Episode 190 The Murder of Ella Barham: A 1912 Boone County Mystery
The 1912 murder of Ella Barham shocked Boone County, Arkansas, and raised lasting questions about evidence, rumor and justice.
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Episode 189 The Burning of Darien, Georgia
One of the Civil War’s most controversial events unfolded on June 11, 1863, when Union forces entered Darien, Georgia, an undefended town of little strategic importance, and left it in flames. Homes, churches, businesses and one of the oldest Black congregations in the South were destroyed. The troops ordered to take part included the famed
Episode 188 The Louise Beattie Murder
The Louise Beattie murder shocked Richmond in 1911. Her husband blamed a stranger, but the evidence led to one of America’s most infamous trials.
Episode 187 The Pascagoula Incident
On a quiet night in October 1973, two men fishing along the Pascagoula River in Mississippi walked into the sheriff’s office with a story that would follow them for the rest of their lives. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker claimed they were taken aboard a strange craft and examined by beings they could not explain.
Episode 186 The Marcia Trimble Murder
In February 1975, nine-year-old Marcia Trimble vanished while delivering Girl Scout cookies in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood, shattering the sense of safety surrounding one of the city’s most affluent communities. Her disappearance and murder became one of Tennessee’s most haunting cold cases, marked by suspicion, unanswered questions, and a mystery that lingered for decades.
Episode 185 Spies of the Civil War – Rose O’Neal Greenhow
A storm‑tossed blockade‑runner, a satchel of Confederate gold, and a woman whose secrets shaped the early days of the Civil War—this episode uncovers the life of famed spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow. From Washington parlors to prison cells to the dark waters off Fort Fisher, her story reveals the hidden world of Southern espionage and the final choice that bound her to the cause she refused to abandon.