2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 8th, 1992. Indianapolis, Indiana.Lucretia Gullet, who works at the Speedway Gas Station, picks up the phone at the station. On the other end is the district manager of Payless Shoes. He tells her that he’s worried

Epidemic of Murder

Apr 13th, 2020 1h 16m

5:30 pm, Friday, October 1st, 1909.Swope Mansion, 406 South Pleasant Street, Independence, MissouriJames Moss Hunton dines alone in the huge dining room of the cavernous Swope mansion. Although Cousin Moss -- as he is known to the family -- h

Epidemic of Murder

Apr 13th, 2020 1h 6m

The Dolly Madison Murders

Mar 21st, 2020 1h 26m

8:00 pm, Wednesday, September 4th, 2002. Great Bend, Kansas.A truck driver makes his nightly delivery at the Dolly Madison Cases Discount Bakery Store. When he goes to the small office in the building to finish up his paperwork, he makes a g

Prison City Murders – Case 27 – The Third Deadly Sin

Mar 1st, 2020 1h 23m

Atchison Daily Champion NewpaperDateline: Thursday, July 9th, 1885. Atchison, Kansas.The community was shocked shortly after the supper hour last night, by the announcement that Miss Mary Baldwin had been found cruelly and brutally murdered

Prison City Murders – Death at Midnight – Case 26

Feb 16th, 2020 1h 18m

Midnight, Zero Hundred Hours, July 10th, 1945. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.This night, 5 men await execution in their cells on death row at the United State central military prison. One by one, each is marched to the gallows -- recently construc

Prison City Murders – The Devil’s Kitchen – Part 2 – Case 25

Feb 6th, 2020 51m 44s

March 10th, 1873. Southeastern Kansas.In 1873, there are many ways to die on the road between Independence, Kansas, and Fort Scott, Kansas. The Osage Trail is a dangerous one. Never mind natural dangers – unforgiving terrain, tornados, blizza

Prison City Murders – The Devil’s Kitchen – Part 1 – Case 25

Feb 6th, 2020 53m 6s

Prison City Murders – Case 24 Part 2 – Bonnie and Carl

Jan 25th, 2020 40m 48s

11:00 am, September 28th, 1953. Kansas City, Missouri.A taxi pulls up to the French Institute at Notre Dame de Sion, an exclusive private elementary school, located in the fashionable Hyde Park section of Kansas City. A respectable-looking 40

Prison City Murders – Case 24 Part 1 – Bonnie and Carl

Jan 24th, 2020 1h 9m

Prison City Murders – Case 23 – Ghost from the Past

Jan 15th, 2020 1h 3m

Listeners, I checked the audio on all the platforms I could think of. So... I think everything is ok now. Sorry about that. (I guess I'll have to dock my pay:)) Thanks for your patience. 9:15 pm, November 15, 2013. Valley Center, Kansas.A

Prison City Murders – Case 23 – Ghost from the Past

Jan 14th, 2020 1h 3m

Prison City Murders – Case 22 – Weaponized Rattlesnakes

Jan 7th, 2020 1h 12m

Around Midnight, Saturday, June 29th, 1974. Rural Gray County, Western, Kansas.Gray County Sheriff Marvin Kramer, nicknamed “Squirt,” is out on patrol when he hears a call for the Ensign, Kansas, volunteer fire department to respond to a fire

Prison City Murders – Case 21 – Fatal Attraction Kansas-Style

Dec 17th, 2019 1h 17m

8:45 am, June 22nd, 1900. Merchant Street, El Dorado, Kansas.Report from the Butler County Democrat newspaper:Mrs. Emma Spangler and Mrs. Betty Mobberly … hear screams from the home of Olin and Clara Castle. They run to the front door of th

Prison City Murders – Case 20 – Stupid Meets Explosives

Dec 5th, 2019 1h 8m

9:30 am, Saturday, September 20st, 1980. Olathe, Kansas.A huge blast at 901 Van Mar Drive tears through the home of Robert Post, 51, and his wife Norma Jean Post, 47. A neighbor runs outside to find a body blown into his back yard and body pa

Prison City Murders – Case 19 Part 2 – Bridge Too Far

Nov 27th, 2019 56m 46s

DATELINE: Monday, September 30th, 1929. Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri.Police statement of Mrs. Mayme Hofman:Before I knew what was happening I heard the shot … and I jumped out the door and ran upstairs. While I was running up the

Prison City Murders – Case 19 – Part 1 – Bridge Too Far

Nov 26th, 2019 50m 33s

Prison City Murders – Case 18 – The Soldier and the French Maid

Nov 19th, 2019 1h 9m

Tuesday morning, July 20th, 1909. The Quarters of Capt Charles Murphy, Grant Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.Mrs. Murphy recounts the fateful events of that morning: “Minnie and I were standing just inside the door. Lieut. Hand was standing

Prison City Murders – Case 17 – Taken in the Night

Nov 13th, 2019 1h 11m

About 2 o’clock in the morning, Thursday, July 8, 1965. Kansas City, Missouri. Dorothy Reynolds, who manages the Great Plains Motor Hotel off US Highway 71 near the airport in Kansas City, Missouri, responds to the night buzzer in the lobby.

Prison City Murders – Case 16 – Inner Darkness

Nov 5th, 2019 1h 9m

April 20th, 2004. Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City, Missouri.Lorenzo J. Gilyard, Jr., is charged with 12 counts of first-degree murder in the strangling deaths of 12 Kansas City women. The dates of the killings range from 1977 through 1

Prison City Murders – Case 15 – A Good Kid

Oct 29th, 2019 58m 24s

June 24th, 1983. 2639 Park Avenue East, Kansas City, Missouri.At about 5:45 p.m., 16-year-old Terri Allen leaves her house to run an errand. When she doesn’t return home, her worried mother starts calling her friends. The next morning, her li

Prison City Murders – Case 14 – Death of a Lawman

Oct 13th, 2019 1h 6m

November 2nd, 1870. North of Abilene, Kansas.Respected lawman T J Smith, nicknamed "Bear River Smith," is brutally murdered while serving an arrest warrant for murder. The desperados responsible, Andrew McConnell and Moses Miles, flee on hors

Prison City Murders – Case 13 – Coffins in a Bottle

Oct 7th, 2019 1h 16m

June 15th, 1929. Fort Riley, Kansas.Mrs. Zenana Shepard, wife of Army doctor Major Charles A. Shepard, lies severely ill at the Army Hospital. Her life cannot be saved. Unsure of the cause of death, doctors at the hospital ask for Dr. Shepard

Prison City Murders – Case 12 – Just Because She Was There

Sep 28th, 2019 1h 5m

Just the show notes. Audio to be posted Monday.Pacific Stars and Stripes Newspaper:Dateline: Camp Zama, Japan. November 22nd, 1953.Susan Rothschild, 9, daughter of Col and Mrs. Jacquard H. Rothschild, Chicago, Armed Forces Far East chemic

Prison City Murders – Case 11 – Thy Neighbor’s Wife

Sep 24th, 2019 1h 29m

Early morning, February 28th, 1982. Olathe, Kansas.Young Johnson County, Kansas, Assistant District Attorney Paul Morrison is called by police to a duplex at 1000 West Sheridan in Olathe, Kansas. The bedroom is a bloody crime scene. David Har