Crime History: Exposed

About Crime History: Exposed

What if the truth behind history's most notorious crimes was finally exposed? Crime History: Exposed digs into real historical cases with the precision of investigative reporting and the drama of a courtroom revelation. Each episode reconstructs crimes from the past—cold cases, political scandals, infamous murders and forgotten conspiracies—using archival documents, trial records, and context that reveals how those events reshaped societies. Unlike sensationalist true crime, this show focuses on historical accuracy, clear timelines, and the social forces that allowed crimes to happen, so you understand not just who did it, but why it mattered. New episodes drop Monday through Sunday at 4:00 AM, with concise deep-dives and multipart series when a case demands it. Expect episodes that blend narrative storytelling, primary-source analysis, and forensic perspective to make complex historical crimes accessible and compelling. This podcast is for history-minded listeners, true crime fans who crave rigor over rumor, students of law and criminology, and anyone who wants to unpack how past crimes continue to influence the present. Subscribe now to Crime History: Exposed and get a new episode at 4:00 AM every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday to follow the clues, the context, and the consequences. keywords SEO: true crime, historical crimes, cold cases, archival research, criminal history

Publisher

Creator at Obomedia

Category

true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jul 2026

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

140 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2026

   The Binder on the Cliff: How an Intake Form Unmasked Murder

   The Binder on the Cliff: How an Intake Form Unmasked Murder A sealed leather binder, waterproofed and carried twelve feet down a limestone bluff, survived November 4, 1911 - and held the clue that turned a death into possible murder. Who else at Aldgate Shore knew, and how much earlier could they have stopped what happened to Patricia Fisher? In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events, the institutional gaps, and the single document that preserved a warning others ignored - the same intake form that Patricia Fisher sealed and tried to protect. How did a routine records room failure, a night attendant with access to the dispensary, and an unread note in another patient’s file connect to the body found at Dunmore Point? Person: Patricia Fisher Date: November 4, 1911 Location: Dunmore Point, twelve feet below bluff rim Institution: Aldgate Shore Sanatorium Staff involved: Jerry Dalton, night attendant; Dr. Chester Mabry, superintendent - Patricia Fisher was fifty-four and admitted to Aldgate Shore on October 24, 1911, with nervous exhaustion, poor sleep, and a left-hand tremor. - She waterproofed a leather-bound intake form with oilskin and carried it from the records room before disappearing. - A single unsigned note in Dorothy Simons’s file (died September 19, 1910) read: "the man on the night shift gives more than he writes down." - Jerry Dalton, age thirty-one, worked nights with unsupervised access to the dispensary and was on duty during a forty-minute observation log gap the night Dorothy Simons died. - The body and the sealed binder were discovered at approximately 8:30 AM on November 4, 1911, on a limestone shelf below the bluff. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

2. 

   27 Oct 2026

   The Ampoule, the Slough, and the Man Who Confessed in Ink

   The Ampoule, the Slough, and the Man Who Confessed in Ink A small glass ampoule pulled from Perdido Slough contained a strip of paper with the penciled digits 1147 - and the number would unravel a buried death that had been ruled heatstroke. Which detail hidden in that tiny, wax-sealed vial turned a routine cotton-camp death into a case someone refused to let die? In this episode, you will hear how an evidence ampoule, a county death certificate, and a single investigator intersected to raise a new question about a man buried in the county lot. What did the digits 1147 point to, and how did one woman’s curiosity change the record of a 1934 death? Person: Vernon Larsen Date: October 1934 Location: Coloma Flats, Fresno County Case: Death certified as heatstroke; no autopsy Person: Gail Draper - An ampoule with a snapped neck and wax seal was found by Nicole Price two miles south of Coloma Flats in early October 1934. - The paper inside the ampoule bore four penciled digits: 1147, and the strip was dry despite being submerged. - Vernon Larsen, age 22 from the Oklahoma Panhandle, was found dead in Bunkhouse C and buried four days after being declared dead of heatstroke. - Dr. Albert Finch examined Vernon for eleven minutes and signed the death certificate the same day; no autopsy was performed. - David Bowers wrote a confession saying he guided Vernon to inject a sample he provided and discarded ampoules in the slough the same night. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

3. 

   26 Oct 2026

   Lantern Burning at Noon: Why Millhaven's Telegraphman Never Left Work

   Lantern Burning at Noon: Why Millhaven's Telegraphman Never Left Work A kerosene signal lantern was found burning at 10:30 AM beside a telegraph station in Millhaven while the man beneath it had been dead nearly twenty hours - his skull crushed by a single, deliberate blow. Who lit a night lantern in daylight, and why was Donald Evans left to lie unseen behind the station? In this episode, we follow the discovery, the immediate investigation, and the odd details that puzzled local officers and the company’s special agent; what began as a simple missing-operator report turns on an ink-stained log, a measured fuel tank, and a history of dependable routine - so how did everything go so wrong? Person: Donald Evans Date: September 13-14, 1893 Location: Western Continental telegraph station, Millhaven, Renner Township, Ohio Cause: Single blunt-force blow to base of skull Investigator: Kenneth Reynolds - Time of discovery by Heather Anderson: 10:30 AM on September 14, 1893 - Evans’s last logged entry time: 2:47 PM on September 13, 1893 - Time window of death estimated by Doctor Abel Sutter: between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM on September 13, 1893 - Lantern condition: kerosene signal lantern burning through most of the night - Evans’s employment record: nearly four years at the Millhaven station with consistent, neat logbooks To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

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