537 // Franklin Evans - One of New England's First Serial Killers

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode, Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna are joined by historian, public speaker, author and educator, Christopher Daley about one of America's first serial killers, Franklin Evans. After his niece Georgianna Lovering went missing on September 24th, 1872, Franklin Evans became a suspect due to his strange behavior. He eventually confessed to the brutal murder of Georgianna as well as a another murder from 1856. He was suspected in more and was executed at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in 1874. This episode previously aired on Crawlspace on June 1st, 2025. Check out all of Christopher's work at:⁠ https://daleyhistory.com/home⁠. Follow Christopher: ⁠https://x.com/daleyhistory⁠. ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-daley-55881b40/⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today?
0:37.1	I'm doing fantastic today, Tim. Thank you so much for asking. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today? I'm doing
0:37.6	fantastic today, Tim. Thank you so much for asking. I hope the listeners are doing great as well.
0:42.5	And this conversation is one that came together so nicely. I mean, the gentleman that we have
0:48.1	on is a historian. And we love these historical crimes. And we've been following this New England
0:53.5	serial killer rumor,
0:55.7	this active serial killer that may or may not be perpetrating crimes in and about the states
1:02.3	of New England.
1:03.1	And that led us to our guests today who brings to the table arguably the country's the nation's
1:10.2	first serial killer.
1:11.5	So we love the historical aspect of this.
1:14.1	Very excited to introduce this conversation that we're about to have with Christopher
1:18.4	Daly.
1:19.4	He's got a great website.
1:20.6	It's called DailyHistory.com, and that's Daily, D-A-L-E-Y, like his last name.
1:26.8	And he's got several presentations, Lance.
1:28.5	He does lectures around New England.
1:31.7	He's a former teacher, and he's from Massachusetts.
1:33.9	You'll hear his accent.
1:34.9	It's great.
1:35.4	It kind of sounds like us a little bit.
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