Historical True Crime Episodes
March 30, 2023
11. The Legend of Tom Dooley
Send us a text One morning in May 1866, just before daybreak Laura Foster quietly left her home with a bundle of clothes and her father's horse. She was going to rendezvous with her beau, Tom Dooley. Rumor had it they were go...
March 16, 2023
10. Alabama Snake Preacher
Send us a text An Appalachian, snake handling preacher named Glenn Summerford tried to murder his wife using a rattlesnake as his weapon. Or did he? Music: "Hard Times" By Isaiah Hildreth Male Narrator : Curtis Hildreth Sour...
Feb. 14, 2023
8. The Lonely Hearts Killers
Send us a text In the 1940's Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck preyed on lonely women looking for love through lonely hearts advertisements. The duo started out as con artists but greed and jealousy led them to serial kil...
Feb. 2, 2023
7. Lana Turner - A Real Life Tragedy
Send us a text One of Hollywood's golden girls, Lana Turner , lived a life that could have been a movie itself. Unfortunately the life of a movie star is not always as glamorous as it is portrayed. By the time she realized ...
Jan. 19, 2023
6. Bloody Woolfolk
Send us a text In Bibb county Georgia on August 6, 1887 a prominent farmer, Captain Richard Woolfolk and eight members of his family were axed to death as they lay sleeping. The Woolfolk murders would be known as the bloodie...
Dec. 22, 2022
3. Killer Aunt Earle Dennison
Send us a text In 1952 Earle Dennison visited her favorite three year old niece. She gave her poison under the guise of a treat. This led to discovering the killer aunt's dark and murderous past. Support the show hardti...
Dec. 22, 2022
1. Lawson Family Christmas Day Murders
Send us a text In 1929 Charlie Lawson, a North Carolina tobacco farmer, promised his family a special Christmas surprise. No one could ever have imagined the horror he had planned. Support the show hardtimesandtruecrimes.c...
Nov. 18, 2022
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