Forgotten Felonies

About Forgotten Felonies

Forgotten Felonies revisits historical crimes that were forgotten—or remembered incorrectly. It’s tempting, looking backward, to fill in the gaps with conclusions that feel obvious now. But that isn’t how history works. Through original newspaper reporting, period advertisements from the years the crimes occurred, and a blend of forensic psychology and genealogical research, each episode restores context to cases history left behind—asking not only what happened, but why. .

Publisher

Forgotten Felonies Podcast

Category

history · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Mar 2025

Latest episode

4 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Pearl Bryan, Part 6: Dead, Dead, Dead

   Send a message to Monica and Olivia! Scott Jackson finally takes the stand in his own defense—and for six and a half hours, he tries to explain everything. But Scott’s testimony is only the beginning. As the trial barrels toward its conclusion, the courtroom descends into chaos: witnesses are accused of manufacturing evidence, an ex-convict “detective” gets caught coaching testimony, a professional mind reader retraces the alleged murder route, George H. Jackson becomes a dime-museum at...

2. 

   4 Sept 2026

   Pearl Bryan, Part 5: The People vs Scott Jackson

   Send a message to Monica and Olivia! Scott Jackson’s trial finally begins in Newport, Kentucky, and after four episodes of rumors, "confessions," strange witnesses, missing evidence, and absolutely bizarre behavior, the Commonwealth finally has to put all of it together in front of a jury. Pearl’s family takes the stand. Letters are read in court. Testimony swirls about blood coagulation, cocaine, and whether or not Pearl had been alive when she reached Kentucky. Little does the prosecution k...

3. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Pearl Bryan, Part 4: The Road to Kentucky

   Send a message to Monica and Olivia! Psychics. Séances. Strange packages. Secret transmitters hidden inside jail cells. As the investigation into Pearl Bryan’s murder moves into March of 1896, Cincinnati seems to have completely lost its mind. While mystics and dreamers offer their own solutions to the mystery, investigators uncover new witnesses, physical evidence, and a big problem with Scott Jackson’s latest confession. At the same time, Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling have become tourist...

Who has been a guest on Forgotten Felonies

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Zollie Clement
• Albert Applegate
• George Hassell

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YouTube views

257

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality

69

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

51

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