A Boy’s Best Friend is his Mother: The Horror...

It’s fairly rare for a football match to end in murder, witchcraft accusations and vomiting pins, but, as weird as it sounds, it apparently does happen. Or at least, it happened once, in 1605, when a small village in Oxfordshire had a kickabout that turned violent. Years later, a ...  Show more

SOURCES Brunt, Douglas (2023) The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel. Atria Books, London, UK. Edinburgh Evening Dispatch (1913) The Missing Inventor. Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, Thurs 2 Oct 1913, p2. Edinburgh, UK. New York Times (1913) Dr Diesel Vanishes From A Steamship. New Yor ...  Show more

This week on Hot On The Case we dive into the disturbing world of Ed Gein, a man who on the surface seemed like a quiet and helpful neighbor but was hiding some of the most shocking secrets in true crime history. Living in the small town of Plainfield Wisconsin Gein appeared unas ...  Show more

In 1957, the quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, was rocked by one of the most shocking crimes in American history. Inside Ed Gein’s farmhouse, detectives would uncover horrors beyond imagination– atrocities that would forever brand him The Butcher of Plainfield.If you’re new he ...  Show more

When a local woman went missing in 1957, police searched the farmhouse of loner Ed Gein. What they found stunned the small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin - and the world.This episode is sponsored by:Embr BetterHelp Original music by Ben Krejci and Daniel Birch.Licensed under Creat ...  Show more