Wicked Words - Alex Mar: Seventy Times Seven

One of the most incredible stories in true crime is the tale of Arthur Conan Doyle and how he helped free a man…who was innocent of murder. Author Margalit Fox offers us a deep dive into the characters in her book, Conan Doyle for the Defense. Support this podcast by shopping our ...  Show more

When Rachel McCarthy James and her father wrote their best-selling book The Man from the Train, Rachel became fascinated with axes. Were they good weapons during murders? What kind of killer used them? She wrote the story of the axe in her book Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder. ...  Show more

In this episode of The Murder Sheet, we interview author Alex Mar about her new non-fiction book "Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy." In 1985, a heinous crime in Gary, Indiana tore apart two families. Then, a remarkable act of forgiveness changed everything ...

Richard Alexander "Alex" Murdaugh has been convicted of the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul. We followed up with a veteran criminal defense attorney from the western half of the United States about the conclusion to the trial.

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Offbeat is The Murder Sheet's audio opinion column. It's where we give you our takes on topics in crime. In this episode, we'll talk about our collective bias toward interesting stories, the shortcomings of storytelling in the true crime genre, and how it inf ...

At 10:30pm on June 2, 2000, 15 year old Heather Robinson heard her family’s land line telephone ring, and so she picked it up. But before she could even say, “hello,” she heard her father already saying, "hello" to whoever had just called them; He had picked up the other land ...