaotic, and how the hidden jewels sewn into the grand duchesses’ clothing affected the brutal scene. We follow the cover-up that followed, the search for the bodies, and the decades-long mystery surrounding…

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Episode 12 | The Execution and Murders of the Romanovs | Part I: Imperial Twilight 31:53

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* You may hear a bit of audio distortion toward the end. I'm traveling for the holidays, but I still wanted to bring you this week’s episode! Thanks for understanding! Before revolution swept Russia into chaos, the Romanov dynasty was at a crossroads. Nicholas II inherited a vast empire he was never fully prepared to rule, and the entire family fou…

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Episode 11 | The Strange Case of Lizzie Borden | Part II: The Trial of the Century 26:10

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The murders of Andrew and Abby Borden shocked Fall River...but the trial that followed would capture the entire nation. In Part II, we step inside the packed courtroom to unravel the evidence, the contradictions, and the spectacle that turned a family tragedy into America’s first true “media crime.” Through Victorian criminology and social ideas of…

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Episode 10 | The Strange Case of Lizzie Borden | Part I: A Quiet House 28:32

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Long before the murders that made her a household name, Lizzie Borden lived in a world shaped by Victorian rules. The strict gender expectations, family duty, and an obsession with reputation. Fall River’s elite valued quiet conformity, and the Borden household embodied those values almost to a fault. But under that stillness, resentments were simm…

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Episode 9 | The Witch Trials in Würzburg | Part II: The Inferno 21:02

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In Part II, of the Witch Trials in Würzburg... Terror reaches a new height. The city’s prisons overflow, and families vanish overnight. Even noble blood can’t save you when suspicion becomes divine truth. We’ll trace how fear turned systematic.... and read the chilling letters left behind by those condemned. How could an entire city lose itself so …

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Episode 8 | The Witch Trials in Würzburg | Part I: The Spark 30:46

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In the early 1600s, the city of Würzburg stood at the crossroads of faith and fear. As famine, plague, and war closed in, suspicion took root... and soon, neighbor turned against neighbor. Witch trials spread like wildfire across Franconia, fueled by rumor, zealotry, and the iron grip of the Counter-Reformation.…

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Episode 7 | Jack the Ripper | Part II: Hidden in Plain Sight 33:27

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It's London in 1888...Fear has already gripped the East End. In the wake of the “Double Event,” the hunt for Jack the Ripper intensifies, but the killings only get worse, and theories seem to multiply. In this episode, we trace the investigation through the early days until modern times. We’ll explore the suspects who seem to have been hiding in pl…

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Episode 6 | Jack the Ripper | Part I: Desperation and Darkness 27:55

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Before the murders began, London was already unraveling. Poverty, overcrowding, and disease turned Whitechapel into a place of desperation...The uneasy mix of empire, industry, and inequality paved the way for darkness. Part I explores the world of late Victorian London and the real lives of the women who became the victims in this story. This isn’…

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Episode 5 | The Tombstone Blood Feud | Part II: Tensions Spill 24:12

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As tensions in Tombstone reach a breaking point, uneasy truces give way to open threats. In Part II, the line between law and vengeance begins to blur, and the cost of order grows dangerously high... True Crime of the Historical Kind’s 'the-tombstone-blood-feud' books on Goodreads (4 books)By A True Crime Follower with a History Degree

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Episode 4 | The Tombstone Blood Feud | Pt I: A Boomtown on Edge 26:59

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BONUS: Episode 3 | The Life and Execution of Edward Plantagenet | The End of the Line 24:29

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Edward Plantagenet, the 17th Earl of Warwick, was born into royal power...and forgotten behind the walls of the Tower of London. Living in the shadow of his infamous cousins, the missing Princes in the Tower, his story unfolds during the infamous Wars of the Roses. Yet, his life was more than a footnote to their mystery. As the last male Plantagene…

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Episode 2 | The Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower | Part II: A Royal Mystery 23:10

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Episode 1 | The Disappearance of the Princes in the Tower | Part I: Bad Blood 24:04

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In a tumultuous medieval England, two young princes vanished inside the Tower of London... and history has never stopped asking what happened to them. Part I explores the turbulent backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the family rivalries between Lancaster and York, that shook the English throne, and resulted in the rise of Richard, Duke of Glouceste…