At the end of every episode, I usually ask you, the listening audience, to let me know what you thought about the the story I just told… But tonight, I really want to know what you think. On the surface, it’s a “black widow” story. Or is it? I’m not so sure, but, as usual, I have done my best to separate fact from fiction and give you the full story.

This is the story of black widow, Louise Vermilya.

The bonus content for Patreon members for this episode is another black widow case, and just like the story of Louise Vermilya, I am very divided on if she was actually the villain or the victim.

This is the story of Martha Needle

I realized there’s this entire sub genre of Victorian era true crime that I’ve never really covered before, which is the American Old West! And I wanted to learn more about it! One of my favorite things to do when it comes to historic true crime is to separate fact from fiction. For that reason, I thought what better place is there to focus on than Tombstone, Arizona. So, tonight, I bring you part 1 of Tombstone, Arizona: The Town Too Tough to Die

For the first episode of the new year, I want to get back to the show’s roots with a classic Victorian murder case, where some very interesting investigation methods were deployed. This is the story of Sarah Jane Roberts.

To accompany episode 46, The Last Thing Sarah Jane Roberts Saw, which was about the unsolved murder of domestic servant Sarah Jane Roberts and the use of retinal optography to solve her case. I am going to tell you about some more cases where forensic retinal optography was deployed, and if it ever actually worked.

To accompany episode 45 where I covered four stories of Victorian Christmastime true crime, I have three more stories of Victorian era holiday murder cases for you.

This is the Christmas episode! Nothing says holly and jolly like the Victorian macabre after all. Tonight, as my holiday season gift to you, I don’t have one story to tell you, I have FOUR Victorian era Christmastime murders to share with you. And they get crazier as we go. So be sure to stick around and listen to all four.

What would you make of a psychic medium who used their gift to foretell the deaths of those around them? Pretty spooky, right? But, what if they used this gift to take out life insurance policies shortly before those predicted death dates? Now, it feels a little less spooky, and more suspicious. That is exactly what happened in the case we’re covering tonight. This is the story of fortune teller & murderer Louisa Lindloff.

This is a bonus content episode available exclusively for our Housekeeper and Butler tier Patrons. Thank you so much for supporting the podcast!. My name is Kim, and to accompany episode 41 about con woman Bertha Heyman, I am going to tell you about a case from the Mysterious Murders chapter of NYPD Detective, Thomas Byrnes’ Professional Criminals of America book - the same book that profiles our girl Bertha Heyman from the regular episode this week.
This is the story of Benjamin Nathan.

This is a bonus content episode available exclusively for our Housekeeper and Butler tier Patrons. To accompany episode 40 about The Red Inn Affair, I am going to tell you another story that takes place in the mid-19th century in France. Whereas the Martins may not have murdered any one, the subject of this story certainly did as a serial poisoner with upwards of possibly 30+ victims. This is the story of Helene Jegado.

Tonight’s story takes us to the countryside of France where unspeakable things were said to have taken place at a quaint roadside inn.
This is the story of the Red Inn Affair

This is a bonus content episode available exclusively for our Housekeeper and Butler tier Patrons. To accompany episode 39 about Victorian Bonnie & Clyde: Lavinia and John Fisher, I am going to tell you about further lore and the hauntings associated with the story of Lavinia Fisher.

This is a bonus content episode available exclusively for our Housekeeper and Butler tier Patrons. To accompany episode 38 about Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, I have the story of another bad Victorian doctor.

This is the story of Dr. William Palmer.

In terms of notoriety, this case belongs alongside the likes of HH Holmes and Jack the Ripper. His name usually comes up in both of their stories, but the truth about him is comparatively lesser known.

This is the story of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream.

This is the Valentines Day episode. If there’s one thing you can count on in A Good Night For a Murder on Valentine’s Day, it’s a love triangle and a poisoning.

This is the story of chocolate cream killer, Christana Edmunds.

Tonight’s story may arguably be the one most prolifically retold Victorian true crime stories of all time. It has inspired plays, publications, music, films - I mean it must be a wild story to stand the test of time like that right? It even includes a bit of a supernatural twist. This is the story of the Red Barn Murder.

Tonight’s story was actually a listener request from a while back. I did not document where this request came in or who sent it, but it’s a good one. It’s got a love triangle, sex scandal and murder, and it was the first execution of a husband and wife in England in nearly 150 years. So thank you to the listener who recommended this case. If you have a case request you can contact me on my website or any of my social media channels.

This is the story of the Bermondsey Horror.

Tonight’s story takes place on a dark, isolated island off the coast of New England. This is the story of the Smuttynose murders.

We’ve spent the last few episodes stateside, but for our story tonight we’re headed back to good old London, England for a classic Victorian lodging house scandal and murder. Plot twists and colorful characters abound in tonight’s case. This is the story of the Euston Square murder.

Tonight we’re going back to Fall River, Massachusetts, nearly 60 years before the infamous Lizzie Borden trial would take place. Before the murders of Abbey and Andrew Borden, the town played host to a scandalous case involving murder and a disgraced minister. This is the story of Sarah Maria Cornell.