Brief Case

She invited her closest friends over for tea — and served them death. This episode uncovers the sinister and creepy case of Yiya Murano, Argentina's first female serial killer, who poisoned three women with cyanide to avoid repaying massive debts. A chilling tale of greed, betrayal, and a media circus that turned a murderer into a pop culture icon. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

She locked her husband in a trunk and left him to die — then calmly moved on with her life. This episode uncovers the disturbing case of Emma LeDoux, California's infamous "Trunk Murderess," whose crimes shocked the nation in the early 1900s and exposed a story of betrayal, greed, and cold-blooded calculation. A chilling tale of love turned deadly and a woman willing to do anything to escape her past. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

She was called "the beautiful poisoner" — and her crimes were as chilling as her looks were striking. This episode uncovers the horrifying case of Clorinda Sarracán, an Argentine woman whose dark deeds shocked early 20th-century Buenos Aires, blending beauty, betrayal, and murder into one of the country's most sensational criminal stories. A chilling tale of obsession, poison, and a courtroom drama that captivated a nation. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

She was hanged for a crime she almost certainly didn't commit — and the truth may have died with her. This episode uncovers the mysterious and tragic case of Elizabeth Fenning, a young servant girl executed in 1815 for allegedly poisoning her employer's family, despite overwhelming doubts about the evidence and a public outcry that shook England. A chilling tale of injustice, questionable forensics, and a life cut short far too soon. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

She ran a secret "baby hotel" — and the children who entered never came out alive. This episode uncovers the horrifying case of Dagmar Overbye, Denmark's most notorious serial killer, who murdered up to 25 infants between 1913 and 1920, burning their bodies in her stove and hiding the evidence for years. A chilling tale of greed, betrayal, and one of the darkest chapters in Scandinavian criminal history. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

She was the most famous face in 1840s New York — until her body washed up on the shore of the Hudson River. This episode uncovers the mysterious and sinister case of Mary Rogers, the "Beautiful Cigar Girl," whose unsolved murder sparked a media frenzy, inspired Edgar Allan Poe, and helped birth the true crime genre. Strangled, discarded, and surrounded by rumors of botched abortions, violent lovers, and gang violence, her death remains one of history's most haunting puzzles. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

A teenage girl's obsession turns deadly in one of the most disturbing cases of the 19th century. Mary Linnett was just seventeen when she shot her close friend Frances Sharman in Chicago, 1895—but the horror didn't end there. Declared insane and committed to an asylum, Mary was later released as "cured," only to track down the attendant she had fallen for and end both their lives in a final, fatal act. Obsessive love, madness, and a tragedy that shocked the nation. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

She advertised herself as a loving nurse — but behind closed doors, Amelia Dyer was one of history's most prolific killers. This episode uncovers the dark case of the "Ogress of Reading," a Victorian baby farmer whose crimes shocked a nation and changed British law forever. Cold-blooded deception, forensic evidence, and a chilling investigation you won't forget. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

A ten-year-old apprentice should have been learning a trade — instead, she was starved, beaten, and worked to death. This episode uncovers the horrifying case of Frances Colpitt, a parish apprentice in 1820s London whose suffering at the hands of Esther Hibner shocked the nation and led to one of the most talked-about executions of the decade. Child abuse, courtroom drama, and a dark chapter in history you won't forget. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

Some crimes are so disturbing they refuse to fade from memory — and the case of John Daly is one of them. This episode uncovers the chilling details, the investigation, and the dark truth behind a story that shocked everyone who followed it. Cold case files, criminal psychology, and shocking revelations you won't forget. Press play, turn up the volume, and don't listen alone. New episode every week — subscribe and leave your review. 🎧

The Disturbing and Chilling Case of Martha Place — a true crime story of acid, an axe, and the first woman to die in the electric chair.
What if the most shocking thing about a stepmother's crime wasn't the murder itself, but the calm with which she waited for her husband to come home so she could kill him too?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Martha Place, born Martha Garretson in 1849 in New Jersey. After a head injury from a sleigh accident at twenty-three left her, according to her brother, mentally unstable, she worked as a...

The Shocking and Disturbing Case of Sarah Malcolm — a true crime story of triple murder, stolen silver, and the laundress who was sketched by Hogarth on the eve of her execution.
What if the most notorious woman in 1730s London was a 22-year-old servant who claimed she was only the lookout, while the blood on her clothes told a different story?
In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Sarah Malcolm, born in County Durham around 1710 and raised in Dublin before migrating to London, where she worked as a laundress in the Temple [citation:1][citation:2]. On 4 Fe...

The Shocking and Twisted Case of Martha Needle — a true crime story of arsenic, insurance money, and the "Black Widow of Richmond" who poisoned her family to clear the path to the man she wanted.
What if the woman who buried a husband and three children was not a grieving mother, but a calculating killer who used rat poison to remove every obstacle in her way?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Martha Needle, born Martha Charles in South Australia in 1863, who married carpenter Henry Needle and moved to Richmond, Melbourne, in 1885. Over the next si...

The Sinister and Mysterious Case of Eli Feasel — a true crime story of a vanished farmer, a shallow grave, and the housekeeper who almost got away with murder.
What if the person you trusted to keep your home running was the one who put you in the ground?
In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Eli Feasel, a farmer from Bostwick, Nebraska, who disappeared on November 1, 1903. His housekeeper, Nannie Hutchinson, told everyone he had gone to Kansas City to visit his son. But Feasel's brother, Thomas, grew suspicious when inquiries turned up no trace of hi...

The Sinister and Harrowing Case of Luciana Borcino — a true crime story of fire, daggers, and the murder that launched Spain's first media trial.
What if the most shocking crime in 19th-century Madrid was solved in the streets and courtrooms of public opinion long before the jury ever reached a verdict?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Luciana Borcino, a wealthy and feared widow who lived at 109 Fuencarral Street in Madrid. On the night of 2 July 1888, neighbors were alerted by screams and smoke. When police broke down the door, they found Borcino's body half-burned, with th...

The Mysterious and Chilling Case of Georgina Moore — a true crime story of a vanished child, a sensational Victorian trial, and a killer who walked free.
What if the most shocking thing about a child's murder wasn't the crime itself, but the fact that the woman accused of it was acquitted in the face of evidence that seemed overwhelming?
In this episode, we dive into the case of seven-year-old Georgina Moore, who vanished from outside her school in Pimlico, London, on 20 December 1881. Six weeks later, her body was found in the River Medway at Yalding, Kent, strangled with a...

The Shocking and Unlikely Case of Caroline Grills — the Thallium Murders, and the grandmother who poisoned her own family with tea and cake.
What if the most beloved aunt in the family was the one quietly slipping rat poison into every cup she poured?
In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Caroline Grills, a 63-year-old mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother from Sydney, known to her family as "Aunty Carrie." She was a short, bespectacled woman who wore thick-rimmed glasses and spent her days visiting relatives and friends, making them tea, cakes, and biscuits [citation:1]. But behind th...

The Sinister and Chilling Case of Agnes Magnúsdóttir — a true crime story of murder, fire, and the last execution ever carried out in Iceland.
What if the woman condemned to die for a brutal killing was never the monster the rumors made her out to be, but a servant girl whose story was written by everyone except herself?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, one of three people convicted of the murders of Natan Ketilsson, a farmer and healer, and another man at Illugastaðir in northern Iceland. On the nig...

The Sinister and Calculating Case of Augusta Nack — a true crime story of a love triangle, a dismembered body, and the "Murder of the Century" that shocked Gilded Age New York.
What if the woman at the center of the most sensational murder case of 1897 was the one who lured the victim to his death, yet walked out of prison less than a decade later?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Augusta Nack, a Prussian-born midwife living in Hell's Kitchen, New York, who was caught in a deadly love triangle between her partner William Guldensuppe, a...

The Horrifying and Tragic Case of Twannie Aquilina — a true crime story of a murdered child, a mother condemned, and a family still fighting for the truth sixty years later.
What if the most notorious murder in Maltese history was solved by a court, but never truly solved at all?
In this episode, we dive into the case of eight-year-old Twannie Aquilina, found dead in his family's Valletta apartment in 1960 with his throat slashed. The brutality of the crime shocked Malta, and the investigation turned inward—toward his own mother, Ġiġa Camilleri, and her husband Leli. After a 17-d...

The Intriguing and Chilling Case of Elizabeth Wharton — a true crime story of poison, high society, and the "Baltimore Borgia" who walked free after a trial that became a war between doctors.
What if the most notorious widow in Gilded Age Baltimore was guilty of far more than the one murder she was tried for, and the jury never knew the half of it?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Elizabeth G. Wharton, a wealthy and well-connected Baltimore widow and leading Episcopalian churchwoman who stood trial in 1871 for the murder of General W. Scott Ketchum, a...

The Shocking and Sensational Case of Blanca de Saulles — a true crime story of a custody battle, five gunshots, and the society trial that made headlines across three continents.
What if the mother who shot her ex-husband dead in front of witnesses walked free because the jury believed she was not responsible for her actions?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Blanca Errázuriz de Saulles, a beautiful young heiress from Chile, known as the "Star of Santiago," who married John "Jack" de Saulles, a former Yale football captain and notorious playboy, in 1911 [citation:2][citation:10]. The...

The Shocking and Sensational Case of Edith Thompson — a true crime story of a suburban murder, forbidden love letters, and the hanging that still divides Britain a century later.
What if the woman who witnessed her husband's murder was condemned not for what she did, but for what she wrote?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Edith Thompson, a 29-year-old milliner's bookkeeper from Ilford, London, who became the center of one of the most controversial trials in British history. On the night of 3 October 1922, Edith and her husband Percy, a shipping clerk, were walking home fr...

The Extraordinary and Horrifying Case of Jeanne Weber — a true crime story of a serial child killer who was acquitted again and again because the experts refused to believe a woman could do it.
What if the most prolific child killer in Belle Époque France walked free not once, but three times, because the men in power could not accept the truth standing in front of them?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Jeanne Weber, born Jeanne Moulinet in 1874 in Brittany, who became known as "L'Ogresse de la Goutte-d'Or"—the Ogress of the Goutte-d'Or neighborhood in Pa...

The Sinister and Disturbing Case of Bridget Cleary — a true crime story of fairy belief, fire, and the murder of a young woman by the family who swore they were saving her.
What if the people who loved you most became convinced you were not you at all, but a changeling left behind by the fairies?
In this episode, we dive into the harrowing case of Bridget Cleary, a 26-year-old dressmaker and milliner from Ballyvadlea, County Tipperary, Ireland. In March 1895, after falling ill with what a doctor later described as bronchitis and "nervous excitement," Bridget's husband Michael Cleary, he...

The Disturbing and Horrific Case of Kate Webster — a true crime story of a servant, an axe, and the murder that ended up in David Attenborough's garden.
What if the woman who cooked your meals and cleaned your house was the same one who would chop you up and boil you in your own laundry copper?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Kate Webster, born Catherine Lawler in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1849. A convicted thief with a long history of larceny, she was hired as a maid by Julia Martha Thomas, a 55-year-old widow in Ri...

The Sinister and Chilling Case of Mary Barrows and Oscar Blaney — a true crime story of a farm, a family feud, and a murder that took five bullets to finish.
What if the wife who claimed her husband had killed himself couldn't explain the five bullet wounds in his body?
In this episode, we dive into the "Kittery Crime" of 1883. Mary Barrows of Kittery, Maine, had a husband, Thomas, who despised her daughter from a previous marriage and loathed her son-in-law, Oscar Blaney. Thomas believed Mary planned to transfer the deed of their farm to her daughter, and he...

The Mysterious and Chilling Case of Mary Williams — a true crime story of a four-day romance, a silk handkerchief, and a confession that came from the killer's own lips.
What if the man who strangled a teenage girl on a beach walked straight up to a police officer minutes later and admitted everything, yet still tried to escape the gallows?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Mary Williams, a 19-year-old collier's daughter from Ystalyfera, Swansea Valley, who was found dead on the sands of Swansea beach near the West Pier on the night of 21 February 1920. Sh...

The Sinister and Calculating Case of Elizabeth Anderson — a true story of witchcraft, children, and a confession that saved a life but doomed others.
What if the girl who confessed to the most horrifying crimes in a Scottish witch trial was the only one who walked away?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Elizabeth Anderson, a seventeen-year-old girl caught in the Renfrewshire witch trials of 1697. She confessed to attending meetings with the devil since the age of seven, introduced by her deceased grandmother. Her testimony was stunning: she admitted to being present at the murder of...

The Strange and Disturbing Case of Frankie Silver — a true crime story of an axe, a burned body, and the first woman hanged in North Carolina.
What if the eighteen-year-old girl who chopped up her husband and burned him in the fireplace was not a jealous murderer, but a battered wife who was never allowed to speak a single word in her own defense?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Frances "Frankie" Stewart Silver, who, three days before Christmas in 1831, killed her husband Charles with an axe in their cabin in the mountains of North Ca...

The Tragic and Dark Case of Charlotte Corday — a true story of revolution, assassination, and the woman who killed one man to save a hundred thousand.
What if the most famous murder of the French Revolution was committed not by a monster, but by a young woman who believed she was saving her country from one?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday d'Armont, born in Normandy in 1768 into a poor but noble family. Educated in Caen, she embraced the Enlightenment ideas of Voltaire and Rousseau and aligned herself with the moderate Girondins, horrified by...

The Sinister and Calculating Case of Catherine Foster — a true crime story of a teenage bride, poisoned dumplings, and the chilling calm that sent her to the gallows.
What if the most disturbing thing about a murder wasn't the act itself, but the complete absence of remorse in the face of it?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Catherine Foster, born Catherine Morley in 1829, a "simple-minded" servant girl from Acton, Suffolk, who married farm labourer John Foster on 28 October 1846. She was seventeen. He was twenty-four. They had known each other for years, and he was ea...

The Strange and Terrifying Case of Minnie Dean — a true crime story of baby farming, buried secrets, and the only woman ever hanged in New Zealand.
What if the woman whose name became a threat whispered to disobedient children was convicted on evidence that even the judge admitted was built to close the door on any defence?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Williamina "Minnie" Dean, born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1844, who emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Winton, Southland, where she ran a baby farm at a cottage called The Larches [citation:1][citation:2]. Sh...

The Terrifying and Sensational Crimes of Elizabeth Brownrigg — a true crime story of torture, servitude, and the monster who hid behind the title of midwife.
What if the woman trusted to bring life into the world was the same one who beat a child to death in her own kitchen?
In this episode, we dive into the horrifying case of Elizabeth Brownrigg, a respected midwife in 1760s London who was appointed by the parish of St Dunstan's to oversee women and children, and given custody of several children from the London Foundling Hospital as domestic servants . What followed wa...

The Horrific and Disturbing Case of Mariette Bosch — a true crime story of love, betrayal, and the first white woman hanged in Botswana.
What if the woman who planned her best friend's murder was the same one who married the victim's husband just months later, believing she had gotten away with it?
In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Mariette Bosch, a South African socialite living in Gaborone, Botswana, who was convicted of murdering her best friend, Maria "Ria" Wolmarans, in June 1996. Bosch had been having an affair with Ria's husband, Tienie Wolmarans, and prosecutors ar...

The Sinister Crimes of Catherine Hayes — a true crime story of betrayal, dismemberment, and a botched execution that turned a death sentence into a living nightmare.
What if the woman who orchestrated her husband's murder was condemned to burn, but the flames took her before the rope could grant her mercy?
In this episode, we dive into the horrifying case of Catherine Hayes, executed at Tyburn on 9 May 1726 for the murder of her husband, John Hayes. Born around 1690 near Birmingham, she ran away at fifteen and eventually married John, a coal dealer and moneylender in London. The marriage so...

The Sinister and Chilling Case of Sarah Dazley — a true crime story of arsenic, dead husbands, and the last woman publicly hanged at Bedford Gaol.
What if the woman everyone called the Potton Poisoner was never tried for the crimes that made her a serial killer, and the one murder that sent her to the gallows was only the beginning?
In this episode, we dive into the case of Sarah Dazley, born Sarah Reynolds in Potton, Bedfordshire, around 1819. By the time she was twenty-five, she had buried a son, a first husband, and a second husband. Her son Jo...

The Shocking and Twisted Case of Mary Fitzpatrick — a true crime story of a drunken night, a stolen watch, and a murder trial that ended with a verdict no one expected.
What if the woman last seen with the victim was guilty of robbing him, but not of killing him—and the truth about what happened that night died with her?
In this episode, we dive into the 1882 case of Mary Fitzpatrick, a 23-year-old rag sorter from Leeds who was the last person seen with James Richardson, a 24-year-old glass blower, on the night of the Hunslet Feast. Rich...

The Strange and Disturbing Case of Constance Kent — a true crime story of a murdered child, a botched investigation, and a confession that came five years too late.
What if the detective who was mocked for suspecting a teenage girl was right all along, and the confession that cleared his name only deepened the mystery?
In this episode, we dive into the Road Hill House murder of 1860, one of Victorian England's most sensational crimes. Four-year-old Francis Saville Kent was taken from his bed in the middle of the night and found the next morning in an outdoor privy, hi...

Was Justice Served? The Terrible Crime of Jeannie Donald — a true crime story of a murdered child, a forensic breakthrough, and a conviction that still divides history.
What if the woman convicted of one of Scotland's most shocking murders was innocent all along, and the evidence that sealed her fate was never as solid as the court believed?
In this episode, we dive into the 1934 case of Jeannie Donald, a 38-year-old Aberdeen housewife convicted of murdering her eight-year-old neighbour, Helen Priestly. Helen vanished on April 20, 1934, after being sent to buy a loaf of bread. Her body was found th...