The Murder Blog

Inside the Helter Skelter: The Twisted Journey of Charles Manson and His Cult of Chaos Act One: The Early Years of Chaos A Boy Named "No Name": The Troubled Childhood of Charles Manson November 12, 1934. A cold, dull day in Cincinnati, Ohio. In…

Who Was Molly Bish? A Snapshot of Her Life It was in the summer of 2000 that would change young Molly Anne Bish’s life forever. While other sixteen-year-olds across Massachusetts were home from school for the summer season, Molly was on her w…

A Close Encounter with True Crime History Today, I would like to do something a little different and talk about a case a little closer to home for me personally. For those of you just joining us or new to the podcast, we usually cover true crime st…

The Early Years: From Henry McCarty to "Kid Antrim" The wild, wild west, a place where outlaws could become members of law enforcement overnight, or vice versa for that matter, and a place where many would carve out a level of fame and fortune that…

Lori’s Early Life and Tumultuous Marriages In 1973, Lori Cox was born to Mormon parents in San Bernardino County, California. She got married for the first time at 19 years old but swiftly divorced her new husband, marrying another man three …

“Lizzie Borden took an ax,And gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what she had done,She gave her father forty-one.” Immortalized for the savage and sickeningly cold killing of her parents, Lizzie Borden has gone down in history as…

“I verily believe in my heart that Giles Corey is a dreadful wizard, for since he had been in prison, he or his appearance has come and most grievously tormented me.” Giles Corey: The Unlikely Defendant Before Giles Corey found himself…

How It All Started: The Strange Case of Betty and Abigail“Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” reads the Bible and there was one infamous village in particular that was dead-set on living by that doctrine.It was in Salem, 1692, that n…

“I know you know what’s going on and why we’re here,” an officer spoke to the person who’d just opened the door he’d knocked on. “We’re investigating a murder.”The woman he was talking to…

The Liske Family Murders: A Halloween Tragedy in Martin, Ohio “This was the most disturbing murder scene I’d seen over the course of my career,” a state prosecutor would later describe the case he had just been a part of. “I…