Lizzie Halliday was known in the late nineteenth century as “the worst woman on earth” and ended up being the first woman EVER to be sentenced to die in the electric chair. ReferencesBrooklyn Citizen. 1893. "Mrs. Halliday guilty." Brooklyn Citizen, September 10: 4.Buffalo Conmmer ...Show more
The Heaven’s Gate Tragedy
On the afternoon of March 26, 1997, the San Diego County Sherrif’s Department received an anonymous call through 911 reporting a mass suicide at an address in Rancho Santa Fe, California. A single sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to the address and knocked on the front door, but g ...Show more
It is December and any show worth its weight in gold (or frankincense… or myrrh) has a Christmas episode - and WTS is definitely with its weight in tree resin. This episode comes to you in the form of two audio gifts. We even wrapped them and put them under the tree for you. We h ...Show more
Hello Small Town Fam! We wish you a warm and Happy Thanksgiving! As we're all breaking bread with friends and family, as we assume you are, we will not be publishing an episode this Friday. We will be back next week with our penultimate episode of the season. It's a good one! So ...Show more
That's it for series 6! Thanks to all of my amazing guests this series and you all for listening. We're off for short winter break (and to collect some new travelling tales to share with you lovely listeners) but the podcast will return very soon to brighten up those early 2024 ...Show more
My Dog Found a Dead Body; Getting Away Twice; Precognitive Phenomena? And the Work Conference from Hell; Tales from the Night Shift; Knock, Knock, Knock; and The Time my Dog Caught a Fugitive. Get your fan code today, and grab your tickets starting Feb. 7 to join us for CrimeWave ...Show more