Malone, Iowa, is perhaps the best hidden town in Clinton County, Iowa. In 1921, it also played host to one of the darkest deeds ever…Continue readingEpisode 41: The Edward Crampton Murders of 1921

Malone, Iowa, is perhaps the best hidden town in Clinton County, Iowa. In 1921, it also played host to one of the darkest deeds ever committed there.

If you had just spent eight years in prison, would you return to a life of crime? If you did, but got caught, what would…Continue readingEpisode 40: The Bandits in the Blizzard

Paul and Everett Schroeder had just spent eight years in prison. Returning to a life of crime, they quickly found themselves on the run. Their escape not only caused them to clash with police, but led them into the heart of a Midwestern blizzard.

In 1921, a former newspaper editor and a barber decided to rob a bank in rural Iowa. Expecting little resistance, the two expected an easy…Continue readingEpisode 39: The Robbers Who Should Have Quit

In 1921, a former newspaper editor and a barber decided to rob a bank in rural Iowa. Expecting little resistance, the two expected an easy score. They should have quit while they were ahead.

The murder of the Spencer family was one of the worst crimes to ever take place in Clark County, Missouri. Justice had to be done,…Continue readingEpisode 38: The Spencer Family Massacre, Part 2

The murder of the Spencer family was one of the worst crimes to ever take place in Clark County, Missouri. Justice had to be done, but no one knew what lengths people would go to in order to make that happen.

Willis James was just going to work in 1877. Instead, he found himself part of what would become one of the most horrendous and infamous…Continue readingEpisode 37: The Spencer Family Massacre, Part 1

Willis James was just going to work in 1877. Instead, he found himself part of what would become one of the most horrendous and infamous murders in Missouri history.