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True Crime Historian

True Crime Shorts

True Crime Historian

Richard O Jones

True Crime, Performing Arts, Documentary, Arts, Society & Culture

4.5720 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Episode 118

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"Murder For Two Dollars And Forty-Five Cents" tells the story of how a newsboy finds the clue solving a professional (well, sorta) murder.

"The War Hero's Love Letters Sentenced Him To Die" (14:26) ties in the murder of a theater tycoon with a bit of romantic intrigue.

"Love And The Counterfeiters" (28:07) is the exciting tale of, well, counterfeiters and double-crossers in the old-school Italian mob.

"When The Ouiji Board Spelled DADDY MUST DIE" (49:41) is the tragic story of a teen-age girl falling into her mother's web of betrayal and murder.

"Phantom In The Window"  (1:04:37) is another heart-breaking tale of a teenager caught in a murder plot.

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0:00.0

True Crime Historian presents Sunday Magazine, a collection of true crime

0:16.8

historian presents Sunday magazine, a collection of true crime short stories. As I do my

0:25.0

research in the dark dusty archives trying to find exciting stories of the

0:29.6

scandals, scoundals, and scourges of the past, I often come upon feature stories about

0:35.0

interesting crimes and criminal personalities in Sunday magazine

0:39.2

sections. They're not enough for an entire episode by themselves, so I've strung a few of them

0:44.9

together for you. The first two are of a piece. Murder for $2.45 tells the story of how a newsboy

0:53.1

finds the clue to solving a professional, well, sort

0:57.0

of, murder, while the war hero's love letters sentenced him to die ties in the murder of a

1:04.0

theater tycoon with a bit of romantic intrigue.

1:08.0

Following that, love and the counterfeiters is an exciting tale of, well, counterfeiters,

1:14.7

and double-crossers and the old school Italian mob. The next article is titled,

1:20.1

When the Ouija board spelled Daddy Must Die, the tragic story of a teenage girl falling into

1:26.3

her mother's web of betrayal and murder.

1:29.6

Another heartbreaking tale of a teenager caught in a murder plot finishes off the set.

1:35.5

From the classic pages of Master Detective magazine comes Phantom in the Window,

1:41.1

the murder of Mary Louise Stammer.

1:44.0

I'm true crime historian Richard O.

1:46.6

Jones and I give you Sunday magazine number three a collection of true crime shorts.

1:54.0

Murder for $2.45 cents.

2:03.6

A newsboy finds a gun and thereby hangs the tale of how one of the Southwest's most cruel crimes was solved,

2:12.6

a crime in which the Trigger Man netted $1, and accomplished same amount and a third pal the sum of 45 cents.

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